Dirty Larry Drives A Charger

In 1974, when we haven't even heard of Jeff Gordon winning championships in NASCAR, Crazy Larry has already set his sight on NASCAR. Sand to get the money needed to make it with the pros, he and his mechanic decided to score money illegally.

I am talking about Larry, played by Peter Fonda in the movie Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. If you have not yet seen the movie, then try to dig one up somewhere because this is a really good film with a great car chase scene if you are into classics. In the movie, Larry drove a 1969 Dodge Charger. But in reality, three cars were used, two 1969 models and a 1968 model. All these vehicles are equipped with auto parts as reliable as wheel bearings.

Unfortunately, all the three vehicles used in the film no longer exist. One of the 1969 Chargers were destroyed during the making of the film while the 1968 Charger was scrapped. The other 1969 Dodge Charger was sold to a crew after the film was completed. Unfortunately, the said vehicle was involved in an accident in the late 70s and was totaled. Too bad.

Anyway, here are other facts about the movie according to Wikipedia.

• Several chase scenes from near the end of the movie can be seen on a drive in movie screen during an episode of the 2007 Fox TV series "Drive"
• The film is referenced several times in "Death Proof," the segment of the feature film Grindhouse which was directed by Quentin Tarantino. A clip of Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is also visible in Tarantino's feature Jackie Brown. The film is also referenced in the Beastie Boys song "High Plains Drifter" in the line "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry on the run from Dirty Harry, Stash the cash in the dash but my gun I did carry."