Flat black Dodge Chargers from the movies.

[MAGNUM4342]

Hi, me again. I was sitting looking through my stash while watching the movie Fast Five, and inspiration hit me like a sledge hammer. I have kits of 1968, 1969 and 1970 Dodge Chargers.

I want to make the 1970 the Charger (Dominic's) from Fast Five, and the 1969 Charger from the movie Drive Angry. I thought I might do a tri-fecta of sorts and do a 1968 movie Charger too. The 1969 and 1970 are both flat black chargers if i'm seeing them right so what I want to know is this. Is there a flat black 1968 Charger from any movie I could do as the third car?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

[mopar01lee]

yes the 68 charger from the movie .. blade..had a six pac scoop.. im shure it was a flat black

Edited May 22, 2012 by mopar01lee

[cooltoys1]

[MAGNUM4342]

I totally forgot about Blade! I was thinking Death Proof but I wasn't sure what year that was because I haven't seen it.

[mopar01lee]

death proof was a 69 .. just like drive angry i mean identical cars jus no cage..lol

[MAGNUM4342]

Here's another question about the Drive Angry car. (awesome movie by the way) I notice the vector wheels on the car...did they steal an old General Lee for this?

[moparmagiclives]

Umm, aren't the fast chargers and the blade chargers.... Like, the same ones???

I swear I read that somewhere. Or at least the first fast movies charger was... ?

[martinfan5]

Here is some info on the Charger from Drive Angry, now here is the bad news, the paint is not flat black , its a flat blue, here are pics, and then a interview with the movies stunt coordinator, and all the info you need to make a model is there, there are a few changes made so it looks less like the General, all that and the color of the paint is in there

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_324701-Dodge-Charger-1969.html

http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/02/17/johnny-martin-interview-drive-angry-3-d/

[sak]

Dint read your post, cannot stop looking at the buttocks. Sorry

[martinfan5]

Dint read your post, cannot stop looking at the buttocks. Sorry

So I am not the only that didnt see the car in that pic

[MAGNUM4342]

Okay, the Drive Angy car is out and Death Proof is in. Any help on engine and interior details would be great. Thanks to anyone taking the time to post. Shane, I don't know much but the Fast Five car is definitely a 1970. Just look at the front bumper and taillights. Sorry Jeff, I should have chosen a different picture.

[MAGNUM4342]

I should clarify something as well. I don't have a 1970 kit. I have a couple 1969's and a 1970 front bumper so, any help on how to convert a 1969 to 1970 would be helpfull too.

[martinfan5]

Okay, the Drive Angy car is out and Death Proof is in. Any help on engine and interior details would be great. Thanks to anyone taking the time to post. Shane, I don't know much but the Fast Five car is definitely a 1970. Just look at the front bumper and taillights. Sorry Jeff, I should have chosen a different picture.

I know you are on all black theme, but the Drive Angry car is still cool, I have thought about doing one myself.

[MAGNUM4342]

Oh i'll get to the Drive car eventually. I just wanted to do a triple threat kinda build. Thanks again for the links.

Edited May 22, 2012 by MAGNUM4342

[MAGNUM4342]

Thanks for the info Dan. I'm familiar with Don Holthaus's work but his 1970 is based on the MPC kit (1/25th) and i'm doing all three in (1/24th) Revell. Fortunately the original MPC 1970 bumper I have fits the Revell nicely except for some slight fender mods. I am doing the FAST FIVE car, not the F&F car. F&F was gloss black and i'm doing all flats.

[MAGNUM4342]

Right. It kinda threw me off when I started watching Fast 5 because I kept thinking, didn't the Charger have a blower? Not sure what the backstory is because i've only watched the first one and the latest. I had no interest in Tokyo drift.

[MoparWoman Jamie]

The Drive Angry charger I'm not sure is a dark purple or a dark black purple, plus the doors had no vent glass at all. The Death Proof Charger had no interior in at all almost but for the dash. It also had a full cage in it as well. The Fast Five Charger was a 1970 Charger model flat primer black and the Drive Angry & Death Proof Chargers are both 1969 models. Big differents in the grills in the 1969's & '70's years.

[Yahshu]

Missing Link resin has a 70 Charger

[MAGNUM4342]

I really can't afford the resin kits, that's why i'm going with the Revell's. They are pretty easy to snag cheap. Thanks though.

Edited May 22, 2012 by MAGNUM4342

[Yahshu]

If the costs of a full resin shell are to cost prohibative you might want to try ouellette1257 http://myworld.ebay.com/ouellette1257&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533 on ebay, he does a 70 Charger grill, tail panel & door scoops for around $12 - $15 if i remember correctly. Good castings, i bought a set before i found out about Missings Links full shell which i bought also.

Edited May 22, 2012 by Yahshu

[DR JAY]

Another 68 movie charger, although not FLAT black was the car in the movie Bullitt- the stock wheelcovers are available in the Grand Spaulding and Dick Landy 68 Dart kits

[MAGNUM4342]

I don't need any resin parts at all. I have an original 1970 MPC front bumper which fits the Revell kits nicely. I'll only need to modify the front fenders and splash panel a bit.

I never said the Fast Five Charger was in gloss black. It was in flat paint for the whole of the movie. It was gloss with a blower in the first movie The Fast and the Furious.

[MAGNUM4342]

Well, there is one part i'll most likely need in resin. Does anyone know where I can get the rubber duck hood ornament for the Death Proof car? By the way, i've been looking at info over on the IMCDB pages. Alot of what they have is just guesswork. One guy is even adamant that the DP car is a 1971 R/T!

[MAGNUM4342]

Wowzers! Other than the links martinfan provided, there's very little about any of these cars. Instead of going with what they actually had under the hood i'm going to build them with what they supposedly had. Death Proof and Blade cars will have 440's and the FAST 5 car will be HEMI powered.

I'm finding mixed results on the DP car. Did it have the skull and bones on the hood or not? I did find the rubber duck hood ornament on ebay but the guy wants $16 bucks for a buy-it-now. Seems a little pricey to me. Does anyone have pictures of the Death Proof roll cage they could post?

Edited May 22, 2012 by MAGNUM4342

[hotrod59f100]

Theres a guy who made a replica 1.1 death proof car pretty accurately. I don't if the engine is right on but this is what he has.a big block 383 .it did not have the skull I don't believe . The only pics I could come up with for the cage are these 2

On the 68 blade car are you gonna add the liights to the grill? As in these we're they stock or just added to the car? On the one movie he fries som vampires with the lights.

Edited May 22, 2012 by hotrod59f100