SC38dls Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Grand Prix along with LeMans and Ford vs Ferrari are three good racing flicks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Ford vs Ferrari just reminds me why I've never had a Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Ford v. Ferrari.... hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelfish Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 hours ago, 28 Chrysler said: Mad Max was in the year 2021 if I recall. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 😯😲😳😬🤯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Angelfish said: Not unless you have a body like that- 80-90% of the USA are considered obese so I don’t think anyone should think that would be acceptable dress ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 15 hours ago, padgett said: "I am surprised nobody mentioned Smoky and the Bandit yet " Posted yesterday, am I blocked ? "Have collections of "Smokey and the Bandit" (original is quintessential American spirit though had to "import" Olympia to Florida also)". First page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Not a car movie but a great 'road movie' is Easy Rider. And as far as road movies are concerned Lampoons Vacation has got to be in the top 10, who wouldnt love to drive across the country in the Family Truckster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 9 minutes ago, TAKerry said: First page. Must have missed it, happens...... sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Its All Good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) What about Christine? Edited March 29, 2021 by John348 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Perhaps a little short in the fact department, but ... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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padgett Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 And who can forget the Fast and the Furious by Roger Corman. But must my most lingering image is Mickey Rooney just sailing by cars every time the pedal hit the metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jdome Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I enjoy car spotting in movies made in the 30's , 40's 50's and even 60's that take place at the time they were made, rather than modern movies staged in the past. Last night I watched a movie on the Turner Ch. with Doris Day and James Garner. Don't remember the title but must have been filmed about 58 because 58 seemed to be the latest car I recognized. Garner and Day drove a 58 chevy convertible and a 57 T-Bird. There were lots of other 50's cars in the movie. The B&W movies filmed in the 30's staged in the NY City area show a lot of Classic limos. Below is a link to a short B&W film made about 1952 but takes place earlier and the "star" of the movie is a 1903 Ford, if you are into the very early cars, that has a prominent part at the beginning, end and several places throughout. This is a movie that you might want to share with your grandkids. I believe it is the original adaptation of the book "Ransom of Red Chief". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 My source for B&W is mainly TCM and TCM Online (Ted and Jane). However for Spider Baby (Duesy limo) have to go to Amazon Prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 1 hour ago, padgett said: However for Spider Baby (Duesy limo) have to go to Amazon Prime. I recall "Spider Baby" being discussed a year or so ago. One of my favorite 'car' movies is the 1932 "The Crowd Roars" with James Cagney and Joan Blondel. Been several years since I have seen it. Simple plot, mostly predictable ending (although the closing shots of Cagney are quite memorable!). Most of the racing scenes and footage is very good, including some footage from actual 1920s races! Good copies are a bit tough to come by, the movie was cut up in the late 1930s by the studio to use footage for another movie (1939's "Indianapolis Speedway"). Apparently the studio had only one copy that seven years later? A short while later, someone tried to put the 1932 movie back together and mixed in some of the 1939 pieces. I read some years back that an attempt was made to correct the errors made, but I have never seen that version. Even with a few glaring 1939 errors, the movie is fun to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Bullitt, Thunder Road, It's a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Gave truth to "kicking the bucket". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCHansen1 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Thats easy... 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I liked Repo Man. They had "Drink". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I had forgotten all about Used Cars, great movie! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Fan Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peter Gariepy Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 American Graffiti is a great movie with great cars. Lots of bad movies with great cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) Tin Men is a great movie. Especially if you like Cadillacs and humor. Edited March 31, 2021 by Brass is Best (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Interesting thing about Baltimore in the 50s and 60s, a successful businessman was expected to drive a Caddy but show up in a Jag and they wold figure you did not need the buisiness. Any place else like that ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 14 hours ago, padgett said: I liked Repo Man. They had "Drink". They were after a '64 Chevelle, so I like that one but was afraid not many here would have heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Tin Men is about the cutthroat business of being an aluminum siding salesman. Interesting enough there was such a problem with un ethical business practices during that period ( not to mention the gov. now) with homeowners being ripped off right and left, that the Maryland Home Improvement Commission was formed. Resulting in MD being one of the toughest states in the country to get a home improvement license in. A couple of large books to read, a several hour test given only certain times a year. AND it deals all with legalities and ethics, nothing at all about building or skills! There is a whole list of requirements I wont go into but by contrast in neighboring states $25 will get a license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter J.Heizmann Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, TAKerry said: Tin Men is about the cutthroat business of being an aluminum siding salesman. Interesting enough there was such a problem with un ethical business practices during that period ( not to mention the gov. now) with homeowners being ripped off right and left, that the Maryland Home Improvement Commission was formed. Resulting in MD being one of the toughest states in the country to get a home improvement license in. A couple of large books to read, a several hour test given only certain times a year. AND it deals all with legalities and ethics, nothing at all about building or skills! There is a whole list of requirements I wont go into but by contrast in neighboring states $25 will get a license. What kind of cars do the salesmen drive? Anything interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Could provide a long story about when Chesapeake Cadillac (Baltimore) called my grandfather to tell him his new Cadillac was in but would be off topic so won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 There's also a lot of car related footage to be found in silent films. Here's one from 1914, featuring Charlie Chaplin and Barney Oldfield in action. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkhammer Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I don't think anyone mentioned Driving Miss Daisy or Horatio's Drive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericmac Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 While not specifically a car movie, Into the Night had absolutely fabulous scene with a '29 Franklin 137 Sport Runabout and another with a '34 Packard Deitch Convertible Sedan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Has Redline 7000 been mentioned yet? Not a top ten but some good scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Don't miss The Young In Heart, a 1938 comedy featuring the Phantom Corsair as the Flying Wombat. Several terrific scenes of the futuristic Corsair and a car showroom, and the movie is very funny. The trailer- The movie- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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