Petersen Museum's New Fast & Furious Exhibit Has Something For Everyone, But Especially The Nerds

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One of nan champion parts astir the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is its relationship to Hollywood. The Petersen has imperishable displays of movie cars that are rotated successful and out, positive others that are sometimes brought successful for typical exhibits, truthful there's ever thing caller to spot that you whitethorn admit from nan metallic screen. A fewer years ago, nan Petersen put connected a genuinely phenomenal James Bond grounds featuring a immense scope of cars, bikes, boats and much from each era of Bond films.

Now unfastened astatine nan Petersen is nan typical exhibit "A Fast & Furious Legacy: 25 Years of Automotive Icons," which will tally done April 2027 successful ceremony of nan franchise's 25th anniversary. Nearly 2 twelve cars from crossed the Fast & Furious franchise are featured successful nan exhibit, on pinch immoderate different F&F goodies, and immoderate of nan cars person ne'er been connected nationalist show together earlier this. In accumulation of nan films sometimes a twelve examples of 1 car will beryllium produced for various uses, pinch galore being destroyed successful nan people of filming, and nan grounds has immoderate cars that were really utilized successful stunts. It's nosy to spot nan various levels of quality, craftsmanship and patina crossed each nan different cars.

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Kristin Feay, curator for nan museum, told maine she watched nan full franchise each nan measurement done astatine slightest a half-dozen times successful preparing to put connected this exhibit, and nan Petersen took a batch of attraction successful picking retired nan cars, which came from different sources and collections each astir nan world. There person been hundreds of cars utilized passim nan franchise and nan depository picked retired a awesome operation of them, from nan astir recognizable rides to immoderate of nan much cult favorites, and each of nan 10 movies are represented. Even if you aren't a large instrumentality of these movies, it's worthy checking retired if you're in Los Angeles — particularly because nan Fast franchise is truthful intertwined pinch this city. In fact, I deliberation nan first Fast movie is 1 of nan astir LA movies ever made.

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There are immoderate heavy-hitter cars successful nan exhibit, for illustration Brian O'Conner's orangish Toyota Supra from "The Fast and nan Furious," which whitethorn beryllium nan astir recognizable car successful nan franchise. Eight were built for nan movie, based connected method head Craig Lieberman's individual 1994 Supra Turbo, and this 1 is "Stunt #3" that was utilized during filming. While Dominic Toretto's achromatic Charger he raced against nan orangish Supra isn't here, different loop of Dom's achromatic Charger R/T is connected display, 1 utilized successful "Furious 7" — and owned by Vin Diesel himself.

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Two different cars successful nan grounds that are presently owned by Diesel are Dom's red 1968 Dodge Charger Daytona from "Fast & Furious 6," and a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS utilized successful nan post-credits segment of nan original movie, arsenic good arsenic successful "Fast & Furious," wherever it was 1 of 8 identical Chevelles utilized successful filming. Letty's S14 Nissan 240SX from "The Fast and nan Furious" is present, arsenic is Suki's pinkish Honda S2000 from "2 Fast 2 Furious," 1 of nan astir fan-favorite cars and characters. 

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But nan champion lineup of early-movie vehicles is nan postulation of each 4 cars utilized successful nan first movie's opening resistance title scene. Initially only going to characteristic 2 cars, for illustration astir resistance races, nan segment was expanded to 4 because that was measurement much exciting. Lined up successful bid are Brian O'Conner's greenish 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse that brought "danger to manifold" into nan lexicon (this 1 is "Stunt #2" retired of 7 cars made), nan reddish 1996 Acura Integra GS-R driven by Ja Rule (the number 1 leader car), nan achromatic 1995 Honda Civic driven by RJ de Vera (who owned it successful existent life), and nan reddish 1995 Mazda RX-7 driven by Diesel.

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Then there's immoderate of nan much obscure choices, for illustration Dom's Plymouth GTX from "The Fate of nan Furious" (the cars were really modified Road Runners), nan carbon-fiber-bodied 1969 Ford Mustang built by Anvil Auto that was driven by Tyrese successful "Fast & Furious 6" (nine were made, including immoderate that sewage crushed by tanks), and Brian's 2016 Nissan GT-R Track Edition from "Furious 7." Some of nan Fast franchise's silliest villains are represented, too. The 1993 Ford Mustang LX driven by John Cena in "F9" and "Fast X" is parked adjacent to nan unthinkable lavender 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS that Jason Momoa drove successful "Fast X."

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You can't thief but giggle astatine nan Flip Car 2.0, which was built by Vehicle Effects for "Fast X." We first saw a smaller flip car successful "Fast & Furious 6" — it was nan first car that was invented for nan Fast movies — and this 1 is turned up a fewer notches, pinch a six-wheel layout inspired by nan Tyrrell F1 cars of nan 1960s and a large mid-mounted V8. Another awesome stunt conveyance is simply a 1963 Chevy Corvette Grand Sport replica that was made for "Fast Five," successful which Dom and Brian jump it retired of a moving train that's going complete a bridge. Twelve replicas were built for nan movie by Mongoose Motorsports, and this is 1 of only 3 remaining.

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While Suki's S2000 will unrecorded connected successful my bosom forever, I deliberation my existent 2 favourite cars are nan brace of  cars from "The Fast and nan Furious: Tokyo Drift." Yeah, yeah, neither of these are Han's Veilside RX-7, and don't get maine wrong, that car is iconic. But these 2 are utilized moreover much successful nan movie, and successful immoderate of nan champion sequences. First we've sewage nan 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. This peculiar 1 is nan original leader car built by APR Performance, and it was precocious restored by its YouTuber proprietor Dustin Williams; 10 replicas were built for nan movie, each of which were destroyed during filming.

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Even amended is nan 1967 Ford Mustang, which receives an RB26DETT motor switch from an R34 Nissan GT-R during nan people of nan movie earlier being put to nan trial successful a touge title against DK's Nissan 350Z. This was nan first F&F movie car that really made audiences spell "What?! This is chaotic and unexpected, I emotion it," and it's awesome to spot successful person.

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For nan girls and gays who don't really attraction astir cars (plenty do, of course), nan grounds has 1 of Dominic Toretto's galore leather jackets, but much importantly, 1 of nan astonishing outfits worn by Devon Aoki's Suki successful "2F2F." Particularly successful nan early films, nan costume designs really informed not only nan world of nan movies, but nan world we really unrecorded in, blending together different styles and cultures and influencing really group successful existent life dressed. Car guys are not precisely known for their manner sense, particularly not backmost successful nan 2000s, but nan Fast movies made it cool for them to dress cool. So galore characters successful nan Fast Saga are inextricable from their costumes, which are besides commonly tied successful pinch their cars.

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Also successful nan grounds are immoderate original posters and promotional materials from countries each complete nan world, and location are immoderate screens passim playing different clips from nan films. Of course, nan depository speakers are connected to a very F&F opus playlist, too. There's really thing for everyone in "A Fast & Furious Legacy: 25 Years of Automotive Icons," and nan Petersen has a batch of different existent exhibits that will make your travel moreover much worthy it.