[DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras - :-(

[Christopher Kimball]

Naw--if you look at the DVD frame by frame you can see "no Panteras were harmed in the making of this movie."  (See below a couple of items I found while searching the ever-truthful internet...")

Chris


 Revealing:
 In the aerial shot where the Pantera explodes on the highway, 
you can see that it's a crude mock-up on some type of rolling trailer. 
Also, it appears to only be moving at 30 or 40 mph, which is WAY slower 
than the 160 mph speed indicated in the movie.


 
















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 Factual 
error: Supposedly the Pantera was rigged to explode once it 
reached 160 mph. There are two problems here. First, a stock Detomaso 
Pantera could never reach 160, especially a smog-controlled "L" model 
with the old bias-ply Arriva tires, which is what they used in the 
movie. Second, the Dodge Polara police car that was tailing him closely 
and matching his speed, most DEFINITELY would not be able to achieve 
that speed.




Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 21:08:13 -0700
From: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras - :-(
To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; detomaso at realbig.com



I think Mike Drew had once told me it was a real honest to goodness Pantera. It sure looked like the real thing when I froze the video to watch the pieces fly off. I own it too, so I'll have 
to pop it into the DVD player and step through the explosion frame by frame.


From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
To: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com; Pantera List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 8:30:15 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras - :-(






I own the Cannonball movie--it was that movie that ignited my love for Panteras (no pun intended)!  The explosion is not a Pantera, it's odd-looking contraption that is being towed behind the police car in the overhead "explosion" shot.

That movie was way too low budget to waste a Pantera!

Chris



> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:32:22 -0700
> From: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] sacrificial Panteras - :-(
> 
> This triggers flashbacks from "Cannonball" (1976) - aka Carquake - starring David Carradine in which a real 
> Pantera was blown to bits for the sake of  movie B-movie entertainment!
> http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/movie_cannonball.htm
> 
> Unfortunately, the English trailer/clip I linked from my website is no longer
 available on YouTube due to copyright 
> issues. But here's a German version. The carnage occurs 1:13 into the video.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9fvd4oBkMA
> 
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