10 Wild Facts About Fox's '70 Challenger "FOX-1" - Running on Empty 

Oh' cool, I assumed the squeal was dead in the water considering I haven't seen anything new about it in several years. It would be awesome to see something like that sometime soon thought. Thanks for chiming in friend! 😉👍

It's a great car guy movie for sure, just kind of hard to find in the US today. Thanks and glad to hear you are enjoying the videos 🙂👍

You can find the full movie on RU-vid

@@chromeyellow98 I find RU-vid's so called "free" movies anyways unwatchable as they are like 90% ads; drives me nuts! You can find the DVD on eBay for a decent price, if it's not on Amazon. It's usually not in stock with Amazon sellers though.

Get it.

It's a bit of a cult classic. If you can find it, I do recommend watching it. Off topic, another Australian classic is Midnight Spares with the notable all-Australian cast.

Glad to hear you liked it 🙂👍

Thanks and glad to hear you are enjoying them. 🙂👍

Glad to hear you are enjoying them and yep, that one is already on the mighty list as that Camaro is badass for sure! 🙂👍

@@CarStarz42 i see some old youtube videos that suggest the car might still be around.

@@Ecosse57 Yes, I believe Rick Figari; the same guy that owns the AG '32 Ford Coupe owns that Camaro too, but I'll look into it more when I get to that one of course 👍

Indeed 😉👍

Cool 😉👍

I'll add that one to the list to look into as well. Thanks👍

Cool 😉👍

Fox 1 is now to this present day over here in Western Australia a motor trimmer the 2 that bought it sold it to the motor trimmer it gets out very regular great car..

Glad to hear you are enjoying them 🙂👍

@@CarStarz42 Do you know the series My Name is Earl? They have the old el camino there.

@@ondrafilip4926 Ah yes, I have seen some of those episodes and will add that Camino to the list to look into as well. Thanks.

Yeah, I've read a bit about that supposed "Racetopia" sequel that they have been talking about for years, but hasn't happened yet anyways. I do plan on doing the '57 Chevy and Falcon on second rounds through the movie list. And, yeah I saw a lot of great US muscle cars in that one short scene that the Daytona was in. It was like a parade, lol. 😉👍

A really lame movie that I rewatch quite frequently 😂 , One of Quentin Tarantino's favorites apparently. It seems strange that they had to fit amber lenses for turn signals, there are tons of American cars in Australia that just use the red ones they came with .Have you reviewed the '57 Chevy in this movie yet ? that would be interesting.

@@barrycuda3769 I’m not an expert but my understanding is sometime in the late 1980s early 90s it became legal to import a foreign vehicle into Australia and keep it left hand drive provided to added a warning sticker to the rear, prior to that they all needed RHD conversions. I wonder if the rules regarding lighting changed around then too?

@@CycolacFan Yeah, I'm just going by the cars I see currently in oz magazines, and you tube channels ( I'm in NZ ) . Also laws were ( are?) different state to state . It's always been a real pain that we have our steering wheels on the opposite side to America , having said that I prefer right hand drive , the rest of the world should have been RHD.

@@barrycuda3769 Lol, the '57 is on my list to look into when eventually making second rounds through. Thanks

Yeah, lots of great cars in the movie; but was not a well known movie here in the US and is hard to find a copy of even. Yep, I responded to your message on the VP video a bit ago. 😉👍

@CarStarz42 Excellent, my friend as you did respond to the vp video too so with that see you later bye now 😊.

@@CarStarz42 Even in Australia it's become difficult to find a copy of the film. To be fair, lots of places here (Perth) are giving up selling any form of physical media, which is pretty sad.

@@Davo_enchilada Really? I figured it would be like with older US movies here in the states where pretty much any department store you walk into has a big "bargain bin" with a bunch of random old movies on DVD/Blu-Ray for cheap.

@@CarStarz42 I got a copy of it maybe 15 years ago in a mainstream DVD / Electronics outlet. Lent it to a colleague and then changed jobs and never got it back. Been looking for a copy for years but here (in Perth) a lot of retailers have just stopped selling DVDs / Blurays. and the ones that do just seem to stock popular stuff. Maybe the bigger cities in the East have a better selection..

Cool, yeah with 494 cubes and being built up by Faraone Engines; you know it is a real drag worthy powerhouse now! 😁👍

Yeah, I'm not sure what organizations do those conversions back then for cars like this that the factory didn't. Since it was done before the movie, I couldn't find much info on it.

No the cut up the dash, reshape the pad, reposition the park brake, the mentioned indicators, sometimes the wipers if the job is done properly and usually fit an RHD Valiant steering box or similar and rejig the steering components. I dont think any RHD Challengers were ever factory made. Big money in its day 10K+ in the 80's for the conversion. This goes back to the time when to register a car in Australia it had to be RHD. There is also a Daytona Wing car in the movie as well if even if it is only briefly that was also a RHD conversion but has returned to the US. Apparently the new owner didn't bother to return it to LHD so if you see it you will know.

Those are indeed already on my list to look into. Thanks👍

The Phantasm Cuda was supposedly in the background of a used car lot in an episode of Chips.

@@dukecraig2402 Yep, this scene... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-su3IkAXUing.html&t

Cool 😉👍

Yep, the Chevy is on my list to do when making second rounds through my list. Thanks

Cool, yeah she's a beauty for sure 😉👍

Thanks and that one is certainly one on my to do list 😉👍

Mustang, what Mustang? I didn't spot any Mustangs in this movie myself 🤔

Cool, one fine machine for sure that carries a hefty price tag with it now 😉👍

Yep, will get to those too at some point on second rounds. Thanks 😉👍

It's a good one 😉👍

😉👍

Lol, it's indeed a great movie and car; and even more beastly today for sure 😉

It's on the to do list for second rounds through the list. Thanks

Maybe, I haven't researched the Chevy yet.

@@CarStarz42 just as a matter of interest, I was living not far from where they filmed the last scene, my dad used to have an old reel-to-reel film of the stunt where they broke a car into two pieces (final drag race) and - I still remember the 57 Chev going up for sale after the movie. Many years after the filming of this movie, I met with one of the people involved in the making of the movie, she told me that they bought the chev to make the movie, then sold it afterwards... and beleive it or not, had some diffuculty selling it...

Lol, I guess so.

Lol, hope you're kidding. I'll just say the only fact anyone ever need know about those; they are terrible and hideous vehicles 😬

It's indeed on the list when getting to second rounds through the list 😉👍

@@CarStarz42 awesome 👌 also the HO phase 3. Have a happy memory of being in one and going from 50 to 145mph in 4th gear, 5 people in car.

@@johnsullivan6709 Indeed lots of great muscle cars in that movie an will eventually get around to more of them in the film 😉👍

@@CarStarz42 thanks for the great content. 👍 one of the best

Cool👍

Not sure what you mean exactly as this car has always had a 440...

You mentioned that the engine was replaced with a 490

@@orest395It's not a different engine I said it was rebuilt and stroked to a 494, not replaced. It's still the same original 440 block, just bored and stroked...

Oh ok

Thanks. Not really interested in non-English based films at the moment; maybe down the road at some point and honestly that 1990s body kitted Peugeot is really hard to look at in my opinion, not my kind of thing. Sorry about that.