Everyone would know the good old HK acting as a stunt double at the start of this movie ie the HT/G Monaro racing and crashes, but the crashed and burnt out Monaro is actually a 6cyl HK.
Just discovered that in the final race at the end between the '57 and the Dodge, there is a 4 door HT that gets hit by a bus. Well it's not a HT that gets hit - it's a bloody HK again. Sacrilege.

This link shows you the HK getting hit:
http://www.imcdb.org/veh...-Kingswood-HK-1967.html

Here is the HT just before:
http://www.imcdb.org/veh...olden-Kingswood-HT.html

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If we all had the same (good) taste, who would buy all the Fords?

is that like the dodge that turns into a Regal at it hits the wall and the falcon that thats a 6 and and 8 and loses his top and it filps and doesnt have a nine inch. after the guy jumps the falcon over the hill near sylvania and turns into a driveway. lo

I guess its all down to vehicle value. The film was made circa 1982/1983 and the HK would have been 14 or 15 years old.

If you were to do the same today you would crash VTs as they are cheaper to buy than VX/VY/VZs but still look similar enough.

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Thats not surprising, it was made on a low budget and actually held the record for the lowest budget and highest grossing movie until Blairwitch Project (which was a crap film)was made.

James

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When I went looking for a '57 in the early 90's I looked at one and the same owner had the black 4 door out of the movie.

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If we all had the same (good) taste, who would buy all the Fords?

I know the fellow who has it, well had it from 1986ish to 1993. Have lost contact with him since then but if I was a betting man would say he still has it.

Yes the car was a 4 door turned into a 2 door.

Warren

That is the guy. Nice fellow. He help me with my Monaro in the mid 80s.

He did move up here in the early 90s but they would not let him register the 57 in Qld, so like all car enthusiasts he moved back to Sydney.

Warren

Donut burnout was filmed on a back street of Miranda.They did 4 or 5 burnouts before the director called cut and print.What about FJ HOLDEN.That was the first movie that Stepen Spelburg ever directed.The special effects are unbelivable. How else could a t

I was made aware of Running on Empty a few years back as i expanded my car movie collection..(gimme a break, im only 23!) ... went off to my local dvd store, requested it, returned several days later after getting a call, to find some crappy late 80s earl

Hi all, has anyone been able to get their hands on a copy?? I"ve asked and no one (DVD shops) even knows what I'm talking about, would love a copy.

Thanks Mark.