Christine on SyFy now

[firman]

As per title, Christine is on the SyFy channel just now. Proper PH film

[cazzer]

OOOo...I've never seen that

[paulwoof]

one of my favourite films, the books even better.

although it does seem to be one of john carpenters overlooked films despite how good it is. in comparis to "john carpenters: the ward" which was pretty poor. wasnt scary and for most part didnt seem to make sense. wont reveal the spoiler incase i ruin it but it seemed a lazy attempt. the film was saved by amber heard being fit and some side boobs. but i prefer leigh



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i seem to have a thing for 80's horror girls.

[cazzer]

surprisingly its one of mine too

[The Hypno-Toad]

Very underated movie IMHO.

Not as gory as the book and I think that was a very small error on Carpenters part. The novel was probably one of Kings best too.

[cazzer]

If you'd like boring rigid about the cars themselves...feel free to ask

[AMv8 dreamer]

cazzer said:

If you'd like boring rigid about the cars themselves...feel free to ask

Ok how meny plymouth furys did they wreck making the film?

[firman]

AMv8 dreamer said:

cazzer said:

If you'd like boring rigid about the cars themselves...feel free to ask

Ok how meny plymouth furys did they wreck making the film?

Think cazzer probably meant more questions about what its actually like to own a Christine rather than random film trivia, but to answer your question it is roughly 13-16 furys wrecked of the 25 used during the filming.

[cazzer]

http://www.forwardlook.net/features/billandeds.htm


HTH

[paulwoof]

ever since reading the book and watching the film, ive always wanted to restore a fury, but there so rare and i imagine alot of money, i was looking at just some parts on american ebay and stuff like a front grill was going for $1000 etc.

but watching some videos on youtube of some furys it looks so awesome to drive a big cruiser with bench seats. not sure how they would fare on uk roads. they are mahooosive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfG9YDWWlZI

[cazzer]

Thats mine....in england
or it was.

And roughly 50k to restore fully.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bjC3oc8kH0&lc=...

[crofty1984]

Doesn't yours have the wing mirrors from the actual Christine or something, Cazzer?

Also, that's some VERY heavy breathing you got going on there.

[cazzer]

Yeah I know I did apologise for it in the notes....dunno what was going on there

Yeah it had wing mirrors off one of the film cars.
But as you can see, there were a few.

[paulwoof]

that is beautifull, how much did cost to buy even in its rusty state? ones ive been looking at even some that look like even arnie cunningham couldnt fix are still going for crazy amounts, and how much to get it shipped over?














p.s prepare to me bombarded with questions.

[oobster]

I watched this on Saturday evening, love reading about the film cars in the scrapyard and I would LOVE to own a Christine at some point, can't believe you sold yours Cazzer!

[cazzer]

paulwoof said:

that is beautifull, how much did cost to buy even in its rusty state? ones ive been looking at even some that look like even arnie cunningham couldnt fix are still going for crazy amounts, and how much to get it shipped over?

p.s prepare to me bombarded with questions.

That's how it was when I got her...


She cost me $3500 in december 2006.
She cost about 600 quid to ship from San Francisco. But I could ship her in a container because she would move under her own steam, if you weren't too picky about the number of cylinders firing

If you want to do a Christine then it depends how "original" you want to be...if you can say that about a film car.

Its a 1958 Plymouth 2DHT in Belvedere Trim with a Fury engine.
It's a car that never really existed. All 58 Furys were Buckskin Beige with a nice tartan interior....ick.

You can save some money by starting with a 57 2DHT and making the changes to that. You can get one of those for a few grand cheaper. But you need a new grille, inner wings, trim, headlights etc etc....and it all costs money.

Some of the rare bits that you could live without, but then wouldn't want to, such as the Bumper Wings will set you back 2k for a decent set.

And believe me, if I could have got someone to buy a kidney I'd still have her.

The real kick in the teeth is that I had to sell her after being made redundant and struggling to find a job. I was being threatened with court action over unpaid bills and st so she had to go. Sold her in less than a week.

Got a new job 6 days later.

[oobster]

Thats a pisser cazzer. If a 'Christine' came up for sale today, and I could afford it, I would snap it up - especially one in a similar condition to yours.

How long did it take you to restore yours?

[cazzer]

About three years and I didn't do a lot of the bodywork. Me and a spraygun don't mix.
Gettin all the parts together is the difficult bit.
There aren't enough of them for a thriving repro industry.
Honestly, if you've never restored an old yank I would say do a 57 chevvy, there are enough repro bits available for those that you could build a new one.