The Ford Barn

Snouts out · 06-01-2014, 04:09 AM

Luke Dolan's ford was a 51not a50.Who knew?That explains the 51 hubcaps.Its bothered me since I was 7,seeing it at the drive in.

George49Ford · 06-01-2014, 07:33 AM

You also get a good look at the '51 dash and steering wheel when the detective gets in the car. Hood is a '49. You can see the remnants of the F O R D when Robert Mitchum is working on the engine in the garage. Would really like to know why someone went to all the trouble to piece all of that together.

itsa52 · 06-01-2014, 08:55 AM

Confuse the revenuers??

VeryTangled · 06-01-2014, 09:45 AM

Hi Guys, Is this the car? When I found the second photo, I think it was on another ford site, it had this caption: "The car is actually a 1951 Ford with a 49 Hood and 50 Grille & park lights."

In the third shot, it doesn't look like that's really in a complete car, the lighting is too good. So they had to have some 'car help.' Possibly when they cut some stuff up to make the sets, they mixed and matched a little.

-VT/JeffH

V8 Bob · 06-01-2014, 09:57 AM

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06-01-2014, 04:09 AM	#1
Snouts out Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Covedale,oh Posts: 226	Thunder road Luke Dolan's ford was a 51not a50.Who knew?That explains the 51 hubcaps.Its bothered me since I was 7,seeing it at the drive in.

06-01-2014, 07:33 AM	#2
George49Ford Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Carson City, NV Posts: 179	Re: Thunder road You also get a good look at the '51 dash and steering wheel when the detective gets in the car. Hood is a '49. You can see the remnants of the F O R D when Robert Mitchum is working on the engine in the garage. Would really like to know why someone went to all the trouble to piece all of that together.

06-01-2014, 08:55 AM	#3
itsa52 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nebraska Posts: 603	Re: Thunder road Confuse the revenuers??

06-01-2014, 09:57 AM	#5
V8 Bob Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granger (Northern) Indiana Posts: 1,586	Re: Thunder road Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) If you go over to the HAMB, enter "Robert Mitchum's Thunder Road Fords" for an Oct.'11 thread that you might find very informative.