If you lived in a movie, what would your car be?

"BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast." (boxerfanatic) 03/26/2015 at 12:11 • Filed to: None

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Action heroes, anti-heroes, and generally strong, silent types in the movies, and even some serious leading ladies, also... tend to have movie-budget magnitude cool cars.

McQueen had many, perhaps most well known was Frank Bullitt's Mustang GT 390 fastback.

Reynolds had a 2nd-gen Pontiac Trans-Am with the iconic gold hood bird and striping, and the big monster V8...

The Transporter has his Audis after his BMW blew up. Ronin had his sinister black BMW also. Ryan Gosling's character in Drive had both a cool Collonade-era Chevelle Malibu, and somebody else's Mustang GT to beat on... Thomas Jane in The Punisher wrecked one GM muscle car, and then stole an assassin's Mopar, instead. Dax Shepard actually used his own Hot Rod Lincoln Continental in his own movie "Hit and Run", with his own wife, and IRL even named one of his kids Lincoln...

There are all sorts of movies, especially classics, that have cool cars to go with the cool characters... and in the movies it doesn't matter where they got them, how they paid for them or the modifications to them, or whether they needed a lot of maintenance, or how practical they were for day-to-day lifestyle... they were just COOL.

I think I may have found mine. A 66-67 Buick Riviera. I imagine that it is lowered on airbags, with a multi-link rear suspension re-fit, and a modern refitted front subframe, either chopped out of an Impala/Caprice, or a fully custom-fabricated unit, with SLA front suspension, and rack-and-pinion steering, with a big modern GM crate engine, and a 6-speed overdrive automatic, and a limited-slip rear differential, so that it drives like a modern, albeit big car, but looks like one of detroit's coolest, from their heyday.

If you lived in movie magic land... what would be your cool car? No practical considerations, just maximum overdriven cool.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:15

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Probably a '70 Ranchero GT. Similar in some ways to my project, but more cohesive and more Hollywood. Also, more aggressive and less silly.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:18

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Jack Reacher and Dominic Toretto already used this one, but I can't think of anything I'd rather have.

djmt1 > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:19

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#GoodToBeBad

CB > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:19

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2012 Boss 302 in dark blue with white accents. Mustangs are classic cool, and the 302 is better at handling and has more power.

Either that, or a Pontiac G8 GT in black.

EDIT: Replace the G8 with an ATS-V sedan in white with black rims.

Twism > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:21

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Something like what Stallone drive in The Expendables:

Black F-100 with modern drivetrain, fully independent suspension, new steering rack and a large supercharged V8.

Looks supremely badass, handles decently well, can soak up a lot of damage and even double as a mobile weapon platform.

although I might go with a C/K Silverado and an LSX mill.

Essentially this, but lowered and flat black:

And yes, it would be a dually.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:22

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1970 Nova. I would feel pretty safe in this.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:25

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Ariel Nomad

Wacko > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:26

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wheels seems to far back

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > CB 03/26/2015 at 12:28

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Any of those sound fine... and the ATS-V coupe looks pretty slick, too.

But a Kona Blue car, including a Mustang, is a great choice, too.

The white is a bit bold in over-powering the blue's subtlety, but carbon gray could look cool, too.

KnowsAboutCars > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:29

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'68 Dodge Coronet R/T with '69 front end swap and 426 under the hood.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:29

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I'm fabulous. And slightly insane.

Teehee.

CB > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:30

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I've never seen it with those black accents before. That looks pretty groovy.

TheHondaBro > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 03/26/2015 at 12:31

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Spyker? I like that for some odd reason.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 03/26/2015 at 12:31

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Interesting choice...

I am thinking it maybe a post-apocalyptic movie... and olive drab painted frame and wheels, and survivalist add-ons.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > TheHondaBro 03/26/2015 at 12:32

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Yup. D8 Peking-To-Paris.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:32

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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Wacko 03/26/2015 at 12:33

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Perhaps... not sure if that suggests a non-stock suspension, or just an effect of lowering the body over the axle, which could possibly lengthen the wheelbase, depending on the geometry of the rear suspension mods on that car.

Although since the axle isn't centered in the wheel well on the stock car... increasing the wheel and tire diameter from the stock 15" wheel and bias-ply tire, to a 20" wheel and low-profile tire brings the tire closer to the back of the wheel arch anyway.

Agrajag > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:36

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Might give it a paint job, but I'd keep the magic abilities and malfunctioning cigarette lighter.

Stevo777 > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:36

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If this was an action movie I'd feel pretty safe in this..... Especially a batman or Michael Bay film!

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Stevo777 03/26/2015 at 12:38

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Ahh... so you are taking the way of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the Fast&Furious franchise... military assault vehicle mode.

Stevo777 > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:39

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basically, that bad ass who rolls up with a truck full of weapons and a light APC

Stevo777 > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 12:40

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Otherwise this would be my second choice

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Agrajag 03/26/2015 at 12:41

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Bluesmobile... nice choice... except for the whole 'fall apart at the end' thing...

This mall is nice... lots of room!

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 03/26/2015 at 12:44

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I am trying to place what movie genre that a Toyota 222D MR2 race car would be in... Rally Race movie.... Death Race sequel... the villain opposite of Herbie... Mad Max...

It would probably be interesting, though.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Twism 03/26/2015 at 12:50

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That F100 was kind of the equivalent to Cobra's '50 Mercury LeadSled.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 03/26/2015 at 12:52

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The 70-ish Chevelle is pretty popular, but likely for a reason.

Death Race had one a lot like the one you pictured at the end, and Drive Angry with Nicolas Cage had a red one, too.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > KnowsAboutCars 03/26/2015 at 12:56

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Nice MOPAR choice. Somewhat reminiscent of the Plymouth Satellite that the country music assassin drove in The Punisher... that the main character took after wrecking his own armored GTO, and killing the assassin.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 13:01

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There was never a question about which one for me.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 13:03

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I've had this fantasy many times, and in it I'm always an undercover cop (think Max Payne meets Bullit). My dream car is a 68 Z/28. It would be blue, with Z/28 stripes in gunmetal gray, and matching powercoated wheels. Interior would be mostly gutted with modern gauges, recaros, a half cage, and 5 point harnesses. I would keep the rosewood wheel and a Hurst T-handle shifter as a throwback, though. And of course one of those removable cherries that sits up on the dash for pursuits.

It would have a thoroughly modern suspension - tubular control arms, chassis bracing, big brakes and wheels with sticky rubber, and converted to a Corvette rear transaxle/IRS setup. And the trans would have dog-ring gears. Dog ring gears are a must. Under the hood it would have an ITB'd, fuel injected, DZ302 with aluminum heads, high compression pistson, and a solid lifter race cam. Basically the Trans-Am motor they wish they could have built in the 1960's. The thing would sound like a bucket of bolts being shaken around at idle, and lope around town like it's going to stall. But give it the loud pedal and all hell breaks loose from about 4,000rpm until you bang shift off the rev-limiter at 9 grand.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 13:10

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What I'd want: 1964 Shelby A/C Cobra 427

With my luck: Ford f*cking Pinto.

noise > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 13:11

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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 13:30

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They had a ruined 71 Chevelle in Supernatural too.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 13:33

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My own runner up to that gorgeous Riviera above... this COOL colonnade-era 73 Chevelle Laguna pro-touring car, built by Sean Rich, save maybe a clean standard hood.

An even cooler version of the car that Gosling drove in "Drive"

Although I would love to see a mashup between a a Pontiac Grand Am colonnade coupe and a Buick Century Gran Sport colonnade coupe. The Grand AM's spear-point front end, a Riviera-style boat-tail, and the knife-edged front and rear fenders, similar to the Buick swaged body-line on the side, like the 66-67 Rivie I pictured at the top.

I think the Grand AM's spear-point front, and the Rivie boat tail at the back, as well as the Century Gran Sport's elegant, but not over-whelming sides and Chevelle-like pseudo-fastback roofline, all finished in a Pro-Touring resto-mod modern-tech, modified-old-school fashion, like Sean Rich's Laguna, could be a VERY cool mashup that would look like nothing else on the road.

Maybe T-tops thrown in for good measure... there were a few special-model colonnade coupes with T-tops installed.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? 03/26/2015 at 13:41

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In a movie... it isn't your luck... it is a written script and cinematography. ;-)

If the script says you are the cool guy with a 427SC Cobra, then you have one, and the director makes sure there is a slow-motion walk-up scene with music and doves flying, and explosions in the background.

It seems a gunshot has improved your drivin' skills...

now THAT's how you supposed to drive! From now on, that's how you drive!

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 13:53

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Although there was a funny bit in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" when the apprentice used his magic to turn their car into a pinto, by mistake. Good comedy relief... but their Mercedes SLR McLaren was better.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 14:01

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Ha ha that's awesome. Sadly, I saw all of that in my head as I read that!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 14:40

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I don't care what kind of movie it is. I just want to be able to drive that. Everywhere. GTA-style.

Agrajag > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 15:10

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That's only because it killed itself making sure it got them where they needed it to be. It never let them down otherwise.

Manic Otti > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 03/26/2015 at 16:44

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Amoore100 > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 03/26/2015 at 20:35

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Slightly? (I kid, this would probably be one of my choices too if I had thought of it...)