Thread: Burt Reynolds - living legend :)

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Yep! I love that 1955 "Golden Anniversary Oldsmobile" he drove in the movie! Never heard of it before the movie don't think they really existed.

Got a little story about that olds.Way back in my youth on a saturday night my buddies and i were out dragging douglas (local main street).There on the side of the road was the 55 olds from the movie.The cops had pulled the owner over with a half a bottle of JD in the front seat.We piled out of the car and went to look at the olds.The cops were going to tow it.The owner was throwing a fit about towing it.They asked him if he had someone to drive it.He turned around and throw me the keys and asked me to drive it home for him. Must have been desperate because i didnt know him at all.I did drive it home for him. Took about 20 minutes. A few things i remember about the car were the engine really had a loud rattle,loose lifters maybe. The upholstery was done in gold and black naugahyde and was real hard to sit in. just wanted to slide around in it. the sun visor still had all the stuff on it from the movie. Sad part is i never saw the car again,i just kept on chasing girls night after night.

Wow now that is cool Choppedchevy! Very slick looking car. I like the two tone gold and black.

It would be fun to build one up and paint it like the one in the movie. I actually found one on craigslist, but it seemed a bit steep, though I have no idea what they are worth?
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/2039217197.html

Originally Posted by Two8tyThree

All great comedic car movies. But cannot compare to "The Gumball Rally" The first movie of this this type and still the best.

Gumball Rally

Some of the featured cars: - 1966 Ford Shelby Cobra 427 "Side Oiler" (Cobra Team) - 1974 Ferrari Daytona (Ferrari Team) - 1974 Porsche 911 Targa (Porche Team) - 1971 Dodge Polara 440 police car (Dodge Team) - 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (Camaro Team)

Cannonball Run (1981) is the reason that movie gets overlooked, and unfairly so, it was done only one year after Brock Yates organised the first real life Cannonball Run. There was a sexually sizzling gas station scene between Raul Julia and a young Colleen Camp, and a funny one where Gary Busey tries to take a leak into a plastic bottle whilst the Z28 negotiates a series of corners. Two thumbs up! Sorry Burt, lol.