Motorcycle enthusiast, Eric Gaulin presents an overview of amazing "behind the scenes" facts from 10 of the world's most favorite movie cars from 1970's classics like The French Connection (1971) to more recent films like six-time Oscar Awards Winner, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

1. 10 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE
WORLD’S FAVORITE MOVIE CARS
PRESENTATION BY ERIC GAULIN

2. THE FRENCH
CONNECTION
(1971)
THE CAR CRASH DURING THE
CHASE SEQUENCE WAS
UNPLANNED AND WAS
INCLUDED BECAUSE OF ITS
REALISM.
#10.

3. THE CAR THAT WAS HIT BELONGED TO A
MAN WHO HAD MERELY JUST SET OFF TO GO
TO WORK!

4. THE BLUES
BROTHERS
(1980)
FOR THE FILM’S MAIN
CHASE, 60 POLICE CARS
WERE BOUGHT FOR $400 A
PIECE, AND OUTFITTED WITH
REINFORCED CHASSIS.
#9.

5. A TOTAL OF 104 CARS WERE DESTROYED IN THE
MAKING OF THE FILM.

6. BACK TO THE
FUTURE (1985)
THE FAMOUS, TIME
TRAVELING DELOREAN WAS
ALMOST A FAMOUS, TIME
TRAVELING REFRIGERATOR!
#8.

7. THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT HAD THE TIME MACHINE
AS A STATIONARY DEVICE IN THE DOC’S LAB.

8. DAYS OF
THUNDER
(1990)
THE STOCK RACING CARS
WERE ACTUALLY
CHEVROLETS OUTFITTED
WITH FIBERGLASS BODIES.
#7.

9. THE STRAIN OF RACING WAS TOO MUCH AND AT ONE
POINT, HALF THE FLEET WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP.

10. GONE IN 60
SECONDS
(2000)
SEVEN ELEANOR REPLICAS
WERE MADE FOR USE IN
THIS MOVIE.
#6.

11. FIVE OF THEM WERE TOTALED DURING STUNT
SEQUENCES. THE FINAL TWO WERE KEPT BY
NICOLAS CAGE & JERRY BRUCKHEIME.

12. BATMAN
BEGINS (2005)
ON THE STREETS OF
CHICAGO, A DRUNK PERSON
ACCIDENTALLY CRASHED
INTO THE BATMOBILE
#5.

13. PANIC STRUCK, BELIEVING THAT THE
VEHICLE WAS AN INVADING ALIEN
SPACECRAFT.

14. THE DUKES OF
HAZZARD
(2005)
TWO DODGE CHARGERS
WERE BOUGHT FOR THE
FILM FOR A TOTAL OF $2.
#4.

15. IT WAS AGREED THAT AFTER THE FILM, THEY WOULD
BE SOLD BACK TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER FOR $1.25
A PIECE.

16. DRIVE (2011)
RYAN GOSLING NOT ONLY
PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE IN THE
FILM, BUT HE ALSO PERSONALLY
RESTORED THE 1973 CHEVY
MALIBU THAT HIS CHARACTER
DRIVES IN THE FILM.
#3.

17. NEED FOR
SPEED (2014)
A MAJORITY OF THE CAR
STUNTS IN THE FILM WERE
DONE PRACTICALLY USING
CAR SHELLS.
#2.

18. THE BODY SHELL FOR THE KOENIGSEGG, A $4.6
MILLION SUPERCAR, MOST A STAGGERING $300,000.

19. MAD MAX:
FURY ROAD
(2015)
INCREDIBLY, THE SCENE THAT
GEORGE MILLER DESCRIBED
AS BEING THE TOUGHEST
SHOT TO FILM, WAS NAILED
FIRST TIME BY STUNT DRIVER,
LEE ADAMSON.
#1.

20. DURING THIS SCENE, THE WAR RIG WAS ROLLED AND
FLIPPED.

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Eric Gaulin is an avid motorcyclist and
ardent proponent of motorcycles
culture.Eric’s passion for motorcycles
began in Kindergarten when his dad
came in for show and tell to display his
new bike. His fascination started to
blossom from there but when his father
eventually sold his bike, Eric also
stepped away for a while. It wasn’t until
college where his passion for
motorcycles was reinvigorated. In 2006,
Eric earned his motorcycle safety
certificate and hasn’t looked back since.