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◊ 2006-05-21 00:19 |
If you get squeamish about wrecked classic cars, don't look any further! -- Last edit: 2006-06-04 16:01:57 (antp) |
Rocker B. J. ◊ 2006-05-21 04:51 |
And it's actually 1967 Belvedere GTX. -- Last edit: 2006-05-21 04:51:36 |
◊ 2006-05-21 12:12 |
Mmh, I prefer black GTX of Angel. |
◊ 2006-05-21 18:38 |
The Car is in most of the movie, however, it is not the main character in the movie, therefore it should remain 4 stars. It is a cool car though |
◊ 2006-10-28 07:31 |
the car is on the cover of the movie http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/tommy_boy.jpg |
◊ 2006-12-04 05:07 |
I agree with you man its a cool car but when I saw what they do to it. |
◊ 2007-12-16 06:46 |
why couldn't it have been a Rusta-I mean Mustang insted of such a beautifull Mopar? -- Last edit: 2007-12-16 06:46:48 |
◊ 2007-12-16 17:52 |
@wasserspeier: a point of discussion. Surely, no way in this case: /vehicle_2159-Ford-Mustang-1968.html But there: /vehicle_85149-Ford-Mustang-1983.html ?? |
◊ 2007-12-16 17:56 |
Or there: /vehicle_21157-Ford-Mustang-1987.html It looks like a Granada/Escort/Mazda 626-mutation. |
◊ 2008-01-16 02:31 |
Just saw this movie the other night a notaced somthing: there were atleast two GTXs used: the nice one (before any damage) had silver windshield wiper blades whereas the wrecked one had black ones. Look close and you'll see -- Last edit: 2008-05-10 05:19:14 |
◊ 2008-03-21 05:53 |
Anyone notice that the car in the scene with the deer is a totally different model? I think it's a 1968 Chrysler Newport with a "gas cap" painted on the quarter panel. http://www.chryslerclub.org/memberphotofiles/Cilurso.JPG This coupe version shows off the body shape better. http://www.heavenscruisers.com/oldweb/club/1968_chrysler_newport.jpg |
◊ 2008-09-18 22:41 |
Trivia: In the movie, David Spade says that it has a 440 Sixpack, but when you see the hood open it has a regular 4bbl. air cleaner on it. |
◊ 2009-08-05 21:47 |
I'v got a 70 olds convertible thats' in need of restoration and the top was bad so i cut off the bad part, wired a blue tarp over the top irons and now i call it the "tommy boy car" |
◊ 2009-10-09 04:57 |
that was i nice car at the beginning of the movie, then they just trashed it. |
◊ 2010-03-22 18:02 |
I think the main page is missing a car. in the scene where the deer rips through the convertible top and is standing on the trunk it looks to me like they used a 1968 Newport in addition to the 67 Plymouth. . . . .dear god i hope that wasn't a real GTX. |
◊ 2010-12-03 04:24 |
It is most likely a standard Belvedere or Satellite dressed up to look like a GTX based on the images provided above which show standard (not GTX/Satellite) taillights, a standard 120 mph (not GTX) speedometer, a standard (not chrome GTX) fuel cap, and a small 22" radiator where the GTX would have had a 26" standard. The car does however have GTX emblems on the front fenders, a correct dual snorkel 440 4bbl air cleaner and GTX hood scoops which someone probably added. I don't see any good shots, but the rear seat is different on a GTX/Satellite too as it has a lowered portion in the center about shoulder height where an emblem for the model would go. Again, they may have used multiple vehicles. The last time I watched the movie (a long time ago) I thought it changed from a real GTX to the clone about the time they tore the door off at the gas station which seems fitting, but I could be wrong. |
◊ 2011-02-13 21:07 |
The movie doesn't necessarily have to be all about the car for the car to get five stars. "Little Miss Sunshine" isn't a movie about a VW Station Wagon, for instance. It just has to be *a* main character. |
◊ 2012-02-25 01:04 |
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◊ 2013-04-08 05:42 |
I made a video collage of all the scenes with the 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX convertible from Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy. Enjoy. Joe Dirt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEgqH_GRjSw Tommy Boy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U05y06ikKbI -- Last edit: 2013-04-10 04:47:39 |
◊ 2013-04-18 04:17 |
I am thinking it is the same car in Joe Dirt, there are too many similarities. I also believe the GTX was actually a clone made from a Belvedere or Satellite. I say this because it is missing a few options you would expect to see standard on a GTX (Mopar experts, please advise): 1) 120mph speedometer gauge - see pic (GTX had a standard 150mph speedometer gauge) 2) Column shift (console shift standard on GTX?) 3) Missing chrome brake light bezel (standard on GTX), however these could have been removed. 4) Missing chrome wheel-well trim (pretty sure standard on GTX), however these could have been removed. 5) Bench seat up front (not sure if GTX had standard buckets or not) 6) No competition gas cap and bezel (standard on GTX) Anyone spot anything else? -- Last edit: 2013-04-18 04:20:34 (karoomay) |
◊ 2013-04-21 18:34 |
the one in Joe Dirt, although it WAS the same year, make, model & trim of car...wasn't convertible, the one in Tommy Boy was a convertible...my dad had a 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner...I've never, EVER seen another 1968 Roadrunner up close...the were really, REALLY powerful, really long & uni-body, they couldn't handle for shit, those things DIDN'T TURN. In my father's words "turning the front wheels in the '68 Roadrunner was as effective as turning the wheels if you were 10,000 feet above ground. I can't believe they found two 1967 GTX's which actually was a big error in Joe Dirt, because he refers to it as a 67 and then a few scenes later as a Roadrunner, and there was no Roadrunner model until 1968 |
◊ 2015-03-21 05:01 |
Note that the nice car has non-GTX exhaust tips that go straight back whereas the dirty car has GTX-style angled exhaust tips. -- Last edit: 2015-03-21 05:01:27 |
◊ 2016-09-30 11:03 |
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◊ 2016-09-30 11:05 |
not only the same wheels but the same brand tires? My guess is either Farly or Spade likes '67 GTXs.....and put them in the movie |
◊ 2019-02-05 20:12 |
Tommy Boy used a 1967 Belvedere Convertible - (not a GTX model) - it used to sit in my drive way. The producers were driving by and saw it sitting there. Came in and had a beer with my Dad and left with the car. -- Last edit: 2019-02-05 20:13:22 |
◊ 2019-09-24 06:42 |
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◊ 2020-02-28 20:37 |
I didn't get so upset seeing this car get totaled because when it last appears on screen, it's still repairable. It wasn't totaled beyond repair. |
◊ 2021-09-21 21:50 |
One of the main stunt cars - the same one night cub pictured above - went up for auction recently. It was a 1967 Satellite with a 383 and a column-shift automatic, and had been used in multiple other movies and TV shows over the years since, apparently among then a Katy Perry music video. No info on exactly how many cars were used in the movie, other than "several." |
◊ 2023-07-05 16:51 |
according to this all 4 cars used were Satellite dressed up as GTX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DJsOXGlCS0 -- Last edit: 2023-07-05 16:58:33 |