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Gosh - the Eclipse from the first F&F movie with the millions of forward gears has surfaced on eBay. A neon streak of cheesy film history - click here. Oh wait, hang on: "It is believed to have been made as a standby car for use in the first film but I have no official documentation."Er...
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VIP
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I don't want it.
The floor falls out if you go too fast...
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mk2cossie
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"Danger to manifold!"mk2cossie
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loving the fake rear discs ;D also, the car in the movie was also a v6 wasnt it?
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the car in the film was also blown to hell ;D
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Nathan
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"Danger to manifold!"Nathan
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I thought the film car was also right hand drive but tbh I haven't seen it for years. Also how dated does that look
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The label under the bonnet reading 'Trev Tec' made me actually LOL and spit coke all over the keyboard!
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1980 Derby GLS 1992 Rover 216 Gti - Sold 2006 Hilux - Sold (boo hoo) need a 2wd pickup. Anyone? 2009 Avensis Tourer - Gone 1993 Mk1 Golf Cabby 1983 mk1 golf. Project rust bucket 1998 Toyota Corolla. Project crash repair 2007 Volvo V70. Daily for sale!
Looking for a winter project - any suggestions?
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I'm obviously broken because I find that weirdly appealing.
Also it did strike me that despite the hee-hawing about that line, you could conceivably blow the welds on an intake manifold in a nitrous setup.
Lets say, like in many race or hardcore street applications you have a fabricated sheet or tubular manifold. Lets say that you then have a "wet" nitrous install where fuel and nitrous oxide are introduced into the manifold - as per common plate systems and tapped jet types. So now lets say your design isn't optimal and/or your setup is off and/or you have a fault with the fuel solenoid. You may get what is called puddling which is surplus fuel sloshing about in the intake. All you need is a misfire and that can go up like a bomb. This is not uncommon and its why you can buy blow-out panels for 4 barrel plates and so forth. They call them carb-savers. This would possible be enough to damage the structural integrity of a welded up fab intake manifold were that to be the weakest spot...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Though that wouldn't make the floor pan fall out. Might have meant exhaust manifold? I remember that film coming out when I was at secondary school, so I do have a bit of a soft spot for that Eclipse and the Supra. Might be where I get my love of the BGW from.
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I'm obviously broken because I find that weirdly appealing. Also it did strike me that despite the hee-hawing about that line, you could conceivably blow the welds on an intake manifold in a nitrous setup. Lets say, like in many race or hardcore street applications you have a fabricated sheet or tubular manifold. Lets say that you then have a "wet" nitrous install where fuel and nitrous oxide are introduced into the manifold - as per common plate systems and tapped jet types. So now lets say your design isn't optimal and/or your setup is off and/or you have a fault with the fuel solenoid. You may get what is called puddling which is surplus fuel sloshing about in the intake. All you need is a misfire and that can go up like a bomb. This is not uncommon and its why you can buy blow-out panels for 4 barrel plates and so forth. They call them carb-savers. This would possible be enough to damage the structural integrity of a welded up fab intake manifold were that to be the weakest spot... Yes, but causing the floor to fall off?
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I didn't say I could fix the whole film.
Although back in the day a mate had a Mk2 Escort and all sorts of panels fell off that.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nathan
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"Danger to manifold!"Nathan
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Was the floor pan riveted? I seem to remember it dropping the Rivets then the plate coming out from under the car. In some odd way I actually find myself wanting to watch it now
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I'm still trying to get over the blue/white/black/tan interior combo, coupled to the green exterior
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I'd totally roll in that. Just for fun
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If I had the money and space and it could be verified that it was actually built for the film then yeah I'd own it, proper bit of movie memorabilia. Quite a few of the cars from the resulting sequels have either ended up over here or have been offered For Sale over here, wonder where they all are now. Edit: Screenshot of the real deal.
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qwerty
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WANT! I loved that film and would soooo roll in any of the cars! Especially the maxima
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I'd feel like an absolute gimp driving that down to the shops, and it would propbably get wrecked from potholes, speed humps and the like but as a piece of film nostalgia I love it. And now I'll attempt to derail the thread with Brian Spilner quotes; " I'll take the cash and I'll take the respect. To some people that's more important"!! I'm obviously broken because I find that weirdly appealing. Also it did strike me that despite the hee-hawing about that line, you could conceivably blow the welds on an intake manifold in a nitrous setup. Lets say, like in many race or hardcore street applications you have a fabricated sheet or tubular manifold. Lets say that you then have a "wet" nitrous install where fuel and nitrous oxide are introduced into the manifold - as per common plate systems and tapped jet types. So now lets say your design isn't optimal and/or your setup is off and/or you have a fault with the fuel solenoid. You may get what is called puddling which is surplus fuel sloshing about in the intake. All you need is a misfire and that can go up like a bomb. This is not uncommon and its why you can buy blow-out panels for 4 barrel plates and so forth. They call them carb-savers. This would possible be enough to damage the structural integrity of a welded up fab intake manifold were that to be the weakest spot... Sounds similar to fuel cut defenders; ie; lots of fuel collecting in the chamber and a spark being reintroduced and BOOM... edit: oh god has that thing got phoney baloney rear brake discs ? I can't see no calipers ?
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Last Edit: Nov 1, 2011 21:02:37 GMT by CIH
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crazymonkey
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I want....that film brings back so many memories of sleepovers staying awake until 4am watching the film. And it ook us years to figure out what the blue car was. Saw the nissan badge but couldnt think what it was being front wheel drive, The good old maxima. ;D
sadly Jesse's Jetta was my favourite car of the film, although I'm convinced in the first street race scene I saw more than a couple of S12s.
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whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties
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tomti
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The jetta was my favourite too. Got to love white 19's on a white car
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That thing is cool as! But I personally was a fan of the bad guys S2000 the most, flaming snowflakes? Er yes.
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Well, that's won me over. * abandons logic*
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I still remmeber seeing a replica of the supra absolutely spanking it down the motorway a short while after the first film came out. To my young self that person was an absolute legend for owning that car. I would more than happily roll any of the cars from pretty much any of the films, shoddy-fake-disks-that-are-bigger-than-the-real-front-disks and all
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