Guest mike burgess Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 My personal favorite was American graffiti.I liked that 32 Ford Deuce Coupe.Cool car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Among the top 10 or 20:"The Great Race"; "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang"...(even though most of the cars in either film were "created" specifically for the movie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike burgess Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 I wonder where they keep the car that was in "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang" now,in a museum or maybe some one owns that car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 It's a mad, mad, mad world............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Mike, Right after Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released both cars,the running one and the stunt flying car were bought by AACA member George Button. At the time we all thought he was nuts for paying $35,000.00 for the pair. I think the pair was split up and they are in private museums now. There were real Chitty Chitty race cars in the 1920's, Mercedes chassis with Zeppelin engines built by Count Zbrowski. Do a Google search on all the stuff that pops up here, both Text and Image searches and you'll be up to speed with the rest of the gang. My all time favorite car movie is "The Roar of The Croud" with James Cagney. It is the up and down story of a 1930's race car driver using real racers and real racing footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike burgess Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 thanks for that info, thats sounds interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Nobody believes me when I say this, but the original <span style="font-style: italic">The Love Bug</span> from 1968 was the best car movie ever made, though inadvertently. If you watch the background footage from Riverside, Sears Point and several other road courses used as race venues in the movie the cars are simply amazing. They're full of race specials that had passed down to club racing by 1967/68. I also recently posted <span style="font-style: italic">Speedy</span> (1928) by Harold Lloyd as a great car movie ( The Best Car Movie Ever!). Large parts of it are shot on the streets of uptown New York City, and it's fascinating to see how many elite cars are there a that time (and how few Model T's!). Both movies contain literally hundreds of cars that are today extremely rare/valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Now there is only one really great answer to that question.Remember we as a club like to restore and drive really old cars, so that favorite movie title can go to only one movie."Two Tars", a Laurel & Hardy film made right before talkies.They destroy about 2 dozen cars in a halarious story for the Two Tars (sailors)played by Laurel & Hardy. The whole thing is them trying to impree two girls. If you've seen it, you must agree.Great movie to show at local club meetings and try to identify all the wreckage.That's my VOTE.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike burgess Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Well Dave I think that "The Love Bug" was a great movie to. I always dreamed about racing like they did.I also liked "The California Kid". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SalG (Sal Grenci) Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I liked Driving Miss Daisy, and Smokey and the Bandit. On TV the Duke boys and General Lee were interesting for the chases. But, my all time TV car show was The Waltons, since we have a 29 pickup in the family and the over all family nature of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Geez guys, I come home after two rough days, my youngest son has taken over the forum, giving out web site info I don't even know about. And you guys are leading him on? Hey those movies he has watched are mine, uuh, my favorite movies, that is. If you fellows haven't noticed he's taken a liking to my '32 Ford, and let's just say it's not exactly "stock"?? I swear I'll have to start testing my food for unhealthy "additives". That's ok though, he plays a mean sax. We're going out to dinner to do a little karaoke. Gotta keep up with the little guy. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceW Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Wayne? ...Wayne who?Oh..thats right.. our new buddy Mike did mention something about an encentric relative that he said the family never talks about.he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Yeah Bruce you're right. Didn't Mike say something about that relative going off of his meds and fired up that old still again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 "fired up that old still again?".......To run a still, you need corn. I stopped farming years ago. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> You fellows sure like to pick on me. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike burgess Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 don't worry people I'm still trying to keep my dad straight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24T42 Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Mike,Welcome to the forum. I am sure you be an asset. I was quite impressed with you at Philadelphia this year with your enthusiasm and eagerness to help the other Junior members. Job well done.I can not resist a plug for the Junior AACA web page. If you want to find out more about the Chitty Chitty Bang cars, go to the section 'Star Cars'. There were actually 4 cars produced. In 'Star Cars' we try to highlighting cars that became stars in their own right. Currently we are highlightly the Chitty car, the Batmobile, General Lee (from the Dukes of Hazard), and the Love Bug. I have included a lot of information about the car and movie/TV show. More to come ....While you are there - stop by the section called '1st Cars'. I have added Earl and Judy's 1939 Buick as it appeared on the cover of this issue of the <span style="font-style: italic">Antique Automobile</span>. Enjoy!!!!!!!!! Junior Web Page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Yeah but Wayne, what about your meds?? You've been spending way too much time in the outhouse and people are starting to talk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 8/25 12:10amIf anyone out there is up and has cable, check out Turner Classic Movies right now, they're playing an old Charlie Chaplin movie from 1931 "City Lights" So far there have been a lot of scenes with him driving an early to mid 1920's Rolls Royce Picadilly roadster. He's been really beating it up too, driving over curbs, ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snappydwp1 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's a mad, mad, mad world............ </div></div>DITTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike burgess Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 A little late for me to be staying up watching a midnight movie, but I went to the Colonial Beach Run to the beach. Saw lots of cars there, even a '35 Ford pickup."The Roadrunners"(a rock n' roll band) were over there and I took my sax to see if I could play with them,but I didn't get to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dave Mills Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 For me, its a tie between American Graffiti and Bullitt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Jaakkola Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">8/25 12:10amIf anyone out there is up and has cable, check out Turner Classic Movies right now, they're playing an old Charlie Chaplin movie from 1931 "City Lights" So far there have been a lot of scenes with him driving an early to mid 1920's Rolls Royce Picadilly roadster. He's been really beating it up too, driving over curbs, ect. </div></div>I'm not quite sure if we are talking about the same car, but in Finland there's a Chaplins previously owned Rolls Royce. I saw it once. It's a blue convertible. I have no clue about the year or model. It looked GREAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Post deleted by R W Burgess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 <span style="font-weight: bold">Posted by Clownface3 on the wrong thread!</span> Christine, Yellow Rolls Royce, The Great Race, Gumball Rally 1, American Grafitti, and an old english movie from the 50's called Genavive (did I spell that right?)1914 Ford Roadster1927 Pierce Arrod Series 80 Roadster1929 Chrysler Imperial 80 Roadster1931 Studebaker 4 seasons Roadster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 The ORIGINAL 1975 movie <span style="font-style: italic">Gone In 60 Seconds</span> is far superior to the limp 2000 remake with Nicolas Cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Amen to that Twitch, but American Graffiti is better to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Good topic Mike. Let's see... Having become a "confirmed" VW enthusiast in my mid-20s' I wish I could say that the Love Bug movies were my all-time favorites car movies (and they certainly rank right up there), but for a car movie that really had a life-long impact on me, I have to say Bullitt is at or near the top; I remember my dad taking me to see it, and how amazing I thought it was at the time; Ford is very smart to be attempting to capture some of that "Bullitt Magic" again lately. And like Doug, I also think American Graffitti is also another all-time-greatest car movie; it came out when I was in high school, which I think is another of those "formative" times on one's life, and it's effect has stayed with me over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 P.S.: A good friend has always mentioned the (original) "Italian Job" as an all-time favorite car movie. I've seen bits of the original, but haven't seen the "remake" yet (with the modern Minis), so don't have much of an opinion on either. Some good video store ideas for the Christmas break for me??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkazmer Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 "Rendezvous" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Oh yes, there was a flick that was not a "car movie" as such but had an excellent, long chase scene. <span style="font-style: italic">The Seven Ups</span> with Roy Scheider.Oh,oh, oh! <span style="font-style: italic">Thunder Road</span> with Robert Michum and son as 'shine runners in 40-57 Fords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Rendezvous" </div></div>Seconded! Strapping a camera to the front of a Ferrari and rocketing through early morning Paris was pure genius. The best part is that all the Parisian pedestrians jumping out of the way in terror are real Parisian pedestrians jumping out of the way in terror.Listening to that Ferrari V12 at full song running up and down through the (close-ratio) gears gives me chills. <span style="font-style: italic">Amazing.</span>It's hard to find, but if you can find it at Amazon.com or something like that, I heartily recommend it. I bought a copy a few years ago and watch it often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlK Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Davejust lurked through here and saw your line of "all plymouths etc. etc."you want a 54' savoy????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlK Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Hey guys: I have one that I will bet no one has ever heard of, but if you want a copy, supply me with a tape and I will get it to you. CARS TO DIE FOR!!!!It is a 1956 B-flick called HOT CARS. Outside of some really gorgeous cars 55 chevy conv. 56 desoto 55 plymouth, a 50's cadillac or 2 it also starred Joi Lansing(A Jayne Mansfield look-a-like(literally). Another one was "Big Wheel" with Mickey Rooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomchaney Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 I have always liked "The Great Race" even though, as was pointed out, the main cars were studio constructions. There were some "real" cars, though, sprinkled throughout. "Topper" also comes to mind. And, don't forget "Genevieve" a British film about the London-Brighton run. BTW: One of Professor Fate's cars is displayed at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles (several were constructed...this is an operable one.) You can go here to see the Leslie Special CLICK HERE FOR THE LESLIE SPECIAL I read recently that this car was to undergo a complete restoration, but I don't remember the details or where I read it. Here's a link to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: CLICK HERE FOR CHITTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixtySix Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Herbie and Herbie goes Bananas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I thought I answered this one once before. Two movies that had cars that I remember the best and liked the best did of course have 1939 Buick convertibles in them. One was Bernadine with Pat Boone where they were driving a black 39 Buick convertible. The other was in 1956 and called "The Revolt of Mamie Stover" and in it was featured a green 1939 Buick convertible. I think that one starred Jayne Mansfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 "The Grapes of Wrath"...The migration of the Okies in a wide variety of old jalopies...Not to mention the Joad family's Hudson Super Six Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Any James Bond movie.......particularly liked "The Man With The Golden Gun" with that Cool Hornet flipping over the bridge......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Even the chick flick <span style="font-style: italic">A Man and a Woman</span> had the lead actor in those cool test track sessions in the Ford GT-40 which was pretty unique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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