Funky car that is from one of the earliest Sci Fi movies

Above via: http://megamoto.tumblr.com/page/24

The 1921 Rumpler Tropfenwagen, in the movie Metropolis. The movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film) was so visually stunning it's still on a lot of top 100 important fim lists. Because it was filmed in Germany post WWI, and so many were unemployed, extras were eager to get a job at near nothing pay... and the director employed an unbelievable 26,000 men as extras, 11,000 women, and 950 children... about 38 thousand extras. I haven't seen it yet myself.

The designer and builder of the Blade Runner vehicles, Gene Winfield

Above via http://greyhandgang.com

http://www.profilesinhistory.com/auctions/images/Auc17_189.jpg

Winfield was approached by director Ridley Scott to build the futuristic vehicles needed for his science fiction movie "Blade Runner."

The job required construction of 25 various vehicles ranging from flying police cars (called "Spinners"), to taxi cabs, buses, and everday transportation vehicles.

Winfield built all 25 units, but two were destroyed in a shop fire.

The "Spinner" was a marvel of technology, including forward-opening doors and wheels the folded-up into the body during the flight mode. Most of these vehicles were destroyed by the studio upon completion of filming.

However, one "Spinner" and one black & white police "sedan" were put on display outside at Disney/MGM Studios in Florida. Recently, after years of deterioration from the weather, they were moved and said to have been destroyed. Another "Spinner" has been restored and now resides in Japan. A red police "sedan" is currently on display in Miami, Florida at the police museum.

Sidenote, Sam Foose did some work on these too, how about that?

http://www.c-we.com/piranha/page9.htm

For an interview with Gene: http://media.bladezone.com/contents/film/interviews/gene-winfield/

For a look at another Blade Runner vehicle: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/syd-mead-design-for-bladerunner-car.html

The Camaro from "Better off Dead" found and restored

The late, great Lane Meyer, played by John Cusack in the 1985 flick Better Off Dead, made sweet on Monique over the engine bay of a 1967 Camaro.

Jeff was so taken with the car that he tracked it down, despite the fact that the man who owned it during the filming of the movie had sold it. It was in pretty rough shape, with a tacked-on spoiler, the beginning of rust creeping in, and lots of cracked interior vinyl.

Jeff put together a web site telling how he tracked the Camaro down, complete with unnecessary quotes from the movie playing in the background while you read it.

http://www.betteroffdeadcamaro.com/

You might remember it from the scene where John Cusack races the asian dudes in their rusted out ghetto sled(Muddy Waters playing in the background.)

http://www.timemachinesinc.com/ restored it.

Movie cars, from the great blog about the newest cars, The Hollywood Extra

http://thehollywoodextra.blogspot.com/2007/02/more-movie-cars.html

Vince has a terrrific, thourough knowledge of all the new cars, prototypes, and in development cars that are, or will be at the various US and European car shows.

From the Stallone movie Cobra, my love for the 50 Merc grew

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/12/02/where-the-law-starts/ about it's being stolen from Stallone's garage, being found at auction, and the current lawsuit for it's recovery.

Remember the 55 Chev in "American Graffitti"?

It isn't around anymore, unlike Milner's 32 duece, that resides here in San Diego. It went on to star in "Two Lane Blacktop", was modified, and destroyed during filming... http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/2008/04/55-chevy-from-t.html#more has a full write up

The 10 coolest cars in movies. Really

All of these links have a different and good top 10

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2006/05/top_10_movie_ca.html

http://www.carroantigo.com/portugues/conteudo/curio_carros%20no%20cinema.htm

http://www.smthop.com/comments.asp?NewsNum=686&comment=true

Great movie, American Graffitti, the cars