where is the christine charger

[Cooter]

It was a 68. Look at the door lock position.

Was under the impression that the '68-'69 was at the rear, and beginning in 1970, it moved to the center of door, as my '69 had it in the rear and my '70 has it in the middle.

[Fred]

Only the 68 has them at the rear, the 69 and 70 have them in the middle.

But what kab69440 want's to know is if the 68 charger in the movie had a 69 tail panel (that we obviously weren't meant to pick up on)

[Fred]

I'm with you earnie. That was one nice 68! That would be cool to know. Christine was just on tv again.

On the pre-historic VHS version, when Arnie first sees Christine, when Dennis backs up you catch a quick glimpse of '69 tail light and sidemarker. That second of footage is missing from my DVD version.

I just checked that scene again on my dvd but all you see is a front view of Dennis backing up. No back view at all.
Also checked all the deleted scenes, no signs of a 69 tail panel.

[nvrbdn]

yea, he was thinking there was a shot at that time of a back corner of the charger, but was removed when put on dvd. i think i have the vhs, but its in the camper out at the campground and locked up till april.

[ACUDANUT]

Either way, it was a nice looking charger, when Dennis drove Ardi to buy the "Fury".

[StoneCold]

On the pre-historic VHS version, when Arnie first sees Christine, when Dennis backs up you catch a quick glimpse of '69 tail light and sidemarker. That second of footage is missing from my DVD version.

Not on my 1995 VHS copy. Not pre-historic enough I suppose.

[bakerhillpins]

As for the Charger, it was a 1968, 318 car.

Man I could have swore that the 68 was a 383 car, well had the blacked out tail light panel anyhow.

I thought you could see the rear of the 68 near the end when they slowly leave the parking lot. Its shortly before they get in the dozer and crush her.  

Just saw this movie like a month ago too...  

[68 Bullitt Charger]

As I said fellas, I am an Admin over at the Christine Car Club and well schooled in the Movie. The Car was a 68, 318, auto in console and pwr windows. The car was hire for that movie, damaged and fixed then used in another movie in 1984 for a quick scene. Then it disappeared till now. Personally if I knew where it was I would own it. Oh well!!!

[dadsdodge]

the car that smashes the camaro throu the gas station is owned by bill gibson and is currently under restoration

[ACUDANUT]

As I said fellas, I am an Admin over at the Christine Car Club and well schooled in the Movie. The Car was a 68, 318, auto in console and pwr windows. The car was hire for that movie, damaged and fixed then used in another movie in 1984 for a quick scene. Then it disappeared till now. Personally if I knew where it was I would own it. Oh well!!!

What do you mean, the car has disappeared until now ?  No one has found it. ?

[68 Bullitt Charger]

Nope, just disappeared in someone's garage most likely.

[68RT440]

The scene where Dennis scribes into the hood of Christine for Arnie to meet him you can see the tail panel. He is on crutches and gets in the passenger side, and Leigh is driving. When they pull out you can clearly see that its a '68 tail panel...

[ACUDANUT]

You said it disappeared till now, which means it has been found. 

[bakerhillpins]

The scene where Dennis scribes into the hood of Christine for Arnie to meet him you can see the tail panel. He is on crutches and gets in the passenger side, and Leigh is driving. When they pull out you can clearly see that its a '68 tail panel...

Is the panel blacked out?  I thought it was but if it's a 318 car it should be blue.

[Cooter]

Assuming all the cars that are in movies are correct....

We (The Christine Car Club) have talked with the original actors, one of which is William "Bill" Ostrander about the facts of the vehicles used.

[bakerhillpins]

Yup, understand. Guess I was just trying to find out for my own sanity.

[Brass]

The scene where Dennis scribes into the hood of Christine for Arnie to meet him you can see the tail panel. He is on crutches and gets in the passenger side, and Leigh is driving. When they pull out you can clearly see that its a '68 tail panel...

Is the panel blacked out?  I thought it was but if it's a 318 car it should be blue.

I've had two 68's that were originally 318 cars - both with black tail panels... 

[Dino]

They all had black tailpanels, no exceptions.

[bakerhillpins]

They all had black tailpanels, no exceptions.

Ah... here we go. It's the 70 model year that had body color tail panel for base model cars. I've had that screwed up for quite some time now. 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,41105.0.html

[Fred]

The scene where Dennis scribes into the hood of Christine for Arnie to meet him you can see the tail panel. He is on crutches and gets in the passenger side, and Leigh is driving. When they pull out you can clearly see that its a '68 tail panel...

That's not the scene we're talking about.  The scene that kab69440 is referring to is the one where Arnie sees Christine for the first time and tells Dennis to back up so that Arnie can get a better look at Christine.
That's where we're trying to work out if the tail panel belongs to a 69.

[68 Bullitt Charger]

You said it disappeared till now, which means it has been found. 

Im sorry, you are correct. I meant "It disappeared and has not been seen/found since 1984". Its still missing. I also said if I knew where it was "It would be today at whatever it costs".   Thanks, Joe