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Vanishing Point Challenger engine sound

Whether it be real or added in, the sound is great. I've always been VERY happy they didn't go 'shift crazy' the way BULLET was dubbed. Good lord, how many times did McQueen shift that 'Stang during the famous scene? 200? 300? 400?

A dyed in the wool Chevy guy told me they had to throttle back the Charger because it kept overrunning the Mustang.

Oh, yeah, and Ford guys can't drive...:D:eek:
 
Me as well. I know they used 3 or 4 Challengers for the movie; but one of those had to be majorly beat to **** as you'd see in some scenes and they still saved it. Anyway, much as I got to like Kowalski...I don't want him delivering any new rides for me, lol.


Yeah, if you pause the movie, you can see how much damage they did to "those" cars. The premise of a car delivery driver kinda seems odd. Why not trailer it?
 
Redeye Challenger. When I pull up next to a white (Modern) Challenger and say “Kowalski! AllI get is a blank stare most times.
 
Foley Artist's


They matched up the shifting sound to the movement of the car...too well in my opinion. It's not impossible to record engine sounds with the equipment they use in the movie industry, I've heard good engine sounds on restoration shows that I doubt they dubbed in!
 
Ok, just want to know if the engine sounds for this movie Mopar are the real deal or did they dub something else in? Sounds like my E body 4 speed. What do YOU think?


Didya Ask Kowalski ????
 
The area of Denver where Kowalksi starts out is shown as and run-down slum. It's all gentrified now.
 
Redeye Challenger. When I pull up next to a white (Modern) Challenger and say “Kowalski! AllI get is a blank stare most times.

I had the opportunity to test drive one of those - they let me drive it without a salesman. Does yours have the 19 speaker sound system? I felt like I was sitting with the musicians. And I could hear the engine over high volume!
I LOVE my R/T, haven't liked any new cars until I drove one of these. I HATE YOU DODGE!:) I wasn't in the market for a "new" car.
 
I had the opportunity to test drive one of those - they let me drive it without a salesman. Does yours have the 19 speaker sound system? I felt like I was sitting with the musicians. And I could hear the engine over high volume!
I LOVE my R/T, haven't liked any new cars until I drove one of these. I HATE YOU DODGE!:) I wasn't in the market for a "new" car.

I would question wether new Challenger owners even know what the originals look like or if they even exist.
 
I would question wether new Challenger owners even know what the originals look like or if they even exist.

Not too long ago there was a new Challenger running around this area with a KOWALSKI license plate. Aside from the plate, it just looked like a late model white R/T.
 
Ok, just want to know if the engine sounds for this movie Mopar are the real deal or did they dub something else in? Sounds like my E body 4 speed. What do YOU think?

The quick answer is "sometimes it was" - and sometimes, it wasn't.
Do a GIS (internet search) for an article titled "Kowalski's Last Ride" that originally appeared in Musclecar Review
magazine in 1986. In that article, the movie's director as well as Barry Newman himself answer a lot of trivia
questions about the movie firsthand - as does the stunt driver/coordinator on the film.
You'll find out things such as there were (5) Challengers used - (4) R/T 440 4-speeds and one 383 auto.

You'll also discover that some of the same sound effects used in Bullitt were used in VP - and the thing to
keep in mind with Bullitt is that the Mustang engine sound effects were not from that 390 Ford, but taken
from the original Ford GT40 car!

I actually feel some empathy for those who say "all V-8s sound the same" because that's simply wrong,
in much the same way as Led Zep doesn't sound exactly like Clapton or like Black Sabbath.
Same "job", using essentially the same "hardware" - but VERY different sounds.
 
The quick answer is "sometimes it was" - and sometimes, it wasn't.
Do a GIS (internet search) for an article titled "Kowalski's Last Ride" that originally appeared in Musclecar Review
magazine in 1986. In that article, the movie's director as well as Barry Newman himself answer a lot of trivia
questions about the movie firsthand - as does the stunt driver/coordinator on the film.
You'll find out things such as there were (5) Challengers used - (4) R/T 440 4-speeds and one 383 auto.

You'll also discover that some of the same sound effects used in Bullitt were used in VP - and the thing to
keep in mind with Bullitt is that the Mustang engine sound effects were not from that 390 Ford, but taken
from the original Ford GT40 car!

I actually feel some empathy for those who say "all V-8s sound the same" because that's simply wrong,
in much the same way as Led Zep doesn't sound exactly like Clapton or like Black Sabbath.
Same "job", using essentially the same "hardware" - but VERY different sounds.


All V8's don't sound the same to me. Whoever says that probably can't tell the difference from one type of coffee from another.
 
The Chevy people I encounter at car shows are ok but a lot of times they're jerks. They made fun of my Mopars mercilessly until I started kicking their asses at shows.
It's a age old thing, Chevy guys pick, bitch, and down the Mopars until they get their a$$ kicked. Happens all the time.
 
Every sound effect you hear on a movie or TV show is done on a "Foley stage" by a "Foley artist". They may use things they have on hand to replicate the sounds they need or may go into their sound effects stash to get what they need.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(filmmaking)
 
Was there ever an explanation of why they smashed a Camaro? The Challenger was pretty beat up in the last scenes anyway.
Not sure, but the agreement with Chrysler was that they were to return all the cars used - whereas the director said
in the interview that they bought the "decrepit" Camaro locally just for the scene.
 
I watched it again last night, for the umpteenth time lol. There is one sound effect that was laughably cheesey. In the california hiway patrol office, they had an illuminated map board. They were tracking the car. Every time the board showed movement, the sound effect was just like the ringing of a pinball machine.
 
Was there ever an explanation of why they smashed a Camaro? The Challenger was pretty beat up in the last scenes anyway.


I read the same thing about the Challengers essentially were on loan from Chrysler and why waste a good Mopar when you can crash a Camaro? Those were and are a dime a dozen. That's what Chevy guys tell me.
 
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