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"The Car" circa 1977 Starring James Brolin. A "B" horror flick that has slowly developed a cult following. During my time at Barris Kustom, Universal came to Barris and asked for one of these cars to be built, quickly. Barris made one and it was delivered to the studio. The very first day of filming was the car launching itself thru the air and into a house. The stunt man (remember this is a B movie) misjudged the balance of the car and the stunt in general so badly that the car landed nose first so hard he swallowed half his tongue along with a couple of his own teeth! The car was bent almost in half, the floor under the front seat actually touched the ground below it. A second car was made and filming continued. The last scene in the movie was the car going over a cliff and exploding in flames. It was just after this scene was shot that someone realized they had failed to shoot about a half hour of the middle of the movie so a third car was built. How pissed do you think the studio bean counters were over that? The final where abouts of this third car have been a mystery for many years. A lot of people thought Barris had the car but he didn't. Some thought it was "lost" in the back lot of Universal somewhere.
There is a good chance that the car has been located.