This thread reminds me of my dealership days wrenching at S&C Ford in San Francisco. A fellow mechanic (old timer) I worked with worked the swing shift at Geary Ford (in San Francisco) during the late Sixties. One night, a dark green '68 Mustang is towed in trailing a small stream of
oil. The dispatcher gives the car to my buddy and tells him to put a new
oil pan on it and make it snappy, these guys were on a schedule. He was told that the car is being used in a movie. Over the next 10 days he puts 3
oil pans on this car, and replaced the radiator in another Mustang with mounts, bars, and brackets welded all over the bottom of it. He also swears there was a 3rd dark green fast- back that had a light green or Ivory interior. He had no idea what the movie was about or who starred in it. Since my buddy was a Chevy guy he really didn't care anyway.
The rest is history.
--Mike