Found a great little post over at www.Wirded.com talking about some famous cars of the past.<\/p>\n
John Whosack? Michael J. What? We couldn\u2019t care less about the whiny dweeb protagonists of \u201980s cinema. The real heroes of that high-octane age were the wheels \u2014 mechanical masterpieces that, if not perfect right off the assembly line, were amped and revamped until they were bitchin\u2019 enough to save (or ruin) the day. We caught up with our favorites to see what they\u2019ve been up to. Is that you, Christine? Gosh, you haven\u2019t aged a bit!<\/p>\n
1958 Plymouth Fury
\nChristine (1983)
\nThere are three Christines still in existence, all owned by obsessed fans \u2014 just the way we like it. One psycho sister car is skulking in the UK, but two remain stateside. Bill Gibson of Pensacola, Florida, nabbed his in 2005. Martin Sanchez of Woodcrest, California, bought his \u2014 a wrecked stunt car \u2014 right after the film\u2019s release and put her back together again. (Don\u2019t worry, Mrs. Sanchez is fine.)<\/p>\n
Kuwahara BMX
\nET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
\nTom Meighan, vocalist for the British rock band Kasabian, thought he bought Elliot\u2019s bike in 2007. But Steven Spielberg\u2019s people say the director held onto all the alien-blessed Kuwaharas. Too bad, because Meighan makes the most of his ride: Word is that the singer likes to reenact the final escape scene in his sprawling flat. That thing is never gonna fly, Tom \u2014 it\u2019s a fake!<\/p>\n
1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Hearse
\nGhostbusters (1984)
\nSony execs loved the two ghoul-getters from the Ghostbusters films so much, they stashed the original movie cars in a secure location and made a replica for the studio tour. Jim Hedges of Galion, Ohio, bought the ersatz Ecto in 2008 and auctioned it off to an anonymous collector in January. Who you gonna call? The guy who shelled out 80 grand for a gussied-up hearse.<\/p>\n
DeLorean DMC-12
\nBack to the Future (1985)
\nSix DeLoreans were used to film the Marty McFly trilogy, and the locations of four are known. Two are tram-tour heroes at Universal Studios; one is fastened to the ceiling of a Planet Hollywood in Honolulu. The fourth was rotting in a studio back lot until an anonymous collector in San Jose, California, picked it up at auction. The gull-winged sportster is now being restored to reverse the effects of time.<\/p>\n
1967 Camaro SS
\nBetter Off Dead (1985)
\nAfter carrying a torch for Lane Meyer\u2019s black SS for almost 20 years, a Camaro lover in Florida tracked down the car from a license plate that\u2019s barely visible in the film. He hired a gumshoe to find the unwitting owner, bought the faded hulk in 2002, and spent a year fixing it up \u2014 sadly, without the help of a beautiful French exchange student. Now it\u2019s cruising the show-car circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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