What car is this coming off the cliff?

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What car is this coming off the cliff?

Post by James_kr » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:52 pm

I have seen this in Trust Doesn't Rust and another episode where kitt jumps over to the beach where Michael is and it looks nothing close to kitt or karr and probably some cheap junk they used to make it look like a big stunt. What do you think?
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Post by knightdriver » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:20 am

That was a custom 1971 Lincoln from the movie called "THE CAR"

it was about a possesed car. Similar to Christine but made before
that one. They just used the scene from the movie. I believe
they used it twice in the series. Once for KARR and once for another
crash.

Here is what it looked like.

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Here is some info on it as well.

"THE CAR"
Designed for the movie "The Car" starring James Brolin. Made from a 1971 Lincoln. Fenders were 20 gauge steel shaped over the original body. The grill was hand made from square steel tubing. 4 bumpers made from heavy 18 gauge steel. Seven inch single headlights sunk behind the grill and fender. Body was raised to upper doorline. Four radius wheel wells around a six inch reverse deep chrome wheels and Goodrich tires.

Top was chopped 4 inches with all black transparent windows. Full body roll bars installed over and around stunt driver. A steel tube canon was installed on passenger side which had a telephone pole inside and steel cap which housed dynamite and black powder. When the stunt man rolled the car he would trigger the tube telephone pole by igniting the dynamite which drove the pole into the ground and roll the car 5 times. Finished with 20 coats of black pearl lacquer. A total of four were made.
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Post by James_kr » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:16 pm

so what they just pushed that off the cliff? how did you know its that car I still think it could be a different car.
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Post by Knight of Sweden » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:06 pm

they did not push over the cliff, they used the clip from the movie "the car"

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Post by James_kr » Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:50 pm

i see but are you sure the in the movie 'the car' they didn't use that car and they had another stunt car for the jump?
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Post by Knight of Sweden » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:44 am

im not sure of that, but i doubt the used that car,
some stuntcar that looks the same, that is what i would guess

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Post by Lyn » Sat Dec 10, 2005 2:55 pm

I've been wondering that for years....

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Post by CNH 320 » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:12 am

Lets settle this for once and for all. The scene we see KARR supposed to go over the cliff, is a scene taken from the movie "The Car" period!

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Post by knightdriver » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:55 am

Read the post. They built 4 cars for the movie "THE CAR" One was
used to drive it off the cliff. They recycled the footage on Knight Rider
of the CAR driving off the edge.

Its not to hard to comprehend......... :?
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