where is the christine charger

[earnie]

does anyone have info as to what happened to the charger used in the movie christine
and have any pics of her thanks

[irish_in_ny]

Wasn't that a 58-59 Plymouth Fury or am I mistaken?

[buckeyecharger]

I'm with you earnie. That was one nice 68! That would be cool to know. Christine was just on tv again.

[nvrbdn]

Wasn't that a 58-59 Plymouth Fury or am I mistaken?

yep there was a fury, but the guys buddy that took him to see the fury drove a charger

[earnie]

yes i am talking about the blue charger that arnies freind dennis drove

[irish_in_ny]

Wasn't that a 58-59 Plymouth Fury or am I mistaken?

yep there was a fury, but the guys buddy that took him to see the fury drove a charger

Thanks for clearing that up man 

[kab69440]

I'm with you earnie. That was one nice 68! That would be cool to know. Christine was just on tv again.

On the pre-historic VHS version, when Arnie first sees Christine, when Dennis backs up you catch a quick glimpse of '69 tail light and sidemarker. That second of footage is missing from my DVD version.

[Fred]

I've got it............... on my DVD!  

[ACUDANUT]

Wasn't that a 58-59 Plymouth Fury or am I mistaken?

yep there was a fury, but the guys buddy that took him to see the fury drove a charger

Thanks for clearing that up man 

I thought everyone knew that 

[70charginglizard]

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Re: christine

« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2006, 04:10:25 AM »

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Ok, I know what happened to the Charger from "Christine" and I am not making this up.

It was the summer of 2002, and we were In the middle of filming a movie, with a 68 Charger as the main car. We had a mishap. The temp stunt driver lost control of the Charger during a scene on a gravel parking lot and the Charger slammed nose first into a Ford Taurus stunt car that was not being driven at the time. Well, to make a long story short, the Charger's front right fender buckled outwards on impact and looked like black crumpled up tin foil. The movie was delayed for 2 weeks as we set out to find a new front right fender for the Charger.

After half a week of searching I came across an all-Mopar auto and salvage yard 3 hours north of Toronto called "National Moparts". Since we were filming in Rochester, NY - that was only 5 hours away - I was definitly within driving distance. In just so happened that they were working on Jim Caviezel's 68 Barracuda from the movie "Highwaymen". They were all out of Barracuda parts, but they had 2 Charger fenders - all original steel from the South (rust free). I purchased one on the phone and went to pick it up.

As I arrived at National Moparts, I turned in to what was a Mopar Oasis out in the middle of nowhere - not only was there rusted out/part car/waiting for resto mopars as far as you could see, but they also had a line of fantasic Mopars being fully restored in their small but professional complex of garages. You see, they have a sister all-mopar yard down south (Georgia I think) and they get a tractor trailer full of new bodies and parts a few times a year.

Well, as we were walking over to the fenders, the main guy behind the phone (I think his name was "Mike"), pointed out a burned 1958 Plymouth Fury. He told me it was one of the original cars used in the movie "Christine" and it was also one of the cherry show cars they used for the close-ups in the film. In more detail he also explained what happened. He said that after the production was over, a collector with ties to the production company purchased that '58 Fury and the '68 Dodge Charger used in the film. After a few years of owning them, the owner and his wife had a serious falling out - of which the wife left him and demanded a divorce. Later, the man, in a drunken rage, set fire to his house so the estranged wife wouldn't get anything - the entire house burned, along with the show cars in the garage (including the '68 Charger and '58 Fury from the movie). The man ended up dying in the fire as well. So, the burned carcas of the 58 Fury found its way up to National Moparts were it stayed for a number of years until the muscle car boom.

I was all set and the editor of "Mopar Action" was ready to give me a green light to write an article on the burned Fury and the National Moparts, but when I called there last month, I was informed that the burned Fury was sold to a Canadian collector for $2,000 Canadian dollars and then re-sold for bigger money to a resto shop/collector in the US somewhere. Without the Fury in place, the editor scrapped the article.

So, the '68 Charger from the movie is now probably a charred body sitting out in a field somewhere.
oh, and we were able to get the fender back to Rochester, repainted, and installed in 2 weeks - the movie production was fired back up and we finished the chase scene. The title of the film is "And I Lived"

[nvrbdn]

wow cool story. thanks for finding that. now i gotta check for this movie.

[mpdlawdog]

I bet Christine made him burn his house down..he was probably found in her drivers seat listening to the oldies.....man that car was cursed!!

[irish_in_ny]

Wasn't that a 58-59 Plymouth Fury or am I mistaken?

yep there was a fury, but the guys buddy that took him to see the fury drove a charger

Thanks for clearing that up man 

I thought everyone knew that 

No, I had never heard about it before at all. Sorry?

[covet66]

Very cool, I will have to ask Nigel about that when I am there next...

[kab69440]

I've got it............... on my DVD!  

Can you cap that and post it?  Nobody believes me when I say the car is a 69 with a 68 front cap.

[tachyon]

I'll have to watch it again, been more than 10 years and I remember it as a 71 blue metallic with black top!

[nvrbdn]

no its a 2nd gen

[mauve66]

 

definitely a 2nd gen

[bill440rt]

I'm with you earnie. That was one nice 68! That would be cool to know. Christine was just on tv again.

On the pre-historic VHS version, when Arnie first sees Christine, when Dennis backs up you catch a quick glimpse of '69 tail light and sidemarker. That second of footage is missing from my DVD version.

I've got it on both VHS & DVD, and I don't ever remember seeing '69 tail lights. I must've seen the movie a hundred times. Got to make it 101 now! 

[Budnicks]

Wasn't that a 58-59 Plymouth Fury or am I mistaken?

yep there was a fury, but the guys buddy that took him to see the fury drove a charger

yep a nice 68 dark blue, with a black vinyl roof & interior {non R/T}

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

Dennis Gilder's Charger was a 1968 Charger, for sure. 

It is plausible that others might have been used, but the 68 is given credit as his "official car" by the Danbury Mint, who replicated the car, and by the Christine Car Cub 



http://www.danburymint.com/DieCast/prod/B45/1968-Dodge-Charger-from--Christine-_0055-0020.aspx

[Cooter]

No, the 1958 Plymouth used in "Christine" wasn't really a "Fury" as they were only offerd in Buckskin Beige, and NOT red and white. Notice there were NO emblems on the car. (Ie: Belvedere/Fury)..

So, the car in the movie resembles a Belvedere more than the "Fury", but then again, it wouldn't have sounded the same  saying "Her unending Belvedere?" no, Fury sounds more menacing.

As for the Charger, it was a 1968, 318 car.

[68 Bullitt Charger]

Hi guys, As the Admin of the ChristineCarClub" as well as the owner of a "Christine" 58 Ply being built with original documented Movie Parts including the L350 BB used in the "Show Me Scene" I have some info on the cars. The 58 was never a Fury, however 23 58's were purchased and used for the filming. The original "Christine" coming down the assembly line in the begining of the movie was sold to a private collector overseas in 2004 at Barrett-Jackson for $170K plus percentages. The next survivor is owned by Martin Sanchez of California who bought it in 1984 directly after the filming ended. The next survivor"Ram Car" belongs to a man in Santa Maria, Calif. There is a possible another survivor however the documentation is shady, no real proof other than word of mouth. The rest were destroyed.

The Charger was a 68, 318, Flowmaster Mufflers, Auto in the console, power windows and was privately owned and only used for that Movie and returned to the owner after being repaired due to door damage.    

[Fred]

I've got it............... on my DVD!  

Can you cap that and post it?  Nobody believes me when I say the car is a 69 with a 68 front cap.

Sorry Mate.......... I was answering the  "where is the christine charger" question. Just being funny. What you're referring to isn't on my DVD either.  

[nvrbdn]

Hi guys, As the Admin of the ChristineCarClub" as well as the owner of a "Christine" 58 Ply being built with original documented Movie Parts including the L350 BB used in the "Show Me Scene" I have some info on the cars. The 58 was never a Fury, however 23 58's were purchased and used for the filming. The original "Christine" coming down the assembly line in the begining of the movie was sold to a private collector overseas in 2004 at Barrett-Jackson for $170K plus percentages. The next survivor is owned by Martin Sanchez of California who bought it in 1984 directly after the filming ended. The next survivor"Ram Car" belongs to a man in Santa Maria, Calif. There is a possible another survivor however the documentation is shady, no real proof other than word of mouth. The rest were destroyed.

The Charger was a 68, 318, Flowmaster Mufflers, Auto in the console, power windows and was privately owned and only used for that Movie and returned to the owner after being repaired due to door damage.    

so is there an answer to the 69 tail light statement?