Famous Eleanor from Gone in 60 Seconds now sold

One of the most famous cars in movie history was sold last weekend at 2012 Autosport International show.

Of course we are talking about Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 from 1967', known as Eleanor in one of the best car movies, Gone in 60 Seconds, designed with a help of Chip Foose.

The designers did some modifications for the movie purpose, which included wider wheel arches, a hood scoop, front bumper spoiler, side skirts with exhaust pipe, a small duck-tail spoiler in the back, a pair of front lights on the front bumper and new 17-inch Schmidt alloy wheels.

The engine department was tuned in the right meaning of the word to make the car really shine in the racing parts of the movie. The original 4.7-litre V8 was replaced with a new V8 from Ford Racing, the 5.75-litre, which was fitted with a new camshaft and new induction system.

Car was given new Wilwood six-pot calipers and disc, while it was lowered for better handling.

Just like every other car movie, this one was no exception, they produced 12 Eleanors for the shoot, 5 of them received more extesive mods for the stunts, none of them survived the filming.

Another legend which will make history and will be rememberd by car fanatics all over the world.

Source: car.uk.msn.com

Nik Pakiž, DragonForce

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