Movie Cars: Christine

Welcome to another segment of Movie Cars! Today we are going to be talking about the film, Christine and its 1957 Plymouth Fury! Christine was a 1983 horror film that was based on one of Stephen King’s novels. The movie focused on a car, Christine, who had its own mind. Arnie Cunningham, played by Keith Gordon, buys Christine and is completely obsessed with it, a little too obsessed people might say. So Arnie’s friend decided to wreck the car and this was a bad mistake on their part. Christine restores herself and then goes on a killing rampage taking out Arnie’s friends who “beat her up.” Once Arnie and his girlfriend find out about this horrible murder and who was responsible, they decide to take action and destroy Christine.

I remember watching this film at a very young age and being absolutely terrified. Well I mean it is a pretty scary concept. Besides that, the Plymouth Fury was a very nice vehicle. During the movie, the Fury was not always a Fury; they used other Chrysler models. In fact, more than 20 Plymouths were used in the filming of the movie, including Belvederes, Savoys, and of course the Fury. All of these vehicles were painted the same red and had all the same interior color to match well between shots. 

Another interesting fact about this movie is that Christine was never remote controlled. Being a vehicle that drove by itself most of the movie, you would think there was remote control technology being used. Actually, they used stunt drivers who had a small window to see where they were going. Today only 3 cars used in this film are still out there. 

We here at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center hope you enjoyed another segment from Movie Cars! Thanks for reading and have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

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Movie Cars: The Hollywood Knights

The 1980 movie The Hollywood Knights is about members of a drag racing club called Hollywood Knights. They find out their regular hangout spot will be closing and demolished to make room for office buildings. So the gang puts together a celebration to hopefully change the town's plans for the new building. 

The real star of this film is the 1957 Chevy 210 also known as Project X. This vehicle was canary yellow and belonged to Tony Danza’s character, Duke. Project X stood as a test vehicle for many different engine combinations and other hot rod modifications over the years. While starring in this film, the Chevy featured a really cool number 1 pool ball shift knob and what stood out the most was that it had no hood. The small block Chevy engine was the focal point on this hot rod. 

This movie featured so many iconic hot rods like a Ford Galaxie, Le Mans, and a Shelby Cobra. If you have not seen this movie, it looks like one to definitely check out! We here at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center hope you have been enjoying the Movie Car blog segment. Stay tuned for more! 

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Movie Cars: Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is a super popular movie that came out in 1977. It starred Burt Renyolds, as Bandit a truck driver delivering some illegal coors beer from Texas to Georgia in 28 hours. In 1977, Smokey and the Bandit actually took the number two spot after Star Wars. This movie featured one of the most popular movie cars, the Pontiac Trans Am. 

The Pontiac Trans Am in this film was actually a 1976 model with the front end of a 1977. There were 4 cars used to make this film and unfortunately, 3 of them were wrecked during filming. The last surviving car is owned by a car collector in Florida. A fun fact about the car is that the engine sound in the movie wasn’t actually from the Trans Am. It was actually recordings from the Chevrolet Custom we talked about from Two Lane Black-Top and American Graffiti. 

We here at Jerry Noonan’s Auto Center hope you enjoyed another segment from Movie Cars. Have a great rest of your week! 

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