A Toy doesn't have to be correct to the "nth" degree......

Had a guy ask me how he could get a car like Mel Gibson had in the "Mad Max" and "Road Warrior" movies. When I told him it was a 1973 Australian Ford Falcon XB his response was "Crap." "Ill never find one here, and I can't afford to go to Australia and have a 30 year old car shipped over here." I suggested that he look for a '71-73 Mustang fastback. When I first saw those movies-that's what I thought it was. I said-Paint it flat back and put some fat tires on black Nascar style wheels. There's a ton of speed equipment for 302 Fords or 351C's-whichever your car would happen to have. I also told him if he couldn't afford to put a real blower on it-there's a company that sells fake blowers you can bolt on any normally aspirated engine. The Chargers in the Fast and Furious movies were actually powered by a small-block Chevy and a TH400. The blower was a fake. The guy says-dead serious-"But it wouldn't be exactly like the movie car." "Duh!!!" Guess what-you can't turn a belt-driven Roots type blower on and off with a switch either!! No it wouldn't be exact-but I guarantee if he put Mad Max on the liscence plate people would get the drift and think it's cool. And the car in the movie-wasn't stock-it was much modified by the stunt crew. So your going concours on me on a car that never existed??  Like Ditka says-"Come on, Man!!"  I've said it before-guys any '70-74 Challenger with Rally wheels painted Alpine white will give you the "Vanishing Point" vibe-it doesn't have to be a pristine numbers matching, 440, 4-speed 1970 R/T!!  Trust me- any '67-68 Mustang fastback painted dark green with Torq-Thrust mags-even if it's a 289 / Automatic will cause people to get the "Bullitt" theme. It doesn't have to be a 390 / 4-speed GT model. And again-like the "Mad Max" car-on something that never really existed-who gives a shit if it's not exact to every nut and bolt?  Burt Reynolds' Whiskey Runner in "White Lightning." Ford never built a 4-door '71-72 LTD with a 429 and a 4-speed!! If you wanted one-you could probably fabricate clutch linkage from Mustang ,Torino or F100 parts, or you could go hydraulic. But barring that mega-expense and time and effort-if you painted one Chesterfield Brown, and put white-letter tires on black wheels with chrome lug nuts and put some dual exhaust on it with some loud glasspacks, people would get the drift. Even if it was 400C with a two-barrel and an automatic-which most of them were. Any '73-74 Pontiac Ventura 2 dr painted silver with chrome wheels and "Baby Moon" hubcaps can pass for Roy Scheider's "Seven-Ups" chase car. Whether its a 350 2bbl automatic or a 455 with a Richmond 5-speed!! See what I'm saying?  If you want to build a movie replica car-you can do it cheaply and have fun- if you don't go crazy trying to match every tiniest detail. Just a thought. Mastermind