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1971 Chevrolet Impala Convertible [16467]

1971 Chevrolet Impala Convertible [16467] in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Movie, 1998

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

1971 Chevrolet Impala Convertible [16467]

00:02:56 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
imcdb ◊ 2004-08-16 10:36	Super rare de voir une Chevy Impala convertible. En tous cas, moi, c'est bien le premiere que je vois dans un film. Et encore plus rarement dans la vie
imcdb ◊ 2004-08-18 13:03	Elle ressemble tout de meme fort a une autre Cadillac Eldorado 71 covertible elle aussi. Non ?
Settpistol ◊ 2006-11-05 07:09	Hunter S thompson's personal car was loaned for use in the movie. in the book,it is the shark (this car) which is trashed instead of the caddy.
garco ◊ 2007-11-11 22:44
styx ◊ 2008-05-15 10:17	Une Impala convertible , il y en a une dans laquelle De Funes passe un long moment dans le film "Dans un arbre perché"
matt trakker ◊ 2008-05-19 09:22	I can tell there were at least two cars used in the movie- In one scene where Raoul Duke is trying to leave the hotel, and in the police chase, you can see that the car has white 73-74 interior door panels, where in other shots the car has the correct 71-72 style panels. They probably fixed up Hunter's actual Impala for the movie and then built a secondary car from whatever parts they could find.
Skid ◊ 2008-09-09 01:37	Settpistol wrote Hunter S thompson's personal car was loaned for use in the movie. in the book,it is the shark (this car) which is trashed instead of the caddy. I just finished the book...the Impala was abused, but the Cadillac was the one outright destroyed in the book. It was driven into Lake Mead, jumped across a highway median and through a fence, drove at over 100 mph down an airport runway, and had it's tires inflated to 75 psi (as an "experiment") among other misadventures.
troubadour ◊ 2009-01-16 03:55	Johnny Depp actually swapped his car for Thompson's so he could drive it around and get used to it. That, and he stole some of Thompson's clothes...
maxman ◊ 2011-07-05 00:27	troubadour wrote Johnny Depp actually swapped his car for Thompson's so he could drive it around and get used to it. That, and he stole some of Thompson's clothes... Hunter S. Thompson, unsurprisingly, wrote a book about the time he drove around in Depp's car with a girl named Heidy. He titled it Fear and Loathing in Hollywood: My Doomed Love at the Taco Stand.
achiu31 ◊ 2011-10-25 05:50	Assorted shots of the "Red Shark". matt trakker wrote I can tell there were at least two cars used in the movie- In one scene where Raoul Duke is trying to leave the hotel, and in the police chase, you can see that the car has white 73-74 interior door panels, where in other shots the car has the correct 71-72 style panels. They probably fixed up Hunter's actual Impala for the movie and then built a secondary car from whatever parts they could find. That's correct; I noticed one interior shot where "Caprice" is written on the glove compartment in script instead of "Impala". -- Last edit: 2011-10-25 05:54:36
rjluna2 ◊ 2011-10-25 17:25	Looks like this one has optional 400 (402 CID) engine fitted in. So model 16467.
G-MANN ◊ 2011-10-25 19:40	Good choice of capture for the main image.
Nick Rynearson ◊ 2022-05-20 00:16	In the book, they never state what model or year it was, it was a Fireapple Red Chevy Convertible, but no model, so it could be a Impala or it could be a Chevelle
anizawa ◊ 2022-05-23 05:31	I wonder if this really was Hunter's personal car. I read it here that Hunter actually owned a '73 Caprice that allegedly was gifted to him in 1991 by some friends of his to honor the Red Shark from the original Fear & Loathing book. So the question is, where did this Impala come from?
ReeceTheFanBoy ◊ 2023-10-06 19:16	It would appear they used the '73 Caprice for some interior shots while using a '71 Impala for 95% of the movie. The 73 Caprice also has an Impala steering wheel for inexplicable reasons.
anizawa ◊ 2023-11-17 03:07	ReeceTheFanBoy wrote It would appear they used the '73 Caprice for some interior shots while using a '71 Impala for 95% of the movie. The 73 Caprice also has an Impala steering wheel for inexplicable reasons. That's quite enlightening. I always thought the Caprice looked better than the Impala though.

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