They also told me it was originally a white 57 that had been painted a 1978 corvette red rather than the flame red that ford produced. The guys also pointed out the hub caps were bolted on with tiny screws because they kept flying off during chase scenes.

I talked to the guys about the car for about half an hour and they told me all kinds of things about it, like there were two of em.One stock for up close shots and another that was for had a big dodge engine in it, and a button on the shifter that would lock the back wheels, so they could screech around corners. The production director told us not to get to close, but we looked over and Urich was talking with the 'Nun' while holding a script. There it was, the car of my dreams in all it's glory with an overheated engine. While my Mom ran to get film from a souvenir shop, we ran over to the T-Bird. My buddy and I start hollering for my Dad to pull over because the entire film crew pulled into a nearby parking lot. I look out the window and up pulls ol'Dan in his flame red t-bird.white suit jacket and a nun in the passenger seat! I was going to a catholic high school at the time so I said it figured there would be a nun involved. There I sat, slumped down in the back seat, dejected that I'd never see Dan.when low and behold and pickup truck with a guy operating a film camera passes us.

There were plastic plants in the planters outside though complete with the Desert Inn sign.Anyway, we left and were heading down the strip. I did see some props, like a jet ski that you'd see hanging on the garage wall when Tanna pulled in.it was nothing more than a painted jet ski on a paper thin piece of wood. He said he owned the warehouse and leased it to the 'TV Folks'.

We went by the 'warehouse' where he lived and it was there alright, right behind the strip but instead of a bachelors pad with cool antiques and props there was an older contractor inside smoking a cigarette and cutting a board with a power saw. Funny story, I went to Vegas when I was 16 in 1980 and my Dad kept teasing my buddy and me we'd see Dan Tanna.

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