Remember when we this was considered a cutting edge cool show? Try watching it now...not so much
I don't recall the episode, but it appears to be a real one or a very good clone.
They made it look like a well used Shelby. We can't even see the model GT350 or GT500 from all the rust.
Reminds me to get a white coat and pants considering how often my name is mispronounced. 8)
Quote from: Don Johnston on March 01, 2020, 07:58:36 PM
Reminds me to get a white coat and pants considering how often my name is mispronounced. 8)
Don't forget the white Keds sneakers.
;D
I remember it being a GT 350, but that was over 30 years ago.
Jon
I'm sure someone will know the episode.
If we knew who the blonde actress was we could probably nail it down. I think 'COZI' TV still shows the episodes.
#80sbarnfind.
LOL
I like the "authentic" rust on the hood. Man, it must be really rusty down there in FL.
Nice to see the Vice squad keeping a Shelby from being stolen. ::)
Supposedly season 5 episode 6. "Line of Fire" , but have not been able to verify.
Jon
Interesting that it looks like it might have the actual Florida license plate. Usually plates are deleted or phony one put on the cars for movies and TV.
Hood rust? Why? Someone i.e. Hollywood needs better writers. It never ceases to amaze me the disconnect that writers have with such details. And it's not only with cars.
Richard,
IMO, the rust on the hood is more likely the fault of the prop guy, set decorator or transportation dept. Or, once on set, the director yelled "Give it more rust!"
A doubt a TV writer would go into that much detail on a car in a one-hour (48 minute) show.
It was probably more like "Old sports car with a lot of rust pulls up to the hotel. Blonde gets out as Crockett and Tubbs rush up and pull their guns on her."
But, yes, the attention to detail about cars that most TV/film writers know about, and/or give a story, isn't too deep.
Don after the series do you still keep in touch with Philip Michael Thomas ???
Quote from: Don Johnston on March 01, 2020, 07:58:36 PM
Reminds me to get a white coat and pants considering how often my name is mispronounced. 8)
Resembles the Nick Cage car at the end of GI.60 seconds,no???
Quote from: 1175 on March 02, 2020, 05:21:10 PM
Supposedly season 5 episode 6. "Line of Fire" , but have not been able to verify.
Jon
Nice work!!!
I'll look for the episode and report back whenever I find it.
Nooooooooo...the nick cage mustang looks like it has a 70 chevelle cowl induction hood grafted on it. Can you say horrendous compared to a real 67 Shelby
Quote from: 557 on March 02, 2020, 09:58:09 PM
Resembles the Nick Cage car at the end of GI.60 seconds,no???
Quote from: Richstang on March 02, 2020, 10:06:11 PM
Quote from: 1175 on March 02, 2020, 05:21:10 PM
Supposedly season 5 episode 6. "Line of Fire" , but have not been able to verify.
Jon
Nice work!!!
I'll look for the episode and report back whenever I find it.
Thanks Jon...Found it!
It is Season 5 Episode 6.
It a short scene with the Shelby starting at about 19:23 until 20:19
It appears to be an automatic with a flat taillight panel and a vertical inboard grille. That's about all I can see.
https://www.nbc.com/classic-tv/miami-vice/video/line-of-fire/2961057
(Florida Tony, you missed the comparison. '557' meant the beater car at the end of the flick, not Eleanor)
Quote from: FL SAAC TONY on March 02, 2020, 10:17:56 PM
Nooooooooo...the nick cage mustang looks like it has a 70 chevelle cowl induction hood grafted on it. Can you say horrendous compared to a real 67 Shelby
Quote from: 557 on March 02, 2020, 09:58:09 PM
Resembles the Nick Cage car at the end of GI.60 seconds,no???
. Not THAT one(Eleanor).....The ratty one at the end of the flick which his "partners in crime"give him as a gift...Ratty lime gold car with primer spots IIRC.....
Better to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission....woops
Quote from: 557 on March 02, 2020, 11:50:36 PM
Quote from: FL SAAC TONY on March 02, 2020, 10:17:56 PM
Nooooooooo...the nick cage mustang looks like it has a 70 chevelle cowl induction hood grafted on it. Can you say horrendous compared to a real 67 Shelby
Quote from: 557 on March 02, 2020, 09:58:09 PM
Resembles the Nick Cage car at the end of GI.60 seconds,no???
. Not THAT one(Eleanor).....The ratty one at the end of the flick which his "partners in crime"give him as a gift...Ratty lime gold car with primer spots IIRC.....
Hood rust is common and expected on cars that live near the coast. I got a Cougar from Houston Texas that had been kept at a beach house in Galveston all its life. Hood and roof were the rustiest parts of the car. The holes in the hood were big enough to put you whole fist through. Floors were perfect.
Quote from: Side-Oilers on March 02, 2020, 07:59:23 PM
Richard,
IMO, the rust on the hood is more likely the fault of the prop guy, set decorator or transportation dept. Or, once on set, the director yelled "Give it more rust!"
A doubt a TV writer would go into that much detail on a car in a one-hour (48 minute) show.
It was probably more like "Old sports car with a lot of rust pulls up to the hotel. Blonde gets out as Crockett and Tubbs rush up and pull their guns on her."
But, yes, the attention to detail about cars that most TV/film writers know about, and/or give a story, isn't too deep.
I think the earlier point about hood is that it is fiberglass.
Jon
Quote from: 1175 on March 03, 2020, 01:40:24 PM
I think the earlier point about hood is that it is fiberglass.
Jon
No, really? lol
LOL OK I blew that one!
Quote from: 1175 on March 03, 2020, 01:40:24 PM
I think the earlier point about hood is that it is fiberglass.
Jon