10 Killer Facts About Arnie's '58 Plymouth Fury "Christine" - Christine

[@ficuswizard945]

Plymouth hit the nail on the head with the look of this car, such a time less car

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 😉👍

[@zaphodsrealm1549]

I've watched this flick twice recently, mostly to look at Christine. Absolutely beautiful automobile!

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed it is 😉👍

[@iNeverHadMercy]

…FACTS 🦾

[@CarStarz42]

@@iNeverHadMercy 😉👍

[@StupidEarthlings]

I watch it a few times a year.. ❤😊

[@colinl5951]

"You can't polish a turd" "new wipers, on a busted windshield". Thank you so much! I own a '58 Belvedere. Closest I'm gonna get to a fury lol. Nice job.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol. You're most welcome and that's cool 😉👍

[@Erika-bj1em]

My oldest son David absolutely L O V E D. THAT MOVIE FOR A LONG TIME AND HAD FIVE VIDEOTAPES OF IT THAT HE BOUGHT FROM THE STORE…. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY C. R. A. Z. Y. About th 7:14 movie.!!!

[@colinl5951]

@@Erika-bj1em you used past tense. Is he still around?

[@robertg7789]

Moochie wells ...heard they practically had to scrape him up with a shovel... Well isn't that what they're supposed to do with shit?! Scrape it up with a little shovel?

[@Rob_1776]

Christine was just pure bad ass! One of my favorite movies ever!!

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed and same here 😉👍

[@Obeijin]

Read the book ?

[@dottieobrien2606]

@@Obeijin Aa

[@barrycuda3769]

Why did Buddy run down the middle of the road ,allowing Christine to mow him down? , and why was he still at high school at around 25 years old?

[@haroldbirge6881]

👾Maybe he was on 💥PCP and that's why he was still in 🍀school at 25😎✌️

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, would have to ask Mr. King about that 😉

[@dukecraig2402]

"Let's hide in the shed full of sharp farm implements" "No, let's run across the big corn field and hide in the cemetery" "No, let's try to get away in the car that conveniently won't start" "No, let's run down the middle of the road hoping that a random motorist just happens to come along and save us before the killer car runs us down" Because exercises in common sense would make for the shortest horror movie on record.

[@barrycuda3769]

@@dukecraig2402 And often, cars that run off cliffs explode before they've hit the bottom.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@barrycuda3769 "Cut!!! Print that!!" "But sir, it blew up before it hit the ground" "I know, but we're outta cars"

[@Jameskenomis3]

I wish cars were still made with this much quality and beauty.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 😉👍

[@maryrafuse2297]

Pure style, one stylish automobile!

[@drhkleinert8241]

And repairs themself

[@MARYKSTIVER]

Really

[@Ryuu1010YT]

it was too less safety and outdated technology

[@FitzArias]

Love how angry Christine looked while on fire. Buddy forgot the wise Chinese proverb that "man who runs in front of car soon gets tired."

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, indeed 😉👍

[@iNeverHadMercy]

😂😂😂….

[@joenorris8220]

☠👍🏻

[@marko7843]

Never heard that one... Perfect!

[@hyundaisonata580]

The squeaky wheel gets greased

[@steves9905]

Even without the Christine connection, a 58 Fury, and really any Forward Look Mopar, is an awesome car. I think I read that King wanted a more unusual car than a 57 Chevy or Ford, so the Fury fit the bill. Although I loved the movie and esp the book, a little bit of me died each time one of the real-life cars were destroyed in the movie

[@CarStarz42]

Totally!

[@deeremeyer1749]

The car is a 4-door in the book.

[@CarStarz42]

@@deeremeyer1749 Indeed.

[@CycolacFan]

King owned a ‘59 Plymouth when he was younger, wanted an unpopular car and loved the appropriate name Fury.

[@corvairjim1]

​@@deeremeyer1749And that's not the only mistake King made. The movie was correct in using a coupe because, as I recall, the first non two door hardtop Plymouth to carry the Fury badge came in 1959. As I recall, King said the car was a 1957 model, while the film used 58's. I suppose the reason behind that was the quad headlights. The '57 appeared to have quads as well, but the inner lights were actually the turn signals set into large surrounds to appear to be high beams. The quad headlights were used to a great advantage in the movie; two headlights just wouldn't seem as terrifying. As was pointed out in the video, all 1958 Furys were off-white with gold anodized aluminum trim. Other colors became available in 1959. The other mistake that King made was Christine's Pennsylvania license plate. The number was completely different from the format used on the 1957 issued passenger car tags. I suppose it could have been a vanity plate, but why? It was just a random number, much like the yellow California tags on the movie car. Having said all of that, I still prefer the book to the film, which I also enjoyed but which was very mild compared to the horrors that Stephen King so adeptly wrote into his novel. Special effects in the human mind are so much better than anything Hollywood can cook up!

[@aaronmcconnell7358]

They produced some beautiful cars in the 50's what a decade fins ,chrome and glossy paint.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed they did 😉👍

[@LydiaBarnard-e6r]

That red wow

[@Fishseaofcortez]

I worked at a Ford dealer and one of the salesmen had a '58 Fury. They wanted his vehicle for the movie but when he found out they were going to paint it red, he said "no." He sold and bought back his car three times. The last time I saw him, he still had his car. It had the engine with the dual quad set up. It was a pretty clean machine. Bill was quite the Mopar guy. He had an early 60s Chrysler 300 which was very clean, wound up selling it at Barrett Jackson for six figures.

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@MrZlodeus]

Fun fact: the letters on Christine's licence plate - CQB - are an acronym standing for "close-quarters battle" - and Christine engaged in plenty of that!

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, I came across that too; lol, kinda funny😉👍

[@JohnH20111]

CQB 241 = Close Quarters Battle Two For One

[@trusconi81]

Had the pleasure of meeting Bill once. The only other person I have met who seems to love Christine more than me. Super cool guy to talk with

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@Mister_Ess]

I have 3 Christine model cars. A 1/64 hot wheels, a 1/64 scale Johnny Lightning with Buddy Reperton's camaro and a large scale greenlight model. I also have a 1/64 scale greenlight Fury in buckskin beige with gold anodized trim AND a 1/64 scale hotwheels fury with an Avengers paint scheme. Needless to say, I've collected quite a few of these cars.

[@CarStarz42]

Nice!😉👍

[@tantepim1084]

👍👍

[@MrGto05]

Is it me or does Buddy Reperton look like the love child of John Travolta and Jim Morrison?

[@iamthesnowgod]

Minty Comedic Arts. :)

[@MrGto05]

@@iamthesnowgod well when I was younger I really thought it was John travolta haha.

[@CarStarz42]

Yikes, kinda does; lol! 😉

[@elaineewalt8137]

I thought Jim Morrison..🤭😃😄

[@amandaflynn5835]

KINDA DOES

[@thomasrodriguez7803]

The effects back in the 70s through the early 90s were fantastic. There is too much cgi used now a days, and it can look even more fake than back in the days. It's one of Steven Kings' great movies. As always, your insights are greatly appreciated.

[@evilchaosboy]

Stephen Kings' Novel... _John Carpenters' movie. \m/

[@thomasrodriguez7803]

​@evilchaosboy Thanks for the correction bud.

[@evilchaosboy]

@@thomasrodriguez7803 No prob! I thought I otta point it out just because the novel is _very_ different than the film! Have a swell week-end! :)

[@bmck-8400]

@@evilchaosboy the book is more about the ghost of the guy who owned Christine and possesses Arnie…the film I think is more interesting because it is the car as a succubus type entity … it also plays more with car culture which I found interesting.

[@evilchaosboy]

@@bmck-8400 Yes I concur. The book is not nearly as focused as the film either. I don't know why it failed on the screen!

[@bigdaddy7119]

One thing that differed between the movie and the book, was that in the book, Christine was a 4 door.

[@pocher69]

And white if I remember correctly.

[@bigdaddy7119]

@@pocher69 nope, it was red and special ordered. Some other differences in the book was that Dennis drove a Plymouth Duster, and the vehicle used in the final showdown to crush Christine at Darnell’s, was a septic tank (sh*t sucker) cleaner truck.

[@pocher69]

@@bigdaddy7119 its been a while since I have listened to the book I am going to have to do it again. But the book is way different than the movie.

[@bigdaddy7119]

@@pocher69 yes it is! It’s also much darker than the movie. Christine also killed Arnie’s parents in the book by running through their house. There’s a lot more, and much more sexual content as well. I need to read the book again, and refresh my memory. I also remember the detective was killed by Christine too.

[@oldskol777]

@@bigdaddy7119Darnell was killed in his house. His parents were killed separately. Mom and Arnie on a road trip. Dad at home.

[@ronaldmiller2740]

CARSTARSSS ,Z.. WOW!! ITS YOUR VIDEO AND WE ARE WATCHING AGAIN !! SITTING BACK AND RELAXING ,,GREAT MOVIE .. AND GREAT INFO. AGAIN.. THX...

[@CarStarz42]

Glad to hear it 😉👍

[@justinsanders2705]

One of my all-time favorite movies, not to mention the amazing soundtrack. Thank you for all the work that went into this video. With the Halloween theme top notch, my friend 👌

[@evilchaosboy]

Harlem Nocturne was sooo perfect for the "Ok, show me" scene! \m/

[@pxn748]

I still have the soundtrack on the record I bought soon after I first saw the movie when it came out!

[@CarStarz42]

Same here friend and you are very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@MD-DLive]

​@@pxn748Wasn't Abba's " The Name of the Game" on there!?😂

[@pxn748]

No ,sorry. @@MD-DLive

[@andrewdrabble8939]

I've got that 1:18 scale Christine and it is a lovely model. I once tried taking her apart to clean her and she would not let me take her chassis out from her body lol

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed a great model and yeah; best not to try to disassemble delicate diecast models in general 😉

[@iNeverHadMercy]

5:52 damn hate that most of the movie-sourced Christines are gone. She is by far the Most Iconic Screen Car. SPOILER ALERT: seeing that the very last scene in the junkyard showed that she is "still alive", it would be epic if we get a sequel 🕥🎥

[@catey62]

I would just love to see a sequel!

[@iNeverHadMercy]

@@catey62 🦾💯

[@daryelthomas9414]

I have heard that Christine is in a few of Kings books,just not as a main character.

[@a.g.foster8222]

The music was coming from a radio the scrap guy had, not Christine. She was gone.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

@@a.g.foster8222 “the music “???? Come on you must have seen the movie once….one of the bars on her grill started repairing itself in THE last screen shot (she’s alive) 😈

[@61rampy65]

One of my friends was a huge Christine fan. At one time he owned one of the rubber Christine front fenders. Embedded on the inside of the fenders were hooks where the cables to retract the fender were attached. Very clever way to simulate crash damage repair!

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, in a pre-CGI age especially. It was ingenious and looks so great too!

[@randomcosplaydudesimpressi8509]

The more and more I watch this movie, the more it becomes a car/romance film. Christine is such a beautiful work of art and would take revenge on anyone who tried to hurt her.

[@CarStarz42]

😉👍

[@MrWill73]

Great video! The Franklin Mint also made a highly detailed Christine about 20 years ago that I purchased. It is 1:24th scale that is excellent quality. They also made a General Lee too. Both of them cost me $110.00 twenty years ago but definitely worth the money.

[@CarsandCats]

I have the Pro Street version in a glass case.

[@CarStarz42]

Nice! That one is on my list of Franklin Mint cars to track down and get at some point 😉👍

[@davidrichter9164]

The Franklin Mint has produced some pretty awesome stuff over the years.

[@Napanochfarther]

God man, I love your videos especially for me being a 100% car guy Your channel is just great and this is definitely my favorite one so far keep up the great work. Much respect to you stay safe.

[@CarStarz42]

Glad to hear that friend and will do 😉👍

[@Napanochfarther]

@@CarStarz42 👏👍

[@Ecosse57]

thanks for the work you put into this and all your videos! i saw this movie when is was first released and, hand to god, on our way to see the film we passed an old house a block up from ours where an old man had a bunch of rusted hulks in his yard. one of them as a late 50s chrysler (imperial, etc...). i lifted the snow-covered hood to find a hemi; the car was really rotted out. imagine my surprise when i would see a similar scene play out with artie an hour later!

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and that is wild indeed 😉👍

[@graemew7001]

I've been waiting for this one and you certainly didn't disappoint, the video and your timing of it are perfect. Christine always creeped me out and still does to this day lol

[@CarStarz42]

Glad to hear that and it is indeed one of the greats! 😉

[@kato64]

I’m a SK fan, but often the movie adaptations suck, because they stray so far from the source material. While John Carpenter’s “Christine” isn’t all that faithful to the book it is so well done it is one of the few “drop the remote and watch” SK movie adaptations for me. I’ve seen it countless times. While I knew about the plastic “regeneration” Christine I didn’t realize so many real Belvedere/Fury cars were destroyed making the movies. I’d assumed they were mock-ups in many cases. It hurts my heart to know so many of these rare beasts were wrecked for the sake of the movie. But also heartened to hear die-hard fans somewhat resurrected a few of them. A enjoyable and entertaining video. Thanks!

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed and glad you enjoyed the video 😉👍

[@drhkleinert8241]

Dont forget two other different things: In the book Arnie bought Christine from LeBay itself and when he dies the brother tells Dennis about Christine and all the horror about (Wife, Daughter). And what a fckng bad guy LeBay really was. And that Junkins is killed by Christine. The time in the book is much longer, in movie it seems like a few weks, in the book the Story is over a few month. And in the book it seems that Arnie tries to free himself from Christines bad influence and that the Ghost of LeBay is the real bad in all of it.

[@TheSaturnV]

A few summers ago I was out for a bike ride and wound up on a country road I'd never been on. Nothing but tall grass and trees when this red barn appears on my left. As I got closer there sat a red Plymouth (most likely a Belvedere) just sitting out next to the barn with not a soul in sight. I stopped and looked at it from the road, and as I rode away I had to laugh at my urge to look over my shoulder and make sure a pair of headlights weren't bearing down on me!

[@CarStarz42]

LOL 😉

[@charleykeenan6171]

Happy Halloween! Scott @Cold War Motors did a multi-year series on restoration of a 1960 Plymouth Fury - finishing a year or so ago. While not a "Christine" car it gives a great insight into how much it takes to restore one of these beautiful cars.. Great episode and thanks!

[@CarStarz42]

Cool, yeah a crazy amount of time and effort go into restoring any car and they had to do it in bulk for this movie, lol! Glad you enjoyed the video too 😉👍

[@ericligotke3542]

I have a 60 Belvedere. Best mopar fins ever

[@Rayfaedundee]

One of my favourite car related films I always watch .. it’s a timeless classic film . I still think they should have made a sequel film, but now the original film is 40 years old it’ll probably never happen. I also have a 1/18 scale Christine model car that has the working headlights .

[@CarStarz42]

Nice, that's a great model indeed and yeah, who knows if their ever be sequel or not. 😉

[@bmck-8400]

I just built a Christine model kit for Halloween …this is a terrific presentation …

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and that's cool😉👍

[@maidenlord6663]

This has been my favorite movie since I was nine years old in 1989

[@CarStarz42]

Definitely one of my faves for sure, which is why I saved it up for Halloween 😉👍

[@jefeestolito6952]

Great series, THANK YOU not only for the facts but also keeping the video length short and sweet.

[@CarStarz42]

You're welcome and glad you enjoyed it! 😉👍

[@ahhamartin]

Wow. Terry "I went under the truck in Raiders of the Lost Ark" Leonard drove Christine? I never knew that.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed, I always assumed it was Carrey Loftin as I was always told; until I actually researched it for this video. 😉

[@rob5944]

One fact missed that I'm sure has already been commented on is that you can see straight through to the ground underneath buddy's cars hood after it is rammed at the gas station. Apparently the engine had been removed to lighten it for the stunt. Great film and video though!

[@CarStarz42]

Yep😉👍

[@rob5944]

@@CarStarz42 got the smallest 'Evil Christine' here in the UK, pretty good too. I do have a real Lexus V8 though lol.

[@robbeewisher8972]

Love the awesome details you put in your videos. Thank you for the channel. I was wondering if you could do a video of Dennis 68 Charger?

[@CarStarz42]

Glad to hear you are enjoying the channel, yeah eventually will when making second rounds through my large list further down the road 😉👍

[@ohnoohyeah3205]

Bomb. We all love Christine. ❤

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed and would be hard not to love that awesome yet evil ride! 😉👍

[@jaidencarvalho1761]

Great video! Can you consider possibly doing a video on either the 1969 Chevelle in Ricky Bobby or the 1970 Chevelle in Fast and Furious 4 or in John Wick? The Chevelle has always been one of my favorite muscle cars from the Golden Era. Thank you!

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it, I love Chevelles as well and all those are indeed already on my list, minus the later F&F movies, that is as they killed all of those with cruddy CGI.

[@Xerxes3191]

1958 Plymouth Belvedere.* The Fury models for 1958 were the beige looking ones you saw in the assembly line scene.

[@scottrichards4399]

Beige with gold insert in the side trim

[@CarStarz42]

Yes, I talked about that in the video Indeed 😉

[@charlesdalton985]

Outstanding and informative as always - thank you very much! When I hear engine sounds in movies, it's always fun to play "what engine is that?" I did not know it was a 428 Ford. ~ Chuck

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and indeed it is 😉👍

[@rockzhard2009]

top notch video my friend. thank you.

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍

[@bernie472]

AMT made a model of a 58' Plymouth Belvedere that I happen to have assembled. While it is not a Fury, it is the same exact colors of Red with a White roof, and does look like Christine. The kit was released in 2002.

[@CarStarz42]

Cool😉👍

[@streetsmart1164]

Your videos are amazing! An absolute joy to watch … more than once, or twice or….. Spooktacular Halloween theme production, The , Running Skeleton, Ha-Ha-larious !

[@CarStarz42]

Thank you very much and I'm glad you are enjoying them 😉👍

[@octopus680]

Brilliant, loved that -I remember getting it on VHS in 1984. -watched it countless times since.

[@CarStarz42]

Glad you enjoyed it and yes, It's one of the greats for sure 😉👍

[@unstablebobgable]

Wow you never disappoint with your videos! Thanks for covering this iconic car and your "spooky" touches were really cool! 😎

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much, very glad to hear that! Happy Halloween😉👍

[@domingogarcia4953]

ive been waiting for this one thank you

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and I'm glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@deansapp4635]

Great video, I was never into the 1950s or older cars. I love the 60s and 70s cars

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks, well; me too; but I have a lot of love for the 50s cars as well, but would still take a 60s muscle car over it 😉

[@stevethegreasemonkey]

Grate video. I have the 18 scale model with the working headlights and blacked out windows. Took me years to find one

[@Boa74]

And I have the rusted one

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks and that's cool 😉👍

[@stevethegreasemonkey]

@@CarStarz42 I also acquired a replica license plate from amazon

[@jzubrodikal98]

I may never own a 1957-58 Plymouth Fury Christine, but I'm happy with my Auto World diecast model.

[@CarStarz42]

Same here 😉👍

[@ehcatsfaneric2211]

Got to see one several years back at HORRORHOUND in Sharonville Ohio

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@decepticon957ify]

I have both hotwheels super treasure hunt version of Christine and the regular th version love love love Christine !!❤

[@CarStarz42]

Nice😉👍

[@beelinebrett2077]

Picking great topics and making good content!

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and glad you are enjoying it 🙂👍

[@dennisanderson7034]

We had a 70's Fury II in the mid 80's. It was dark green and had a Duster or charger look to it. I was about 10.

[@CarStarz42]

Nice👍

[@nicholasrice8693]

I live two blocks from the old Rochester auto museum. I got to see Christine in person once. I’m kinda glad they closed the museum. It was nicely done, but downtown Rochester is a sketchy place these days. I would walk by the window at night at see it 10 feet from the window like it was a window display at a mall or something. I was always afraid someone was going to smash the glass, go in and mess it up along with all the other cars that were there.

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, that's the general consensus from what I've read as well that the are has become rough in recent years to keep anything of high value around there. It's unfortunate.

[@erikkunkle9574]

In 1990/91/92 (can't remember the exact year) Tim Cook used cars in Newberry SC had a white '58 Fury for sale for $4200. My Dad, Uncle, and I went to look at it and debated and I kick myself every time I think how we didn't pull the trigger. Also, in the late '80s, there was one sitting next to an old place between Lexington and Batesburg SC for sale. From the road it looked like the scene oit of the movie.

[@CarStarz42]

Cool, they are certainly tough to preserve, but valuable if one can for sure 😉

[@joemuncie9187]

Great movie, another of the ones I can watch over and over. When the movie was released I had a red 1966 Impala convertible with a white top.

[@CarStarz42]

Nice 😉👍

[@stag4984]

The movie the car is still missing has not been seen since a car show in the erally 80s I love that car & Cristina

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, not sure what happened to the "The Car" cars. They are probably still lurking somewhere out there 😉

[@stag4984]

Shur wood like to see her again see how the year's have good to hear or really really bad to her 😋

[@wallaroo1295]

*BONUS FACT* -- The iconic "Christine" Music score from 1983, written by Alan Howarth and Director John Carpenter, shares many similarities with the music score for the film, "Halloween III" - also directed by Carpenter, and written by Howarth, which was released in 1982. Which makes sense, recycle that score to save on the budget needed for those awesome cars!

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 😉👍

[@22knightx]

When this movie debuted, I was driving a 2 door 1961 Plymouth Sport Fury, white over red. The front clip was similar (far from identical) and had horizontal tail fins. BUT, with movie patrons still buzzing, in a dark parking lot, a 61, with cherry bomb exhausts, high beams glaring, was enough to make people jump when I revved my 318... good times

[@CarStarz42]

😉👍

[@80fordmustang6]

One of my dream cars not as much because of the move but rather the looks of the car have a 59 ford now close enough I guess

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed, yeah the 50's era of cars were just out of this world level of cool for sure! 😉👍

[@fighttheswine]

awesome documentary man

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@johndean2110]

There is also 1/25 scale plastic model kit of christine.😊

[@chrispaulson2934]

Building one right now.😅

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed, I just usually focus on diecast models as so few of us have the time or patience for model building these days 😉

[@chrispaulson2934]

@@CarStarz42 I have the 1/18 and 1/64 die casts of Evil Christine and one beat Christine. The 1/25 i was aiming to get it close to movie car, but I decided on adding a new gen hemi painted gold (I got the hue wrong but is what it is) it's just for fun, and many years ago there was a fan built 58 Fury at a car show. I took so many reference photos that they let me get a few of me behind the wheel. It was one of the best days ever.

[@CarStarz42]

@@chrispaulson2934 Awesome 🙂👍

[@johnnyb3126]

Loved this movie a true classic

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed! 😉👍

[@thebluestig2654]

Bill Gibson's car has a remote drive system installed so the car can appear to drive itself. There's also some smaller than 1/64th slot car versions of Christine in rusted out, and restored options.

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, I saw his video on that, lol. And yeah Auto World makes the slot car versions of those cars also indeed :-)

[@nuclearcasserole]

i lived in yuma arizona at the time this movie was made, there was also the dukes of hazzard going on at the time as well, there were purchasers from the movie and other production companies that went to local junkyards and they would buy all the entire cars and carcasses, in the course of a couple of days, every old car that was popular on screen would simply vanish.

[@CarStarz42]

Cool and I bet they would have indeed 😉

[@AFExploration]

one of my most favourite films, great upload

[@CarStarz42]

Same here friend and thanks much 😉👍

[@CeadMileFailte-w3z]

Love your episode on Christine, it's awesome. Could you do one on the Duke Of New Yorks Cadillac, the one with chandeliers on the fenders, from 1981s Escape From New York. Also the white boatail car from the 1937 movie "Topper" with Cary Grant, it's the most awesome, and elaborate movie made car I've ever seen. It's not an Auburn. It looks like it's made out of steel and is fully functional with full interior, and an unusual storage space behind the rear seat for the spare tire. The movie Topper is currently on KZbin. I think your viewers would like to learn about both cars.

[@CarStarz42]

Cool, I haven't seen any of those, but I added them to the mega list to look into eventually. Thanks!

[@blindflips4951]

There's also a drag race car made in the Christine theme you should add that to your video

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@dandahermitseals5582]

Haha. I know where there is a barn and barnyard full of these Plymouths. When I received my new 65 Olds 442 in 1965 in Ohio my cousin Tom had a collection of these and had put a hemi in one of them and he blew my doors off with it. I later built the 442 for the 1/4 mile and was very successful with it for several years. Tom was infamous in Ohio from his Plymouths. Most people probly don't even remember this early series of muscle cars waaay before the 64 Goat Dandahermit😂😂

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@robertjames302]

there was a video a while ago of someone adding a remote control system to their Christine replica. Now that would be a sight to see in real life.

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, that is Bill Gibson's, not sure how elaborate it is though, lol.

[@Rao_Rolland]

I've had arguments back in the the 90's that the car from this movie was a '57 Bel Air...I was like 6 when I saw this film, and that's how I remembered it up until seeing the film again 1998.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol 😉

[@Freesavh1776]

Right, the rebuild scenes made the movie. Those parts really made Christine come to life. He k I would love to get the cubed Christine at the end of the movie.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 👍

[@brett75bp]

Adore this movie and the car since i watched it at the ripe old age of 9 back in 83 , I will forever love you for the rest of my days ❤

[@CarStarz42]

It's a great one indeed 😉👍

[@RosemaryEdwards-h3q]

Thank you! Making the movie even more enjoyable!

[@CarStarz42]

You're very welcome and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@AtZero138]

Thanks for this, always great,, Favorite Movie, glad to own a Mopar and also to have this era Plymouth Wheel Covers..

[@CarStarz42]

You're most welcome and very glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@deborahrohl7690]

The most beautiful car I've ever seen ❤

[@CarStarz42]

She's a beaut for sure 😉👍

[@TeamJesus515]

Great job on the video 👍

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@milfordh.mercado2787]

'Hey, is that cunningham car' well yes you unfortunate souls that's what you're looking at before the inevitable end happens to you as usual my friend great work with the first halloween video on your channel i am happy to see that facts are spot on and correct for us fans of the movie so please carstarz don't you ever dare touch that 58 fury or she get you hurt 😂😂 anyway thanks and have great halloween season bye now.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, indeed a dangerous yet gorgeous ride she is for sure and yes; Have a great Halloween as well 😉👍

[@milfordh.mercado2787]

@CarStarz42 you too buddy 😉.

[@jasonparker5800]

Amt also makes a 1/25 scale model kit of christine. So you can build your own version.

[@CarStarz42]

True, I just touch on the diecast models in my videos since few of us these days have the time or patience for model building 😉

[@CycolacFan]

It’s interesting to note Ertl copied the inaccurate ‘stepped’ side trim used in the film on the model kit and several of the 1/18 diecasts rather than the correct fullsize trim that flows in a straight line.

[@jacoballred]

Sometimes there's paranormal activity with antique vehicles. Because often vehicles are prized possessions within fond memories.

[@CarStarz42]

😉

[@jackyclaiborne2142]

What made me fall in love with Christine? It's something unique and very unusual. When I first saw the movie "Christine", I had something that meant a lot to me that I felt was basically in the same boat with Arnie's '58 Plymouth Fury. It was an Early American mate's chair, which had come with my first student desk that I first got when I was nine years old. When I got a new desk when I was a senior in high school, I went to the time and trouble to refinish that mate's chair to match the desk like Arnie had gone to the time and trouble to restore Christine. Striping that iconic mate's chair chair down to the bare wood was the first step. I compare that to the ring job that Arnie did on Christine in response to Will Darnell 's berating him over Christine having smoked up his garage, and laying down the law to Arnie. "That's the last time you run that mechanical asshole in here without an exhaust hose! Catch you doin' it one time, you're out!'" Finding the right stain to match to new desk? I compare that to Arnie rummaging through Darnell's junkyard for hubcaps and other parts. Putting on the stain and two coats of varnish? Arnie repairing Christine's non functional lighting, a new radio antenna, and brand new windshield wipers for her busted windshield. The month long waiting game for the varnish to dry. Arnie driving Christine round and round the junkyard behind Darnell's to utilize the power of her odometer that ran backwards, and generated the rejuvenating power, that not only rejuvenated Christine herself, but anyone or anything in her cabin. Anything in her trunk, or even a trailer hitched to her. Like Arnie's girlfriend Leigh pressured Arnie to get rid of Christine after choking on the burger at the drive in, a teacher at the community college I was attending whom had asked me about my study area at home, asked me what kind of chair I was sitting in when I studied. After I had said "mate's chair", she pressured me to go out and shop for another kind of chair, and ditch the mate's chair. Why was I as attached to the mate's chair as Arnie was with Christine? Why am I even erratically obsessed with such a thing as a chair? I first saw and sat in an Early American mate's chair the first time my parents took me to Pizza Hut in 1969. I was six years old. The thing that got my attention right off was its distinctive guitar shaped seat, which is something that most people are oblivious to. Previously, I had never seen a chair with a guitar shaped seat. That made me fall in love with the mate's chair pretty much the way Arnie fell in love with Christine. I look at the guitar shaped seat the way a Christine fan would look at Christine's tail fins. Another thing is since early in life, I've been a passionate rock n roller, which also called my attention to the guitar shaped seat. Much more recently after finding a sadly mutilated mate's chair at a curbside, I salvaged the guitar shaped seat, purchased a bass guitar neck from Eden Guitars, and a friend of mine had a craftsman build for me, a bass guitar that had the actual mate's chair seat for the body. When I'm playing it on stage, people can see the holes where the spindle back was, and the concave carvings for the hip cheeks. I've done some recording in Garage band and used that bass for the bass tracks. I also love that bass as much as Arnie loved Christine. As I type this, I happen to be sitting in that mate's chair that I refinished to match the desk that my computer now sits on. I have four other mate's chairs that I purchased in 1988 and hoarded for four years. I got my own apartment in 1992. I to this day have those chairs around my dining table, a red and white checkered tablecloth, red plastic soda glasses, red placemats that are the same color as Christine, and an iconic Pizza Hut lamp over the table. Even after 30 years, those chairs are in good shape, because myself and my sweetheart have always sat in 'em with proper posture, hips to the spindles. That's the best thing for most any wooden dining chair. I also don't lean back on two legs, or push them out from under the table with all of my weight on 'em. Having my sweetheart sit in any of 'em to me is like Arnie having Leigh Cabot ride with him in Christine. This day and time, mate's chairs are as hard to come by as "Christine' cars, '57 and '58 Plymouths. Especially a real Fury.

[@CarStarz42]

Interesting and there is something deeply special about any object that one puts a lot of their passion and time into to revive to perfection indeed! Thanks for sharing friend 👍

[@bigdaddy7119]

Need to do one one on Dennis’s Charger

[@MrWill73]

I’m not positive but I believe the 68 Charger that Dennis drove was owned by someone that worked on the movie but don’t quote me. It’s been quite a while since I knew all the Christine facts. I actually saw one of the screen used Christine at the Mecum Auction at Kissimmee Fl in January 2020. It was displayed next to the original Bullitt Mustang that was found a couple of years before the auction. Truly amazing seeing two iconic movie cars in the same place.

[@CarStarz42]

Wow, that would be a sight to see! 👍

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, eventually I'll get to secondary cars in movies/shows I have already touched on😉👍

[@bigdaddy7119]

@@CarStarz42 awesome, thank you and keep up the great work! I thoroughly enjoy your channel and look forward to getting alerts on new videos! This is something us gearheads have wanted for a long time! 👍🏻

[@MrWill73]

@@CarStarz42 👍👍👍

[@ibrahim-chevelleMalibuman]

Absolutely One of the most beautiful car's from 50s ❤❤i really love it❤❤❤

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 😉👍

[@markhellman-pn3hn]

if they made these in other colors - they could have sold a bazillion of these things - it was a great looking car !!

[@CarStarz42]

Cool looking indeed 😉👍

[@otakubancho6655]

Definitely one of the better adaptations of a Stephen King novel.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 😉👍

[@johndean2110]

Very cool video 👍😊

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@savedin87ify]

Thank you I was going to ask you about this car. I love it the move is awesome.

[@CarStarz42]

Glad you enjoyed it, yep; I was just saving Christine for the Halloween episode as I had planned to back when I first started this channel. Amazing movie indeed 😉👍

[@ronaldamesjr.7125]

Yes! Nice job we’ve been waiting. Happy Halloween

[@CarStarz42]

I've certainly been saving this one for this season indeed. Glad you enjoyed it and Happy Halloween again to you as well 😉👍

[@jimamerica7419]

Just to add to @CarStarz along with "fun facts". The Plymouth Fury was indeed "top of the line" model. It could only be available in the Sandstone color. These Furys were only built in Detroit from 1956-1958. Christine is actually a Plymouth Belvedere. It could also be assembled in Detroit and other assembly plants within the U.S. As well as with more options. Including the factory red paint. In the movie they depict Christine being assembled in "Detroit". That is true. It could be assembled at the now defunct "Lynch road" assembly plant in Detroit. The plant is located south of 8 mile and VanDyke (from Eminems famous movie). In the movie, they show the shift being over at 5:00 PM. Not true. Each plant may have had a 3 shift, 24 hour, 5 days a week.

[@CarStarz42]

Yep, most of that was indeed mentioned in the video 😉👍

[@CycolacFan]

In the book she’s called a Fury; the name is both spoken and written, in the movie she’s just a Plymouth with no model name given.

[@CycolacFan]

I understand some plants did two eight hour production shifts then one for maintenance and cleaning. Would have varied across the decades. I’d guess most were closed on Sundays in the 1950s. They shut down for summer so the plants could be retooled for the following year’s new cars.

[@jimamerica7419]

@@CycolacFan correct. Although, Christine as depicted in the movie was indeed a Belvedere. It is identified in each of the quarter panels. The movie car did not have the emblems on the quarter panel. Possibly because of the restorations?

[@CycolacFan]

@@jimamerica7419 I don’t remember there being any badges / emblems anywhere in the movie… in which scene/s were they visible?

[@RottenBuick]

I recently bought a 58 savoy two door hardtop. 😬

[@CarStarz42]

Cool, just keep it sealed in a very big zip lock back if you leave it sitting out for too long, lol 😉

[@dman0044]

The car being able to repair itself, can't leave that out. To reach the heavy set boy, it had to damage the front fenders. Made the metal crunch sounds when repairing...Songs to work with what was happening, "keep a knocking,but you can't come in". Surprised there wasn't a sequel, that piece moved when the car was made into a cube...

[@CarStarz42]

😉

[@BD-xv6iz]

I was lucky enough to sit in a replica here in the uk earlier this year

[@CarStarz42]

Cool😉👍

[@aarongiertz8147]

Great video on Christine !

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much and glad you enjoyed it!

[@deanzynda2992]

Thank you for all of that information. The car was and still is awesome. Great to know that it and many clones are still around. 👍👍👍👍👍 One question that was always on my mind was. Was the earlier Mopar Hemi engine an option in that year of Plymouth Furies???🤔 If it was, what cubic inch would it have been???

[@CarStarz42]

You're welcome and I don't think so on the engine question.

[@carmanbazza]

Watched it when it came out , brilliant.

[@CarStarz42]

😉👍

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for another interesting video 👍🏻

[@CarStarz42]

You're most welcome and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

[@marko7843]

Excellent job, my man! BTW, Steve-O did account for the wrong color paint in the book, I want to say it was Autumn Red. What I've always wondered about those regeneration scenes, is why they used such obviously abnormal headlights? I'm sure regular fluted sealed beams could have been slowly brightened the same way...

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, possibly.

[@dbblues.9168]

One of my all time favorite movies

[@CarStarz42]

😉👍

[@garygarner1095]

my favorite movie and a friend of mine actually has one of the franken christines fully Authenticated the mileage on it goes backwards

[@CarStarz42]

Cool! 😉👍

[@kensalazar5986]

Excellent 👌👍 Video. I really enjoyed it thank you

[@CarStarz42]

Glad you enjoyed it and you're quite welcome 😉👍