Posted on 10/09/2011 6:03:37 PM PDT by DemforBush
That’s the one! Best example on the list.
Sorry.FORD FALCON
Always loved that Bullett chase scene. Classic!
"You think you hate it now, wait 'till you drive it."
The Bricklin SV-1 was a gull-wing door sports car assembled in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The body panels were manufactured in a separate plant in Minto, New Brunswick. Manufactured from 1974 until early 1976 for the U.S. market, the car was the creation of Malcolm Bricklin, an American millionaire who had previously founded Subaru of America. The car was designed by Herb Grasse.[1] Due to Bricklin's lack of experience in the auto industry, coupled with the funding problems,[2] the Bricklin factory was not able to produce vehicles fast enough to make a profit. As a result, only 2854 cars were built before the company went into receivership, owing the New Brunswick government $23 million.
The model name (SV-1), stood for "safety vehicle one". The original idea for the Bricklin SV-1 was a safe and economical sports car, but due to the added weight of the safety features, the car was inefficient and simply a safe sports car. The Bricklin was designed for safety with an integrated roll cage, 5 mph (8.0 km/h) bumpers, and side beams. The body was fibreglass with bonded acrylic in five "safety" colours: white, red, green, orange and suntan. The cars had no cigarette lighter or ashtray.[3] Non-smoker Malcolm Bricklin believed it was unsafe to smoke and drive. The Bricklin is the only production vehicle in automotive history to have powered gull-wing doors, that opened and closed at the touch of a button, as standard equipment. (The later DeLorean DMC-12's gull-wing doors must be operated manually.)
The moonshiners cars from “Thunder Road” They hauled butt, and you could work on them yourself without a Masters Degree in Computers...The good ol days. ;)
Love that car
Bill Hickman was the driver of the Charger...also the bad guy in in Seven Ups car chase....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBwyIOj5zdw
That was a 1971 Plymouth Valiant in Duel.
Hey, my uncle owned Robbie the Robot and his car! That should count.
As well as many others ... and planes.
..the Seven Ups was a pretty good one too....(see above)
Saw them just last month at a car show at LeMay Car Musuem in Steilacoom, WA ... along with KITT from Knight Rider, one of the Chargers from Dukes of Hazard, and several other movie and TV cars.
The Wagon Queen Family Truckster:
The Mutt Cutts 1986 Ford Ecoline :
The Ecto-1 (Actually, I have a weak spot for this one...):
Besides Robbie the Robot and his car, he owned a Batmobile and Steve McQueen’s cars and airplane hangar. Still does.
Here he is:
http://www.juicemagazine.com/PETERSONAUTOMUSEUM2006.html
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