Movie car questions...

got into a conversation with some friends about movie vehicles
3 questions we couldn't answer

1. What kind of car rear end was welded onto the back of the tanker in The Road Warrior

2. What the **** was that thing welded to the front of the tanker in The Road Warrior (someone mentioned it was from the front of a train, but it doesn't look right to me... too hodge podge)

3. What kind of car was Reese driving in the Terminator (the one with the gun mounted on it that got blown up by the HK)

anyone know?

The answer to # 3 is: 1976 Pontiac LeMans.

Pat

patsmear said:

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The answer to # 3 is: 1976 Pontiac LeMans.

Pat

excellent... we were thinking it was a Buick Riviera, but we couldn't explain the unrounded rear end.

Thank you

For #2, The thing attached to the front of the truck is called a cattle catcher, which were attached to the front of trains, but there were several different styles made when they were used. You don't see them on any of the current lines here in the states unless it's an old steamer.

Has anyone done a model of that tanker? Or it this thread a research tool for one?

screen grab for those who might know

You'll have to ask someone who's familiar with Austrailian autos because on the differences in the models there. It's a whole other world there.

BlindSquirrel said:

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Has anyone done a model of that tanker? Or it this thread a research tool for one?

It's a Mack

Do a search of Mad Max cars.There are some good site that tell you every thing you ever wanted to know about the truck etc

I don't know if this will help, but you can try searching the Internet Movie Car Database:

http://www.imcdb.org/

If not, it's a fun site for movie car buffs.

a model of the mad max mack/tanker would be cool,

well I've figured out that it's actually 2 portions of cars
one is the rear door of a station wagon (it has the hand crank for opening)

and then there is a trunk of a car (that i have yet to identify) that the station wagon door sits inside of

The IMCDB is a great resource, but no info there, plenty of other modeling ideas though

I do realize that most of the cars are Australian in origin, but even they share panels, hoods etc. with their American counterparts

I suppose the upside is, it only lasts for about 30 seconds in the movie, so I can always build the tanker with that portion ripped off...

I had a model of the truck mostly made then put it away somewhere years ago.
I also saw on the web years ago a complete diorama of the chase with the truck and trailer and several cars, all in 1/25.

I've heard that Semi-trucks in OZ often have something similar to these 'cow catchers' as protection against frequent collisions with indigenous giant marsupials. It seems kangaroos will stop at the edge of a paved road, look both ways, and then cross regardless if anything is coming.

Aegis159 said:

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For #2, The thing attached to the front of the truck is called a cattle catcher, which were attached to the front of trains, but there were several different styles made when they were used. You don't see them on any of the current lines here in the states unless it's an old steamer.

jonny5 said:

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It seems kangaroos will stop at the edge of a paved road, look both ways, and then cross regardless if anything is coming.

That is freakin' funny!

I think the item on the front of the diesel was a snow plow from a steam era train, they differed from the cow catchers in that they were a more or less solid plate as the cow catchers were usually bars. Look at some of the steam engines they ran in the 1800 to early 1900's in Colorado.

Great_Bizarro said:

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I think the item on the front of the diesel was a snow plow from a steam era train, they differed from the cow catchers in that they were a more or less solid plate as the cow catchers were usually bars. Look at some of the steam engines they ran in the 1800 to early 1900's in Colorado.

actually, after doing some screen grabs it looks like both a cow catcher and a steel plate

early in the movie, there is a giant tubular steel bumper on the front of the truck. later in the movie, (after humongous shot the engine) it looks like they put a cow catcher on the front, and also bolted plate steel to the front of the tubular bumper

Here is a website with many Road Warrior models including a section on the tanker!

Enjoy!
http://www.madmaxmodels.com/theroadwarrior.html

I love that site, and have it book marked, but I saw one of the models of the Tanker, and they had a 57 chevy on the back of the truck... and I immediately thought "that ain't right"

which is more or less what started this whole thing

btw, Model King recently brought out a kit of a 70's ford truck, and a company called Resin Bandit makes the correct grille that just slips right into place

with a little work, I'll have the red truck finished probably in a couple of weeks...