More Magnum Trivia

This is tragic, but if you want 3 minutes featuring the car its here.........

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA_N0JW_IBc[/ame]

Bob.

 

how did they make the car smoke the tires and pitch sideways?.....


Did they put a Chevy motor in it ???? ....

 

I love the video, never noticed the "slide back" on the top, but I would have loved to hear the directors conversation as to why the scene needed to be filmed that way. Had to be awkward having a couple of guys standing there (just out of view of the camera) to hold the top as the car drives away???

Also made me think, anyone know of someone with the 'ROBIN 1' vanity plates on their car??

 

There actually was another time. Give me a little time and I'll dig it up.

 

He had the top on once in the rain at night before the big explosion where his Navy friend gets killed.

 

Easy, done it on QV a couple of time.

 

Don't throw rocks at me but... The original car chosen for the show was a Porsche 928 but his head stuck through the sun roof so the used the Ferrari.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonnie7777/5507894538/in/set-72157626099702794

 

Yes Lonnie that is correct about the 928. Gosh I loved that show SO much. Obviously one of the main reasons why I have a 308.

 

THAT'S the one

Thank you

 

I heard that too but I was under the impression it was because Porsche was being difficult about their cars.

Also Selleck LOVED 928's. Enough so that not only did he buy one for himself but for Larry and Roger too ( I read all this in Manetti's book)

 

How can you watch that tape and not smile!!!! The car that saved Ferrari.

 

Was that done trying to get to work on time?

 

If you're on a set of rock-hard TRXs, I think it only takes about 50 horsepower to break them loose...

 

Ah, the magic of Hollywood. Of course in Hollywood there is always a unlimited number of Grips just off camera to help with the magic.

Can only imagine the kind of damage the top would do to the cross over support and deck lid as it goes cascading down the back.

 

LMAO, did that by accident once on 14 year old tires. new tires made the car as slow as they always are!

love 'em anyway!

 

God i loved that show,,and boy do i miss the 80 s...didnt have a Ferrari back then,,,but i had more fun than you can imagine...

 

i cant tell you how many times ive pitched my 328 sideways on the power as well as doing 760 degree sick 1st to 2nd gear donuts and burnouts..once these cars get spooled up,,,its no problem getting the ass end to break loose...especially if you have a kevlar clutch,,,100 % of the power right to the road without slipping or hesitation....you should try it sometime,,you might suprise yourself....lol

 

thats the proper way to drive a Ferrari!!!!!!!!...its a fantastic feeling to drive a 3x8 with a vengeance....most folks will never get that chance...or have a go at it..

 

I have spun mine once - 2 1/2 times around. Felt like about 20.

I was on the track (for the first time around), not the street.

 

Wow, I'm impressed. I mean, to put a chevy motor in your car once....and then to do it again? Wow, that's something.

 

I clicked on that video last night and my wife walked into the office at the same time. As soon as the music started, I grinned, she rolled her eyes and said "Oh God" and walked away. I love that show.

 

Some people don't get it LOL! I get the same reaction from my gf but she got used to it. When I went to Oahu on vacation of course I HAD to find Robin's nest which I finally did and I spent the entire afternoon in the tidal pool and loved it my friends I went with just didn't understand.