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vortech_95-gt
01-02-2009, 02:54 AM
One of my favorite movies of all times is Vanishing point , Today while looking around at the New Challenger on YouTube one of the Test drivers mentioned that on the set of Vanishing point they would often speed up the camera and dub in the sound of Steve McQueens Bullitt mustang to make the Challenger seem faster and more aggressive.
I had to verify this and sure enough its true. here is a paragraph Quoted from the filmography of Vanishing point:rofl4: I never knew this , Either way....bad ass cars none the less. old and New





The Challengers used in filming came equipped with a 4.10:1 Sure-Grip (limited slip) differential and were not well suited for high speed running. To compensate, the cameras were undercranked in some scenes to give the illusion of high speed. Also some chase scenes had the high speed engine noises of the Bullitt
Bullitt is a 1968 Warner Bros....

demarsjcd
01-02-2009, 07:24 AM
Thats funny as hell... on another note why does it seem that the challenger looks like the new cuda? nevermind someone confirmed it here... http://streetcarforums.com/showthread.php?t=138850

copperdodge
01-02-2009, 07:29 AM
Yeah, it was frustrating for me for many years.... I had recorded the sound from the Bullitt Chase onto a cassette tape and would listen to it often (just to hear the Charger doin' its thing) and so I knew that chase scene front to back..... every shift, every tire screech.

So, then I buy a copy of Vanishing Point and there were places in there where I'm sittin there thinking "wait.... that's Bullitt's Mustang winding out, dammit!"

Oh well.... at least Kowalski didn't drive past the same green Beetle 44 times during the movie.

qkjuicedpony
01-02-2009, 07:58 AM
Oh well.... at least Kowalski didn't drive past the same green Beetle 44 times during the movie.



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