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Inquiry about a car

posted 11 years ago by Tyler-A-Arse
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When Kennedy picks up Eastwood and brings him to the resort, right as they're pulling into the parking space, there is a car parked right next to them on the driver's side that I can't distinguish. Anyone happen to know what it is?

I went to this sight, but they didn't have it there.
http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=72926

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[–] jblackie47803 10 years ago

Looks like a 1969 Lamborghini Miura to me.

[–] lwboho 10 years ago

I'd love to have that 75 bronco that is apparently unaccounted for from the movie!!

[–] wild_cobra427 10 years ago

Why I think it's a Ferrari 275 GTB, and not a 1969 Lamborghini Miura. Miuras do not have wrap around rear chrome bumpers, side vent windows and thick A-Pillars. You cannot see the Miuras's exhaust pipes exiting the rear of the car from the side view. The Miura has a flip-front boot and flip-rear bonnet configuration. There are no gaps on the film car to suggest this. All the shark gills match a Ferrari. Even though I cannot zoom in clear enough to see it, where a prancing horse sticker would be, on the 1/4 fender near the external rear-view mirror, there is a blob there. Miuras have air scoops on the C-pillar and on the rocker panel near the rear wheels. The film car does not have these scoops. The taillights match a Ferrari much closer than a Miura. And though I have no proof, it may also be a fiberglass replica kit car. I remember someone making kits in the early '70s using a Datsun 240Z as a donor car.

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[–] Tyler-A-Arse 10 years ago

Thanks for the response and info. I was pretty sure it wasn't a Miura. But I don't see it being a 275 GTB, either. Some of those had scoops on the rear quarter panel, and I believe were "slatted" scoops.

It may be just what you said. A fiberglass replica kit car. Must be hard to identify. IMCDB couldn't ID it, either.

[–] wild_cobra427 10 years ago

This was the closet I came to matching the shark gills as seen on the movie car. Though I don't believe the movie car is a GTB/C, it might be a different year or model. Or like I said, a kit car. But it is definitely a Ferrari or a fake one.

https://www.google.com/search?q=275+gtb+c&hl=en&biw=1067&b ih=518&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=b3XKVOSaMMqoNvHVg8 AF&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg

The film car doesn't have a rear spoiler. It may be a plain GTB, and the owner wanted to make it look like a C by adding the gills on the rear 1/4 panel. Who knows?

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[–] wild_cobra427 10 years ago

But it is definitely a Ferrari or a fake one

I'll be the first to admit I was wrong. It's not a Ferrari, or a fake one. But it was made by a person who worked at Ferrari and who helped design the Ferrari 250 GTO. Giotto Bizzarrini.

The vehicle in question could be this 1967 Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada, Alloy Coupe
Chassis Num: 1A30268. http://www.rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=382803

Or this 1968 Bizzarrini GT America http://classiccarswest.com/Bizzarrini/index.html

The reason I think these might be the car shown in The Eiger Sanction, is because they were originally owned by Carey Loftin(read articles in the above links). When I checked the "Full Cast and Crew" for The Eiger Sanction, who's name appeared under the category "Stunts"? Carey Loftin.

Mystery solved. Sort of.

Carey Loftin owned 5-6 Bizzas. Chassis numbers 0265, 0266, 0268, 0291 and 0303(confirmed). 65, 66 and 68 all have 3-vane wing vents. The one in the film has 4. So that means it is either #0291 or 0303. The '68 GT America(#0286) listed above, cannot be confirmed as once belonging to Carey. It also has 3-vane wing vents, which means it's not a '68. Unless it was modified. They switched to 4-vane mid-'67. As a side note; Carey put an automatic transmission into #0303 to make it easier for actors to drive. 

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