"Friday Night Lights" correspondent Teresa McMahan sent this link to Tony Scharp's pictures of his Mustang which served as a vintage Texas DPS Highway Patrol car for the movie.
Mr. Scharp has a nice write up at the site about his experience working in the movie with his car, including this about having cleaned up the car nicely only to have the crew make it look dusty, a condition not really that hard to achieve out here.
I got the car so clean that in some shots there was too much glare. One area was the right rear bumper. Others were the spotlights, front bumper and new headlamps, and painted area around the left spotlamp. They sprayed the area with Arrid spray deodorant and had a special little "puffer" machine to blow dust on it. The picture with the rear bumper and bumper stickers show what it looked like. So much for worrying about getting the car all cleaned up!
Click the thumbnail to see what he's talking about. I really doubt that the Highway Patrol cars had MOJO bumper stickers on them back then, but hey, it's only a movie. Thanks for sharing this, Tony.
I like those 1988 gas prices! I bet a few cars rolled into the parking lot hoping to get a good gas deal, just to find out that they're 16 years too late.
Posted by: Bert | May 14, 2004 at 02:40 AM