This is easily the scariest pair we have ever had in the brief but interesting history of Celebrity Car Death Match. We have two trained and documented killers in front of you today and your job is to determine which of these devlish vehicles will live to see round two and which will be sucked into a deep hole in the ground, never to be seen again. Before we do that, let’s take a look at yesterday’s match up which pitted a pair of 1980s icons against one another.
[box_dark] Yesterday’s match up: Magnum PI Ferrari 308 VS The faux Ferrari Daytona Spyder of Miami Vice
Result: Magnum PI Ferrari 308 DEFEATS The Miami Vice Fako Daytona
The Daytona was last seen floating unsuccessfully towards Cuba.
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In the lead off spot today we have the 1958 Plymouth Fury that left the assembly line in Detroit possessed by some spirits that were really pissed off but also really good at restoration work. Chances are you have seen the 1983 classic horror movie Christine that stars the evil, flaming Plymouth shown both below and in our lead photo. The car manages to kill several kids during that movie in various horrendous ways including but not limited to squashing and smooshing. The car has the ability to both fix itself and to infect its seemingly innocent owner Arnie Cunningham. When Arnie bought the car he was a dorky kid that had no friends and by the end of the movie he was a leather jacket wearing baddie that chugged beers behind the wheel, was obsessed with the car, and still had few friends…hey, you can’t win ’em all even with help from evil spirits. Even at the end of the movie when the car is crushed by a bulldozer and then into a cube, we’re still left with some evidence to suggest that the damned thing is starting to fix itself. Whoops…spoiler alert!
The second combatant in this truly evil battle is the 1955 Peterbilt 281 that made Dennis Weaver cry, moan, and whimper in his little Valiant. While we never actually see the truck kill anyone on film during Duel, there are some signs to suggest it has racked up a body count on its own. Specifically, all of the different license plates on the front bumper of the truck make us think that this rig has certainly sent some innocent commuters to their doom in the past. The weathered, beaten down look of the truck is perfect for the movie and when the driver (who we never really see) grabs the shifter with his greasy hand and stands on the throttle with his worn boot, smoke rolls from the stack and the old tanker bears down on the Valiant. Of course Weaver manages to thwart all the truck’s attempts to kill him and eventually the rig does a Louis Anderson diving impression into a ravine, but we’re not totally sure that thing died at the bottom of the gulch. Sure it looks bad, but like the Plymouth in Christine, we’re thinking that the truck found a way to get itself back together to add some more plates to that front bumper.
Clearly these are two demonic vehicles. The winner of this challenge has an excellent shot to actually take the title when we start advancing through the rounds. But you need to decide which one moves on. Comment below and tell us who wins this death match and we’ll kick them into the pool for round two!
WHICH VEHICLE WOULD WIN IN A DEATH MATCH? CHRISTINE THE 1958 FURY OR THE DEMONIC 1955 PETERBILT FROM DUEL? YOU DECIDE!
Wow……….this IS a hard one! Both are “childhood” cars for me and i LOVE both movies……………the big rig was menacing as hell and decided to kill a guy over a perceived slight where as Christine had a legit reason but Christine gets the vote for coolness, supernatural powers, getting the biggest nerd in school hooked up with the new hottie, decimated a gang of douches and best of all DESTROYED a camaro……..not to mention the rig had problems dealing with a valiant even though it was driven by a badazz (Dennis Weaver)……….
Christine in a split decision lol………
Christine all day long. I like the old man that sold it to the kid too. That scene when the car is on fire……oh yeah she is mean!!
Christine. I can’t listen to “Little Bitty Pretty One” without expecting a lot of screaming early Mopar big block and a blood trail. The free bodywork is a plus.
Christine for me.
Christene
The Fury was all mean on its own,the Pete was only driven in anger.
The Pete all the way. It is the ultimate “Bad guy”.
Christine, because she does her own bodywork.
“Hell has no fury, like a Plymouth Fury”
The Pete. I watched this movie over the weekend. Still holds up.
The old truck or possessed car?
Christine in a walk.
I’d rather thought Christine would get matched up with the car from The Car. I suppose we’ll see it later. Is Killdozer eligible?
Christine can repair herself
The Fury all the way.
Christine for the win in this matchup
Christine
A more fair comparison would be Christine vs. the Goblin semi from Maximum Destruction.
Christine, no question.
Christine. She is pure evil. She is Christine.
christine hands down bad ass
Christine, hands down. Mopars rule.
CHRISTINE!
Im with the peterbuilt awesome truck Id like a to make a replica of as matter fact Im gonna dig out the Duel movie right now and watch it
THE TANKER TRUCK.
The Peterbilt. Brian isn’t old enough to know that once trucks needed license plates for each state they operated in. This was before the apportionment plates we have now, where you pay road taxes based on how many miles you run in each state. That’s why so many plates on the bumper. Trivia: See the conxex mirror above the grill? These were so drivers could see the top of the stack, they would drop gears until the truck didn’t smoke so much.
Peterbilt
MOPAR Baby!!! She heals
Christine for the win!!!!
There is no doubt that Christine wins!!! First, she needs no driver, second how many hot chicks would get in that old Pete, rust bucket, if you didn’t hand them $20? Thirdly. . . at $20 they aren’t so hot!!!