Your Supra and your Skyline R34 GT-R were the very first two cars that made me fall in love with cars 20+ years ago as I was kid growing up in the early 2000s. Those cars will forever be in my heart and my memories for a very long time of how it became the most important icon cars of all time in including all of the other FnF cars from the first movie. Thank you Craig Lieberman 🙏💕
The Supra made me want to avoid Tuner cars and wander away from Toyota. That God awful exterior and the clashing yellow for looks roll bar. I rooted for the Charger and shed a tear when they crashed it. I was already in to cars.
@@rickc303 As a car guy/mechanic turning 29 at the time I felt the same way. Just the cost in building one made me sick and the axle running through the oil pan of the Nissan confused as to why anyone would even try. With engineering decisions like that I couldn’t imagine the other nightmares you would roll up on. Gotta admit though 12 yrs later until today an EVO 1 is parked next to my Fox Mustang (I’m Canadian).
I am smiling when I heard your story on the later part of the video. Makes tons of sense to sell the supra to a collector that can open a museum. Like you, we felt cars are meant to be driving. Thank you!!
I grew up on fast and furious and w my recent disabilities I would love to see the cars my all time hero drove before he passed...I wish I could especially sit snd drive the skyline!
Stunt 4. Im pretty sure thats the one I worked on way back when. Wasnt that one sold initially to some kid in Lancaster, PA? I remember pulling the rear bumper and finding orange paint under the gold. Also found a hair pick in the trunk. The tach was wire tied to the steering column, and there was basically no interior, save the driver seat and a tank where the back seat should have been.
I loved the 84 Supras so much I saved up and bought a mostly garage kept 1984 gun metal blue Supra in 1995. I got it from the original owner, a trucker who bought it from Brown's Toyota Glen Burnie, Md I had the stickers and all. His wife drove it while he was on a long haul and for some reason there was no oil, motor locked up. He ordered a replacement from Japan and it had a red valve cover which I thought was awesome. The engine had about 8000 miles on it when I bought it from him. $3750 I paid lol wish I never sold it.
The fast and furious franchise meant a lot to a lot of people. Almost the entire tuning scene kicked off because of your supra and pauls eclipse. Myself got into the scene right after. The fast and the furious and havent looked back. My cars were different then your. red 1991 toyota mr2, Black 1991 mr2, 2008 white eclipse, 1994 yellow 3000gt,2012 black evox . Always liked pauls green eclipse more than the supra because it's the underdog car no one took seriously. But the orange supra was definintly the camera queen of the series lol.
Been here since a couple thousands. Got so lucky the TH-cam algorithm recommended your channel when it did. Although you've told this story many times before still love it
Omg Craig this brings back so many memories. I was racing in NIRA at the time and when you’d come to Md we would all get together. Jen Williams,Charlie,and Eric with the yellow civic hatch. Racing back then with RJ and all the other guys,some of the best times of my life. I heard this story 20+ years ago but you made my day hearing it again. So glad I found the channel.
I watched the original video where you went through all this, but I never get tired of hearing this story. It was such a different time back then, not just in regards to the import scene either. I was an American car only fan before FnF, but have been mostly JDM only since.
Now you gotta make another video about your r34 and some details for 2f2f. I’m sure you probably talked about it a million times but I really enjoyed the way you went into detail and showed us clips in this video. Great videos as usual, thanks for sharing!
The street you guys drove the supra in the beginning of the video is in orange. CA. I used to work there. Pro lok. At 3:36. That's crazy to see that place again.
Subbed! Have seen all of your vinWIKI stories and had no idea you had a channel. Fascinating stuff, Craig! Have been a fan of the franchise since the beginning, and had a 94 twin turbo Supra myself. Sadly, lost it to a drunk driver. Destroyed it having done 65 in a 25 with no lights on, smashed right into my right front wheel well. Lucky to be alive. Miss that car dearly. Things are incredibly tough these days, but maybe someday I will have another.
That orange colour of the supra with the black looked amazing, if we just look past all the obnoxious body kit bits. I wish we couldve seen more of that r33 though, and some porsches and beamers wouldve been nice too.
20:23 So the hero car had silver decals instead of black like on the rest of the Supras used in the movie? The Just Driven Supra also has black decals I noticed.
They were silver AFTER the first movie released. It had minor refreshes as Craig promoted the movie with his car. If you watch the movie, the Sponsor decals were black in the movie. So black is screen accurate.
I went over to my collection of old Turbo Magazines and found the article on your Supra- August ‘99! I had no idea that was the same car. I miss the old Import Tuner days, pre F&F. Fun times.
The Fast and the Furious is one of my all time favorite movie it brings back so many memories and I love your story behind the beginnings of the iconic cars in the movie.
Thank you for documenting all of this who knew one day after all these years we'll be watching Also i am so sorry for you Being bullied driving that supra😅 I loved it the day i saw honestly
I've had the unique privilege of sitting in nearly all the cars featured in the last segment of the video. These cars belong to a collector in the Netherlands, who was once my employer. I vividly remember my first day at the company, culminating in a comprehensive tour. The tour concluded in the warehouse, where I was casually asked if I recognized the cars around me. Initially, this didn't strike a chord with me, given that I was joining a computer company in the Netherlands. However, the moment of realization was exhilarating - I was standing amidst the iconic cars from the movie 'The Fast and the Furious'. It dawned on me then, the sheer luck of encountering these cinematic legends, especially when my primary focus was on a tech job. It's a memory that still makes my heart race. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you had an appointment with Arjen, the company's owner, right? The nostalgia for those cars is overwhelming at times. There's a deep sense of pride in being one of the few car enthusiasts who had the fortune of such an unexpected discovery. It was a serendipitous moment, stepping into that warehouse for a job, oblivious to the treasures it held. This means that I'm one of the few people in the world that was behind the steering wheel of your car as well.
Hey Craig you may not see this, but i have a question for a video. No one ever talks about the 350z that Suki is drawing in 2 fast 2 furious, you know the one that's blue with the orange and i think green drago on the side of it. I wonder why, would you be open to elaborating on the car and why it didn't show up in other films? Would also have been cool to have seen suki in some of the newer films as well.
Good question (although for people my age were raised to not ask people about their personal finances) but I don't mind answering. I had just sold my Mustang for $25,000 the car got stolen two days before the buyer picked up the car. But my insurance company paid me out $29,000. I put $5k down on the SUpra, and SO I had $24,000 to play with.
@@craiglieberman Ahoy thanks for your reply! Yeah sorry I actually don't like asking questions about people's finances, but sometimes I am just curious to know, in order to see what I could/need to do myself. Side note: I dig your video content. Thanks for the awesome history and chats.
Great video. I'm just curious who was in charge of those graphics, because I was heavy into the import scene here in California at the time the movie came out, and like you those graphics were the only thing I didn't like in the whole movie. I'm just curious how they got approved because nobody put graphics like that on their cars, only product praphics like Greddy, DC Sports, Tenzo R, NEUSPEED, or a shop that was sponsoring you. Still love this movie though, it's one of my favorites! I actually just watched it with my son.
May I ask if you have any information on the orange Supra that stands outside the Universal Studios in Japan? Cannot confirm but from what I understand, this was just a replica? Any information?
Craig. New idea popped in my head. Would you ever consider getting Just Driven to help you recreate your Supra the way it was BEFORE Universal Studios touched it? The more I see the original way you had it built, the more I much prefer it over the movie Supra. You could even retouch it to fix things you were unhappy with when you were younger. And it could be a forever car for you again. Maybe it's just me, but I'd love seeing your, YOUR, Supra instead of Brian's.
In 1992 i put in a stronger coil, reset the timing, drill bit jet the carb and a round k+n filter with the round cover upside down. Tore up escort gt's daily. 1981 accord 2 door hatch 5 speed. Blue on blue. Just saying. So now im driving an 05 crv. Still just saying............
July 2015 one of the gold cars showed up at a street racing meeting in Denver Co. the guy that owned it said he bought it on ebay a few months earler. thinking he was full of ... I snapped a pic of the vin and verified his story. I still have the picture of myself standing in front of the car but can't find the pic of the vin. Tried to look up the ebay listing but looks like it is long gone. If you would like the pictures let me know.
Are those the original Racing Hart type c 3 piece wheels? If so I think it looked best on them. I had the 16-in version on my '95 Integra back in 95. They were nice wheels but a bit heavy.
The earlier Fast and Furious movies ( The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift and Fast and Furious) had their own unique charm and personality to them they focused on the cars had a bit of action but, once it got to movie 5 it became more about the action and less about the cars and would you please, cover Suki’s Honda S2,000 from, 2 Fast 2 Furious please
“You don’t have to own it, all you have to do is love it” Some cars really are cool to experience but not something you’d actually want to own and drive.
Yeah it's amazing how when you're a kid you think the world of those cars with big wings, graphics and crazy gauges. Then you grow a bit older and it becomes a bit embarrassing. However, I still remember when I first saw The Fast and The Furious at the movie theatre. I didn't even have my driver's license back then, but it was the coolest movie I ever saw. I never thought of it as cheesy.
The irony is that, at the time, I too hated those graphics and body kits. But now when I see them, I smile. It makes me happy to see them continue on. I vastly underestimated the cultural impact the first movie had. Of course, I was driving a VW at the time so we had to hate all the Japanese cars in the movie. Hilariously my favorite car from the series is Suki’s pink S2K, graphics and all (except the bathroom mat interior covers). I just love it.
Great video one of the best explanations. HOWEVER you could’ve Left that MKBMW off this article. It’s a slap in the face. It tarnished our Legacy that’s a Beemer not a Toyota
I think you're super was dope and I would drive that car today the way it is and I'm willing to bet people would be following that car around and waving and honking trust me and that skyline is sick
"the car had some kinda stem seal issue" lmfao I'm dealing with that issue on my 1J right now, JZs are great but the stock valve stem seals ain't it. The og ones start leaking fast.
Does anyone else think Neons being that late to the tuner seen is weird. I know they didn't have a performance model until then but they are pretty much a four door sedan Eclipse. Maybe that was blasphemy at the time to say that but the foundations of the whole car was pretty much from Mitsubishi. The Neon platform seems like if you smashed the Evo and Eclipse together and gave it the base model Eclipse stuff but from Dodge. Having worked on both, yeah their are differences but a lot of the stuff really just seemed similar to the Eclipse. Then again, I guess the swapping of parts between makes wasn't as popular back then. I'm not sure because I was still in high school and I usually drive/drove pickups.
You act like the only promotion of JDM cars was a kinda crappy movie series lol You're forgetting things like the Gran Turismo game series that started way back on Playstation One, or Need For Speed. Drifting events. Initial D existed for years before Fast and Furious. All the movies did was speed up the process a little. Most of us grew up wanting these JDM cars from other sources. Mine was Gran Turismo 1. When I began the license tests, the was a black Infini FD RX7 in the test, and it left a huge impression on me. So did S14s, R32s, mk4 Supras in Gran Turismo 3 and Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3. I can see FnF influencing a few non-car enthusiasts to want a movie replica but the import following was well in place before the movies.
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Your Supra and your Skyline R34 GT-R were the very first two cars that made me fall in love with cars 20+ years ago as I was kid growing up in the early 2000s. Those cars will forever be in my heart and my memories for a very long time of how it became the most important icon cars of all time in including all of the other FnF cars from the first movie. Thank you Craig Lieberman 🙏💕
You need to watch more movies kid but I hear ya
@@600wheel no I’m good. I watch already watch enough movies in my time growing up
The Supra made me want to avoid Tuner cars and wander away from Toyota. That God awful exterior and the clashing yellow for looks roll bar. I rooted for the Charger and shed a tear when they crashed it. I was already in to cars.
They were the poster childs for rice rockets and everything I, as a car enthusiast turning 14 in 2001, wanted nothing to associate with
@@rickc303 As a car guy/mechanic turning 29 at the time I felt the same way. Just the cost in building one made me sick and the axle running through the oil pan of the Nissan confused as to why anyone would even try. With engineering decisions like that I couldn’t imagine the other nightmares you would roll up on. Gotta admit though 12 yrs later until today an EVO 1 is parked next to my Fox Mustang (I’m Canadian).
I am smiling when I heard your story on the later part of the video.
Makes tons of sense to sell the supra to a collector that can open a museum. Like you, we felt cars are meant to be driving. Thank you!!
It would be amazing to see them bring back the new generations of these hero cars for a OG style movie. Run them side by side the og hero cars
I grew up on fast and furious and w my recent disabilities I would love to see the cars my all time hero drove before he passed...I wish I could especially sit snd drive the skyline!
Thanks for re-telling this story. I think you should do stories on all the cars of these movies.
I'm doing that now and going forward.
A factory TT car for $11k and was one of the cheapest. Oh how times have changed.
I don't think I'll ever tire to hear this amazing story. Thank you Craig for sharing it all once again!
Stunt 4. Im pretty sure thats the one I worked on way back when. Wasnt that one sold initially to some kid in Lancaster, PA? I remember pulling the rear bumper and finding orange paint under the gold. Also found a hair pick in the trunk. The tach was wire tied to the steering column, and there was basically no interior, save the driver seat and a tank where the back seat should have been.
Bless you! None of this would be possible without you.
Thank you for everything you have done for the car community and enthusiasts everywhere!
I loved the 84 Supras so much I saved up and bought a mostly garage kept 1984 gun metal blue Supra in 1995. I got it from the original owner, a trucker who bought it from Brown's Toyota Glen Burnie, Md I had the stickers and all. His wife drove it while he was on a long haul and for some reason there was no oil, motor locked up. He ordered a replacement from Japan and it had a red valve cover which I thought was awesome. The engine had about 8000 miles on it when I bought it from him. $3750 I paid lol wish I never sold it.
The fast and furious franchise meant a lot to a lot of people. Almost the entire tuning scene kicked off because of your supra and pauls eclipse. Myself got into the scene right after. The fast and the furious and havent looked back. My cars were different then your. red 1991 toyota mr2, Black 1991 mr2, 2008 white eclipse, 1994 yellow 3000gt,2012 black evox . Always liked pauls green eclipse more than the supra because it's the underdog car no one took seriously. But the orange supra was definintly the camera queen of the series lol.
Thanks for sharing all of your stories and experiences, I appreciate the content
Glad you made this video. I missed the original one 5 years ago.
Been here since a couple thousands. Got so lucky the TH-cam algorithm recommended your channel when it did. Although you've told this story many times before still love it
Dude is a legend. Had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times at South OC Cars and coffee and super stand up guy.
I could listen to this story every day just really cool how it all happened thanks Craig
Craig,
You should buy another supra someday and recreate the Yellow Greddy supra always thought that car looked badass for the time.
Omg Craig this brings back so many memories. I was racing in NIRA at the time and when you’d come to Md we would all get together. Jen Williams,Charlie,and Eric with the yellow civic hatch. Racing back then with RJ and all the other guys,some of the best times of my life. I heard this story 20+ years ago but you made my day hearing it again. So glad I found the channel.
I watched the original video where you went through all this, but I never get tired of hearing this story. It was such a different time back then, not just in regards to the import scene either. I was an American car only fan before FnF, but have been mostly JDM only since.
I owned a 1985 Supra. Definitely worlds apart from the 4th Gen Supra but was a fun car, and looked good parked next to my 1987 MR2.
First movie I owned on dvd as a kid with a dvd player
I loved the first movie and I had a 91 240SX SE at the time so I was popular for a brief period.
Great story telling 👍🏽💯
Thanks for sharing. 🚙💨
Now you gotta make another video about your r34 and some details for 2f2f. I’m sure you probably talked about it a million times but I really enjoyed the way you went into detail and showed us clips in this video. Great videos as usual, thanks for sharing!
Loved this video and the story behind the Supra, subscribed!
The street you guys drove the supra in the beginning of the video is in orange. CA. I used to work there. Pro lok. At 3:36. That's crazy to see that place again.
Candy Apple Red MY FAVORITE color!!!!
Subbed! Have seen all of your vinWIKI stories and had no idea you had a channel. Fascinating stuff, Craig! Have been a fan of the franchise since the beginning, and had a 94 twin turbo Supra myself. Sadly, lost it to a drunk driver. Destroyed it having done 65 in a 25 with no lights on, smashed right into my right front wheel well. Lucky to be alive. Miss that car dearly. Things are incredibly tough these days, but maybe someday I will have another.
That orange colour of the supra with the black looked amazing, if we just look past all the obnoxious body kit bits. I wish we couldve seen more of that r33 though, and some porsches and beamers wouldve been nice too.
The Nissan Skyline GT-R34 made me fall in love with that car in 2 Fast 2 Furious
Craig you could tell the story of the F&F Supra a million times and it would never get old.
20:23 So the hero car had silver decals instead of black like on the rest of the Supras used in the movie? The Just Driven Supra also has black decals I noticed.
They were silver AFTER the first movie released. It had minor refreshes as Craig promoted the movie with his car. If you watch the movie, the Sponsor decals were black in the movie. So black is screen accurate.
Amazing Video......❤❤❤
I went over to my collection of old Turbo Magazines and found the article on your Supra- August ‘99! I had no idea that was the same car. I miss the old Import Tuner days, pre F&F. Fun times.
21:48 you mean Las Vegas not Phoenix. Also Barrett Jackson are in Scottsdale.
Research is hard tho!!!
Do you still have the R34 or have you moved it on also. Watching this makes me miss my mint 95 RZ Supra. Regret selling it
The Fast and the Furious is one of my all time favorite movie it brings back so many memories and I love your story behind the beginnings of the iconic cars in the movie.
The blue MR2 is settings in Goshen Indiana at local dealership owner has that along with one of the pink s2000 he uses them for marketing
i remember wanting to get an RX-7 after the movie came out. Found one for 12k in orlando but never ending up getting it, and now look at the prices!
Craig really love that Lamborghini Blue paint huh!
Thank you for documenting all of this who knew one day after all these years we'll be watching
Also i am so sorry for you
Being bullied driving that supra😅
I loved it the day i saw honestly
That was great!!! I love how you tell this Story. Your Passion and Emotions for these (your) Cars are remarkable!!!
I've had the unique privilege of sitting in nearly all the cars featured in the last segment of the video. These cars belong to a collector in the Netherlands, who was once my employer. I vividly remember my first day at the company, culminating in a comprehensive tour. The tour concluded in the warehouse, where I was casually asked if I recognized the cars around me. Initially, this didn't strike a chord with me, given that I was joining a computer company in the Netherlands. However, the moment of realization was exhilarating - I was standing amidst the iconic cars from the movie 'The Fast and the Furious'. It dawned on me then, the sheer luck of encountering these cinematic legends, especially when my primary focus was on a tech job. It's a memory that still makes my heart race. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you had an appointment with Arjen, the company's owner, right? The nostalgia for those cars is overwhelming at times. There's a deep sense of pride in being one of the few car enthusiasts who had the fortune of such an unexpected discovery. It was a serendipitous moment, stepping into that warehouse for a job, oblivious to the treasures it held. This means that I'm one of the few people in the world that was behind the steering wheel of your car as well.
Hey Craig you may not see this, but i have a question for a video. No one ever talks about the 350z that Suki is drawing in 2 fast 2 furious, you know the one that's blue with the orange and i think green drago on the side of it. I wonder why, would you be open to elaborating on the car and why it didn't show up in other films? Would also have been cool to have seen suki in some of the newer films as well.
11K for a Supra.. What a time to be alive it was!!
Great share. It's Almost 10 Years since Paul Walker made your Hero Car an Big Screen Icon thank you for Sharing 👨🏻👍🏻🏎🏎🏁🏁🚩🚩
Hi Craig! I am curious how you had all that money back then lol.. 24k back then is quite a bit! Not to mention all the upgrades.
He had a job 😂
Good question (although for people my age were raised to not ask people about their personal finances) but I don't mind answering. I had just sold my Mustang for $25,000 the car got stolen two days before the buyer picked up the car. But my insurance company paid me out $29,000. I put $5k down on the SUpra, and SO I had $24,000 to play with.
@@craiglieberman Ahoy thanks for your reply! Yeah sorry I actually don't like asking questions about people's finances, but sometimes I am just curious to know, in order to see what I could/need to do myself.
Side note: I dig your video content. Thanks for the awesome history and chats.
I forget what happened to Doms original rx-7, the ast time we see it it's left in a parking garage right?
What an incredible story and amazing cars!
I WISH THEY WOULD BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL VIBE OF F&F, LET THE MOVIE BE ABOUT CARS AND NOT ALL THIS FAKE BS
I don’t like or leave comments, but I fkn loved this. Cheers man. 🥃 Rip PW
That was really really cool!
Still a great looking car!
Great video. I'm just curious who was in charge of those graphics, because I was heavy into the import scene here in California at the time the movie came out, and like you those graphics were the only thing I didn't like in the whole movie. I'm just curious how they got approved because nobody put graphics like that on their cars, only product praphics like Greddy, DC Sports, Tenzo R, NEUSPEED, or a shop that was sponsoring you. Still love this movie though, it's one of my favorites! I actually just watched it with my son.
Subed🎉
Thank you for this
Theres a gold supra in the movie Grandmas boy, could that be one of the extra supras from Fast and Furious 2 , maybe?
May I ask if you have any information on the orange Supra that stands outside the Universal Studios in Japan? Cannot confirm but from what I understand, this was just a replica? Any information?
You never mentioned what happened to stunt #2 car. is it still around?
I watched TFATF when it came out and immediately had a blitz nur cannon replica welded to my mk3 golf LOL
palmhitforehead moment but hey I was17...
Screen used different Charger variations would be way cooler to learn
I hate to say it the orange markIV is one of the most iconic cmovie cars in modern cinema history
Craig. New idea popped in my head. Would you ever consider getting Just Driven to help you recreate your Supra the way it was BEFORE Universal Studios touched it? The more I see the original way you had it built, the more I much prefer it over the movie Supra. You could even retouch it to fix things you were unhappy with when you were younger. And it could be a forever car for you again. Maybe it's just me, but I'd love seeing your, YOUR, Supra instead of Brian's.
Oh, for sure! Their team of fabricators, painters and drivetrain experts would be a dream team.
In 1992 i put in a stronger coil, reset the timing, drill bit jet the carb and a round k+n filter with the round cover upside down. Tore up escort gt's daily. 1981 accord 2 door hatch 5 speed. Blue on blue. Just saying. So now im driving an 05 crv. Still just saying............
I feel like I’m sitting with my grampa….. IVE ALREADY HEARD THIS STORY
You didn't watch the opening of the video then. He said exactly why he's retelling the story. I swear this adhd generation is annoying af....
And I'm still sitting here drinking watching it 😂
July 2015 one of the gold cars showed up at a street racing meeting in Denver Co. the guy that owned it said he bought it on ebay a few months earler. thinking he was full of ... I snapped a pic of the vin and verified his story. I still have the picture of myself standing in front of the car but can't find the pic of the vin. Tried to look up the ebay listing but looks like it is long gone. If you would like the pictures let me know.
Yes, please
Are those the original Racing Hart type c 3 piece wheels? If so I think it looked best on them. I had the 16-in version on my '95 Integra back in 95. They were nice wheels but a bit heavy.
The final race between Dom's charger and Brian's supra is the very reason i am a car guy
Great to know were they have been. Next the then and now of r34 gtr.
After seeing this I do wonder - what body kit would you have chosen to go with IF the car was kept and painted blue ?! veilside, aBFlug, JUN auto ?
Did the supra have underglow? Because from what I can remember it wasn't filmed at night.
The earlier Fast and Furious movies ( The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift and Fast and Furious) had their own unique charm and personality to them they focused on the cars had a bit of action but, once it got to movie 5 it became more about the action and less about the cars and would you please, cover Suki’s Honda S2,000 from, 2 Fast 2 Furious please
“You don’t have to own it, all you have to do is love it”
Some cars really are cool to experience but not something you’d actually want to own and drive.
If someone bought a supra back when it was just this normal everyday sports car they made an amazing investment.
What was the money conversation? How did they cut that check? Technical Adviser sounds important.
No negotiation, they offered a generous stipend.
Noice !!
I love the content. It gives me the fuel I need to stay focused on the Honda rebuild🙏🏾
Danm you messed up. Y selling the Supra man, awesome story tho ! 🤜🤛👏👌
The cars in Tennessee at Hollywood star cars are in great condition except the green eclipse
When you were listing tuner cars, my heart broke not hearing preludes. 4th gen prelude, my personal all time fav.
Yeah it's amazing how when you're a kid you think the world of those cars with big wings, graphics and crazy gauges. Then you grow a bit older and it becomes a bit embarrassing. However, I still remember when I first saw The Fast and The Furious at the movie theatre. I didn't even have my driver's license back then, but it was the coolest movie I ever saw. I never thought of it as cheesy.
Craig are you at sema?
I know where the Valside MR2 is and one of the s2000
So the cars at the Branson museum aren't from the movie.
The irony is that, at the time, I too hated those graphics and body kits. But now when I see them, I smile. It makes me happy to see them continue on. I vastly underestimated the cultural impact the first movie had. Of course, I was driving a VW at the time so we had to hate all the Japanese cars in the movie.
Hilariously my favorite car from the series is Suki’s pink S2K, graphics and all (except the bathroom mat interior covers). I just love it.
How much would the Hero 1 be worth today?
Great video one of the best explanations. HOWEVER you could’ve Left that MKBMW off this article. It’s a slap in the face. It tarnished our Legacy that’s a Beemer not a Toyota
Fast & the furious strong 4life 💪 🙏
Wish they would ship em to the us for an event😂😂😂 probably too expensive but would be amazing to see them in the states again
You must have an awesome times back in 2001
I think you're super was dope and I would drive that car today the way it is and I'm willing to bet people would be following that car around and waving and honking trust me and that skyline is sick
"the car had some kinda stem seal issue" lmfao I'm dealing with that issue on my 1J right now, JZs are great but the stock valve stem seals ain't it. The og ones start leaking fast.
Does anyone else think Neons being that late to the tuner seen is weird. I know they didn't have a performance model until then but they are pretty much a four door sedan Eclipse. Maybe that was blasphemy at the time to say that but the foundations of the whole car was pretty much from Mitsubishi. The Neon platform seems like if you smashed the Evo and Eclipse together and gave it the base model Eclipse stuff but from Dodge. Having worked on both, yeah their are differences but a lot of the stuff really just seemed similar to the Eclipse. Then again, I guess the swapping of parts between makes wasn't as popular back then. I'm not sure because I was still in high school and I usually drive/drove pickups.
That's same scene Brian did in 2f buying the car from the lot
I love this story every time I hear it. No that's the turbooo.
I like his haircut.
The pink s2000 from 2 fast 2 furious is in the Peterson on display
One of them is
The only thing I hate about that movie series, it ruined the price points and availability of all the incredible cars from the 90s.
You act like the only promotion of JDM cars was a kinda crappy movie series lol You're forgetting things like the Gran Turismo game series that started way back on Playstation One, or Need For Speed. Drifting events. Initial D existed for years before Fast and Furious. All the movies did was speed up the process a little. Most of us grew up wanting these JDM cars from other sources. Mine was Gran Turismo 1. When I began the license tests, the was a black Infini FD RX7 in the test, and it left a huge impression on me. So did S14s, R32s, mk4 Supras in Gran Turismo 3 and Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3. I can see FnF influencing a few non-car enthusiasts to want a movie replica but the import following was well in place before the movies.
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That's crazy how movie companies could do this. In a couple of days.
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