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Race Cars Used in the Movie

posted 17 years ago by Bargle77
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Is there a list of the various types of racing cars we see in this one?
I recognize a couple, but nowhere near all of them.

It's all like some bad movie.

[–] FredPoet 17 years ago

There were three Cobras used in making the flick. If you pay close attention early on, you'll see that the car that went into the brook wasn't the same Cobra that Elvis was driving. In fact, it wasn't even a Cobra (it looked more like the shell of a Corvette or something else).

The movie wasn't THAT bad...

[–] Bargle77 17 years ago

I was looking for info on the other cars shown in the movie. I think Shelley Fabares was driving a Sunbeam Tiger in the movie, but it's been a while.
This is actually my favorite Elvis movie because of the cars.

It's all like some bad movie.

[–] Bargle77 17 years ago

Bump

It's all like some bad movie.

[–] Bargle77 17 years ago

Bump

It's all like some bad movie.

[–] Bargle77 16 years ago

dfsg

It's all like some bad movie.

[–] timmers-3 16 years ago

Shelley is driving a Ferrari. You can see the Ferrari prancing horse in the grill. I think it's a 250 model. The car in the pond looks like a Triumph TR 4. They obviously didn't want to damage an expensive car and substituted the cheaper Triumph. The Cobras and Corvettes are nice to see on the track. The Cobras look like the 289 models, not the far more powerful 427's.

[–] bigtrain45 14 years ago

The Fox 5 is a McLaren, not sure of the model designation, but it was their first Can-Am car.

[–] Bargle77 14 years ago

According to the site below, it's a McLaren Elva.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Presley-Elvis-562/Elvis-movie-car-Spinout.h tm

It's all like some bad movie.

[–] bigtrain45 14 years ago

That Ferrari Shelley is driving is very similar to the car in Ferris Bueller, and yes, that is a TR-4 in the water, not the ferrari.

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[–] Bargle77 14 years ago

To partly answer my own question, here's the page for this movie on the IMCDb.
http://imcdb.org/movie.php?id=61015

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[–] Bargle77 8 years ago

A bump up so this doesn't disappear.

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[–] pt100 8 years ago

Here are the cars:
http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=61015

If you want to identify cars in films, that's the site to visit.

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[–] Bargle77 8 years ago

That's only a partial listing. Many of the other race cars used in the movie aren't identified.

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