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Opens Friday, April 3!!!
In the movie business, cars are expendable. They're not respected, nowhere near cherished, subject to abuse and constantly thrashed. It doesn't matter if the cars are Ferraris or Ford Crown Vics, the job of any vehicle in a movie is to tell the story effectively — even if it must be destroyed in order to do so. And in a movie like Fast & Furious (opening April 3) the cars do a lot of storytelling. We should know; we went behind the scenes.
In October of 2007, Dennis McCarthy was hired as the picture car coordinator for Fast & Furious, and after leasing a 60,000-square-foot shop in Southern California's San Fernando Valley and hiring a staff of mechanics and fabricators, he got started building the 240 or so cars that would be needed for the production — to portray about a dozen on-screen cars tied to a character. After all, duplicates were needed of every car to ensure the production never had to slow down; to perform specific stunts; and to be wrecked in the most spectacular way possible.
Using documentation from the production's picture car department and in-person interviews with McCarthy and his hard-working team of fabricators, Inside Line has created the most comprehensive guide to this year's hottest movie cars. Here it is: Inside Line's guide to the cars and trucks of Fast & Furious.
Fast & Furious 4: Subaru WRX STi
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What's a Fast and Furious movie without some obvious product placement? And in Fast & Furious, the most obvious product placement is Subaru's WRX STI.
The Subie got its role in F&F when the picture car coordinator went looking for a new, high-performance, rally-type car for FBI agent Brian O'Connor (super-dreamy Paul Walker) to drive near the film's climax. Basically it was a choice between the Mitsubishi Evo X and the WRX STI, and Subaru was the first one to say it would supply cars. So Subaru it was.
Subaru gave a total of seven brand-new WRX STI models to the production in exchange for prominent placement in the film. But just because they were zero-mile cars doesn't mean that they were treated with any respect by the picture car department. After all, what matters in movie-making is getting the movie made, not making sure any Subaru survives unscratched.
So all the Subies had their interiors stripped, all were fitted with straightforward tuner-style modifications from Perrin, Cobb Tuning and Veilside, and then they were sent out to work on the set. Of the seven, one was cut up into an engine-less filming buck and five were destroyed during filming. The remaining car is in a warehouse awaiting another shot at fame.
Fast & Furious 4: '67 Chevy Truck
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Fast and Furious 3: Interview with Car Builder Dennis McCarthy
Inside Line takes the Fast and Furious 3 movie cars to the test track.
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Driving the 1971 Ford Maverick From Fast Five
Here in the United States the Ford Maverick is remembered, if it's remembered at all, as the car that replaced Ford's original compact, the Falcon, back in 1970.
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Mercedes SLR Oslo Challenge part 1 - Top Gear - BBC
Can a boat beat a car? In an epic splash and dash from London to Oslo, Jeremy Clarkson pits the Mercedes McLaren SLR against Richard Hammond and James May who are making the journey by boat.
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Ken Block jumps his rally car 171 feet
Ken Block jumps his rally car 171 feet in November 2006 for Discovery Channel´s show "Stunt Junkies"
Don´t forget to check out Ken´s 2007 highlight clip in the video responses!
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Blitz Nur Spec R on 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
civicseth and his 2004 Subaru WRX STi with Blitz Nur Spec R Exhaust with catalytic converter revs in Paducah, KY.
Wheels are custom powdercoated white Rota Torque R. They are 18x9.5" with a 35mm offset. 5mm spacers up front. Tires are Federal SS595 225/40/18
Log Truck Drivers part 1 of 2 - www.TruckingFantastic.com
www.TruckingFantastic.com Big Log trucks on dirt roads in British Columbia - Volvo, Pacific, Hayes, Kenworth, Peterbilt. Now look at "Three Truck Tow" - three 500 hp trucks moving one 150 tonne load. Probably the best off road truck drivers in the World.
Music from BC guitar legend Doug Cox -http ://cdbaby.com/cd/coxbutler
This sequence is available in HD at www.TruckingFantastic.com taken from my most excellent DVD about Logging - available on both sides of the Atlantic and NZ and Australia. Lots about trucking, timber skidding, dry land sort, timbermills and trains.
Take a look at www.truckingFantastic.com. DVD and video available in North America and UK. Type Dylan Winter and Loggers into Google
