The scariest car of all time?

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Friday Ladies be aware! Today is a bit of a special day for those of you who are superstitious. It’s Friday the 13th, so perhaps you are better off not driving a car, but locking yourself up in a room or behind your computer screen instead (unlit cellars and shower cabins are not recommended). Not much to go wrong there.

But for some cars you don’t even have to drive them for things to go wrong. They’ll find you anywhere. Take the Plymouth, bought by teen Andy Cunningham in 1978. Things went horribly wrong there, with Andy’s manic side starting to thrive after having restored the car. Oh – it was only a movie, was it? But a damned scary one if you ask us. After Christine you’d be scared to even get near a similar car. Film buffs say: “Although the car in the film is identified as a 1958 Plymouth Fury, and in radio ads promoting the film, a voiceover announced, “She’s a ‘57 Fury” - two other Plymouth models, the Belvedere and the Savoy, were also used to portray the malevolent automobile onscreen. For the film, director John Carpenter placed ads throughout Southern California, searching for models of the car. He was able to purchase 24 of them in various states of disrepair, which were used to build a total of 17 models of Christine." We don't mind. We think the Fury is the scariest car of all time. The lady above should agree.

(Words Jeroen Booij, picture courtesy Columbia Pictures Corporation)

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