Own One of the Few Plymouth Furys From John Carpenter’s CHRISTINE
Mike Sprague
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Want to own one of the Plymouth Furys used in John Carpenter & Stephen King’s Christine? Well, now’s your chance. If you’ve got $400,000 – $500,000 laying around – the car is up for auction.
Here are some highlights:
- Star Car from John Carpenter & Stephen King‘s 1983 film “Christine”
- The only certified Polar Films titled car
- Producer Richard Kobritz video testimonial
- Promotional sweepstakes giveaway car for the movie
- After filming, the car was raffled off on New Year’s Eve on USA Network’s show “Night Flight”
- Approximately 40,000 participants entered the sweepstakes, Scott Edminster was the winner
- Previously part of the Ron Pratte collection
- Featured at the 35th Anniversary celebration held at the Rochester Auto Museum in 2018
- Comprehensive restoration
- Small block wedge V-8 engine
- Offenhauser intake manifold
- Dual 4-barrel carburetors
- Torqueflite pushbutton automatic transmission
- Power steering
- Power brakes
- Finished in Red with White roof
- Red vinyl and cloth bench seat interior
- Full-size wheel covers
- Whitewall tires
Check out more info HERE.
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The movie and book center on an unpopular nerd who buys a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which he names Christine, and develops an unhealthy obsession with the car, to the alarm of his jock friend. After a bully defaces Christine, the auto restores itself to perfect condition and begins killing off people. Determined to stop the deaths, the nerd decides to destroy Christine.
Christine was directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Phillips based on the novel by Stephen King. Richard Kobritz and Larry J. Franco produced. It stars Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, and Harry Dean Stanton. Columbia released it on December 9, 1983.
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