Advertising Last completed movie pages 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 350 C3 Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2006-09-05 15:56 |
Not a 68. Note the "Stingray" on the side panel behind front wheel. That makes it at least a '69. Can't really see the side scoop or wheel flairs well enough to pin point 69-72. |
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◊ 2006-11-13 00:35 |
I came across this car for sale a while back. It's a 1972. |
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◊ 2007-08-12 13:20 |
Actually it's a '71. I'm looking at the May 2006 "Old Car Trader" ad right now, complete with photo. It was sold by the Volo Auto Museum, at www.volostarcars.com "1971 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible: From the movies 'Rush Hour' 1 and 2, beautifully restored, mirror finish, black paint, rebuilt 350, customized with ac, Dayton wire wheels, 2 Corvettes were built for 'Rush Hour'. One was sold after the 1st movie was made, this is the only car used in both. The dash is autographed by both Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Fully Documented. $49,998." You may have seen the second car used from the film, which could have been a '72. Considering '71s and '72s are identical, this is very possible. |
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◊ 2008-09-01 20:05 |
Did anyone check out the gag for this car in the movie?, the scene where Chris drives up to take his duty,(at Consul Han's)the camera has us get a glimpse of the left rear wheel - it's sporting Rallye Rims apparent on Corvettes and Camaros of similar years, but, the remainder of the time the Vette actually has those nice wire rims, check it out .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2010-05-03 11:44 |
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◊ 2014-11-30 21:53 |
Two differences between 71 and 72: Amber front turn signals on 72, 71 and earlier had clear. 71 was last year for fiber optic system. Light panel is near stick shift. I don't see it on the interior shot so I assume that particular car is a 72. |
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◊ 2014-12-01 02:47 |
The added photos help. Late '71 then all '72 had amber front lights. Additionally '72 had the security alarm standard where '71 was optional. The rear panel view is w/o the alarm suggesting a late production 1971. |
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◊ 2016-05-17 21:21 |
Probably had two or more cars for filming. This old ebay listing has it as a '72. Link to "www.corvetteblogger.com" |
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◊ 2019-04-09 00:41 |
There were 2 cars used in the movie. Both of them were 1972's. How do I know? I bought both of them for the movie when I worked as the fleet manager at Cinema Vehicle Services in Van Nuys, CA. (We moved the company shortly after Rush Hour was completed to their current location in North Hollywood). The script actually called for the cars to be 68-72 models, red with white tops and black interiors. I bought the first one from Corvette Mike in Anaheim, California and the 2nd car came from a higher end, classic used car lot in Las Vegas, NV. I believe that I paid $17,500 for each car. Strangely enough, both cars VIN's were within about 300 of each other. When I got the Corvette from Las Vegas back to the shop to mate up with the other one, the producers of the movie came to look at both of the cars and almost immediately they didn't like the color combo so they decided to have the cars done all black. After we put new tops on and painted them, then they didn't like the wheels because they weren't "ghetto" enough. So on went the wire wheels. The final change was for the car to get the wood steering wheel Jackie Chan was handcuffed to. So, whomever says it's anything other than a 1972 Corvette, they are wrong. BTW, whomever spoke about Volo Auto Museum, they purchased a LOT of our cars and I believe the owner of that place and Ray Claridge, the owner of Cinema Vehicle Services were buddies at some point. Anyhow, Volo ALWAYS tweeked the facts of almost every car they got from us in one way or another. For what reason? Who knows. |
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