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Celebrity Car Death Match: Apocalypse Showdown! The Landmaster VS The Mad Max Pursuit Special Falcon!


Celebrity Car Death Match: Apocalypse Showdown! The Landmaster VS The Mad Max Pursuit Special Falcon!

Yesterday’s battle of Pontiacs was a knock down, drag out affair that pitted family members against one another, had Chad and I trading insults across the continent and reportedly ended four marriages. It was that hardcore. Because of that scorched Earth result, we had no choice but to go full apocalypse today. That’s right, we’re pitting two vehicles that are designed to  survive in an environment where everything has completely gone to shit. The Landmaster and the Mad Max Pursuit Special are in the ring today. But first, how did the Poncho fight turn out?

[box_dark]The Bandit Trans Am VS The Jim Rockford Firebird Esprit

Jim Rockford’s Firebird Esprit DEFEATS the Bandit Trans Am

HOLY SMOKES!!! THIS IS THE CELEBRITY CAR DEATH MATCH EQUIVALENT OF THE MIRACLE ON ICE. ROCKFORD WINS!!! ROCKFORD WINS![/box_dark]

So here we are, society has collapsed, nuclear war has reduced the world to cinders. People are living in deserts and are armed to the teeth fighting enemies that they know nothing about. Two mechanized heroes of the silver screen stand on opposite sides of the ring today and only one will continue running and driving in this world. The other will be cannibalized for parts and pieces.

The 1977 film Damnation Alley was a huge financial flop for the movie studio that made it. The film looked bad, the acting was bad, audiences hated it, and the planned stunts and effects for the film were super advanced for the time and couldn’t be done. Parts of this move look like they were produced by the A/V dept at the local high school. One thing stood out about it though and that was the epic Landmaster truck that the recently departed Dean Jeffries built for the movie. Full functional and built to survive in a real life version of the fictional hell the movie was set in, the Landmaster still exists today in a collector’s hands. It was powered by a Ford 427, had 12 wheels that were set up in groups of three on each corner of the ‘master, steered by flexing in the middle with huge hydraulic rams, and was so good that studio executives demanded that the final edit of the movie have MORE clips and shots of it on the screen. It was a $350,000 build in 1976 money and that’s well over a million smackolas in today’s currency. The Landmaster carried the film’s heroes across the wasted, post-nuclear country and was about the only redeeming quality of the film. It was amphibious, too!

Mad Max came out in 1979 and there isn’t a gearhead alive that hasn’t wanted an (a) roots blower with a switchable on/off clutch and (b) their owner personal version of the 1973 Ford Falcon XB used by Max in the movie to hunt down and kill the bad guys with. The car was powered by a 351 Cleveland and while the movie car’s blower was just kind of sitting there for looks, we’re not holding that against it. Max drove the snot out of the thing and it kept coming back for more. The three guys responsible for building the car were Murray Smith, Peter Arcadipane and Ray Beckerley. Used in both the first and second films it lived a hard life. After being trashed hard in the second movie the car was sold to a scrap dealer and sat out in front of his ‘yard for a couple years as a conversation piece. Someone finally convinced the guy to sell it and eventually the Falcon was restored to its former glory and still lives in that condition today. Few cars are as bad ass as the Pursuit Special was on film. It would have been just as at home in the hands of a bad guy, but luckily for us, the good guy got it and used it to slay the gangs running roughshod over the countryside.

OK, YOU NOW KNOW THE COMBATANTS! WHICH POST APOCALYPSE READY VEHICLE WILL BE THE WINNER TODAY AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND?! VOTE BE COMMENTING IN THE SECTION BELOW!

 


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41 thoughts on “Celebrity Car Death Match: Apocalypse Showdown! The Landmaster VS The Mad Max Pursuit Special Falcon!

  1. Brett

    Mad Max Pursuit Special for the win, landmaster might be tough but mad max always wins

  2. The Outsider

    “She’s the last of the V8 Interceptors . . . ”

    “You can shut the gate on this one, Maxie… it’s the duck’s guts!”

    “She sucks nitro… with Phase 4 heads! 600 horsepower through the wheels! She’s meanness set to music and the b!^@h is born to run!”

    “He’s in a coma, man!”

    FALCON WINS! FALCON WINS! FALCON WINS!

  3. Beagle

    Western Flyer defeats Schwinn!

    Oh. Wrong death match.

    I’ll take the “electric blower” car over the milk tank wagon. 🙂

  4. Jeffery Davis

    Although I love the interceptor I have got to go with the Land Master,,Have wanted the thing since the first time I seen it..And by the sounds of it I may be the only one who truly loves the movie…ROLL ON MASTER,,,ROLL ON.

  5. Michael

    Give me the laast of the V8’s like Outsider quoted Goose she is the duck’s guts!!!!

    Michael

  6. Bill Danielson

    Landmaster all the way!!!!! multi wheeled,well armed and can crush the Falcon!

  7. Matt Cramer

    The Interceptor is a car I’ve always wanted to have one of my own. On the other hand – the fact that the Landmaster was fully operational and they took the time to sort it out instead of just faking things with a Hollywood prop is pretty jaw dropping. And its all terrain abilities, armor plating, and shelter make it a lot better suited to surviving the total collapse of society. The Landmaster gets my vote, but it was a tough call.

  8. Marx Johnson

    I love the Falcon and since they are both Fords, just for survival I’ll take the Landmaster.

  9. chadb

    gotta hand it to ya, mate. last of the v-8s. woulda been a shame to blow it up. interceptor all the way. hell this is one of my favorites for the overall win. in my opinion, to be the best movie car, it has to be iconic. max’s falcon is. the landmaster, despite all of it’s coolness, is not.

  10. Davey

    This might be the most lopsided victory to date…

    How can you even imagine comparing a goofy future age concept vehicle from a movie most folks have never seen or even heard of… to the awesomeness that is the Mad Max interceptor ?

    The landmaster is a cool bit of engineering and had some real thought behind it but for the most part it really only inspired blank looks and “What the F ???”. It didn’t blow anything up or crush any post apocalyptic mutants or anything else we all think is cool.

    The interceptor inspired legend and lore and may have even inspired a few wayward video gamers to take up the car hobby. While the blower may be fiction, the rest of the car (and the movie) make up for it big time. It’s pure unadulterated horesepower and makes no excuses… in short 100% Bangshift Approved

    Interceptor for the win…

  11. Cyclone03

    Dont even have to read the Bio’s
    Landmaster for the win!
    I used to see it parked (lefted?) behind a fence next to the Hollywood freeway for years.

  12. Challenger 6 Pac

    The Landmaster is on badass machine, but the Falcon is more practical for everyday driving. Tough choice.
    I’m going with the Landmaster. Who needs speed when ya got something this badassed.

  13. Chuck Norris

    Got to go with Mad Max the car was totally cool, and Max was bad ass in that car.

  14. John T

    Oh, I gotta wade into this one… truly loved the Landmaster thing when I was a kid but no question, I have to go with Max….I mean, I own and drive a 1973 XB Falcon coupe with 351 in satin black… how could I not go with Max????

  15. crazy canuck

    Aussie falcon wins, always wanted one to be the 3/4 scale cousin to my 70 1/2 falcon

  16. Alan C

    Goose: “You’ve seen it!… You’ve heard it!… and you’re still asking questions?”

    The Mad Max Interceptor all the way!

  17. barry

    How about a match between the Mad Max interceptor and the Blown GTO on My Science Project! Both with on/off blowers…

  18. Al

    In my opinion these two vehicles should not be going up against each others. They’re in completely different categories. Having said that, as much as I have always liked the Land Master, the Mad Max car is a legend and I have to vote for that.

  19. Al Young

    Is this a joke? The Mad Max gangs would kill everyone aboard that Landmaster slug. In the “not so distant apocalyptic future”, you need speed to survive, preferably blown and sucking nitro.

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