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Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
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flavienb ◊ 11-10-2004 à 16:58
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Il s'agit d'une Apollo 3500 GT, une voiture italienne avec un V8 américain. |
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◊ 2005-11-14 14:28
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I agree with Flavienb , an Apollo 3,5 litre GT Coupe of 1963 or 1964.These small-production sports cars were manufactured in Pasadena , California , the aluminium bodies being made in Italy. They used Buick engines , mostly the light 3,5 liter V8 of 155 hp of the Special ( also used in the 3,5 l Rovers) or the 5,0 liter V8 of the big Buicks. |
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◊ 2006-01-17 09:27
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Thanks for the information. It had wondered me about 30 years... |
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◊ 2006-10-01 16:48
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That's the Thorndyke Special |
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◊ 2007-01-18 20:09
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The car was gifted of a Buick V8 unit as standard form and was developed by Intermeccanica of Turin exclusively for US-market(in Italy that car wasn't marketed never);but the car don't bears the Intermeccanica Brand,and was named only Apollo 3500 GT(a 1965 added model had a 5-lt.V8,so was named 5000 GT);was styled by Franco Scaglione for Bertone of Turin. PS The adventure of Intermeccanica ends in early Seventies'(after the 1967 Italia GT and 1971 Indra GT),but Firm's name was resumed later by a US-short-lived Firm,set up in California State,that made replicas of Fifties'Porsche 356 Speedsters,named as Intermeccanica Speedster PS 2 Incidentally,Buick name a own car in 1973 just Apollo(reminiscences of Sixties'American-Italian GT adventure,'cause they had supplied the engines???) -- Last edit: 2007-01-18 20:17:20 |
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◊ 2008-06-08 16:30
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The 'Thorndyke Special' is alive and under restoration in Toronto Canada.My car is one of two Apollo GTs prepared by Max Balchowsky of 'ol Yellar' fame for Disney for the filming of 'The Love Bug' in 1968. It was severely damaged during the filming of numerous crash scenes and then sold after completion of the movie.To my knowledge the car has not been roadworthy since 1968. The body is undergoing major panel restoration currently and the 'Thorndyke Special' should be back in action sometime in 2009. |
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◊ 2008-12-03 11:39
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Dear eddog, Nice to read! I was always fascinated about that car, i'm glad it is in good hands now. Where is the other car? Do you know how many cars where used during the film in total? Do you have any pictures of the restauration, hope to hera from you! |
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◊ 2008-12-20 07:12
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My Apollo Gt is one of two cars used in the filming of the'Love Bug'. We believe that the other car was cut up to film some of the interior shots in the movie. There are pictures at the end of the DVD version which seem to show the other Apollo with it's left front fender and windshield post and doorframe cut away, leaving my car as the only surviving 'Thorndyke Special' |
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◊ 2009-01-29 22:34
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As I remember it, these cars were assembled in Oakland California not Pasadena |
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◊ 2009-02-06 21:28
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I also wondered what this was, it always reminded me of what you might get if you put an Jaguar E-type & a Porsche 911 in a teleporter at the same time. |
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