Gone in sixty seconds

[threedogs]

My youngest had the chance to go for a spin in "Eleanor" from the movie Gone in sixty seconds,
Shelby Cobra Mustang, he says it flippin flys

[rusty_nail]

wow... nice car

[rkinsey]

Cars no good.... where do you mount the winch...??

Hahaha.. Nice car though. For one that goes well in a straight line... on a flat piece of tarmac.....

[Avo]

you don't need a winch rkinsey,you got a enough power to jump it....Is a nice car.

[rkinsey]

Yes it is a very nice car. Although way out of my league.

[threedogs]

Jumped the road block in the movie I think, and no there is no DNA from Angelina Jolle

[lhurley]

Im super jealous. Shes my dream car

[threedogs]

Like them or not you have to admire the workmanship that goes into them to get them to this standard.
Here's a $70K Comaro my mates brother won as a door prize recently

[rkinsey]

Like them or not you have to admire the workmanship that goes into them to get them to this standard.
Here's a $70K Comaro my mates brother won as a door prize recently

TD I love em.... my dream car is a 1978 HZ 5.0 Prem. But it will never happen in my lifetime Im afraid. But we can dream.

[threedogs]

My BIL is giving me a holden one tonner with 253, just going to make std.

[mudnut]

I'd be happy owning an unmodified 302 XW Fairmont again... sigh... Those were the days...

[threedogs]

I'm a ute man,, Used to have a 68 xt falcon ute disc brake front end and an auto which was rare, $400 them were the days
Plans were to fit a 302 and make a GT look a like polar white with the red stripe, even found a Fairmont to get interior out of.
But was into motorbikes for years only now I need a project

[mudnut]

Moving to the coast killed our Fairmont. The bottom hinge on the passenger door rusted out. I parked the car in the shed as a future project, but rats got in through the rust hole then ate the interior out. The engine had only done 50000 miles since the rebuild. Heartbroken, I sold the wreck for $650.

[threedogs]

Plenty of "barn finds" out there but I like early aussie stuff any of the Holden wagon knocked back a FC station wagon for $1000 doh
like the EK-FB shape to, one day just need some room already know what I want the one tonner to look like

[mudnut]

The ex brother in law has a Landau coupe, and a '50s Chrysler coupe waiting to be restored, but he is into restoring tractors ATM.

[rkinsey]

:icon_bonk:My first car was a toss up between a 1974 HJ sedan (Stock as a rock) which was sitting next to an XB Cobra. Yes it was original, and both of them were going for $2500.00 (Big dollars back then) I chose the HJ.......:icon_bonk: my father said it was a more responsible purchase.....

[BigRAWesty]

My youngest had the chance to go for a spin in "Eleanor" from the movie Gone in sixty seconds,
Shelby Cobra Mustang, he says it flippin flys

Lucky lil bugga.. One of my 3 dream cars.. The GT500 (Eleanor), a Shelby GT (open top) and the dodge viper with the v10..
So how did he get a ride??

[Winnie]

I'd be happy owning an unmodified 302 XW Fairmont again... sigh... Those were the days...

My mate has got an absolute minter original XW Fairmont. He bought it when he was 13 for $5000 and has been under a cover in a garage since then and he only just took it out for a drive recently.

[threedogs]

He just rolled up to his work, client of some description
.X 2 on the Dodge Viper.
Guy around the corner from another mate has a brand new type E VW
only been driven from caryard to home and put on blocks

[mudnut]

My mate has got an absolute minter original XW Fairmont. He bought it when he was 13 for $5000 and has been under a cover in a garage since then and he only just took it out for a drive recently.

You are just waiting for a real Patroller's cuddle aren't you!!! Good luck to him. He has shown some forethought. You couldn't give the flaming things away at one stage. It was very hard to get parts for the XW. Most retailers had XY parts in stock. Now Rare spares have heaps.

[XT43]

These are all a guys that comes in to my work. He loves American muscle but also has a couple of fezzas, M3 BMW and turbo'd Porka. Easy to say he is a car nut and cashed up..the 67 Vette is his pride n joy

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[MudRunnerTD]

TD I love em.... my dream car is a 1978 HZ 5.0 Prem. But it will never happen in my lifetime Im afraid. But we can dream.

When I got a canary on my first car which was an RX4 13B rotary I bought a 1978 HZ 5.0lt Premier Station Wagon with the electric tail gate. Sweet ride.

[Alitis007]

Nice stang but can't beat the 68/69 Yenko Camaros even the RS ones with the sliding headlight grill.

This is one of my dream cars 3323633237

One that i own 3323833239

Also have a '76 celica and a '79 HZ that was a panel van but the roof was cactus so is halfway thru a ute conversion lol

[Alitis007]

Heres one of my mates xw 33240 and my brothers xb 33241

[mudski]

TD I love em.... my dream car is a 1978 HZ 5.0 Prem. But it will never happen in my lifetime Im afraid. But we can dream.
Lol. I had one of them, also a Sandman Panel van. Dropped a 350 in it and then sold it to a mate in QLD where it just rusted away...And to think back then I had a chance to swap it plus a few k for a HG Brougham and I knocked it back.
XB Coupe is the only Ford I really liked. The Shelby is nice don't get me wrong but it doesn't do a lot for me. My old dream car is the 1978 Pontiac Firebird, just like in Cannon Ball run. Also the Lamborghini Countach from that era. With the two girls in those ever so tight suits they wear. Yum Yum.

[threedogs]

I have the pic of the motor in Eleanor the top of the air cleaner is billet cut o look the same as the mag wheels.
It is the original from the movie signed by Carol shellby but also signed by someone else, Even the bullet holes were repaired
MSD ignition, tower struts, also signed by the guy from "Dream car Garage", has COA the lot and the price is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Has all paper work, numbers match

[threedogs]

BIL has a hx windowless panelvan he just sold, one of those Porshe that look like a mazda,
Plus two Corvettes one is a '76 327 manual the other is an 84 Auto, then my 253 one tonner
Eleanor was one of the main ones used, its the real deal only just idles its insane

[Alitis007]

BIL has a hx windowless panelvan he just sold, one of those Porshe that look like a mazda,
Plus two Corvettes one is a '76 327 manual the other is an 84 Auto, then my 253 one tonner
Eleanor was one of the main ones used, its the real deal only just idles its insane

That Porsche is a 944 FR configuration volvo powered so not a real Porsche IMO still nice tho, they look like the series 4 RX7

[threedogs]

Yeah we always rag him about it even Porche disowned them I think
I think this model came in a V8 and a smaller motor this has smaller motor

[PMC]

My youngest had the chance to go for a spin in "Eleanor" from the movie Gone in sixty seconds,
Shelby Cobra Mustang, he says it flippin flys

G'day folks,

For the die hard fans that remembered the original Gone in sixty seconds! I thought i would take the opportunity to post up the following info for your enjoyment!

Regards,

RLI

"California based automobile scrap-dealer H.B. "Toby" Halicki created, wrote, and directed the Gone in 60 Seconds (1974). He also trademarked the terms "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Eleanor".

Two "Eleanors" were created for use in the movie: one was heavily modified and used for stunt driving; the other was used in the external "beauty shots" and for hanging cameras on for shots of Toby behind the wheel or external driver point of view footage. All the Mustangs (none were Mach 1s, as many people believe) were bought new in 1971, but as it was three years before Halicki could raise sufficient funds to start filming, all three Mustangs were modified to resemble 1973 model year cars.

The heavily modified car required 250 hours of labor before it was ready for the cameras. It was fitted with a NASCAR roll cage, and the transmission was chained in. An adjustable camera was mounted in the back seat to record from the internal “driver's point of view”. Other safety modifications included a heavy duty double strength Simpson shoulder harness and seat belt and deadbolt door locks.

The main car survived, despite two serious incidents during filming. The first occurred when another driver overshot his mark, clipped "Eleanor" in the rear, careened into a steel light pole standard in excess of 100 mph, and caved the left front fender in. After two hours of repairs, filming resumed. The second occurred after an impressive 128-foot jump in which the car soared over 30 feet. “Eleanor” survived, despite the rough landing. Halicki was injured in both incidents.

According to people on the set, Halicki missed a mark and caused Eleanor to hit a real telephone pole at 100 mph. The first thing Halicki was quoted as saying when he regained consciousness was, "Did we get coverage?"

Halicki compacted ten vertebrae performing the "big jump" in the Mustang at the end of the movie, which reached 30 feet high and cleared 128 feet. Fortunately, the injury was not serious, although according to director of photography Jack Vacek, Halicki never walked the same again.

On August 20, 1989, while filming Gone In 60 Seconds 2 in Dunkirk and Buffalo, New York, Toby was preparing for the most dramatic stunt sequence in the film, during which a 160ft tall (49m) water tower was supposed to topple to the ground. When a cable attached to the tower snapped unexpectedly, it sheared off a telephone pole, which fell on Halicki, killing him instantly. The movie was never finished.

[threedogs]

Never knew there was one before the Nickalus Cage one,
interesting read though

[oncedisturbed]

57 2 door Chevie, Soft top and in Red for MEEEEE

[growler2058]

Like them or not you have to admire the workmanship that goes into them to get them to this standard.
Here's a $70K Comaro my mates brother won as a door prize recently

I would swap my left nut for that Camaro in a heartbeat

[growler2058]

Hows this for FAT

[rusty_nail]

Never knew there was one before the Nickalus Cage one,
interesting read though

Its so strange, I've never seen one of these cars before and now you bring this up and then im driving today and I see one!! Beautiful cars!!!

[threedogs]

@ Growler, if your ever over this way I'll organise it so you can got for a spin, passenger only sorry

[growler2058]

@ Growler, if your ever over this way I'll organise it so you can got for a spin, passenger only sorry

Onya TD cheers

[threedogs]

My half brother is high up in the Chrysler car club, but haven't heard from him for a while'
Usually get in contact with him via car shows with Jamie with the Comaro

[Drewboyaus]

That Porsche is a 944 FR configuration volvo powered so not a real Porsche IMO still nice tho, they look like the series 4 RX7

Sorry George,
A correction......the 924 was powered by a 2.0L Audi donk. The 944 was a fully Porsche engineered motor and was basically half the V8 from a 928.
And as far as the series IV RX7, it was the one that mimicked the design of the 924......given the Porsche was released in 1976 2 years before the series 1 and more than a decade before the series IV RX.....
I am quite a Porsche enthusiast and actually rate the 944, particularly the later versions but even the early ones are a superbly balanced drive....
For the record the 924 was in fact a lemon but it was a different car to the 944 even if it shared some basic elements.


Tip tip tip......tap tap tap....

[threedogs]

Yeah that's the one 924 ,or the poor mans Porsche