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hellsgate-roadhouse · 4 months

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march-hare01 · 1 year

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wheelsgoroundincircles · 2 months

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Mechanic : The last of the V8 Interceptors... a piece of history!

Mechanic : Would've been a shame to blow it up.

The Pursuit Special, also referred to as the Last of the V8 Interceptors, is the iconic black GT Falcon muscle car featuring a distinctive supercharger driven by the title character Mad Max during much of the Mad Max franchise, where it appears in Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and in Mad Max: Fury Road, as well as both video games.

The first car shown in the film with the title of Pursuit Special is a 1972 HQ Holden Monaro[V8 coupe stolen by Nightrider (played by Vince Gil), an escaped cop killer, who dies in an accident that destroys the vehicle. The more famous Pursuit Special is a heavily modified Ford Falcon XB GT, built on a vehicle originally assembled stock at the Ford plant in November 1973. Maxwell "Mad Max" Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is offered the black Pursuit Special, as an incentive to stay on the force as their top pursuit man after he reveals his desire to resign. Although Max turns the offer down, he later uses the black car to exact his revenge on an outlaw motorcycle gang who killed his wife and son.

The vehicle started out as a standard white 351 cu in (5.8 L) Australian built 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop when in 1976, filmmakers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began preproduction on Mad Max. The movie's art director Jon Dowding designed the Interceptor and commissioned Melbourne-based car customizers Graf-X International to modify the GT Falcon. Peter Arcadipane, Ray Beckerley, John Evans, and painter Rod Smythe transformed the car as specified for the film.

The main modifications are the black paint scheme, roof and boot spoilers, wheel arch flares, and front nose cone and air-dam designed by Arcadipane (marketed as the "Concorde" style). Also, eight individual exhaust side pipes were added (only two of them being functional, others appeared to be working because of the vibrations the first two created). The most famous feature of the car is a Weiand 6-71 supercharger[5] protruding through the bonnet. The impressive looking supercharger, in reality, was nonfunctional; functional superchargers are typically driven constantly by the engine and cannot be switched on and off, as portrayed in the first two Mad Max films.

1973 Ford XB Falcon GT 351

Pursuit Special, when the term is used, generally refers to Max's more famous V8 Interceptor Pursuit Special, a 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT 351, commissioned at great expense by Police Commissioner Labatouche and the Main Force Patrol's (MFP) commander, Fifi Macaffee.

#car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #Ford XB Falcon GT 351 #Ford XB Falcon GT #Ford XB Falcon #Ford XB #Ford #mad max #the road warrior #road warrior

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theactioneer · 6 months

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Kjell Nilsson & Vernon Wells, The Road Warrior (1981)

#mad max #vernon wells #road warrior #80s #post apocalyptic #action movies

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boanerges20 · 3 months

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Motolove

#motorcycle #biker girl #wild n sexy #freedom #road warrior #chopper #bobber #style #explore #moto love #lifestyle

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brokehorrorfan · 6 months

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Funko will release Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Pop figures in February. Max, Wez, and The Humungus are $12 each, while The Lone Wolf Pop Ride (pictured below) is $30.

#mad max 2 #mad max #the road warrior #road warrior #mel gibson #vernon wells #funko #funko pop #toy #gift #max rockatansky #80s movies #1980s movies #george miller #post apocalyptic

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hugh-lauries-bald-spot · 2 months

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i love mad max 2 because they establish that between movies almost all clothes have been destroyed except for gay fetish gear.

#costume designer fighting for his life like TRUST ME BRO ITS CAUSE ITS THE APOCALYPSE #YEAH I KNOW THEY HAD NORMAL CLOTHES LAST MOVIE #YEAH NO THESE LEATHER PANTS DONT NEED AN ASS ITS CALLED STORYTELLING??#lord humungus #mad max 2 #road warrior #max rockatansky

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balrog-slayer66 · 4 months

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Mad Max 2 by Noriyoshi Ohrai

#mad max #road warrior #the road warrior #mad max 2 #noriyoshi ohrai

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holy-shit-comics · 10 months

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#george miller #mad max #mad max fury road #vertigo #vertigo comics #dc comics #dc #comics #comic books #the road warrior #road warrior

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dimalink · 1 month

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I run into automobile warrior. Road warrior. Traveler.

Strong car. With label. Interesting style, in result, we have here. I think, it is cool, to ride this car to someplace, travel to someplace, in summer. At the country house – to go for a lake with having a camp and night there. And any travel to start. In a far lands. It can be winter or summer. Every weather and cool. Real road warrior.

Labels, looks like made with font from videogame Diablo. And car reminds racing games, car combat – Interstate 76, Interstate 82, Carmageddon, Flatout. Theme of videogames, of course, is near.

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mrlimesapper · 6 months

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lol so, I had the urge a few days ago to make a bit of a challenge seeing what sort of character/creature designs I could come up with for a traffic cone.

I've been thinking about Traffic Cone Wizard since then. Tonight I'm starting to think about a team of "road warriors". Just... not the Mad Max kind xD Well maybe slightly Mad Max. But this is a bit more literal.