New DVD - Tales of the Rat Fink

In stores Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 - Halloween! Lol. How fitting for the theme of the movie.

Official website: sphinxproductions.com

Why does this trailer remind me of when we used to collect wackypackages when we were kids in the 70s? Lol!

Hot Rod Magazine's Top 40 Car Movies - #1 thru #5

#1 - American Graffiti (1973)
Director: George Lucas
Stars: '32 Ford five window, '55 Chevy, '58 Chevy


#2 - Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Director: Monte Hellman
Stars: '55 Chevy, '70 GTO


#3 - Vanishing Point (1971)
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Star: '70 Challenger R/T


#4 - Bullitt (1968)
Director: Peter Yates
Stars: '68 Mustang GT 390, '68 Charger


#5 - The Gumball Rally (1976)
Director: Charles Bell
Stars: '65 Shelby Cobra 427, '70 Camaro, '71 Ferrari Daytona Spyder

Hot Rod Magazine's Top 40 Car Movies - #6 thru #10

#6 - Thunder Road (1958)
Director: Arthur Ripley
Stars: '50 Ford, '57 Chevy, '57 Ford


#7 - Dirty Harry, Crazy Larry (1974)
Director: John Hough
Stars: '66 Impala, '69 Charger


#8 - Smokey and The Bandit (1977)
Director: Hal Needham
Star: '77 Trans Am


#9 - The Blues Brothers (1980)
Director: John Landis
Star: '74 Monaco Police Package


#10 - Hollywood Knights (1980)
Director: Floyd Mutrux
Stars: '57 Chevy, '66 Cobra 427 and numerous street rods.

Hot Rod Magazine's Top 40 Car Movies - #11 thru #15

#11 - Mad Max (1979)
Director: George Miller
Star: '73 Falcon Coupe


#12 - The Road Warrior (1981)
Director: George Miller
Star: '73 Falcon Coupe.


#13 - Le Mans (1971)
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Stars: Porsche 917, Ferrari 512S


#14 - Gone In 60 Seconds (1974)
Director: H.B. Halicki
Star: '73 Ford Mustang Mach 1


#15 - Corvette Summer (1978)
Director: Mathew Robbins
Star: '73 Ford Falcon Coupe

Hot Rod Magazine's Top 40 Car Movies - #16 thru #20

#16 - More American Graffiti (1979)
Director: Bill L. Norton
Stars: '32 Ford, fleets of vintage drag machines.

#17 - Funny Car Summer (1974)
Director: Ron Phillips
Star: Jim Dunn's rear-engine '73 Cuda Funny Car

#18 - Cannonball (1976)
Director: Paul Bartel
Stars: '69 Mustang, '70 Trans Am, '71 Pantera. '68 Charger


#19 - White Lightning (1973)
Director: Joseph Sargent
Star: '71 Ford LTD


#20 - Death Race 2000 (1975) - Parts of thie reminded me of Speed Racer.
Director: Paul Bartel
Stars: Scads of kit cars.

Hot Rod Magazine's top 40 Car Movies - #21 thru #25

#21 - Eat My Dust! (1976)


#22 - The Lively Set (1964)

#23 - The French Connection (1971)
Filming Location: 86th Street Train Overpass, Brooklyn, New York.


#24 - To Live and Die In L.A. (1985)


#25 - Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Hot Rod Magazine's Top 40 Car Movies - #26 thru #30

#26 - Ronin (1998)


#27 - Against All Odds (1984)

#28 - Christine (1983)

#29 - Cobra (1986) - Stallone drove that cool looking 1950 Mercury.


#30 - Hot Rod (1950)

Hot Rod Magazine's Top 40 Car Movies - #31 thru #35

#31 - Hot Rod Girl (1956)

#32 - The Cannonball Run (1981)


#33 - The Driver (1978)

#34 - Used Cars (1980)

#35 - Gone In Sixty Seconds (2000)

Hot Rod Magazine's Top 40 Car Movies - #36 thru #40

Hot Rod Magazine did a Top 40 Car Movies Feature in their February 2006 issue.

Here was their breakdown:

#36 - Hot Rods To Hell (1967)
Director: John Brahm/James Curits Havens
Stars: '58 Corvette, '56 Chevy, '61 Belvedere


#37 - Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1985) - Here is an actual '48 Tucker Torpedo like the ones that were used in the movie. Interesting story behind The Tucker. From the 'Classics - Ultimate Automobiles' Calendar: "The Tucker Torpedo was the creation of Preston Tucker, who made his fortune from a gun-turret mounting for WWII bombers. But even his vast wealth could not save the Tucker, a car 20 years ahead of its time, but doomed for lack of funding and a design that was too advanced. Hollywood has perpetuated the notion that the Tucker was killed by Detroit's Big Three, but in reality Tucker did not deliver what was promised, a violation of U.S. Securities laws, which led to liquidation. Tucker secured 300,000 orders, but the legal issues, along with engine and transmission problems, halted production at 37 cars, with another 14 assembled with spare parts by volunteer workers."
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: '48 Tucker Torpedos


#38 - Goldfinger (1964) - Loved that Aston Martin! Had a little diecast of it when I was a kid.
Director: Guy Hamilton
Star: Aston Martin DB5


#39 - The Italian Job (1969)
Director: Peter Collinson
Stars: Mini Coopers, Lamborghini Miura


#40 - The Fast and The Furious (2001)
Director: Rob Cohen
Stars: '70 Charger, '01 Ford Lightning and a bunch of import cars with phat graphics.