[DeTomaso] NPC: THX1138

Ron Hyde parapantera at aol.com
Wed Mar 28 13:14:43 EDT 2012


............on a side note.  In the movie "American Graffitti" the license plate on Milner's car was "THX 138", a reference to the origional movie.  Later, the theater sound effect we know today was named "THX" in homage to the movie as well.   



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Legend has it that G. Lucas designed the paint scheme on Allen Grant's Shelby 
obra in the 1960's.  It was the black & yellow Cobra: http://www.legacydiecast.com/xq/asp/id.GMP1202610/qx/review.htm
 
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 read in a Lucas interview that tunnel scene filming had to be coordinated with 
he surrounding neighborhood due to the incredible noise of the unmuffled T70s 
sed.
Lucas is a huge car nut obviously.
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n a message dated 3/28/12 6 37 21, rob at dumoulins.net writes:

 When I was a kid and first watched it, I thought they were 917s, but the
 second time I watched it (as a teen ager) I surmised they were VW Bradly
 GTs.  I didn't pay as close attention the last time I saw it though.
 
>>>They were real Lola T70s:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/10/27/ask-a-hemmings-editor-were-the
lola-t70s-in-thx-1138-real-or-fake/
Mike
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