The 2000 Hollywood remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds" produced one in all cinema`s maximum iconic film automobiles. The unique film, directed with the aid of using H.B. Toby Haliki and launched in cinemas in 1974, featured a 1971 Mustang fastback in faded yellow paint. Meanwhile, the remake starring Nicholas Cage, Angelina Jolie, and Robert Duvall had a 1967 Ford Mustang as its hero vehicle, extra popularly cited in vehicle tradition because the mythical "Eleanor." Instead of carrying that tired, antique yellow paint, Eleanor got here crashing into the minds and hearts of audiences with its iconic "Pepper Gray" paint, racing stripes, and custom frame kit.
The "Gone in 60 Seconds" manufacturing crew had eleven Eleanor automobiles constructed for filming — all courtesy of warm rod clothier Steve Stanford, the mythical Chip Foose, and Cinema Vehicle Services (CVS). Five of the eleven automobiles had been the "hero automobiles" throughout filming, and 3 ended manufacturing in a single piece.
'Eleanor' heading to public sale
The Eleanor hero vehicle with VIN# 7R02C179710 hit the hammer at Mecum Auctions Indianapolis in 2013 for a staggering $1.1 million. The webweb page claims it changed into Nicholas Cage's number one splendor vehicle that regarded in film posters, promotional materials, and close-up photographs of the film. This Mustang got here with its unique fiberglass frame kit, PIAA using lights, energy steering, coilover suspension, 17-inch Cobra-fashion wheels, and four-wheel disk brakes.
Meanwhile, the custom Mustang indoors functions an Autometer Sport Comp Monster tachometer, a non-purposeful nitrous injection kit, and that groovy "Go-Baby-Go" shift button for the drivetrain's line lock and the engine's nitro system. The vehicle changed into in a personal series due to the fact filming ended, and bought at public sale in "film-used situation with minor touch-ups." It functions a 351W/four hundred HP Ford crate engine and a four-velocity guide gearbox.
However, the Eleanor film vehicle bought in 2013 resurfaced at Chrome Cars, a conventional vehicle supplier in Germany. Before that, any other of the surviving 3 film automobiles went to public sale in 2020 at Kissimmee and bought for $852,000, and we cannot recognize why it bought for much less than its hero vehicle brethren. It got here with a running NOS system (that provides as much as one hundred twenty five horsepower), a blueprint HiPo 351 cubic inch V8 engine, MSD ignition, an Edelbrock consumption manifold, and a Tremec five-velocity guide transmission, amongst many different upgrades.