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Designed
for the movie "The Car" starring James Brolin. Made
from a 1971 Lincoln. Fenders were 20 gauge steel shaped over the
original body. The grill was hand made from square steel tubing.
4 bumpers made from heavy 18 gauge steel. Seven inch single headlights
sunk behind the grill and fender. Body was raised to upper doorline.
Four radius wheel wells around a six inch reverse deep chrome
wheels and Goodrich tires.
Top was chopped 4 inches with all black transparent windows. Full
body roll bars installed over and around stunt driver. A steel
tube canon was installed on passenger side which had a telephone
pole inside and steel cap which housed dynamite and black powder.
When the stunt man rolled the car he would trigger the tube telephone
pole by igniting the dynamite which drove the pole into the ground
and roll the car 5 times. Finished with 20 coats of black pearl
lacquer. A total of four were made. |