An auction in Scottsdale, Arizona will offer a family of three movie cars for sale until January 30, 2022. Neither was on the big screen for long, but Vin Diesel a.k.a. Dominic Toretto drove two of them in Fast & Furious movies, so that could affect the selling price.
Titled The Fast Saga Movie Car Collection, the trio is nonetheless not a collection in the strictest sense of the term – meaning bidders will be able to acquire them one by one. The centerpiece is a rat rod known as the Chevrolet Fleetline Custom Coupe, which starred in the opening scene of the eighth movie (the Cuba race). Multiple Chevy cars were used on the filming set, but only two made it out unscathed, this specific example said to have enjoyed the most camera attention.
Based on a 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline chassis, the rat ride uses a 5.7-liter V8 in tandem with a three-speed A/T. The rust and the visible structural damage are all fake, as befits a true rat build.
Another car from the same movie scene is a 1956 Ford Fairlane outfitted with a racing seat and a safety cage, but missing an engine. The seller reports that the engine was dismantled and put into another car after the shooting.
Rounding off the list is a 1987 Buick Grand National that showed up in the cistern heist scene of F&F4. Remember, the one with Michelle Rodriguez climbing on top of the hood? The coupe features a particularly stiff suspension system, performance brakes, a hard frame and a passenger seat back without the seat proper. A turbo six-cylinder provides the power. Another such Buick was built exclusively to shoot scenes where the car goes in reverse.
No prices have been announced.