'67 Shelby on the 'Miami Vice' TV series

[FL SAAC]

Nooooooooo...the nick cage mustang looks like it has a 70 chevelle cowl induction hood grafted on it. Can you say horrendous compared to a real 67 Shelby

Resembles the Nick Cage car at the end of GI.60 seconds,no???

[Richstang]

Supposedly season 5 episode 6. "Line of Fire" , but have not been able to verify.

Jon

Nice work!!!

I'll look for the episode and report back whenever I find it.

Thanks Jon...Found it!

It is Season 5 Episode 6. 

It a short scene with the Shelby starting at about 19:23 until 20:19
It appears to be an automatic with a flat taillight panel and a vertical inboard grille. That's about all I can see.
https://www.nbc.com/classic-tv/miami-vice/video/line-of-fire/2961057

(Florida Tony, you missed the comparison. '557' meant the beater car at the end of the flick, not Eleanor)

[557]

Nooooooooo...the nick cage mustang looks like it has a 70 chevelle cowl induction hood grafted on it. Can you say horrendous compared to a real 67 Shelby

Resembles the Nick Cage car at the end of GI.60 seconds,no???

.   Not THAT one(Eleanor).....The ratty one at the end of the flick which his "partners in crime"give him as a gift...Ratty lime gold car with primer spots IIRC.....

[FL SAAC]

Better to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission....woops

Nooooooooo...the nick cage mustang looks like it has a 70 chevelle cowl induction hood grafted on it. Can you say horrendous compared to a real 67 Shelby

Resembles the Nick Cage car at the end of GI.60 seconds,no???

.   Not THAT one(Eleanor).....The ratty one at the end of the flick which his "partners in crime"give him as a gift...Ratty lime gold car with primer spots IIRC.....

[Royce Peterson]

Hood rust is common and expected on cars that live near the coast. I got a Cougar from Houston Texas that had been kept at a beach house in Galveston all its life. Hood and roof were the rustiest parts of the car. The holes in the hood were big enough to put you whole fist through. Floors were perfect.

Richard,

IMO, the rust on the hood is more likely the fault of the prop guy, set decorator or transportation dept.  Or, once on set, the director yelled "Give it more rust!"

A doubt a TV writer would go into that much detail on a car in a one-hour (48 minute) show. 

It was probably more like "Old sports car with a lot of rust pulls up to the hotel. Blonde gets out as Crockett and Tubbs rush up and pull their guns on her."

But, yes, the attention to detail about cars that most TV/film writers know about, and/or give a story, isn't too deep.

[1175]

I think the earlier point about hood is that it is fiberglass.

Jon

[The Going Thing]

I think the earlier point about hood is that it is fiberglass.

Jon

No, really? lol

[Royce Peterson]

LOL OK I blew that one!

I think the earlier point about hood is that it is fiberglass.

Jon