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Re: Movie car trivia question

To: simon@mondes.com, owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net,
Subject: Re: Movie car trivia question
From: PaceCars@aol.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:30:07 EST
It's been awhile since I saw the movie, but I recall it was a Lola T70 coupe.
Harold Pace
In a message dated 1/15/99 2:40:33 AM, simon@mondes.com wrote:

>In the movie "THX 1138", Robert Duval's character steals a car at one point.
>The
>ensuing chase scene was filmed in the Caldecott Tunnel in the SF Bay Area.
>Does
>anybody know exactly what kind of car it was? Obviously, the car had been
>dolled
>up to look like a jet powered car from the outside, and the cockpit effects
>were
>all movie magic, but the car did move, and quite rapidly. It looked like an
>IMSA
>GT or Le Mans type car, possibly a Matra, or McLaren. Does anybody know for
>sure?
>

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