Will Dirty Mary Crazy Larry replicas go up in value now that Peter Fonda died?

[Ghoste]

How many DMCL clones are there out there?  Will Eleanor clones go up when Nick Cage kicks it?  GL' when Wopat and Schneider are gone?

[John_Kunkel]

Is the Dem party guilty of Antifa's antics?  Is the Dem party guilty of every stupid-ass thing that comes from any person or group on the left/blue side of the spectrum?  

May I suggest:

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[Kern Dog]

Those were not my words. Those were in a quote from someone else. (Mike D.C.)

[oldgold69]

geez I thought this would have gotten locked on the first page   now someone show some scantily clothed babe that should it 

[tcs69rt]

Getting back to DMCL Chargers...didn't someone on here have a pic of Peter Fonda signing one of their clone cars???    Maybe one with the signature "could" have some value to a potential buyer?

[Ghoste]

Yoou're right, that was a while ago but I recall the photos also.  I would think it might have some impact how much?  Do the signatures affect all the GL cars that were signed or the Shelby cars signed by Carroll?

[Mike DC]

    
With GLs the cast signatures have been pretty easy to get.  I don't think it affects a car's value.      


Fonda's death may boost the values of a car he signed & posed with.  The whole DMCL Charger fanbase is just too small to call it.  Every replica's sale is a unique event.  

The movie is popular among film geeks & fans of the era but it's pretty bleak & dated to modern eyes.  I like and respect it but I don't have the urge to revisit it very often.  I watch Kowalski racing around the desert more often.  


Has there ever been any consensus reached on the yellow/green color shade of the prop cars?  

[hemi-hampton]

geez I thought this would have gotten locked on the first page   now someone show some scantily clothed babe that should it 

OK.

[Birdflu]

Oh boy! Nice tattoo! 

[Kern Dog]

Right near the pee pee.   

[dual fours]

It's probably one of those lick and stick tattoo's, you know, the temporary type you use water to apply. I think you use Baby Oil to remove them.

[Ghoste]

I believe the color consensus is that it is Y3 Curious Yelllow.

[oldgold69]

was it a factory color or custom mix    hemi- Hampton thank you very much

[Mike DC]

                   
Curious Yellow makes sense.  

The earlier prints of the movie (before the digital era) made the car look totally yellow.  The story goes, the film processors didn't know the greenish tint was supposed to be there and kept "correcting" it out.  The greenish tint finally came back when they scanned the original negative for the disc releases.  


It begs the question - if the car became iconic while looking totally yellow until the 2000s, then which is the "real" color?  

[Ghoste]

My vote would stay with the intended Curious Yellow.  And I owe an apology to all the GL fans because I used to shake my head in wonder as they debated the correct color for that car... and here I am.  lol

[Mike DC]

Apology accepted    


I dunno.  The DMCL car always looked a certain way onscreen for the first 30 years the movie existed.  That's pretty significant.  

I wouldn't knock a DMCL replica for being straight yellow.  
Same with a Nash Bridges Cuda clone if it was yellow rather than the butterscotch color on the prop-cars.


It boils down to the question of whether you are copying the real prop or the onscreen image of it.  Should a Fast & Furious Charger replica have real supercharged Hemi, or a dummy blower case on top of an LS motor?  


The Mad Max car's blower is a PITA for replicas.  The prop cars both had fake blowers but they were mounted several inches too far forward.  It's not where a real blower sits on that motor.   Replica builders have to choose between running a real blower or making the blower look screen-accurate.  That issue, plus the public expects it to have the movie blower's magic ON/OFF function . . . most replicas end up running fake blowers.  

[XH29N0G]

Mike,

Sometimes the information you provide amazes me.  This is one of those times.

Thanks I never knew that about the mad max cars.

[chargervert]

How many DMCL clones are there out there?  Will Eleanor clones go up when Nick Cage kicks it?  GL' when Wopat and Schneider are gone?

I saw an Eleanor clone bring more money than a real 68 Shelby at the last Barrett Jackson auction I watched!

[moparstuart]

Apology accepted    


I dunno.  The DMCL car always looked a certain way onscreen for the first 30 years the movie existed.  That's pretty significant.  

I wouldn't knock a DMCL replica for being straight yellow.  
Same with a Nash Bridges Cuda clone if it was yellow rather than the butterscotch color on the prop-cars.


It boils down to the question of whether you are copying the real prop or the onscreen image of it.  Should a Fast & Furious Charger replica have real supercharged Hemi, or a dummy blower case on top of an LS motor?  


The Mad Max car's blower is a PITA for replicas.  The prop cars both had fake blowers but they were mounted several inches too far forward.  It's not where a real blower sits on that motor.   Replica builders have to choose between running a real blower or making the blower look screen-accurate.  That issue, plus the public expects it to have the movie blower's magic ON/OFF function . . . most replicas end up running fake blowers.  

Andy from junk yard empire had them put a functional Blower on his     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZmESlELCg

[doctor4766]

It's probably one of those lick and stick tattoo's, you know, the temporary type you use water to apply. I think you use Baby Oil to remove them.

So would you lick the substrate or the tattoo?

[Mike DC]

Mike,

Sometimes the information you provide amazes me.  This is one of those times.

Thanks I never knew that about the mad max cars.

2thumbs

Thanks.  

Another cool thing about Mad Max's ride:  There is a single "real one."  The whole first movie, and all the closeup scenes in the second movie, were using a single car.  It was built out of a factory hi-po 4spd model.   They built one stunt car for the wreck scene in the second movie (which was a base model automatic).  

The original 4spd car still survives.  It has gotten some paintjobs and minor changes but no serious damage or restorations.    

[Ghoste]

How many DMCL clones are there out there?  Will Eleanor clones go up when Nick Cage kicks it?  GL' when Wopat and Schneider are gone?

I saw an Eleanor clone bring more money than a real 68 Shelby at the last Barrett Jackson auction I watched!

I'd almost have to call it an anomoly, I've seen a lot of Eleanor clones tank at auction the last several years.  But then again, at an auction you just never know for sure do you?

[BrianShaughnessy]

The Mad Max car's blower is a PITA for replicas.  The prop cars both had fake blowers but they were mounted several inches too far forward.  It's not where a real blower sits on that motor.   Replica builders have to choose between running a real blower or making the blower look screen-accurate.  That issue, plus the public expects it to have the movie blower's magic ON/OFF function . . . most replicas end up running fake blowers.  

I wouldn't call him a "friend"... but I knew this guy and his Mad Max car.  https://www.madmaxmovies.com/mad-max-fans/mad-max-replica-cars/mad-max-interceptors/mark-scarselli-blown-interceptor/index.html?path=mad-max-fans/cars/MarkScarselli/index.html

It was usually seen leaking coolant at a car show or pulled over with the hood open somewhere. 

Long since moved to FL.   If it was actually running it sounded good.

[Mike DC]

I wouldn't call him a "friend"... but I knew this guy and his Mad Max car.  https://www.madmaxmovies.com/mad-max-fans/mad-max-replica-cars/mad-max-interceptors/mark-scarselli-blown-interceptor/index.html?path=mad-max-fans/cars/MarkScarselli/index.html

It was usually seen leaking coolant at a car show or pulled over with the hood open somewhere.  

Long since moved to FL.   If it was actually running it sounded good.

Nice looking car.  


I'm not surprised it was overheating.  The Mad Max film crew smashed off the fiberglass nose early in the 2nd movie.  I've read that was partly done to aid cooling.  Even without a real blower the fiberglass nose didn't have enough openings to keep it cool.

Looking at those pics, I think I had it mixed up - the prop cars' fake blower location was too far back.  The real blower sits farther forward.  


Those Aussie Falcons are interesting.  It's basically a Ford Torino but on a shorter wheelbase.  That's like a Mopar E-body or a GM A-body.  

IIRC, the original plan in the late 1970s was to use a (North American) Mustang for that car.  It would have seemed a little more novel for the Australian setting & audience.  But they ended up going with a more available local Falcon.  In hindsight it was the better move IMO.  The car is distinctly Aussie this way and it looks unique to the rest of the world.