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#Batman (1966-1968) : 1955 Lincoln Futura concept
Adam West's #Batmobile was filmed from 7 different angles at varying times of the day leaving the #Batcave for the 60's TV series.
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#BatmanBegins (2005)
#TheTumbler
'Does it come in Black?'
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#ChristainBale #MorganFreeman

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#TheLastStand (2013) : Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 (Cortez) and Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (Owens).
General Motors provided seven of each muscle car for filming, only two were returned in pristine condition with others heavily modified for filming. The climatic chase in a 24-acre cornfield outside Albuquerque was made particularly tricky due to a snowstorm prior to filming. The production had not planned for muddy and hard to drive on ground adding to the complications.
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#AViewToAKill (1985) : Renault 11 TXE
#JamesBond pursues May Day in a 'borrowed' taxi in Paris that suffers a few dings, first losing it's roof and then the entire back of the car is severed in a collision with another car.
The sequence was coordinated by famed French stuntman Remy Julienne.
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#TheGreenHornet (2011) : Black Beauty
29 copies of Black Beauty were made from scrounged 1964, 1965, and 1966 Chrysler Imperial Crown Sedans, many of which were rusted out, and had to be rebuilt. Only 3 survived production intact.
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#RoadToPerdition (2002) : 1931 Buick Series 50 Sedan
This iconic scene of the Sullivans' Buick driving into Chicago involved 120 period cars on a quiet Sunday morning on Chicago's main thoroughfare.
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#TheBluesBrothers (1980) : Bluesmobile
The 'Bluesmobile' was a 1974 Dodge Monaco.
A world record was set for 103 cars being wrecked during filming. This record was beaten by 'The Junkman' two years later with 150 cars and one aeroplane.
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#TheManWithTheGoldenGun (1974) : AMC Hornet X Hatchback
The 'Astro-Spiral' corkscrew stunt performed by stunt driver Loren “Bumps” Willard had a patent filed for it by producers to ensure no one else could copy it on film.
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#TheBigBangTheory (S12 Ep13) : Batmobile
Leonard Hofstadter gets the Batmobile for a day.

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#McQ (1974) : 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
An extremely rare 'Brewster Green' SD-455 (Super Duty) model with only 252 being made that model year. It belonged to the same model line as the Firebird Esprit in The Rockford Files.
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#Brannigan (1975) : 1974 Ford Capri 3000 GT Mk2
John Wayne unable to cope with a manual gearbox, a stuntdriver took the Capri to the edge of the bridge and reversed it down at speed all the time looking ahead. In the film the footage is reversed to make it look like the Capri is speeding up towards the opposite bank of the River Thames.
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#MadMax2 (1981) : 1973 XB GT Ford Falcon
Only two original Interceptors were used in all the Mad Max movies. The one used in Mad Max (1979) was modified and re-used in all of the interior and close-up shots in this movie.
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#MadMax (1979) : 1973 XB GT Ford Falcon
Filmmakers transformed the 351-cid V8 Falcon into the 'Pursuit Special' or 'Interceptor' with a new nose, big flares and a switch-activated supercharger poking out of the hood (alas a fake).
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#TheLastStarfighter(1984) : Star Car
The "Star Car" that Centauri drives is based on a DeLorean, including its gull wing doors and its stainless steel construction. In reality it was constructed with a VW engine and sheet metal that resulted in a car that didn't move very fast and sounded terrible, hence driving shots were undercranked with additional space-age sound effects. The Star Car can be seen making a cameo appearance in Back to the Future 2.
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#TeenWolf (1985): WolfMobile
Stiles trades in his convertible for a delivery van with a large decal painted on the side that reads WOLFMOBILE courtesy of Harry’s Used Cars. The van is in fact an old International (Harvester) Metro.
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#Lost (2004-2010): 1971 VW bus Type 2a
Several VW buses were used as part of the motor pool for the DHARMA Initiative to transport people and supplies around the island.
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#ThePersuaders (1971-1972):
Brett Sinclair (#RogerMoore)- 1969 Aston Martin DBS in yellow, reg BS1. UK circus proprietor Billy Smart owned the reg in reality.
Danny Wilde (#TonyCurtis)- 1969 Ferrari Dino 246 GT in red, reg MO22 1400.
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#BabyDriver (2017) : 2016 Subaru Impreza WRX
Six WRX's were used for the opening scene one which was a debadged WRX STi. One of the production All-wheel drive cars was converted to Rear-wheel drive for easier backward maneuvers.
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#BreakingBad (2008-2013) : 1986 Fleetwood Bounder Class A
Original RV not destroyed in the junkyard as depicted, Sony kept it and included it in their Studio Tour. Jesse called the winnebago 'The Krystal Ship' after the Doors 1967 psychedelic song, 'Crystal Ship'.
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#TheItalianJob (1969) : Mini Cooper Mk 1
BMC, owners of the Mini, refused to donate any cars for this movie but the chief of Fiat offered their cars in place but it was decided as a British film the mini needed to be the car star. Fiat's boss still donated scores of cars for filming, as well as the factory grounds, and even though the authorities refused to close the roads, the Italian Mafia stepped in and shut whole sections of Turin down for filming, so the traffic jams in this movie are real, as are people's actions during it.
32 Mini Coopers were used for production, one of them bearing two steering wheels. The actor performed on the dummy wheel while a stunt driver, unseen to the camera, was the one to actually drive the car.
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#BadBoys (1995) : 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo
The studio didn't want to rent the car due to budget and Porsche did not want to support the movie so director Michael Bay allowed his own 3.6-litre flat-six 911 turbo to be used.
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#FerrisBuellersDayOff (1986) : 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder
Three replica cars were built for the film by California-based Modena Design & Development. A version of the three without drivetrain sold at auction in 2020 for $338K.
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#TheMunsters (1964-1966) : The Munster Koach
Made from three Ford Model T bodies and was 18 feet long. Only one original Koach was created for the series by George Barris.
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#TheRockfordFiles (1974-1980) : 1974 Pontiac Firebird Esprit
It had a blazing gold exterior, tan interior and a 400-cubic inch engine. Jim Rockford was known to do his signature J-turn aka the Rockford Reverse regularly in it.
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#VanishingPoint (1971) : 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
Five Alpine white Challengers were used, four with a 4-speed manual and the fifth with an automatic transmission for the more difficult stunts where concentration was paramount.
However, in the final crash that destroyed the car, the filmmakers used a '67 Camaro rather than a Challenger.
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#JurassicPark (1993) : 1992 Ford Explorer XLT
Tour vehicles EXP4/5 had self-navigation systems and night-vision goggles supplied and stored under the seats. One major modification to the cars for the film were to add glass roofs to maximise the dramatic effects with the T-Rex.
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#TheCannonballRun (1981) : 1980 Lamborghini Countach LP400S
Countach (chassis 1121112) became the 30th car to be included on the National Historic Vehicle Register of the United States Library of Congress' shortlist of cars "considered of national importance for the United States".
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#TheProfessionals (1977-1983) : 1978 Mk3 Ford Capri 3.0S
Ford was unsure whether two on-screen Capri's were excessive so they offered a Cortina which was declined. Bodie continued with a Strato Silver Capri from S2 till the series end.
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#TheGreenHornet (1966-1967) :
Modified 1966 Chrysler LeBaron Imperial Sedan aka Black Beauty
The car (Reg V194) was driven by Britt Reid / Green Hornet's valet and crime-fighting partner, Kato. It was fitted with machine guns, rocket launchers and the ability to emit green Hornet gas.
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#ReturnOfTheSaint (1978-1979) : Jaguar XJS V12
British Leyland provided the car finished in Old English White with a Cinnamon leather-trimmed interior. It was the 138th XJ-S built and one of only 385 models fitted with a manual gearbox.
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