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Posted by: Gustl Aug 27 2007, 01:07 PM

need a quick help

this pic shows a printscreen of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" from 1960

who could tell me what car this is?

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Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Aug 27 2007, 01:12 PM

1957 Ford

Posted by: ruddyboys Aug 27 2007, 01:20 PM

CUSTOM "300" FORDOR SEDAN Model # 73B

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Aug 27 2007, 01:27 PM

QUOTE(ruddyboys @ Aug 27 2007, 12:20 PM)

CUSTOM "300" FORDOR SEDAN Model # 73B

Couldn't you be more specific?

Posted by: Gustl Aug 27 2007, 01:33 PM

many thanks - that's specific enaugh

Gustl

Posted by: Johny Blackstain Aug 27 2007, 02:58 PM

Is'nt that also known as a Fairlane?

Posted by: black73 Aug 27 2007, 03:25 PM

Since we are talking about Hitchcock, what was the little sports car in "The Birds"?

Posted by: orthobiz Aug 27 2007, 07:28 PM

QUOTE(black73 @ Aug 27 2007, 05:25 PM)

Since we are talking about Hitchcock, what was the little sports car in "The Birds"?

Aston Martin DB2 (The Birds)
Luckily I was alone when I saw this car's entrance, because I nearly lost it. You just don't see Aston DB2s, much less someone driving one as Tippie Hedren does in 'The Birds.' At the time of the 'The Birds' release in 1963, Astons were steadily becoming popular in America, probably peaking in 1964 when James Bond introduced the world to the marvelous DB5. But the DB2 was first produced in 1950, and I'm confident hardly any made their way across the Atlantic. According to Wikipedia, only 411 total DB2s were produced from 1950-53 and of those, only about 102 were convertibles like the one in The Birds. But the most amazing part about the one in The Birds is that it's left-hand drive. For a small-time automaker like Aston Martin, making a batch of left-handers for Western Europe and (maybe) North America was a costly luxury, and I would guess that fewer than half the 102 convertibles produced were left-hand drive, and who knows how many of those scant few survive today. An immaculate DB2 like the one portrayed in 'The Birds' would literally be priceless today, in the right market it could command seven figures.

http://dvdpanache.blogspot.com/2006/07/cars-on-film.html

Paul

Posted by: black73 Aug 27 2007, 08:57 PM

Thanks Paul. I agree that the car was the real star of that movie.

Posted by: pfierb Aug 28 2007, 06:50 AM

QUOTE(black73 @ Aug 27 2007, 10:57 PM)

Thanks Paul. I agree that the car was the real star of that movie.

Tippi Hedren wasn't exactly chopped liver either.

Posted by: tdgray Aug 28 2007, 07:11 AM

QUOTE(pfierb @ Aug 28 2007, 08:50 AM)

QUOTE(black73 @ Aug 27 2007, 10:57 PM)

Thanks Paul. I agree that the car was the real star of that movie.

Tippi Hedren wasn't exactly chopped liver either.

Not bad looking offspring either.

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Aug 28 2007, 07:40 AM

QUOTE(Johny Blackstain @ Aug 27 2007, 01:58 PM)

Is'nt that also known as a Fairlane?

Yup, same body style.