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The last v8 interceptor
Probably everyone remembers the "Mad Max».
That's decided to find some information about the hooks of the film.
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Special pursuit
The most memorable car Max black «Pursuit Special» - «Special Chaser" (often mistakenly called "Interceptor" after a mechanic from the movie "Mad Max 2" called the car "the last of the V8" Interceptor "") was version of the limited edition GT351 Australian "Ford Falcon» XB, sell from December 1973 to August 1976 and modified by the artist John Dowding film.
The original car is not black and snow white and the monster on wheels resembles. Especially for the film, to give the car its surroundings have changed beyond recognition. Cine Falcon got spoiler tailpipes on each side near the rear wheels, the front plastic panel and appeared falshfary. From the hood stuck compressor inlet. When the film Max starts the engine of his "stalker", the compressor starts to tremble impressive, showing us nedyuzhy power of the power unit. In fact, the compressor - it is just a cinematic props. In series "Falcone" was the engine «Cleveland 351» V8, 4 valves per cylinder, giving out 330 hp Later, the car appeared root-style compressor production Weiand, but massive "meat grinder" never was it invented specifically for the film. However, and standard engine frail falkonovsky not name.
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By the way, almost half of all cars in the "Mad Max" - a "Falcon" in different versions, "zatyunennye" authors. This is due to the fact that in Australia, these cars were available in bulk, and they looked pretty cool - to match the film. The film's budget was only 300 thousand Australian dollars, even by the standards of the 70s was quite a bit. Mounted in the kitchen at a movie directed by George Miller and edited sound in the living room. It was necessary to save on everything, including the automotive props. Filmmakers have shown ingenuity and imagination, and done using readily available materials and the available cars of various post-apocalyptic cars.
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For the filming of "Falcon Coupe" was created a few "special persecutors", some of which, for obvious reasons, in the process fallen into disrepair. The fate of three such machines is known exactly. One for advertising toured the world together with the film, the second, and today is in the form of scrap metal in the yard of a house in the town of Broken Hill, and the third, as we all remember with pieces apart, it took a heroic death in the finale of the second part of the film, entitled "The Road Warrior."
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Despite the fact that the film will soon be 30 years old, tuning studio still offer custom-made machines, a hair's breadth repeating transport Max. And from those who want to buy such there is no release.
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Yellow Interceptor (Big bopper)
This car was a Ford Falcon sedan XB, with a V8 302 dvigatelem.V past life, the car was a patrol car.
In the film, the car crashed.
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Yellow Interceptor (March Hare)
This car - Ford Falcon sedan XA, 6 cylinders, possibly 1972 model. Unlike the other two yellow cars that were previously patrol cars, this car was formerly taksi.Do filming this car was in a bad first pursuit sostoyanii.V it flips on the roof in front of the caravan, given the condition of the car it was his smertelno.Avtomobil in the future has not been repaired.
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That's decided to find some information about the hooks of the film.
(11 images + text)
Special pursuit
The most memorable car Max black «Pursuit Special» - «Special Chaser" (often mistakenly called "Interceptor" after a mechanic from the movie "Mad Max 2" called the car "the last of the V8" Interceptor "") was version of the limited edition GT351 Australian "Ford Falcon» XB, sell from December 1973 to August 1976 and modified by the artist John Dowding film.
The original car is not black and snow white and the monster on wheels resembles. Especially for the film, to give the car its surroundings have changed beyond recognition. Cine Falcon got spoiler tailpipes on each side near the rear wheels, the front plastic panel and appeared falshfary. From the hood stuck compressor inlet. When the film Max starts the engine of his "stalker", the compressor starts to tremble impressive, showing us nedyuzhy power of the power unit. In fact, the compressor - it is just a cinematic props. In series "Falcone" was the engine «Cleveland 351» V8, 4 valves per cylinder, giving out 330 hp Later, the car appeared root-style compressor production Weiand, but massive "meat grinder" never was it invented specifically for the film. However, and standard engine frail falkonovsky not name.
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By the way, almost half of all cars in the "Mad Max" - a "Falcon" in different versions, "zatyunennye" authors. This is due to the fact that in Australia, these cars were available in bulk, and they looked pretty cool - to match the film. The film's budget was only 300 thousand Australian dollars, even by the standards of the 70s was quite a bit. Mounted in the kitchen at a movie directed by George Miller and edited sound in the living room. It was necessary to save on everything, including the automotive props. Filmmakers have shown ingenuity and imagination, and done using readily available materials and the available cars of various post-apocalyptic cars.
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For the filming of "Falcon Coupe" was created a few "special persecutors", some of which, for obvious reasons, in the process fallen into disrepair. The fate of three such machines is known exactly. One for advertising toured the world together with the film, the second, and today is in the form of scrap metal in the yard of a house in the town of Broken Hill, and the third, as we all remember with pieces apart, it took a heroic death in the finale of the second part of the film, entitled "The Road Warrior."
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Despite the fact that the film will soon be 30 years old, tuning studio still offer custom-made machines, a hair's breadth repeating transport Max. And from those who want to buy such there is no release.
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Yellow Interceptor (Big bopper)
This car was a Ford Falcon sedan XB, with a V8 302 dvigatelem.V past life, the car was a patrol car.
In the film, the car crashed.
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Yellow Interceptor (March Hare)
This car - Ford Falcon sedan XA, 6 cylinders, possibly 1972 model. Unlike the other two yellow cars that were previously patrol cars, this car was formerly taksi.Do filming this car was in a bad first pursuit sostoyanii.V it flips on the roof in front of the caravan, given the condition of the car it was his smertelno.Avtomobil in the future has not been repaired.
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