wanna play a game of "what happened to?" [Archive]

tomslik

11-19-2003, 07:37 AM

vanishing point was just on the tube the other night and got me to thinkin',what happened to the challenger?

and the chopper the guy at the desert trailer house had?

RileyRacing

11-19-2003, 07:49 AM

As in the one that ran into the bulldozers at the end, or the "doubles"? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Jay

tomslik

11-19-2003, 07:59 AM

the one that hit the bulldozers wasn't the same car.
the hood was wrong and so were the wheels...
naw, i was more curious on where the unwrecked car(s) ended up..

RileyRacing

11-19-2003, 08:02 AM

Try snooping around the mopar bb's. I sure someone there would know. If it wasn't such a freakin' mess, I'd search my dads Mopar magazine collection, I am pretty sure one of them just did an article in the last couple years....

Jay

Bondo Slinger

11-19-2003, 08:54 AM

I don`t know the where the cars are now, but I do know they used a camaro the the final crash scene.

spudshaft

11-19-2003, 09:02 AM

Unless I'm mistaken, one or more of the Challengers is owned by a guy who collects all things Vanishing Point. On a related note, the Challenger from the sequel or remake that had Jason Priestley in it is in Floyd Garrett's musclecar museum in Sevierville, Tenn.

modernbeat

11-19-2003, 09:17 AM

I wanna know what Cotton Werkman's been up to the last fifteen years.

I wanna know what's happened to all the Buterra cars we salivated over when I was in school.

I wanna know what's happened to Gymkahna or Autocross competitions at street rod meets.

Fat Hack

11-19-2003, 09:19 AM

The car that was wrecked at the end of Vanishing Point wasn't a Challenger...it was a CAMARO!!

(I thought everyone knew that! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Even back then, Camaros were expendable!!!

Smokin Joe

11-19-2003, 09:54 AM

Yea Hack, they probably couldn't get the Mopar to start. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

McGrath

11-19-2003, 09:59 AM

I'm definitely a Chevy man but I'll be the first to admit that we could stand to lose a few more Camaro's.'67 to '69 Camaro's are about like 'glass Duece's, seems like everybody and their Dog has one...

Bigcheese327

11-19-2003, 10:30 AM

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I'm definitely a Chevy man but I'll be the first to admit that we could stand to lose a few more Camaro's.'67 to '69 Camaro's are about like 'glass Duece's, seems like everybody and their Dog has one...

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Yup, that'd be me. And just try to get me to part with it... ever. My Camaro is every bit as traditional as any car on this board, it's just trad to a somewhat later era- about 1969. But those are the years my Dad was most active in the hobby and where all the good stories come from. The way I hear it is that by 1965 the only guys running prewar cars on Woodward were poseurs who wouldn't race because they knew they didn't have the traction - just like the big-block Mopars, come to think of it.

Smokin Joe

11-19-2003, 10:54 AM

Gather up all those 67-69 Camaros you wanna get rid of and send them my way. I'll be more than happy to take them off your hands.

LUKESTER

11-19-2003, 11:46 AM

bigcheeze.... I think the most feared car on woodward EVER was a mopar.....LUKESTER http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif here is a link to "The Silver Bullet"...
http://www.carcraft.com/featuredvehicles/906/

'Flyin' Dutchman'

11-19-2003, 11:46 AM

I've got a '68 Camaro... with a 4 speed... I'm not really a big fan of Camaros but I found the car I have in such a good shape here in Holland, I just had to buy it... I put the 4 speed in it... And I'm starting to like it more and more... I almost sold it a couple months ago, but at last the deal didn't go trough... And somewhere, deep inside, I pretty happy afterwards, that I didn't sell it... Those cars are getting worth huge amounts of money here in Europe!

Bigcheese327

11-19-2003, 12:13 PM

Slicks make all the difference. That's hardly a real street car, Woodward cruising notwithstanding. We're talking late sixties street tires here.

4t64rd

11-19-2003, 04:08 PM

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bigcheeze.... I think the most feared car on woodward EVER was a mopar.....LUKESTER http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif here is a link to "The Silver Bullet"...
http://www.carcraft.com/featuredvehicles/906/

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This car was on display the the '03 WDC/Blackout in the Chrysler area. There was at least one other GTX that also claimed to be THE car out there that day.

RileyRacing

11-19-2003, 04:21 PM

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Slicks make all the difference. That's hardly a real street car, Woodward cruising notwithstanding. We're talking late sixties street tires here.

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Am I understanding you to say that you don't think that the Silver Bullet was a real street car? I guess that you need to define what a street car is... That is a bad ass car that kicked many a bad ass cars asses, "back in the day." I must be missing something http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I guess that Tom Hoover must not have been a real "street racer", or Jimmy, the guy who drove the car, or John Delorean whenever he took a "prototype" Pontiac out to "cruise" or... or... or... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Jay

Hackerbilt

11-19-2003, 04:23 PM

I read a few months ago that Chrysler was so pissed that the movie had nudity and drug scenes they refused to allow "CHRYSLER" in the credits (Can someone check to see if thats true?) and also demanded the cars back after shooting...then had them crushed! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Who knows! Sounds possible!

Bill

Sailor

11-19-2003, 05:57 PM

Just wanted to say that Fat Hack is right about the car hitting the Shovel being a Camaro, but I think at least one of those Challengers got some beating too. I remember a pretty rough race with a weirdo in a junky Jag E-type.

SKR8PN

11-19-2003, 06:20 PM

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Yea Hack, they probably couldn't get the Mopar to start. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Let me put this as politely,and as succinctly as possible..... Fuck You. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

The Silver Bullet,can prolly STILL kick ASS,on 99% of the "street" cars on the road today...........
and it is HOW old????? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

tomslik

11-19-2003, 09:02 PM

sooo, fat hack states the obvious,bfd...so what, that ain't what i was asking about..

modernbeet,who the fuck is "cotton" and why should i give a shit?

if you were in school when you were drooling over buttera's cars, you're younger than me..

gymkana stuff?
insurance assholes and laywers took care of that stuff so we wouldn't hurt ourselves...i miss it too!

the rest of you guys evidently have no idea about what i'm asking so i assume you're just trying to get your post count up..

guess actually having a car-related post is confusing http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif ya,right?

RileyRacing

11-19-2003, 09:27 PM

I had a long retaliatory remark, but I read my signature, and took it's advice.

I guess my suggestion about looking on the websites or in older mopar mags was too hard for you. I am sorry for that.

Good Luck in your quest. I hope you find more cooperative people elsewhere.

OOPS, one more post for me. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Jason

just steve

11-19-2003, 09:32 PM

And here I thought this was gonna be about Randolph Scott.

RANDOLPH SCOTT!

. . . Rocky will get it.

later,
Steve.

tomslik

11-19-2003, 10:01 PM

hey rocket, it wasn't directed at you but now that you said something, let's see, uhh, i have no idea what a GOOD mopar board would be AND,(pay attention here everybody)being the fng there, would anybody tell me anything or would i have to put up with bullshit until i had 3 billion posts?

got OTHER things to do than rack up posts or read about tatoos, crist, i get scarred up enough at work to INTTENTIONALLY do it to my self...got no prob if somebody else gets 30 of 'em, i'm not the one that's gotta live with 'em.

but wtf do they have to do with hotrods?

aw, what the hell, i'm in a shitty mood tonight but dammit, my wife is still here, the dog and both cats are healthy, i don't have to move, i can sleep well knowing that in my e-mail box there will be spam that can help me make my dick bigger and harder AND get me bigger tits,too!

life is good? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

RileyRacing

11-19-2003, 10:07 PM

Ok, try
www.moparchat.com (http://www.moparchat.com) or
www.moparts.com (http://www.moparts.com)
or if ya feel particularly lucky, try the looking up the Mopar Action magazine website... my wife is sleeping (and pregnant) so I ain't gonna dare going into the room to look for the magazines http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
That's where I'd start, and if that don't work, I dunno...

No hard feelings,

Jay

Fat Hack

11-19-2003, 10:13 PM

Try the message board at Hobby Heaven.

http://www.modelcarkits.com/

Yeah, it's a model car board, but most of those guys are Mopar fanatics and movie trivia gurus. They might be able to help you out.

Jackie built a cool diorama from the movie...and she knows her stuff about the cars.

(Yes, I do have a remarkable grasp of the obvious, don't I? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

Bigcheese327

11-20-2003, 04:28 PM

I think I see where we ran afoul here. I wasn't calling the Mopar's poseurs. They, like the big block Camaros, just had traction problems when they were actually run in street form. I still really like them. That GTX may even have hooked up on street tires, being as it was a mid-sized car. I think the trouble lay more with the ponycars like the Challengers and Cudas. I apologize if you think I was ragging on them. I like old-school hot rods too, I was just trying to make a point... on zero sleep in 20+ hours, I might add.

As for the Vanishing Point Challenger? I heard they wrecked so many Challengers Chrysler wouldn't give them another so that's why they had to dummy up the Camaro.