Boomerjinks
Well-Known Member
The other day someone posted a link on the Colorado Movie Cars facebook page that there was a Barricade replica for sale on Craigslist. Before checking the link, I immediately thought of Jesse Vigil, the guy in New Mexico who turned his Mustang into a rather shoddy reproduction of Barricade and proceeded to get his **** pushed in by local law enforcement for cruising around in a black-and-white with the word "POLICE" boldly emblazoned on his doors.
Then I checked the craigslist link and saw this had nothing to do with that guy.
But I had to know more. I had to see this thing for myself!
I figured we should take a trip down to Colorado Springs and ask the dealership some questions. Who was this guy? Why did he build this car? Why was he selling it? Unfortunately, the dealership guys didn't know, or they weren't telling. We made it very clear up front that we weren't looking to buy so as not to get their hopes up, but we offered throwing the car up on our Facebook page if they'd let us drive it up the hill and take some pictures of it with one of our member's very own Bumblebee Camaro. They kindly obliged us and we were off!
Obviously, the car is not a Saleen Mustang, so it's missing quite a few body kit pieces. But from what I saw and the brief research I did before heading down, the bits that had been added were pretty close to how they appeared on-screen. The car was in great shape, you could tell it had been driven a bit but the black paint was free of imperfections and swallowed up all the light that hit it.
One of the main things on my mind was whether or not the dealership knew what they were getting into by selling a car that is done up to look like a menacing police vehicle. As it turns out, the dealership was adjacent to a main police station for the Springs, and the employees there had already been dealing with local cops coming in to take pictures and ask questions. Most Barricade replicas come with some means of covering up the police markings so they can be driven on public roads, and this car was no exception. It had two-piece magnets to cover up the door lettering and provide some context for the car's appearance. I would probably have rolled my eyes at this, but when we got the magnets on it actually didn't look that bad!
This car looked goofy in the craigslist pictures but in person, it was starting to feel downright scary. Barricade was real, and he was ready to put the hurt on the world. Of course, since Colorado Movie Cars has two Bumblebee replicas among our ranks, it would have been foolish to not bring one for the shoot!
In all, a fun day. I'm really hoping the car is bought by someone who lives in the area who'd like to join the group. It's a great looking car, and it looks great next to a Bumblebee!
Then I checked the craigslist link and saw this had nothing to do with that guy.
But I had to know more. I had to see this thing for myself!
I figured we should take a trip down to Colorado Springs and ask the dealership some questions. Who was this guy? Why did he build this car? Why was he selling it? Unfortunately, the dealership guys didn't know, or they weren't telling. We made it very clear up front that we weren't looking to buy so as not to get their hopes up, but we offered throwing the car up on our Facebook page if they'd let us drive it up the hill and take some pictures of it with one of our member's very own Bumblebee Camaro. They kindly obliged us and we were off!
Obviously, the car is not a Saleen Mustang, so it's missing quite a few body kit pieces. But from what I saw and the brief research I did before heading down, the bits that had been added were pretty close to how they appeared on-screen. The car was in great shape, you could tell it had been driven a bit but the black paint was free of imperfections and swallowed up all the light that hit it.
One of the main things on my mind was whether or not the dealership knew what they were getting into by selling a car that is done up to look like a menacing police vehicle. As it turns out, the dealership was adjacent to a main police station for the Springs, and the employees there had already been dealing with local cops coming in to take pictures and ask questions. Most Barricade replicas come with some means of covering up the police markings so they can be driven on public roads, and this car was no exception. It had two-piece magnets to cover up the door lettering and provide some context for the car's appearance. I would probably have rolled my eyes at this, but when we got the magnets on it actually didn't look that bad!
This car looked goofy in the craigslist pictures but in person, it was starting to feel downright scary. Barricade was real, and he was ready to put the hurt on the world. Of course, since Colorado Movie Cars has two Bumblebee replicas among our ranks, it would have been foolish to not bring one for the shoot!
In all, a fun day. I'm really hoping the car is bought by someone who lives in the area who'd like to join the group. It's a great looking car, and it looks great next to a Bumblebee!
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