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1980 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

1980 Cadillac Eldorado in The Junkman, Movie, 1982

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:

1980 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz

00:25:27 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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Author	Message
antp ◊ 2004-12-27 01:20	00-16-12 On la voit pendant une grosse partie du film, poursuivie par deux autres voitures
winger ◊ 2005-01-05 23:50	Elle est de 1979-80.
antp ◊ 2005-12-31 18:57	Few extra pictures: There is a classic scene of "destroying the mailboxes" (less common than trash cans, but still quite popular). But here the mailboxes stay on the car Also an unusual scene, where a car flies above a plane: Interesting detail: the plate of the car has "Moran Cadillac" written on it: It was the name of the Cadillac dealer well seen in the previous movie "Gone in 60 seconds" and seen again in the scene where the old lady buys a car: /vehicle_7486-Chevrolet-Citation-1981.html -- Last edit: 2005-12-31 18:58:15
no1Uno ◊ 2007-10-16 03:07	Did it have the Olds 350 engine?
car nerd ◊ 2007-10-16 04:20	The 1980 Eldorado's had a 368 cubic inch (6 liter) V8 except in California where it had a 350 V8 (5.7 liter). Not sure it it was an Oldmobile unit. -- Last edit: 2007-10-16 07:31:32
mister car from 971 ◊ 2008-11-14 20:15	Et malheureusement, cette Eldorado sera détruite par l'explosion d'une grenade qui a détruit également une maison!!!
Rmbb1981 ◊ 2010-04-11 07:43	1979
MaindrianPace ◊ 2010-05-06 07:16	According to imdb.com it is actually a 1980 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz because of the astroroof and sunroof, and spoke hubcaps. The car brand new was fully loaded to include the trailing package. -- Last edit: 2010-05-06 07:32:10
Skid ◊ 2010-05-06 08:20	Probably right: Most of the movie was shot in 1980, and Halicki supposedly purchased a number of these Eldorados new for the production.
vistacruiser67 ◊ 2013-07-29 20:54	no1Uno wrote Did it have the Olds 350 engine? If the Eldorado used in Junkman is an 80 then all California Eldorados either had a 35O Olds gas engine or a diesel?. ( The movie Eldorado is obviously not a diesel.) The 368 was not available in California this year right 1980? He bought his Cadillacs from Moran Cadillac right? A California dealership? (By the way the Moran dealership was previously featured in the 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds movie). It would have been a violation of Federal law for the California Moran dealership to sell an 80 Eldorado with anything other than the California emission equipped engines which in this year was an Olds engine? (Not to mention all 79 Eldorados had the fuel injected Seville Olds engines); Therefore, we surely can conclude with confidence the Junkman Eldorados had 350 Olds gasoline engines. The Olds engine had 15 more horsepower than the Cadillac 368 but 5 lbs less torque. The Olds engine would have been the most powerful and practical engine available this year for the Eldorado and if Halicki needed to pep up the engine there were plenty of marine parts available to do so; However, I don't think he would have had time to put marine parts in the engine. I have this DVD and it has a featurette filmed back then advising of one Eldorado being totaled when one of the planes flew to low. So at least two Eldorados were used. The commentary track by Jack Valek tells us the Cadillac did the stunts like a champ and withstood the stunts much better than the other cars used. They had to replace the Dodge Magnum when it hit a dip in the road too hard which prompts another question. The Thunder Bird and Magnum are clearly no newer than 1979 so are we sure this is an 80 Eldorado instead of an 79 which in that case all 79 Eldorados were Olds powered? I know the move was released in 82 but it took Halacki a few years to make these movies being an independent guy.
MrTaft ◊ 2014-08-22 08:33	Another one behind the dealer at Moran Cadillac:
BricklinSV1 ◊ 2015-08-24 13:35	Basically the whole scene/chase involving this caddy, the airplanes (and if memory serves) and the black thunderbird was "ripped-off" and edited into a crappy 1989 movie called "COLD HEAT". I guess the film makers had H.B Hallicki's permission to use the footage. BTW, although the mail boxes do impale the windscreen originally, in later scenes we can see quite obviously that the prop mail boxes (including their 4x2 mounting plank) are actually deliberately and firmly mounted on the cars bonnet (hood). -- Last edit: 2015-08-24 13:37:58
PMEntertainmentLives ◊ 2015-08-29 05:32	BricklinSV1 wrote Basically the whole scene/chase involving this caddy, the airplanes (and if memory serves) and the black thunderbird was "ripped-off" and edited into a crappy 1989 movie called "COLD HEAT". I guess the film makers had H.B Hallicki's permission to use the footage. BTW, although the mail boxes do impale the windscreen originally, in later scenes we can see quite obviously that the prop mail boxes (including their 4x2 mounting plank) are actually deliberately and firmly mounted on the cars bonnet (hood). Ulli Lonmel, who directed Cold Heat, apparently knew H.B. Halicki well. They probably made some sort of deal. The Thunderbird wasn't featured in the Cold Heat version of the chase, only being seen in a couple of shots as likely a passerby's car. They kept in shots of the Magnum, including its spectacular rollover, saying it's an unmarked police car - and also calling it a '76 Zephyr. -- Last edit: 2021-11-19 08:58:28
PMEntertainmentLives ◊ 2015-08-30 04:28	THE JUNKMAN TRIVIA! Two Eldorados were wrecked during the making of this scene. The first one was totalled when one of the planes flew too low. Both Halicki and the pilot had survived. The second one was totalled in the house explosion scene. The jump-over-the-plane scene isn't as "real" as people think. The Cadillac actually jumped a second too late, as the plane had already passed by. On the wide shot of the jump, the plane is obviously cut out of other footage and stuck onto this footage. Here's proof: Also take a look at antp's picture of the jump. The plane looks way too small, right? -- Last edit: 2021-10-26 10:21:00
somename ◊ 2019-07-07 14:00	80 Biarritz

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