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Post by 65cuda on Dec 20, 2006 22:48:34 GMT -5
Anyone seen this, I seen it at the Gasport drive in, back in 1976 or 77 I bought the DVD, its more funny then anything else, cool looking cars  |
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Post by swi66 on Dec 21, 2006 6:34:54 GMT -5
Haven't watched that in years..............
One of the cars was Corvair powered...............
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Post by 65cuda on Dec 21, 2006 13:52:00 GMT -5
The car in which President Frankenstein and Annie drive away in after their wedding is a Richard Oaks Nova kit-car, actually based on the Volkswagen Beetle chassis (but obviously not the body). These were available in kit form for many years starting in the mid-1970s.
I always thought All of the cars in the movie, except one, are re-bodied Volkswagens, including a VW Karmann-Ghia (Matilda's Buzz Bomb). The only non-VW was the white Resistance Army car that chases Frankenstein very briefly before crashing and blowing up; it's a 1965 or 1966 Ford Mustang fastback.
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Post by swi66 on Dec 21, 2006 15:21:27 GMT -5
Yes mostly VW chassis, but one had a Corvair motor mated to it. Something commonly done with kit cars.
For the life of me I can't remember which one.
It was mentioned in an article about Corvair bases movie and TV cars in the national Corvair magazine a few years ago.
Also mentioned was the bad guys car from The Great Race,
Also The Man From UNCLE TV car(Girl from UNCLE too) that was a concept car called the Pirahna, but complete Corvair based.
So why would I know this..................
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Post by 65cuda on Dec 30, 2006 23:59:11 GMT -5
 SWI I found it they say this was had the Corvair air-cooled power plant, and Corvette style body. |
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Post by 65cuda on Dec 31, 2006 0:12:02 GMT -5
fake blower, can you tell?
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Post by 65cuda on Dec 31, 2006 0:20:26 GMT -5
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