Sunday, December 25, 2016

Coolest cars have to be production cars...And Cool!!

Someone posted on the internet about the coolest movie and TV cars. I had to disagree with the poster on a lot of them. The reason is he had stuff like the "Batmobile", the Monkees GTO based surfmobile, the Munsters coach, etc. These were all one-off customs built by customizers like George Barris. They were definitely cool, but there's no way "Joe Average" could ever duplicate them. On the other hand-stuff like the General Lee Charger, the Starsky & Hutch Torino, even the "California Kid" '34 Ford built by Pete Chapouris would be pretty easy to duplicate. And I think a lot of the guy's picks were just because he like the shows. Colt Seavers' '82 GMC pickup from "The Fall Guy?"  Really? An '82 GMC Pickup? The Van from "The "A" team?  An '81 GMC Van??  Those belong on a list with the Iconic Mustang and Charger from "Bullitt", the Supra from the 1st "Fast&Furious", the Badass '55 Chevy from "Two-Lane Blacktop and American Graffiti,Kowalski's Challenger from "Vanishing Point"?  No way. I know some of those were modified, but they were modifications that the average guy could duplicate. I also don't think ultra-exotics should be on the list. Yes the Audi R8 from "Iron Man" and the Aston-Martin DB9 from "Casino Royale" were definitely cool but 99% of us movie goers can't ever afford a $150,000+ sports car!!  A list of cool stuff for working class people should be stuff that they could buy if they wanted to!! Elvis Presley's personal Jet-the "Lisa Marie" is a cool airplane, but I wouldn't it put it on a list of cool Hobby or Race planes!!  But that's just my opinion.  Mastermind

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