We’re going to be running a series of items over the coming days and weeks called “Celebrity Car Death Match” where we’ll pit two iconic cars, trucks, motorcycles, or other vehicles against one another in a tournament of death matches. Winner moves on, loser burns with the shame of defeat! This is serious stuff and we will advance a winner by the comments below the item, so be sure to chime in and tell us who the victor is and who will be rusting at the bottom of the ocean or squashed under a wrecking ball.
Yesterday’s Celebrity Car Death Match – The bikes of Ponch and Jon VS the Harley of Reno Raines – Winner – Reno Raines! The Harley continues onto the next round while Ponch and Jon are left with only each other to console themselves because all the hot chicks bolted then their bikes were melted down into puddles of plastic, aluminum, and steel!
Today’s Celebrity Car Death Match – The Bluesmobile 1974 Dodge Monaco VS Buford T Justice’s 1977 Pontiac LeMans –
We know, we know. This is getting hard, like emotionally hard. We’re forcing you to make decisions you don’t want to make, but let’s be really clear here. These are choices that MUST BE MADE. This is important stuff. We’re going to end up crowning a champion in this tournament of automotive fatalism and the only way we can do that is to confront difficult situations like this one. Mop up those tears, read the below statements and then place your vote for who will win in the comment section below. We’ll tally the votes at midnight tonight and declare a winner tomorrow. DO IT!
The Bluesmobile is a 1974 Dodge Monaco powered by a 440ci big block. As was so poetically described by Elwood Blues in the movie, the car has all the good cop parts and was made before catalytic converters so it’ll be good to go on regular gas. This car was mercilessly jumped, crashed, chased, slid, and speaker laden through different parts of the movie. It managed to defeat the Illinois State Nazi Party, conquer Lower Wacker Drive, and completely obliterate much of an indoor shopping mall but sadly it fell short in the functional cigarette lighter department. That could be a fatal flaw. Who knows? It is a massive, flabby car and although it was packing a 440 it was the de-nutted 280hp version that was more suited to lugging a motorhome around than running down bad guys in an acceleration contest. It does have a sweet push bar.
Idling in the other corner is the famed 1977 Pontiac LeMans of honorable Sheriff Buford T Justice. This was a LeMans “Enforcer” police package car with a 400ci Pontiac mill. It weighs in at more just over 3700lbs putting it about a quarter ton under the big Monaco. Wearing no push bumper, but a roof light bar, this car managed to live through a grueling 3,000 mile pursuit behind a known criminal simply using the name, The Bandit. The Pontiac had its roof chopped off in an unfortunate turn of events under a semi-trailer. It then had its door ripped off by a vigilante Korean truck driver. Following that trauma, it was crashed into, jumped, and was also the scene of much verbal and physical abuse between the Sheriff and his mentally under-developed son.
Both of these big sedans survived hell, but only one will survive this showdown. You need to tell us below which one of the iconic movie cop cars would emerge from the cage of doom alive and which will be fed into the grinder at the scrap yard. There are no second chances here….only a final outcome!
COMMENT BELOW TO CHOOSE A WINNER! WHICH WILL ADVANCE IN THIS NEFARIOUS TOURNAMENT?
really not much of a contest here. The Pontiac never catches up, shit falls off the entire movie, and it looks kind of like a tampon. Maybe a specimen jar cuz it’s carrying around a couple of turds for the whole movie and they ultimately Fail.
The Dodge has divine blessing, and contains two would be heros through an epic journey of ultimante WIN. Who do you really think would win this slugfest?!
Hmm. I thought about that some more. If some how you could convince the dodge that it was on a mission from god, it might pull itself together again. I forgot to mention also that it outran EVERYTHING, Cops, F*ing Illinois Nazis, Swat, Gravity, Everything!!!
You know, come to think of it, the Dodge should be disqualified from competition or ineligible or something because of the religion clause…. sigh. It’s been tampered with.
The vocabulary and insults I picked up from inside the Lemans I use to this day,pretty regularly I might add. Although the BB Monaco showed the sheer toughness of the American automobile I think I have to go with it, but the lasting affects of the Lemans makes it a tough one. Let me add that at one point the Lemans actually moved with less than 4 wheels which the Blues mobile did not.
Im leanin toward the blues mobile on this one
no contest – the poncho in this example is a wheezing smog mobile – while the big block dodge (concidence being posted same day as copper head road?) was built before ’75 so it runs good on regular gas.
Never bet against a mission from God.
No doubt here. The Bluesmobile throws a rod, oils the windshield and still runs 120 mph.
One bad hombre’. Plus theres that backflip thing…
The Bluesmobile, its a ex-cop car on a mission from God, in Chicago, one of the most corrupt cities we have.
Da bluuuuuz brothas!!!!!! Sorry, it has to win hands down…..toughest car in the coolest movie. No contest. My favourite shot in the entire movie? that bit where it looks like its genuinely doing over 100 mph along a rainy freeway…
“It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses… HIT IT!”
Was that Pontiac LEMONS even a real cop car? Brown? Full wheel covers? A buckskin vinyl interior? An apparent top speed of about 70?
The Bluesmobile? “It’s got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters, so it’ll run good on regular gas.”
While the Bluesmobile did some ridiculous stuff, it did take care of some business at speed around LaSalle and Lake Streets and on Lower Wacker Drive in the Second City . . . so
It’s “Mopar or no car” on this one! (Sorry Sheriff Justice)
Now I’ve got to find a youtube of “Sweet Home Chicago” to listen to . . . .
Let’s make this fair(er).
Give the Pontiac a 15 vote head start.
It will still lose anyway.
Ya can’t beat that epic Dodge!
Bluesmobile rules this one.
Bluesmobile for the win!
Hot rodders endlessly recreate the Bluesmobile hero car. The Pontiac, forgotten. Still I would like to have seen the Cadillac Elwood traded for a microphone.
The vote, is for the shitbox Dodge.
BUFFORD only so I can watch brian try to hold chad’s hat on!!
Gotta be the Bluesmobile, after all, “It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?” Damn straight.
The Blues Brothers was (is) a vastly superior movie and the Dodge was indestructible until it brought our heroes to the safe culmination of their mission, although not without them paying the price for the chaos they wrought. The Poncho on the other hand, was driven by a douche bag who’s prey escaped from under his nose.
The Blues Brothers was the first date my wife and I went on, we were married 3 weeks later and our union has flourished over the years due to the fact that whenever life throws us a curve, we ponder the eternal question; WWJD, (what would Jake do?) It has served us well and we’ve actually been able to avoid jail. Bluesmobile all the way ! !
Agree with everything the outside said got to be the Bluesmobile and the reason it did some off the wall stuff that is impossible as it was divine intervention from God as the were on a Mission from God ! I do love Buford T Justice and the horrible Lemans, and back in the day small town sheriff depts didn’t always have police edition vehicles, I lived in the sticks and have seen some strange vehicles used for Sheriff deputy cars over the rears. Both of these movies were awesome and I still use quotes from both of them. I used to love it when they would put it on regular tv and dub over Jackie Gleasons voice and say scumbum instead sumbitch, everyone new what he was saying. Funny stuff.
*Daddy the top came off, No shit !
Bluesmobile FTW. Another good line (albeit from another movie) “Ain’t a dog alive beat a car made before the catalytic converter!” – Jerry Reed
the bluesmobile would demolish bufords poor ol poncho anyday..
THE BLUESMOBILE!!!!!!
The Dodge of course. Never was Pontiac could hold a lug nut to a Mopar.
The Screwball Dodge, hands down.
Sorry, it’s “Shitbox” Dodge. Watched the cable version a few too many times, I guess. I’ll get refreshed on the anniversary DVD tonight as penance.
Bluesmobile, hands down.
The PONTIAC !!!!
If everyone remembers, the Bluesmobile falls apart at the end of the movie. In Smokey and the Bandit, Buford’s car keeps going.
I like the Monaco, but gotta vote for the Pontiac
Bluesmobile
Not only does the bluesmobile win against bufords pontiac, in my opinion it’s the greatest movie car of all time. Jake and Elwood are just along for the ride during the final chase. When it somehow jumps the squad coming out of lower wacker drive, they just look at each other and realize the car wont give up till it gets them to the tax office. Tell me any of you don’t choke up a little when it dies. Its like watching someones loyal dog jump in front of a bullet for them.