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1966 Mazda Bongo

1966 Mazda Bongo in Mad Max, Movie, 1979

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

1966 Mazda Bongo

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
Fredo ◊ 2004-11-29 19:55	c du roots
ArnaultL ◊ 2006-01-22 21:16	Ho, j'le trouve assez delire cet appareil I think this little truck is very funny !
antp ◊ 2006-01-22 21:57	It was the personal vehicle of the director (George Miller). They were running out of money (low budget movie) so in addition of cancelling some planned chase scenes () he had to abandon his van -- Last edit: 2006-01-22 21:57:42
ArnaultL ◊ 2006-01-22 22:20	this little van is in pretty shape before demolition...
datsunZ ◊ 2006-09-27 00:34	Mazda Bongo of 1st generation,1966-1977
Q-Ball ◊ 2007-04-29 18:10	And its carrying a large amount of paint
Richard Davies ◊ 2007-09-07 22:22	But no engine!
Roadrunner ◊ 2008-03-26 02:31	When stunts were made with REAL cars, and real people. Love the fact you can see that driver holding on to the steering wheel for dear life as it pirouettes around near the end of the sequence. If it was a dummy it looked really convincing to me.
Kloga ◊ 2014-01-08 06:07	The most amazing part is that van survived the stunt and was restored an used by Miller again as a personal vehicle since. It can be spot on this photo from the set of third Mad Max: Link to "www.madmaxmovies.com" -- Last edit: 2014-01-08 06:07:45
antp ◊ 2014-01-08 17:27	I knew it was his own car, but was it really restored? Isn't simply another similar one?
Ddey65 ◊ 2020-08-18 04:23	I wonder how many people tried to snag more of these after this movie.
Skid ◊ 2021-07-05 17:57	It's frequently misquoted that George Miller destroyed his own van for this scene, however his personal van is only shown before the crash, shown here in the main image. For the crash itself, an engineless Bongo was found in a wrecking yard and substituted. You can even see from the open rear hatch that the van was originally beige or off-white, and was hastily painted blue to match Miller's vehicle. Bonus trivia: The white paint that flies out of the buckets on the roof of the vehicle was actually milk, since it was thought it would be easier to clean up afterwards than paint.
San ◊ 2025-10-21 23:57	Skid wrote For the crash itself, an engineless Bongo was found in a wrecking yard and substituted. You can even see from the open rear hatch that the van was originally beige or off-white, and was hastily painted blue to match Miller's vehicle. Bonus trivia: The white paint that flies out of the buckets on the roof of the vehicle was actually milk, since it was thought it would be easier to clean up afterwards than paint.

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