Prototype Saved From Crusher - Goes Vanishing point style
05-02-2008, 12:47 PM
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Prototype Saved From Crusher - Goes Vanishing point style
It's good to know that there are folks at Chrysler who are still having a good time despite the rubbish state of auto sales in the U.S. The best evidence of this is the automakers's entry this year's One Lap of America "cross-country" race. Chrysler's Vice President Ralph Gilles and Erich Heuschele, Vehicle Dynamics Supervisor for SRT, are entering a blank white Challenger inspired by the 1970 Dodge Challenger that stars in the cult film Vanishing Point from 1971. The plot of the original movie revolves around a guy named Kowalski who has to deliver a white 1970 Challenger from Denver to San Francisco. He's aided by a blind DJ named Super Soul who listens to the police band and delivers helpful if not clairvoyant info to the protagonist over the radio. It's fitting then that Gilles and Heuschele have entered the One Lap race this year under the names of Kowalski and Super Soul, and the car they'll be driving is the very first preproduction Challenger prototype that was ever driven on public roads. It's been rescued from the crusher and slightly modified with a fresh coat of white paint (the first ever seen on a new Challenger) and new wheels to more resemble the original. Check out our gallery of the "Return to Vanishing Point" Challenger below, and glimpse the fun film Chrysler produced after the jump.
Link has pictures gallery and a video clip.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/c...-in-one-lap-o/
Link has pictures gallery and a video clip.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/c...-in-one-lap-o/
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RE: Prototype Saved From Crusher - Goes Vanishing point style
Half the article just summarizing vanishing point, but cool pics and video if you follow the link, and cool to know that one of the prototypes was saved from the crusher.
05-03-2008, 02:37 AM
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RE: Prototype Saved From Crusher - Goes Vanishing point style
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Those are the exact wheels i had in mind when i get mine!
Those are the exact wheels i had in mind when i get mine!
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two middle aged stuffed shirts puttering around in a challenger...[:'(]
two middle aged stuffed shirts puttering around in a challenger...[:'(]
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ORIGINAL: 1 Bad Mirada
two middle aged stuffed shirts puttering around in a challenger...[:'(]
two middle aged stuffed shirts puttering around in a challenger...[:'(]
If it wasn't of us baby boomers, many of these cars would not be coming back.
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For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.