Red Mist gets a hum… kick-ass Mustang in ‘KICK-ASS’
Remember Mc Lovin’ from Superbad and the nerdy kid from Role Models? Well that’s Christopher Mintz-Plasse in real life, and he’s in the upcoming superhero comedy Kick-Ass with Nicolas Cage and Aaron Johnson. In this adaptation of the eponymous comic-book series, they play a team of real-life superheroes with no otherworldly powers, but with a good heart and a lot of guts. Christoper Mintz-Plasse gets a tricked-out previous generation (2009?) Ford Mustang with... Read More
‘Gone in 60 Second’ GT500 Eleanor replica sells at Barrett-Jackson for $110,000
Autographed by Carroll Shelby, this Eleanor replica is true to the movie ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’, down to the nuts and bolts. It was built by the much troubled Unique Performance which packed 585hp in the 427 Ford V8 engine. The rest of the car follows up with a lot of performance parts and a beautiful finish. It took $110,000 for a lucky bidder to get his hands on it a few days ago at the Barrett-Jackson auctions in Scottsdale, AZ. Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), with... Read More
Eleanor’s in town
Alex spotted the movie star today in Pasadena and managed to snap a few pictures. It’s probably a replica from Classic Recreations, but it could have been made somewhere else. Anyway it looks just like the one used by Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie in the 2000 remake of the 1974 movie Gone In Sixty Seconds, before it got completely trashed during a chase. The original one was based on a Shelby Mustang GT 500. Thanks to Alex Ksoll for the pictures! Photo gallery... Read More
