what mustang was tom driving in war of the worlds?

[the fat bastid]

title says it all:
what year/kind of mustang was tom cruise driving in war of the worlds?

[Directedby]

Hertz, 1966 Shelby.

http://www.ponytales.org/CRMC%20-%2064%20to%2070%20Gallery_file s/bray18.jpg

Kinda wonder how a blue collar crane worker can drive a $150,000 rare shelby?

[mrjones]

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Kinda wonder how a blue collar crane worker can drive a $150,000 rare shelby?[/QUOTE]

It's the magic of cinema!

[SergntMac]

I guess I gotta drag my sorry azz out the the movies before I post in this thread...

[Rider90]

I laughed my arse off when they showed his kitchen, with the small block ford all taken apart. The girlfriend didn't understand :eek:

[the fat bastid]

I guess I gotta drag my sorry azz out the the movies before I post in this thread...

dont see it just for the mustang. its in the movie for about 20 seconds.
however if you want to see some minivan action then run don't walk!

[Donny Carlson]

dont see it just for the mustang. its in the movie for about 20 seconds.
however if you want to see some minivan action then run don't walk!
There are actually 2 Mustangs. One is in the garage, presumably the one that has it's engine sitting in the kitchen. Look for it when you see the movie again.

Also, in what has to be product placement, all the cars on the street around his ex-wife's parent's brownstone in Boston are new Infiniti sedans.

BTW, the aliens were stunningly stupid in spite of their technological advances. Any school child can tell you not to drink directly from water coming out of an open pipe, especially since it could be storm water or a sewer line. Also, Ray throws a hand grenade to get the attention of the tripod that just snatched up his daughter, right? What does the driver of the tripod do to this threat? Vaporise it? No, let's bring it INSIDE THE SHIELD and not bother to remove the belt of grenades in his hand. :rolleyes:

[Mike Poore]

[QUOTE=Directedby]Hertz, 1966 Shelby.

http://www.ponytales.org/CRMC%20-%2064%20to%2070%20Gallery_file s/bray18.jpg

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Ah, yes, the GT-350H. The famous Hertz Rent-A-Racer. Guys were renting them on Friday afternoon, adding the required safety equipment, and running them in SCCA events the weekend. Many a car got returned to the rental store on Monday with evidence of the removed roll bars under the floor mats, where they had been welded. :drive:

[O's Fan Rich]

[QUOTE=Directedby]Hertz, 1966 Shelby.

http://www.ponytales.org/CRMC%20-%2064%20to%2070%20Gallery_file s/bray18.jpg

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Ah, yes, the GT-350H. The famous Hertz Rent-A-Racer. Guys were renting them on Friday afternoon, adding the required safety equipment, and running them in SCCA events the weekend. Many a car got returned to the rental store on Monday with evidence of the removed roll bars under the floor mats, where they had been welded. :drive:

Heard some stories about guys renting them, then swapping the powertrains from them for their stockers in their personal Mustangs and Falcons..... Then returning the cars on Monday, sans Hi-Po equipment of course. :shake:

[O's Fan Rich]

Oh, and Tom Cruise Suck-diddly-ucks.
JMO

[martyo]

Oh, and Tom Cruise Suck-diddly-ucks.
JMO

He has become a bit freakish, hasn't he? :rolleyes:

[David Morton]

I noticed the Scientology thing hasn't straghtened his teeth any.

[O's Fan Rich]

He has become a bit freakish, hasn't he? :rolleyes:

That's like saying Liberace was a bit liberal. :eek:

[martyo]

That's like saying Liberace was a bit liberal. :eek:

I was trying to be polite.

[BruteForce]

That's like saying Liberace was a bit liberal. :eek:

Several biographies indicate that Liberace was a political conservative. Most rich people are, doncha know. :down:

[Shaft333]

Educate me. Does the H designate it being a rent-a-car? :dunno:

(I'm a lifelong F-body fan - I know nothing about Mustangs other than they are almost as cool as F-bodies :D )

[O's Fan Rich]

Several biographies indicate that Liberace was a political conservative. Most rich people are, doncha know. :down:
Ok, ok.... morally liberal? :cuke: :lovies2:

[O's Fan Rich]

Educate me. Does the H designate it being a rent-a-car? :dunno:

(I'm a lifelong F-body fan - I know nothing about Mustangs other than they are almost as cool as F-bodies :D )

HERTZ = H Rent-a-racer

[Go Mifuni]

I love the part when he gets his son to play catch and his son puts on the Boston hat! :rofl:

[David Morton]

Educate me. Does the H designate it being a rent-a-car? :dunno:

(I'm a lifelong F-body fan - I know nothing about Mustangs other than they are almost as cool as F-bodies :D )Among the many GT350s sold only those in the fleet sale to Hertz had the "H" tagged on the end. They were all the same except for that.

Go figure.

By the way, AVIS! is French for...

WARNING!

Hell, they must be neoconservatives at Avis, eat freedom fries and freedom kissing their mistresses.

:D

{The metal on F-body fenders is about the same thickness as the bottom of a beer can.}

[Mike Poore]

HERTZ = H Rent-a-racer
Rich knows the whole story, and it's a great one, as many of us old timers know; but here's a little more info to get you interested. Enjoy. :D


Starting in 1966, Shelby got the kind of contract that most small manufacturers would have killed for. Peyton Cramer, Shelby American general manager, was the man behind the plan. That plan was for Hertz to buy cars from Shelby. When all was said and done, Shelby signed on the dotted line with Hertz rental car agency to produce 1,000 GT350s for the Hertz's Sports Car Club. Of course, that wasn’t the end. Many folks don’t realize that after 1967, Hertz continued to buy Shelby GT350s and even GT500s for the rest of the Shelby American life cycle. These cars are not as easy to identify on the surface because they are pulled from regular production.


’66 Shelby GT350H
Price Then: $3,750 (to Hertz)
If New Now: $19,282.50
Rental Price: Then $17.00 plus $0.17 a mile
If Available Now: $87.41 plus $0.87 a mile
Value Now: Between $30,850 and $46,275 (CPI Value Guide)
Transmission: Borg-Warner four-speed (85 cars). All others were C4 automatics
Differential: 3.89:1, 3.50:1 on the automatic
Brakes: Front disc with rear drum, functional rear cooling vents added (sticker placed on some cars noted hard braking due to competition brakes). Some cars received power-brake boosters
Wheels: Magnum 500 steel 14x5 chrome wheels (though the early cars had the ’65 base wheels). Optional wheels (early) were 15x6 Cragar/Shelby steel-rim aluminum-center wheels. Later could be ordered with the 14x6½ or 6¾ aluminum 10-spoke wheels
Colors: Wimbledon White with blue GT350H stripes (all others had gold GT350H stripes), Candyapple Red, Sapphire Blue, Ivy Green, Raven Black. LeMans Stripes were gold or blue
Interior Add-Ons: Standard black with tach mounted on the dash, aftermarket steering wheel, and AM radio
Seating Capacity: Four
Quarter-Mile ET.: 15.60 at 94 mph
Top Speed: 124 mph at 6,100 rpm
Total Street Production: 1,365 Hertz Production by Year:
’66 GT350 Fastbacks: 999
’68 GT350 Fastbacks: 224
’68 GT500 Fastbacks: 2
’68 GT500KR Convertibles: 1
’69 GT350 SportsRoofs: 152