Tv cars or vehicles - what your favourite?

What about the 1928 Porter touring car, from "My Mother the Car"?  And with figures of Jerry Van D*y*k*e and Avery Schreiber.

(asterisks necessary to appease the nannybot.  I wonder what it does with Jerry's more famous brother's name?)

GMorrison

TV:  too many to pick from. Coolness factor- Patrick McGoohan's Lotus 7 in "Secret Agent".

Patrick McGoohan drove the Lotus Series Seven in "The Prisoner", not "Secret Agent".

My favorites are the '65 Ford Mustang from TVs Spenser for Hire.  From the movies, it would be the Aston Martin DB5 and DBS from the James Bond movies.

Heh, this thread as risen from the dead almost as often as Jason Vorhees!

Did anyone mention the Stutz bearcat from "bearcats!".......anyone....

V8 Interceptor from Mad Max.

The Sunbeam Tiger from Get Smart, since my dad owned one.  Toward the end of the series when he switched to a VW Karman Ghia my dad used to snort dersively.  "1/2 the number of cylinders and a quarter of the horsepower!"

The Corvette Mark Hamil drove in Corvette Summer.

Hemi Cuda from Phantasm.

A Team van (actually built that when I was a kid).

General Lee.

Daisy Duke's Jeep Golden Eagle (actually met Catherine Bach when I was a kid.  She was appearing at Carl Casper's Custom Auto Show with the General Lee.  Asked my dad if we could go and he finally gave in.  I thought he'd enjoy it since he was in to cars.  Nothing he was interested in, all hot rods and, according to him "nose pickers".  We stood in line to meet her- $5, then it was $10 for an autograph and $20 for a picture.  Dad wasn't going to pay that much.  She was wearing her trademark shorts, panty hose, heels and a tied at the midrif shirt).

Smokey's Bandit TA.

Rockford Files brown Firebird- Pontiac actually sold that model.  305 V8, automatic, tan vinyl interior, brown carpet and paint, with sport hubcaps.

There was also a movie with a Plymouth where the guy's wanted and driving around the desert SW US.  Ends up coming up on a police road block, slams on his brakes.  Stares down the cops then stomps on the gas and runs right into the cruisers.  Being a movie, the car instantly bursts into flame.

American Grafitti yellow T bucket.

Christine.  '57 Plymouth Fury.

The fastback purple late 60's Impala from The Principal.

A hatchback red Nova with flames and chrome Cragar SS wheels in a movie I don't remember.

Magnum PI's Ferarri 308.

Even though its a really awful movie, the Plymouth concept car from The Wraith.

Forrest Whitaker's Camaro Z28 that Spicoli wrecks in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Stefani Zimbalist's white VW convertible in Remington Steele.  Both the Beetle and then the Rabbit.

Speaking of VW's Herbie.

Adam West's Batmobile, George Barris customized Lincoln.

Kelly Mcgillis' Porche 356 in Top Gun.

Columbo's Puegot.

Elanor.

Movies: too many to pick from. For fun, Eddie Murphy's 356 in "48 Hours".

TV:  too many to pick from. Coolness factor- Patrick McGoohan's Lotus 7 in "Secret Agent".

Frank cannons Lincoln MK IV.

 Ok........

1 : Way to ressurect a zombie thread guy's !

2: I read back through this entire thread and NOBODY said The ZZR. Also a Barris creation I believe.

3: The Hearse from Phantasim.

4:  The Lincoln Mark III from The Car.

5: The "Original" Bigfoot from Take This Job And Shove It.

6:The car they used in the TV series  The Nanny And The Proffessor, but I don't recall what it was. I just remember it was cool.

P.S. How many of the people who posted in this thread 8 years ago are still here?

Eleanor from Gone in 60 seconds. (Nick Cage Version)

Hi ;

 I would say my all time favorite was the Ferrari from Magnum . Second was Frank Cannon's Lincoln , Third and last the Firebirds from Rockford Files and his Dad's Pick-Up . T.B.

Theres No Way  Bucksco;

 I am sorry my friend .I cannot even mention this one . As a student of fine design , and a car buff . I still remember this from the FORD ROTUNDA cars of the future display at the auto show .

 To me , this is like painting a mustache on the MONA LISA !

No doubt the 1966 Batmobile.

Talladega Nights - Ricky Bobbys dads Chevelle with cougar!

Favorite TV car was the Barris Batmobile. Favorite movie car was Keaton's Batmobile. I did like Bale's Tumbler Batmobile.

As for an animated TV show, Hotwheels did a cartoon and the hero drove a car called the "Jack Rabbit Special". I loved the TV show.

Squad 51 and Sonny Pruett's Kenworth from Movin On

I would have to pick Squad 51 and Sonny Pruett's Kenworth from "Movin' On"

My list isn't that long .

    Magnum's Ferrari

    Kitt

    Mannix's Toronado

    General Lee

    Napoleon Solo's Spy Car

    Maxwell Smart's Car

   Even though it's 1/32 - The Green Hornet's " Black Beauty "

   Definitely any car In " Mad Max ' that the Hero drove .

   last but not least Christine

    That's all I really liked except maybe Dr Mallard's Car from N.C.I.S . You know the old Morgan .  T.B.

I'd have to go with the 'darker' side of model kits. AMT's Munster Koach, Mongram's Boot Hill Express or Aurora's '39 LaSalle hearse. I wish some company could start to produce more limo/hearse/ambulance type vehicles.

1976 AMC Pacer in Wayne's World.

-Stephen

lol

I would be seriously remissed as a child of the 90s if I didnt include a few of the vehichles that had a giant impact on my childhood

Thatd be, in order, the ninja turtles van, megazord from power rangers, and the blackbird from Xmen

Can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned yet.

 John Steeds' 1928 Bentley Blower from The Avengers.

I always liked this one...

Didn't know it was designed to fight yeast infections   

Croket´s Scarab 32, Yummy!

Dr. Faust wrote:

I know it's about the car/cars, but a shout out has to go to George Barris. Kinda Sorta started the genre. The King of Kustoms.

Like this?

The chopper in air wolf.

The Devil Z from Wangan Midnight... 

And the Black bird...

Takumi Fudjiwara's Trueno GT Apex in Initial D

subfixer wrote:

Then you've got Stuntman Mike's (Kurt Russel) deathproof Chevy Nova from Tarantino movie Deathproof, part of the Grindhouse duo.

There was also a nice Challenger in this movie, which the chicks dubbed "the Kowalski"

Also, Stunman Mike's Charger after he shamelessly smashed the beautiful Nova.

And then, I also forgot Sonny Croket's  Black Daytona in Miami Vice.

And also the white Testarossa.

And I know it's not a car, but still a favorit...

How could I forget Magnum P.I.'s 308 GTS

Then you've got Stuntman Mike's (Kurt Russel) deathproof Chevy Nova from Tarantino movie Deathproof, part of the Grindhouse duo.

I think that one has'nt been brought up yet..

The Challenger driven by "Kowalski" in The Vanishing Point.

We also seem to have overlooked this important vehicle

K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider TOS

TOS Batmobile The general lee

Here are some of my favorite TV cars in no particular order:

• Starsky and Hutch's '75 Grand Torino
• The General Lee
• The A-Team's Van
• The orginal Batmobile
• Fred Flinstone's car
• Mach 5
• The Mustang K.I.T.T.

As for movies here they are:

• The First Bluesmobile
• All of James Bond's cars
• The Deathmobile (Animal House)
• The Shaguar
• The Family Truckster (National Lampoon's Vacation)
• The Urban Assualt Vehicle (Stripes)
• Cousin Eddie's RV (Christmas Vacation)
• Bandits Trans Am
• Sheriff Buford T Justice's Bonneville Police Cruiser
• The Deloran (Back to the Future)
• Mad Max's Interceptor (Road Warrior)
• MIB Ford LTD
• The Wooden Hare (Monty Python and The Holy Grail)

Here's a fun one from an Aussie movie:

I love the Last of the V8s (Falcon XB coupe) in Mad MAx 2 (or Roadwarrior)

And the 55 Chevy from two lane blacktop. That's my wife's aunt in the photo.

Hi Konig Tiger-

Great topic!!

Back in 1986 a Charlie Sheen movie called 'The Wraith' came out. It was about a road-gang in Arizona that would stop highway travelers with sportscars and force them to roadrace for pinkslips. The gang at some point killed a young man and he has now come back as Charlie Sheen to take his revenge!!  He drives a sleek, black, and deadly super-racecar that at the end of the show is reveled to be a Dodge product. 

A Dodge M4S to be exact.  At least that's what 'The Internet Movie Database' is saying. Before posting here I wanted to get my facts strait so I did a Google search and followed it to their website.

I sure that there are pics out there some where on the net, but it's really late (or early) and I'm going to bed.

Again, great topic and remember- Keep your stick on the Ice,
-Ray

The Rat Patrol jeeps were great.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34OFJpnRwE&feature=related

Here's some more to get your creative juices flowing

Bullitt

Mad Max - Goose's ute

Robocop - note robo figure sitting in there

TD4438 wrote:

That Greased Lightning is awesome!Can you post a few more pics of her?

sure thing. here you go /forums/1198331/ShowPost.aspx

Traitor wrote:

I dont remember any TV cars I really liked....... I never watched much TV.

Well, thanks for playing!

I dont remember any TV cars I really liked....... I never watched much TV.

a few more. i love tv/movie cars. i hope you do too.

Road Warrior (mad max 2) The Gyrocopter, made from airfix's Little Nellie.

Terminator 3: the hearse

A TV Movie called 'Wheels of Terror'

The GTO from xXx

Wirraway wrote:

and the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill 2 (actually, Uma was right to bludgeon Buck, the male nurse, to death, just for driving it)  (I did like the interior though)

Yep, done that. FYI, it wasn't kb2, it was kb1.

some more for the fun of it

Another Tarentino movie: Deathproof

a little known gem from 1977, Speed Trap

and Grease is the Word

'63 Bug wins, hands down. Who can't love Herbie?

And no, Herbie wasn't only in movies. There was a TV thing too. So there

The title suggests it has to be TV... 

The Prisoner... LOTUS 7

Man I must be getting tired I just remembered the the pic of my Mr. Bean Car is on the SAE gallery not the FSM Gallery time for me to head off to snooze land ..DUH....Gary

n9lge wrote:

My Favorite from tv would be Starsky's Gran Torino, Hill and Renko's car from Hill street, Kojak's Buick, Mr. Bean's car(model of which I did is in the Gallery somewhere). either of the engines and the squad from emergency. from the movies the mad max cruiser, the trans am from Smokey and the bandit, the Deloren from back to the future, Gary

My Favorite from tv would be

Starsky's Gran Torino, Hill and Renko's car from Hill street, Kojak's Buick, Mr. Bean's car(model of which I did is in the Gallery somewhere). either of the engines and the squad from emergency.

from the movies

the mad max cruiser, the trans am from Smokey and the bandit, the Deloren from back to the future,

Gary 

PhantomPhreak wrote:

I can't believe noone's mentioned the Munster Coach!  That rod was absolutely awesome!!!!!

             ...or Grandpas coffin dragster

  Here's a list of what is considered to be the top ten TV cars

  http://editorial.autos.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=1080100

Aaron Skinner wrote:

There's a lot of good one's to choose from. My current TV fave is definitiely the '67 Impala from "Supernatural." Always liked Magnum's Ferrari. And, as someone else said, anything from Mad Max. A couple cars I haven't seen mentioned so far are Jim Rockford's Firebirds and "Spenser for Hire's" Mustangs.

Sweet!! Great to hear someone else also loves that '67 Chevy Impala from Supernatural. That car is just plain slick. (Probably why it's my dream-car, now only if I had the money.)

I can't believe noone's mentioned the Munster Coach!  That rod was absolutely awesome!!!!!

philo426 wrote:

Looks like the Bluesmobile from the Blues brothers Movie.'74 Dodge Monaco!

Speaking of movie cars,can anybody guess what this baby is gonna look like when I'm done with it?

Actuially, someone hacked/scratched a deathmobile at the Mosquitocon just passed.

Definately the deathmobile from 'Animal House'.    RAMMING SPEED !! 

and the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill 2 (actually, Uma was right to bludgeon Buck, the male nurse, to death, just for driving it)  (I did like the interior though)

TD4438 wrote:

That truck was a Hendrickson,correct?It had a nice ominous look to it for that movie.

 Quoted from http://www.classiccar.com/garage/blog/index.php?/archives/34-The-Peterbilt-from-Duel.html

The original truck was a 1955 Peterbilt 351 that was hurled off a cliff at the end of the movie so the fate of that truck is well known. However there were two other trucks -- one used as a backup, and another used to shoot additional footage when the film was re-released. The truck used for additional footage is long gone, as is the original movie truck, but the backup truck used just in case the '55 couldn't perform still survives to this day.

The backup was a 1960 Peterbilt identical in appearance to the '55 in all ways except for the air cleaner. Once the production was finished, the truck sat on a storage lot. That was until Neil Losasso came along. He purchased the truck, had it refinished, and drives it on the weekends as a pleasure cruiser -- complete with tanker trailer. The details make for an interesting read at the 10-4 Magazine site.
 

There's a lot of good one's to choose from. My current TV fave is definitiely the '67 Impala from "Supernatural." Always liked Magnum's Ferrari. And, as someone else said, anything from Mad Max. A couple cars I haven't seen mentioned so far are Jim Rockford's Firebirds and "Spenser for Hire's" Mustangs.

Sticking with just TV cars or vehicles gives you plenty to choose from. We could do one for TV and once that is complete do one for movies.

Any real world vehicle depicted in a movie would be a cool GB.

smeagol the vile wrote:

Maybe its just me, but this seems to have all the great makings of a Group build

Engine 17 from Backdraft. Like the Chicago colors.

Ford Mustang used for the new K.I.T.T.

Chevy Camaro used for Bumble Bee in the Transformers.

The GTO used in Triple X.

 Any of the James Bond cars.

Don't forget Columbo's 1959 Peugot 403. What a POS!

Sorry, silverback, I don't think anyone recognized your first entry.

Good topic,

I'll bite,

t.v. shows: Miami Vice (the black Daytona Spyder)

                  Starsky & Hutch (red &white Ford torino)

                 Magnum P.I.(red Ferrari 308?)

                 Equalizer (Black Jaguar)

                 Dukes of Hazzard (Orange Charger)

Movies: Bullitt (68` Mustang fastback & black 68` Charger)

How about the early 70's Dodge rescue run by the LA County Fire Department as "Squad 51" on the old "EMERGENCY" series?  At one time, there was a resin kit offered to do the conversion.  Unfortunately, the company is no longer in business.  Rumor has it that the molds have been purchased, will be re-done, and the kit will be re-offered in the future...

David

Im not really a stephen king fan so I'v never read it.

She ran on evil eh' maybe we should start mass producing those, be alot cheaper to fill up that tank, :D

smeagol the vile wrote:

Isnt christine the car from the stephen king novel where it comes alive and kills people?  Shouldnt they have just not put gas in the car?

    My take on Christine;      

Electric Blues wrote:

Two Lane Blacktop 55   American Grafitti

Nice tie in. Did you know that the Two Lane Blacktop 55 is also the 55 Harrison Ford rolls racing that lovely little Deuce?

Also, the sound of the 55's 454 exhaust is used instead of the Firebird's natural exhaust sound in Smokey & the Bandit.

Two Lane Blacktop 55 

 American Grafitti

cuchulainn wrote:

Also, I wouldn't mind having the modified Chevy SUV that was used in Tango and Cash; talking about a cure for road rage!!!

You mean this one?

  My fav would be the Urban Assault Vehicle from ‘Stripes'.

 A bed, bathroom, fridge and anti-tank rockets! What more could you want!

I dunno where AM got his, but I have a model of the same car (at least the same according to IMCDB) that AMT released back in 2004 (dunno if it was a re-release or not).  Other than eBay though I dunno where you'd get it, theres only one listed right now too. 

i'm surprised there aren't many 'models' in this thread.

Mad Max 2

Bullitt

Gone in 60 seconds

Christine

The Thunderbolt Grease Slapper!

Well, then, the Secret Saucer certainly qualifies:

"Fred, if you're afraid

You'll just have to overlook it.

Cuz you knew the job wuz dangerous

When you took it"

Any of the Mini Coopers from the original Italian Job

Snowmans GMC General from Smokey and the Bandit II

Rubber Ducks Mack from Convoy

Pete 

ogrejohn wrote:

The Thunderbolt Grease Slapper!

"To-om Slick!  To-om Slick!

Let me tell you why/He's the best of all the guys!...

In the Thunderbolt Greaseslapper, man, he's on your tail

He won't quit

Because you know there's no such word as "fail" to

To-om Slick!  To-om Slick!"

Excellent!

666Irish wrote:

'nuf said.    LOL

Love the yellow Cuda that Don Johnson and Cheech tooled around in.

I would really like to get a Hill Street Blue's police car.

Emergency Squad 51 would be cool.

Hogan's Heros German staff cars.

dnatech wrote:

Two I would like to see are the Leslie Special and the Hannibal Twin 8 from The Great Race movie. Steve

Yes, yes!  Great choice, and a great movie, I just ordered it again from Netflix.

"Push the button, Max!"

I dare say there is one car I have forgotten... 

Two I would like to see are the Leslie Special and the Hannibal Twin 8 from The Great Race movie.

Steve

smeagol the vile wrote:

I know im not on this forum much, but there are 3 cars I would LOVE to build, I have attempted and failed at the first one im gona list (yellow is hard to paint) two have been listed already   The latter being my favorite

I know im not on this forum much, but there are 3 cars I would LOVE to build, I have attempted and failed at the first one im gona list (yellow is hard to paint) two have been listed already

The latter being my favorite

Many surprises here, nobody mentioned Miami Vice

http://www.javelinamx.com/carstars/miamvc2.jpg

Mannix's Toronado

http://www.javelinamx.com/carstars/mannix4.jpg

The Green Hornet's Black Beauty

http://www.javelinamx.com/carstars/bkbeauty.jpg

Couldn't find a picture, but Jethro's Double Naught Spy Car or the Hot Rod version of the Clampett's truck are my favs!

2010 Chevrolet Camaro

http://www.egmcartech.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/2007_sema_bumblebee_camaro_chevy_live_image_main.jpg

oddmanrush wrote:

I would pick this car....that is of course if I can harness the 1.21 gigiwatts of electricity to power the Flux Capacitor, which upon my reaching 88 mph, will propel me back to the future!.....or I could just model it....

You don't need to worry about the power oldman, you've got the Mr. Fusion already installed!

I, myself, wouldn't mind having the Coyote from Hardcastle and McCormick.

m@

'66 Batmobile,  hands down, all time favorite... Watching the original Batman series in the 60s was the high point of my week from 66-68, lol..

The rest, in no particular order:

The Rat Patrol jeeps

Munstermobile

Grandpa's Dragster

Monkeemobile

Black Beauty

Snowman's Kenworth from Smokey & the Bandit.

Mad Max's Inteceptor

The General Lee

Starsky's Gran Torino (I actually bought a '74 Gran Torino because of that show, although it was blue.. Never got around to painting it..)

Last but not least, Eleanor, from Gone in 60 Seconds...

I would pick this car....that is of course if I can harness the 1.21 gigiwatts of electricity to power the Flux Capacitor, which upon my reaching 88 mph, will propel me back to the future!.....or I could just model it....

Probably others but there are the top 3.

The Land Master from Damnation Alley

63 Stingray from Stingray (TV Show)

Lotus Esprit from The Spy who Loved Me. 

Eric... 

666Irish wrote:

'nuf said.    LOL

The Jag-hearse from Harold & Maude. 

666Irish wrote:

'nuf said.    LOL

Ford Interceptor from Mad Max! FTW!

'nuf said. 

LOL

The original Smart Car!

Without a doubt:

Unless its:

Or:

Phil

Hints:  Colombo Peugot, Route 66 Corvette, Mr. Bean Mini

The A-Team Van
Viper from Viper (Original not the 1996 "revival" series, but the 1994 original.)

I would have to go with:

The General Lee

The A Team van

The fall guys GMC p/u

and for movies Bullitt mustang (original not the new one)

the RV from Stripes

John

Pretty much any of the custom cars for the TV series from the Sixties:

The Batmobile

The Munster's Munster Koach, and Grandpa's Drag-u-la

The Clampett's 1921 Oldsmobile stake-panel flatbed truck

The Monkee-moblie (modified '67 Pontiac GTO, if I am not mistaken)

The Green Hornet's Black Beauty

Are we counting cartoons, too?  Gotta love the Mystery Machine, and also Brock Sampson's '69 Dodge Charger, Adrienne!

TD4438 wrote:

Got a pic of this one?I'm not familiar with it.

Here's a few pics.....

Konig Tiger wrote:

Just wondering whats your favourite or favourite's. I like the dodge charger out of the Blade movies as well as the one from The Fast n the Furious. Cheers Jim

I guess it would have to be the 1967 Chevy Impala, black 4-door from the Supernatural series. Now that car is just plain slick, plus it has a menacing overall look to it. (If I had the money I'd buy one today.)

1.The Bluesmobile (1974 Dodge Monaco)

2.Christine (1958 Plymouth Fury)