A ride in California Kid movie car 05 09 2017 - Camera 1

[@gregf5730]

The Slover family - the owners of Pete & Jake's Hot Rod Parts and the California Kid are a bunch of good people!

[@daviddennison4287]

Love this movie when I was a kid

[@vincentfisher4748]

I know I'm showing my age .but I remember watching the movie when it premiered on ABC back the spring of 74.

[@markrunyon5524]

Me too,I"m 64

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

Just saw it for the first time last week.

[@nthdegreedesign]

After the movie the grille shell had to be replaced because one of those Hollywood lights fell on the car. The front fenders had to be redone because of all the spinouts in the gravel, etc. A bench seat was also installed to make the car more period correct, the seat was black with maroon piping and the door panels were also redone. The "kid" was shown around the New England area on a bright orange carpet in the shape of an oval with black binding. The fans were kept at a distance with chrome stanchions linked together with black velour ropes. Scenes from the movie were displayed as a backdrop.

[@thomasdelzell9518]

Wondering when the last time Martin Sheen seen or drive the car? Thanks again for the opportunity to see the car again.

[@aljackson7330]

What an honor to ride in such a wonderful car!

[@johnmoony5508]

Thanks for shareing that ride what a car what a movie a classic my favorite.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

It is an automatic transmission - NOT any stick shift.

[@Ronadams5272]

It shown a small block Chevy in the movie, but it was told that the engine shots were of the Milner coupe, the kid was suppose to have a 289 hi Po out of a mustang and a 4 speed . You could hear the solid lifters in the movie and it sound like a hi Po shifting around 7,000 in the last chase scene before the cop car went over the cliff. It was a 4 speed in the movie you could hear him clutching it😊

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

the movie sound is a Corvette 427 - the car is not a stick shift - it is a 302 and automatic - I know I was in the car and at the shop

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

You can see more of the car at: facebook.com/groups/1717007665281397/?ref=bookmarks

[@markrunyon5524]

I saw on you tube the sound for the movie was a big block vette.I saw the same,pictures from the "milner coupe",from American Grafitti,Thev 34 apparently had a stock Ford small block.

[@bobbyhwalton4726]

Looks like a replica to me. I just watched the movie.

[@Ronadams5272]

If I ever hit the big one , I’ll own that car if money will buy it

[@572dartsport]

Bummed to hear it was never a 4-speed or flathead. Man that sucks since this car was in my top-5 all time cars. AND PUT THE STEEL WHEELS BACK ON IT!

[@daleroberson6605]

Also yes in the movie it was a four-speed manual stick it must have been changed out to an automatic over the years

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

Wrong........ Hollywood drama - was never a 4 speed - always and automatic

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[@markrunyon5524]

If I was driving down the road and saw the California Kid,in the opposite lane,I"d have a major coronary,so I guess,I hope it never happens.

[@crazykellywfo4240]

What size of engine was in the original movie car.?

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

302 ci - and it is still there

[@crazykellywfo4240]

Is it the original car though????

[@matthewtaylor3308]

Kelly Desbiens yes that is the original car

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[@Tiffany.1970]

​@@crazykellywfo4240yes original car to the movie the side pipes that was in the movie were removed after the movie ended as were the chrome steel rins

[@brettkoeshall2325]

I want to own the original California Kid Movie Car.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

good luck - it's value is up and over 2 Million

[@matthewtaylor3308]

Brett Koeshall That’s the car that they’re in.

[@markrunyon5524]

@@nascarnbroncosfans6055 movie cars are usually not nearly as nice as you would think.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

@@markrunyon5524 I have seen and documented this one - super original

[@gearhead762]

Nice! Wonder what happened to the original wheels?

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

those are the original wheels.... The movie producers had other wheels made to be more "period correct"

[@gearhead762]

Nascar nbroncosfans yeah thats what i meant.. the original wheels it rode on in the movie. Why would they change them back after all of that exposure on film i wonder.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

They did. I did ask Tina and Jason Slover - the owners just a few moments ago on my facebook group if the movie car wheels and caps are still around.

[@gearhead762]

Nascar nbroncosfans so it has the film wheels back on now then... good deal since it is most known with those.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

No they are not. I has the Halibrand on them as it originally was built with on the cover of Rod and Custom in 1974 - - - Built in the early seventies by Pete Chapouris of Pete & Jake’s Hot Rod Repair, the coupe was fitted with a 302 Ford V8, an FMX transmission, and Halibrand wheels. The car was modified slightly for the film, with the addition of non-functioning side pipes, a C-channel rear bumper, and steel-wheels with stock ford hubcaps in lieu of the Halibrands.

[@thechanneloffun3760]

That is bad ass

[@wilburjordan606]

Si followed the kid car for over two hundred miles at seventy to eighty miles per hr ti handled good

[@dragracer455]

Awe man thats cool

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

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[@jameslarkin6267]

Disappointing it actually has a automatic trans!

[@markrunyon5524]

By far,the easiest way to build a car.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

You can see more of the car at: facebook.com/groups/1717007665281397/?ref=bookmarks

[@ardoinjc]

6:02 Ouch!

[@shaneshane1379]

The movie car has a 4 speed and sounded mean.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

thats hollywood, they used a 427 corvette for sounds

[@rickyv2193]

I thought the car was a four speed, funny how they change gears in the movie and turn out to be autos.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

The sound effects in the movie was a Corvette 427. Not the 302 that was and is always been in the car

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[@fast03vette4me]

great trivia knowledge, thanks!

[@fast03vette4me]

Broncos fan, no wonder why the dude is so smart.

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[@joe-hp4nk]

Bull shit, The real car didn't sound like that.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

BULLSHIT for you. The Movie Sound was a 427 Corvette, FACT

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

TRUTH IS HERE eh Slick? >>> facebook.com/groups/1717007665281397

[@jerrymattox6111]

Need to get rid of those rims not movie correct at all

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

The rims are what was on there after the movie. You don't know your movie car much. There was alot of other "Hollywood changes" also. This is NOT the movie version WITH wheels etc.. this IS THE REAL CAR FROM THE MOVIE - facebook.com/groups/1717007665281397 - Pete Chapouris's "The California Kid" builder... a "Tribute to Hotrodding"

[@Autobodyscotty]

The California Kid Car is up in Washington around Portland, Oregon.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

Unless it's on a road tour... It's home is Peculiar Missouri... It rarely leaves

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

You don't know as much as you think you do

[@markrunyon5524]

@@nascarnbroncosfans6055 That"s what the original owner of "Christine",said to Arnie"s buddy.

[@brantardrey7360]

I don't like remodify it takes away from the feel..the original was a stick and a small block Ford..also in the movie you'll see a small block Chevy just for a minute so when everything is changed to someone else desires it ruins it

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

Wrong. Always was an automatic... 302. Oh the small block Chevy shown is from American Graffiti True Movie facts bud.

[@nascarnbroncosfans6055]

Get the real story and not made up - Pete Chapouris's "The California Kid" builder... a "Tribute to Hotrodding" - facebook.com/groups/1717007665281397

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