A lot of magazine writers and bloggers write about the coolest movie and TV cars. Sadly-a lot of them are the same, safe choices. The Charger and the Mustang from "Bullitt", the Challenger from "Vanishing Point", the 'wicked "Two Lane Blacktop / American Graffiti" '55 Chevy, "The California Kid", the one-off manual trans BMW 733i from the original "Transporter", the nitroused Audi, from "Ronin", Vin Diesel's Chevelle and Paul Walker's Supra from the "Fast&Furious" series, blah, blah, blah. Don't get me wrong, all those cars are cool, but these writers are trying to put out what they think the readers will agree with. I think I'm a Maverick and an indivdualist, so here's my picks that I think are not only cool, but varied and eclectic, not cookie-cutter-oh, yeah you gotta include the "Eleanor" Shelby clone from the Nic Cage "Gone in 60 Seconds." Here's the list in no particular order. # 1. '55 Oldsmobile 88 Coupe. Burt Reynolds had one of these in the comedy "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings". The movie was a low-budget comedy about a huckster-Reynolds-who managed a country music band with Jerry Reed and others. His ride was two-tone black and gold Rocket 88 with a custom horn. Very cool. # 2. '57 Thunderbird. Robert Urich drove a red '57 T-Bird on the private eye show "Vegas". Dan Tanna was one cool dude. He had crossover episodes with "Charlie's Angels" and "Starsky&Hutch", carried a six-inch barreled Colt Python, and had the uber-sexy "B" movie queen- Phylis Davis ( "Sweet Sugar", "Terminal Island", etc ) as a secretary / sometime girlfriend. And he had a cool pad inside a casino. Anyway, I always liked '55-57 T-Birds. I know their kind of a mainstream choice, but I'm allowed a couple. # 3. 1962 Corvette. Todd and Buzz ( Martin Milner and George Maharis ) travelled "Route 66" having many adventures in their cool '62 'Vette convertible. It may have been a '61; I'm not sure, but the '62 had the same bodystyle, and the mighty 327 was a big power boost over the 283, so I prefer the '62 model...With dual quads and....sorry, got off on a rant there. # 4. '71 Ford Custom sedan. Burt Reynolds "Whiskey Runner" from "White Lightning" has got to be the most badass 4-door sedan ever. Forget the Bimmers and Audis from the "Transporter" movies; this had a 429 and a Hurst Competition Plus shifted 4-speed, and with white-letter tires on Super Bee style black rims with chrome lug nuts,and loud exhaust, it looked and sounded like a mean Mofo. # 5. 1974 Pontiac Ventura. Roy Scheider drove a silver Ventura with moon hubcaps and chrome trim rings in the "Seven-Ups", which featured the best car-chase since "Bullitt". I had a Ventura that I stuffed the 400 out of my wrecked T/A in. It was a great sleeper. Most people thought it was a 350 Nova, and were greatly surprised.....I'd love to find another one. #6. '64 Cadillac DeVille Convertible. The Corvette based Kit Car / Ferarri Daytona Spyder replica that Don Johnson drove on "Miami Vice" got most of the attention, but I really dug the drop-top Caddy that Phillip Michael Thomas drove. It's timeless styling still looks good today 50+ years later. # 7. '73 Corvette. McGarrett's girlfriend on the new "Hawaii Five O" drives an Ice Blue '73. I always loved the '73 models for having the ducktail '68-72 style rear, and the urethane front bumper of the '74-79 model. Not only are they better looking, with catalyst-free exhausts they have much more power than the later ones too. I'd love to have either an L82 / 4-speed model or a 454 / Th400 model. I'm not picky. #8 '73 Stutz Blackhawk. This was Elvis Presley's favorite ride. He bought three of them between 1970-75. Based on the Pontiac Gran Prix chasiss, these were status symbols among celebritys in the '70's. Besides Elvis, Evel Kneival, Frank Sinatra and other stars had them. Rapper DMX drove one in the gritty crime drama "Never Die Alone." Dynamite if you can find one. # 9. '67 Olds Toronado. Killer "George Stark" drove a black one with a bumper sticker that read "A High-Toned Son of a Bitch" in the Stephen King thriller "The Dark Half". Still a great looking car, and with 425 cubes under the hood, they move pretty good too. And their front-wheel drive if you live where it snows. I love "traditional" musclecars, but I think these are cooler than the Chargers, Chevelles, Mustangs,etc that were constantly bombarded with. Mastermind
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