Re: Re: Alfas in movies

[Eric Sands <emsands@domain.elided>]

Just for the record- I own the actual Alfa that was used in Wayne's World
2. It is a 1967 Alfa Duetto 1600. The car was rented to the studio by the
prior owner of the car for use in the movie. To this day, I still find
feathers in the car when I detail it (if you've seen the movie, you'll know
why). There's a scene in WW2 when Mike Meyers jumps into the car. Well, the
first time they shot the scene, he knocked off the side mirror- ouch! The
studio replaced the mirror with a non-alfa mirror (yuck). When I purchased
the car I replaced the mirror with the original part. I can see where the
confusion is with the year of the car, because one of the prior owners of
the car replaced the original seats with seats fro a 69 Duetto that have
the head rest. In addition, when they restored the car over 10 years ago,
they moved the side mirror from the front quarter panel to the door for
better visibility. Other than that (and couple other slight modifications)
the car is a 1600 dual-carb 67 Duetto. 

Eric Sands

>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:46:46 -0700 
>From: Simon Favre <simon@domain.elided> 
>Subject: Re: Alfas in movies
>That one's certainly my favorite, especially since I own a white Giulietta 
>Spider. ;=) The car is a Giulietta. If you look real closely in the toll 
>booth/customs scene, there is a Duetto that drives by, which is an error 
>in chronology, as the movie is supposed to take place in 1962 or 1963. The 
>little Alfa gets a lot of exposure in "The Day of the Jackal".
>Notice how the Jackal manages to total the car right after a paint job? 
>Sound familiar? ;=(
>Actually, among the current generation of movie goers, the most mentioned 
>Alfa is probably the '69 Spider in "Wayne's World II" paying homage to "The 
>Graduate". I would also cite "The Italian Job" as being popular among car 
>nuts.

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