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February 9, 2010
The 10 Best Car Chases of the 80s
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
1. The Blues Brothers: 1980
1974 Dodge Monaco
“It’s got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas”
Believe it or not this car chase was one of the last really gritty car chases made. Oddly enough, this chase was actually supposed to be a spoof of what a great car chase should be and ended up being one of the best ones ever filmed. It also destroyed over 60 used police cars and made the “Bluesmobile” a movie icon. Here it is sped up a bit…
Check out the rest of my favorite 80s car chases over at RideLust.com
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retroman
Mar 3, 2010 at 5:12 am
Come to think of it, the original Gone in 60 Seconds didn’t make the list for the 70s chases. That was the longest chase ever shot at 45 minutes and it was all real footage. I’m not going to gripe though to much on that one though. The were alot of car movies being made back then.
Maffew
Feb 9, 2010 at 7:12 am
Oh, and we need a top 10 90′s car chase list now. If you don’t include Ronin, I’d just about have to drive up to NY and smack you in the grapes myself, lol.
Maffew
Feb 9, 2010 at 7:11 am
Nice read man… not a thing I’d change or add to the list.