Richard Jackson wrote:
> Talking of Mad Max, what was that car they called the V8 Interceptor.
You mean "the last of the V8 Interceptors"! It was a 1975 Ford Falcon
XB hardtop, with some sort of plastic streamlining cover around the lights.
The Judson supercharger was real, but not actually driven by the motor.
After the filming, of Mad Max II (aka "The Road Warrior" in the US), the
car was in pretty bad shape and so was abandoned (along with the other
cars & bikes) at a wrecker outside of Broken Hill, where the filming
occurred. Several years later some fellow found the car, restored it
and then put it in various shows. Nowdays left-over movie memorobilia
command huge fortunes, but even 15 years ago, it was just a piece of junk.
I wonder what ever happened to the Minis in "The Italian Job", or Frank
Bullitts Mustang, or the VW-based cars in "Death Race 2000", or any car
(except the DB5) in the early James Bond films? Probably lost.
Shane Ingate in San Diego
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