The Paul Walker-Driven 'Fast & Furious' Toyota Supra Sells for Record-Breaking $550,000 USD
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14The Paul Walker-Driven 'Fast & Furious' Toyota Supra Sells for Record-Breaking $550,000 USD
I thought it was weird how Universal studios left the cars out to rot, they were peeling like a sunburn the last time I saw them.
On the lot tour, they talked about how they just parked the DeLorean's from BTTF out in the sun.
I can get not wanting to turn every movie car into a museum piece, but why not tart them up and sell them once the movie wraps?
It’s probably one of the prop cars that’s on the lot tour. Actual hero cars are usually stored elsewhere
Currently one of (if there were multiple) the DeLorean's from BTTF is in an exhibit in the Petersen museum in LA and looked good. Guess it was touched up or something.
Honestly a lot of the “extra” cars were put together like garbage; they had a few come up for sale at Barrett-Jackson and I took a look and everything looks like it was just assembled by a 10 year old with ADHD, a hot glue gun, and his dads drill.
Often times cars are modified and are no longer street legal.
Removing safety features like air bags / seat belts is pretty common.
When I went to Universal Studios as a kid back in the 80s (before BTTF came out) I remember seeing a half dozen or more KITTs from Knight Rider randomly parked around the lot during the tram tour. There was so many the guide stopped bothering to point them out. A couple were smashed up pretty good.
Filmmakers have absolutely no sentimentality or nostalgia toward their props, unless they can see a way to make money off of them.
I'd guess the liability dealing with having modified the vehicles would be tricky post-movie selling it to someone.
It’s not all studio equipment/props that ends up like that though.
On a trip to Wichita, KS one year, our group went to a deep underground salt mine. It turns out a lot of the salt caverns are so stable, they use them for storage of things to include movie props. We saw, if I remember correctly, tons and tons of negatives from movies stored in rows. The Dorothy weather machine from the movie Twister, an Agent Smith mannequin from the Matrix, tons of Batman movie costumes and more.
It was called Strataca, and is a neat museum. Your trip starts with a very fast elevator trip around 600 feet (~200 meters) below the earth to where the older salt mines are. It is worth it if you are in the area!
These studios are measuring revenue by the tens (if not hundreds) of millions of dollars. The time and effort to try and recover the costs from a cheapo prop car probably aren't worth it to them.
I can get not wanting to turn every movie car into a museum piece,
Every movie car should be auctioned off for charities if not being used for promotion or as a show piece.
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