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1971 Holden Belmont [HQ] Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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![1971 Holden Belmont [HQ]](/i581491.jpg)
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Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
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◊ 2013-03-18 21:07 |
Blueish-grey with tan interior - not convinced it is a genuine police car - see tow hook in 3rd thumb. A pretty good and excellently photographed chase sequence in dramatic landscape - seemed like a homage to Alpine sequences in the Italian Job. FX 4095 plate used on at least one of the white Monaros earlier in film (separate page).![[Image: 1-07-34holdengreyfx4095.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/1-07-34holdengreyfx4095.jpg) ![[Image: 1-07-34holdengreyfx40952.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/1-07-34holdengreyfx40952.jpg) ![[Image: 1-07-34holdengreyfx40953towhook.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/1-07-34holdengreyfx40953towhook.jpg) ![[Image: 1-07-34holdengreyfx40955.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/1-07-34holdengreyfx40955.jpg) The blur of red in final thumb is the combine - /vehicle_581469.html - showing how the route of the crash is a goof. |
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◊ 2013-03-18 21:08 |
PS were these Aus made or any NZ assembly? |
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◊ 2013-03-18 21:26 |
That looks like 4 door sedan, perhaps Holden Kingswood [HQ]?  |
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◊ 2013-03-18 22:04 |
Monaro was only my quick guess - happy for it to be changed with better info. |
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◊ 2013-03-18 23:56 |
In that era the police cars were grey, although I am not certain that this is a genuine police car. Shortly after this they were changed to plain white and I think there are a some white ones in this movie. Most likely NZ assembled. The Holden HQ was one of the biggest selling cars in NZ in the early 1970s. I have a copy of this movie on video - somewhere - which I have not looked at for some time but I remember noticing from the registration plates that the same cars were used in different scenes in different parts of the country. I think this one is most likely a Belmont. The FX series plate dates it to 1971. -- Last edit: 2013-03-19 00:02:39 |
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◊ 2013-03-20 17:19 |
Explanation for tow hook - "three Holdens were used during filming, and such was the low budget of the movie that the Holdens – in full police livery – were also used for towing production equipment and caravans as the crew of 24 travelled through NZ" - Link to "www.aronline.co.uk" . |
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