Still more Movie and TV cars that you can build....

Had a reader write in with some more good ideas on cool movie cars that you can replicate. Some will be cheap, some not so cheap, but they were all great ideas. # 1. "Death Proof" Nova. I don't how this one slipped my mind-but the flat black,menacing Nova driven by Kurt Russel in Tarantino's Grindhouse classic would be easy to do. Find a '68-72 Nova, paint it flat black with a skull on the hood, some loud exhausts,some Rally Wheels,and some longer shackles or even air shocks to give it the jacked up rear-end look and your there. A snarling small-block would help too, and if you want to go all the way-Summitt offers bolt-in roll cages for X-bodies. # 2. "American Graffiti" '32 Ford. I make the same recommendation here that I did for the "California Kid". Get a Factory Five Racing '33 Ford Hot Rod Kit-the base kit is $11,995 and the turn-key one with everything but the engine and tranny is $19,995. Hot Rod magazine built one with a wicked 347 that ran low 11s in the 1/4 for under 25K. Paint it yellow,pay extra for a vanity plate that reads THX1138 and you've got Milner's ride. Or close enough. # 3. "Nash Bridges" 'Cuda. Several years after Miami Vice ended Don Johnson had another hit playing a Sonny Crockett type San Francisco detective who had a '71 Hemi 'Cuda convertible. ( Ok, they said it was a Hemi-but the close-up camera car-and Johnsons's favorite was a 340 / 4-speed model. The other stunt cars were 318 models with the scooped hood. ) The problem is finding any 'Cuda convertible is going to be hard-they were only built in 1970 and 71 and even 318 models are rare and thus a little pricey-people want 15k for rough 318 models that need a lot of work. However-if you "Gotta Have" Nash Bridges' ride-you could buy a 318 Barracuda drop-top and put the scooped hood on it and paint it orange. You could put in a Mopar Performance 380 hp 360 crate motor or go whole hog and spend 15K for a 465hp 426 Hemi crate motor. Probably cost you 50k to build, but that's way less than the $250,000 on up a that a "real" Hemi 'Cuda convertible would cost. # 4. "Mission Impossible" Sport Fury. Your mission,should you choose to accept it-is to find a clean 1970-72 Plymouth Sport Fury. With cool hidden headlight, fuselage styling and 383,400 or 440 cubes under the hood Mr Phelps ( Peter Graves ) did have a cool ride. # 5. "Boss Hogg" Caddy. The Iconic Charger wasn't the only cool ride on the "Dukes of Hazzard". Sorrell Booke ( "Boss Hogg" ) was driven around in a triple-white 1969-70 Cadillac Deville convertible. I personally wouldn't put the big bull horns on the hood-but I'd love to have a classic Caddy drop-top with 472 cubes under that long hood....Or......# 6. "Daisy Duke" GTX. Most people remember Catherine Bach in the short-shorts and the Jeep CJ5 with no top. ( The Jeep, not Catherine, damn it ) But in the first season Daisy had a '71 GTX. You could get by with a '71-72 Satellite or Road Runner...# 7. "Dynasty / Colbys 1963 Ferarri GTO. Miles Colby ( Maxwell Caulfield ) drove a '63 Ferarri GTO. But it was really a Datsun 240Z with a fiberglass body kit and a snarling small-block Chevy under the bonnet. Check Kit Car magazine-I'm pretty sure the company that sold the bodies is still in business-it was a front-end and rear valance kit-most of the 240Z body was used. 1970-78 240 / 260 / 280Z's are plentiful-and even if you don't want to swap in a Chevy V8-there are headers, cams, and Weber carb kits that really wake up the 6 cylinder Z motors. Mastermind