I don`t remember a 68 Charger in Vanishing Point?

[kikgas01]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ONE-OF-A-KIND-440-R-T-USED-VANISHING-POINT-MOVIE-/261107346589?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3ccb35ec9d

[Mike DC]

 
It's from the 1997 TV remake of "Vanishing Point".   That show had a '68 R/T in a big chase scene.  I recall they used two Chargers and killed the other one. 

[JB400]

The 68 Charger was in the remake they did a few years ago.  It's driven by a cop and his deputy.  Looks like the Bullitt Charger and has the same fate.   One more film that can't go without destroying more Mopars.

[Bob T]

The remake turned it into a sort of love story and Super Soul was a white guy wtf.

Clip of chase kikgas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4

[Tilar]

The remake turned it into a sort of love story and Super Soul was a white guy wtf.

Clip of chase kikgas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4

In that ebay ad it's not an R/T like they have listed. It's a 318 car.

[Indygenerallee]

I think it came out in 1998, I still have a T shirt in my closet with the black 68 on it that says Vanishing Point "Takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar"

[tan top]

 yeah it wernt a real  R/T ,  might be remembering  it  wrong
but was not even 440 powered for the film or they put a 440 in it   
was a big feature in one of the mopar mags at the time  ,   think the yellow 71 roadrunner /GTX  , was going to be a superbird , but  the film set insurance would not cover it or something along them lines  

[Fred]

The remake turned it into a sort of love story and Super Soul was a white guy wtf.

Clip of chase kikgas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4

Definitely my favourite part of the movie. 
I like the fact that DVD's come with scene selection.

[Ghoste]

Yeah, they couldn't just cleverly outwit the cop, they had to wreck the Charger.  I did like the line about not catching him with a dogpie Chevy, it takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar.  That and the Charger before wrecking it are the only good things about the film.

[XS29L]

Did you catch the bumper sticker on the Charger?

[Fred]

My wife yes
My dog maybe
My Dodge never.

[Ghoste]

Oh yeah, that was funny too.

[JB400]

My wife yes
My dog maybe
My Charger never.

Wrong answer...  My wife yes
                         My dog maybe
                         My Dodge?  NEVER!!!

[kikgas01]

The remake turned it into a sort of love story and Super Soul was a white guy wtf.

Clip of chase kikgas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4

Woah, thanks. I swore I watched it. Guess I need to go back and find/rent it again.

[Fred]

My wife yes
My dog maybe
My Dodge never.

Wrong answer...  My wife yes
                          My dog maybe
                          My Dodge?  NEVER!!!

That's what I said.   

[Indygenerallee]

I had one of those bumper stickers on my 72 Challenger! 

[Fred]

Must see if I can get hold of one. Not to stick on the charger (that's mutilation) but to stick up in the mancave somewhere.

[Dino]

The remake turned it into a sort of love story and Super Soul was a white guy wtf.

Clip of chase kikgas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4

In that ebay ad it's not an R/T like they have listed. It's a 318 car.

I just send him a message that he should change his ad.  It's a clone at best.

[wingcar]

Must see if I can get hold of one. Not to stick on the charger (that's mutilation) but to stick up in the mancave somewhere.

I purchased one from Stephen's Performance out of AL back when the remake was released.  I believe Ted Stephen's obtained several of the Challengers used during the filming.  At the time he was selling 1:18 Scale VP Challengers in special movie scene boxes (4500 made), along with the bumper stickers and other VP items.  I am not sure if he still sells any Vanishing Point collectables, but you might want to drop him a line...couldn't hurt. 
On another note I have movie posters from both films and two LP sound track albums that a friend found in England while in the Navy.  The overseas albums didn't have the center foldout desert scene.   

[VegasCharger]

 

[Fred]

Must see if I can get hold of one. Not to stick on the charger (that's mutilation) but to stick up in the mancave somewhere.

I purchased one from Stephen's Performance out of AL back when the remake was released.  I believe Ted Stephen's obtained several of the Challengers used during the filming.  At the time he was selling 1:18 Scale VP Challengers in special movie scene boxes (4500 made), along with the bumper stickers and other VP items.  I am not sure if he still sells any Vanishing Point collectables, but you might want to drop him a line...couldn't hurt. 
On another note I have movie posters from both films and two LP sound track albums that a friend found in England while in the Navy.  The overseas albums didn't have the center foldout desert scene.   

Thanks for the info wingcar. I'll check it out. 

[cudacharger]

The remake turned it into a sort of love story and Super Soul was a white guy wtf.

Clip of chase kikgas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4

I'm late to the game here  ...Bob there's some really cool information about your 68 R/T black beast in relation to the movie car used in the film.   

[JB400]

Just a heads up.  HBO is showing the remake of Vanishing Point this month.

I prefer the original, but the remake isn't bad either.  At least there's a nice chase scene between a Charger and a Challenger

[wingcar]

One thing about the remake is that it was obvious that it was made with "car guys" in mind, or at least in part targeted towards that attendance....Check out the garage scene near the beginning in which the mechanic talks of the cars in the garage including the yellow 71 Road Runner along with the 70 Challenger.

I have to say that I like the original better.....But, the second has more of a developed story line.  And the original "Super Soul" was played much better in the original.  Each year on my way to the Reno Air Races I pass through Goldfield and Super Soul's broadcasting location.....It's the Goldfield Hotel that they actually started to restore many years ago....(As a side note, not one person in town I talked with remembers the movie....very surprising)

(*Both movies are well worth having in your DVD/Blue Ray/Video collection)

[Bob T]

The remake turned it into a sort of love story and Super Soul was a white guy wtf.

Clip of chase kikgas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4

I'm late to the game here  ...Bob there's some really cool information about your 68 R/T black beast in relation to the movie car used in the film.   

Hi cudacharger, post it up if you want, I don't have all the details. 

[cudacharger]

Bob T's 1968 charger r/t was the restoration platform for the remake motion picture Vanishing Point Charger r/t.

The story goes like this I came across a gentleman I met back 2005 in Las Vegas that owns the 68 Charger that was in the remake movie Vanishing Point 1997....T.V. budget production movie that was made for HBO and then released on DVD.  The 1968 black charger that looks real similar to Bob T's....I had your charger in a parking lot in 2005 at a health club and this guy comes up to me and says I own a 68 charger that looks very close to yours and I'm in the process of a restoration.  He does a full walk around and asks to take photos of the car....said his name was Charles and was the director of a film called Vanishing Point. 

In any event I'm in Vegas for awhile doing some work and I see the car is for sale just across from the airport this was around October 2012 I think.  All the memories of my old charger came back to fold.... when the writer/director/owner was having the car restored after the film was made he had pictures of your car for reference...he said he wanted the car to look like yours exactly (so your car was the platform for the restoration).  Charles decided to go with torque thrust wheels instead of the magnums and mentioned he wished it was a real R/T.  I'm unsure of the whereabouts of the car today.

End of story....

[Bob T]

Cool story, a bit more history on the old car ,  Thanks for putting that up 
Hmm, might have to look for a set of Torque Thrusts some time, quite neat wheels

[Fred]

Just a heads up.  HBO is showing the remake of Vanishing Point this month.

I prefer the original, but the remake isn't bad either.  At least there's a nice chase scene between a Charger and a Challenger

I prefer the original too but love the chase scene in the remake.

[remta1]

both have mopars screaming their asses off whats not to like 

[Lord Warlock]

strangely, i just saw this on cable Wednesday, came in at the desert scene, changed channels when they flipped the charger.  Was nice seeing a charger but not what they did to it, They never came close to where a Hemi would have more power than the 440 did.  Interesting watching a younger Agent "K".  Guess he learned to drive better before they invented the "red button". 

[Bob T]

strangely, i just saw this on cable Wednesday, came in at the desert scene, changed channels when they flipped the charger.  Was nice seeing a charger but not what they did to it, They never came close to where a Hemi would have more power than the 440 did.  Interesting watching a younger Agent "K".  Guess he learned to drive better before they invented the "red button". 

Although it does look a lot like Agent K Tommy Lee Jones, it is not

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_Point_(1997_film)

I had to watch it again last night  , nice skid 
Tonight I'm watching Duel

[Lord Warlock]

i'd have to watch again, thought it was him, but it was a few days ago, and my memory isn't that good

[Fred]

strangely, i just saw this on cable Wednesday, came in at the desert scene, changed channels when they flipped the charger.  Was nice seeing a charger but not what they did to it, They never came close to where a Hemi would have more power than the 440 did.  Interesting watching a younger Agent "K".  Guess he learned to drive better before they invented the "red button". 

Although it does look a lot like Agent K Tommy Lee Jones, it is not

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_Point_(1997_film)

I had to watch it again last night  , nice skid 
Tonight I'm watching Duel

The Mrs. loves Duel.......personally I find it boring, it puts me to sleep.

[Bob T]

Fred, I haven't seen it for so long, I'd forgotten how it went , bit slow but not bad

[Mytur Binsdirti]

 
It's from the 1997 TV remake of "Vanishing Point".  

That's been re-titled as the "who cares" version.  

[Fred]

Fred, I haven't seen it for so long, I'd forgotten how it went , bit slow but not bad

It's a great sleeping pill.     If the mrs. wants to watch it she has to do it after I've gone to bed.

[Lord Warlock]

It was on HBO tonight, so evidently its on all this month on HBO if you have it. 

[Fred]

We have it on DVD.     Along with almost every other car movie ever made.

[Ghoste]

Here too, its like a spinoff disease isn't it?

[Fred]

It's a decease alright.........this becomes evident when you check out some of the titles. There's an unbelievable lot of crap mixed in with the good stuff. 

[Ghoste]

Aint that the truth.   I'm betting we have a lot of the same titles. 

[Lord Warlock]

At least they actually show the hemi in this one,  I don't remember seeing the hemi motor in the original. 

[Ghoste]

The original said 440 on the hood.

[Fred]

Aint that the truth.   I'm betting we have a lot of the same titles. 

I bet we have. After all, they all come from over there don't they.   

[Ghoste]

Not all of them but for sure most.  I have the obligatory Mad Max and some other Aussie film about a kid in a stolen Porsche.

[Fred]

I can't place it but then again if it only has a Porsche in it, it's no wonder. I'm particularly fond of American muscle. 
Have you heard of "Running on Empty"? An Aussie movie well worth a watch.

[Ghoste]

I might have that Running on Empty one too.  I'll have to look now. 

[Fred]

I think the dumbest one in my collection (and as I've already said, there a quite a few) is "Speed Demon"

[Ghoste]

Bad Georgia Road for me but at least there is a 70 Charger in it.

[Fred]

Actually I tried long and hard to get that movie when I first heard about it but to no avail. Just as well by the sound of it.

[Ghoste]

A buddy and I usually refer to it as Bad Georgia Movie.  I might be able to digitize a copy for you and send it as a zip file if you want.

[Fred]

A buddy and I usually refer to it as Bad Georgia Movie.  I might be able to digitize a copy for you and send it as a zip file if you want.

Thanks Ghoste, that's really nice of you but don't trouble yourself. I can live without it. 

[Ghoste]

Okay, but you'll never really know what you missed. 

[Fred]

That that might well be a good thing.     

[Fred]

Aint that the truth.   I'm betting we have a lot of the same titles. 

Speaking of which, do you have or have you heard of the movie "Black Cadillac"? (with Randy Quaid). There are no mopars in it but it's not to shabby.

[Ghoste]

Heard of it but have to say its one I don`t think I`ve watched.

[Fred]

Heard of it but have to say its one I don`t think I`ve watched.

Well, one day when you've got nothing better to do.
It's classified as a thriller.

[Ghoste]

Will do, always up for a car flick.