# Steven King's Riding the Bullit a cool Sport Fury is in it **URL:** \ **Category:** Much Ado About Nothing\ **Created:** [April 22, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474 "2005-04-22T17:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Goauld](https://59plymouth.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Goauld](https://59plymouth.net/u/Goauld)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/1 "2005-04-22T17:31:04Z")
I saw Riding the Bullit last night on DVD there is a very nifty 1960 Sport Fury hard top in it. Infact they ride in it for about a half hour. The movie itself is not so good, very hard to follow, but it is worth watching for the car. If you think Christene it is nothing like it šŸ˜¢ Have fun guys Craig ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/2 "2005-04-22T22:04:09Z")
Craig, I actually have the flick and will be digitizing it; believe it or not, thereā€™s a **_'59 Plymouth_** in it! In the scene where the car crashes into the pumpkin truck, if you slomo it, you can distinctly see '59 fins with '60 door handles. Iā€™ll snap pix of the video too, and be putting it up soon. Soon, as in ā€œThe Worldā€™s Slowest Auto Mechanicā€ soon šŸ˜ƒ Dan ---
**Author:** ![rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/rogerh/32/9_2.png) [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/3 "2005-04-23T04:02:20Z")
may I be a stickler for details and remind all that there is no such thing as a 1960 Sport Fury? Our Sport Furies are 59 only, the SF name didnt return until 1963 or thereabouts. I just cringe a little when I hear ā€œ1960 Sport Furyā€. Lets give the 60+ Fury its own special place. ---
**Author:** ![rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/rogerh/32/9_2.png) [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/4 "2005-04-23T04:04:35Z")
Is it really titled ā€œRiding the Bullittā€? I would think that Bullitt name must be trademarked by Steve McQueen estate etc? ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/5 "2005-04-23T11:27:57Z")
> [@rogerh](#): > > Is it really titled ā€œRiding the Bullittā€? I would think that Bullitt name must be trademarked by Steve McQueen estate etc? A Freudian slip, methinks. Youā€™re quite right, the name of the movie is ā€œRiding the Bulletā€. In this case, the Bullet is a rollercoaster the protaganist rode in one of the movieā€™s incessant flashbacks. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Goauld](https://59plymouth.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Goauld](https://59plymouth.net/u/Goauld)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/6 "2005-04-24T04:38:07Z")
Sorry about calling it a Sport Fury. Now on to the crash in the movie. Dan correct me if I am wrong but I watched the special features on the DVD today, and it looks to me like they took a **real** 1960 Fury, and gutted it for the crash scene. If they did that, when are thes directors ever going to learn that there are no more of these (all 50ā€™s) cars being made? We now have powerful computers that can render the car for the crash. Why donā€™t directors start to use them? If I am wrong and it was not a Fury that could of been restored I am sorry for stepping on my soap box. Craig yes and I miss typed bullet I must of had visions of green fast back Mustangs dancing in my head ---
**Author:** ![Nighthawk](https://59plymouth.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@Nighthawk](https://59plymouth.net/u/Nighthawk)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/7 "2005-04-24T06:12:07Z")
> [@Goauld](#): > > Sorry about calling it a Sport Fury. Now on to the crash in the movie. Dan correct me if I am wrong but I watched the special features on the DVD today, and it looks to me like they took a **real** 1960 Fury, and gutted it for the crash scene. If they did that, when are thes directors ever going to learn that there are no more of these (all 50ā€™s) cars being made? We now have powerful computers that can render the car for the crash. Why donā€™t directors start to use them? If I am wrong and it was not a Fury that could of been restored I am sorry for stepping on my soap box. > Craig > yes and I miss typed bullet I must of had visions of green fast back Mustangs dancing in my head I agree Craig,i cant stand to watch any movies where any classic cars get wrecked in them,there was this movie a couple of yrs back whos name escapes me at the moment but it was about a couple of kids in a green and white 60 Chev and this guy was chasing them and the car gets wrecked in it and my wife and i were watching this at a drive in in my 59 Chev and i was cringing the entire time! I just wish they wouldnt wreck the cars,theres no need for it! Bob ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/8 "2005-04-24T11:11:44Z")
> [@Goauld](#): > > ā€¦Dan correct me if I am wrong but I watched the special features on the DVD today, and it looks to me like they took a **real** 1960 Fury, and gutted it for the crash scene. If they did that, when are thes directors ever going to learn that there are no more of these (all 50ā€™s) cars being made? ā€¦ Well, it was clear they gutted **_something._** I thought it looked like a '59 to me. I guess itā€™s time for me to get off my lazy butt, digitize it and take some snaps. Stay tunedā€¦ Dan ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/9 "2005-04-24T13:59:59Z")
> [@Faulkner](#): > > ā€¦Well, it was clear they gutted **_something._** I thought it looked like a '59 to me. I guess itā€™s time for me to get off my lazy butt, digitize it and take some snaps. Stay tunedā€¦ Well, I think this is pretty conclusive evidence: They glued the front end of a '60 onto a '59 for this crash scene ā€“ or vice versa. Youā€™ll find the clip in [the Ephemera Movie Section.]([Riding The Bullet (2004)](https://59plymouth.net/t/riding-the-bullet-2004/3325) Here are some snaps from the vid ā€“ the car in the explosion from the rear looks very familiar šŸ˜› Dan ![bullet3.jpg](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/1X/f3648d225b4801e72bdf99c4364c04828cfd0e7b.jpeg) ![bullet2.jpg](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/1X/650e1a95998a47b3c6fb1c327f54f404a7c11938.jpeg) ![bullet1.jpg](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/1X/e75fffb4cc75a1f6d938f4a2baf868dc19232dca.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Goauld](https://59plymouth.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Goauld](https://59plymouth.net/u/Goauld)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/10 "2005-04-24T15:26:51Z")
Yep it sure is a 59 rear. It is ashame they had to destroy an old 59 or 60 Plymouth to get the shot. ---
**Author:** ![Fins59](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/fins59/32/8_2.png) [@Fins59](https://59plymouth.net/u/Fins59)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/11 "2005-04-24T16:39:57Z")
Just a little trivia info on the Sport Fury name. According to a few books I have, it originated, of course, in 1959. Then it wasnā€™t used again until 1962. It went from '62 thru '71. After that the name Fury Sport was used for awhile but never again Sport Fury. I think this is correct, but of course I might have missed something somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/rogerh/32/9_2.png) [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/12 "2005-04-24T16:52:03Z")
Hey fellow Listmembers and Guests, Please donā€™t take me to task for squeaking about the use of the Sport Fury name. My posts all meant to be in good humor and friendliness. If Iā€™ve come across as snobbish or picky, well, I will try to be better about my postings. Sometimes I am tired and irritated at the end of the day and I donā€™t think it through before I type. ---
**Author:** ![rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/rogerh/32/9_2.png) [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/13 "2005-04-24T18:00:11Z")
good morning Group, I re-played Danā€™s video snip of the Bullet movie several times, and hereā€™s what I see: a beautiful, obviously road-worthy 1960 Plymouth zooming down the road. I plainly see the rear end of a 59 Plymouth catch on fire. When they zoom in on the driverā€™s seat, I ā€˜thinkā€™ I see a '60 Ply front fender, a '60 Plymouth driverā€™s door (note the flip-up doorhandles), but a '59 Ply tailfin, and possibly '59 Ply quarter window glass. The driverā€™s compartment and dashboard are unrecognizable, but the steering whell does not ressemble anything 59. In the zoom-to-close-up of driverā€™s compartment, the stainless doortrim seems to be trimming the top edge of a bump-out..much like youā€™d find on a '64-66 Chrysler/Plymouth. ---
**Author:** ![rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/rogerh/32/9_2.png) [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/14 "2005-04-24T18:31:08Z")
Iā€™m gonna conclude that it is a 60 Plymouth with 59 rear end tacked on..sadly, people are out there cutting the backs off cars to turn inot couches..so this was a 60 Ply and they tacked a 59 tail end onto it . Now that I look at it a few more times, that is defintely a 1960 door in the close-up. I imagine that the person who loaned the nice '60 driver for the movie had a parts car laying around and sold it to King, to be demolished. ---
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/matthew_keij/32/7_2.png) [@Matthew\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Matthew_Keij)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/15 "2005-04-24T20:00:14Z")
> [@rogerh](#): > > The driverā€™s compartment and dashboard are unrecognizable, but the steering whell does not ressemble anything 59. The dash and steering wheel are from a 1960 or 1961 Plymouth. Here in the Netherlands is a guy who has a 60 and 61. 1 of them is a convertible and it has the same dash and steering wheel ---
**Author:** ![rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/rogerh/32/9_2.png) [@rogerh](https://59plymouth.net/u/rogerh)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/16 "2005-04-24T22:09:21Z")
well then, that re-inforces my thought that it was a 1960 Plymouth with 59 rear fins that they destroyed. Very sad indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/ron_keij/32/6_2.png) [@Ron\_Keij](https://59plymouth.net/u/Ron_Keij)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/steven-kings-riding-the-bullit-a-cool-sport-fury-is-in-it/474/17 "2005-04-29T19:02:01Z")
Hereā€™s a link to play the Riding the bullet game [http://www.usanetwork.com/movies/ridingthebullet/game.html](http://www.usanetwork.com/movies/ridingthebullet/game.html) Have fun!