The V8 Interceptor Pursuit Special part 2

The Last V8

In the last part you got some of the background for the Pursuit Special, as seen in its original state, before things really kicked off in the Mad Max universe. Now let's see what a true wasteland survivor looks like, and take a look at the changes made to the original car.

The most notable difference is the changes to the back, which are quite practical for an after apocalypse scenario. The trunk door has been removed, and the car was fitted with two additional high capacity fuel tanks for those long stretches between two sources of fuel out in the desert. The front bumper was also taken off to allow easier off road driving, and the front left seat was removed to accomodate Max's dog (who was called "Dog" by the way, and was saved from a local dog pound to get trained to appear in the movie). As the original Weiand blower has been lost after the car was put up for sale after the first movie, a new supercharger was fitted, however this time it was a functional one. It did not have a functional switch however, as seen in the movie, so when they shot the scenes with the supercharger starting up, they placed the car on a moving trailer, and would simply start the engine to imitate the effect.

Lastly, Max added a very unique security feature to the car, which would prevent other survivors from stealing the much needed fuel from the car in the form of a self destructive device, a bomb planted under the fuel tanks. Of course this was just a dummy, but it's an often overlooked detail in these builds.

With these additions The Last V8 reached the end of its on screen life, as at the end of the second movie it gets destroyed in a fiery explosion (don't worry, that car was just a replica, the original was left intact). The original today is out on display at the Dezer Car Museum, however it's not movie accurate anymore, as it was restored to the state of the V8 Interceptor Pursuit Special from the first movie, but retained the gas tanks and the interior from the second one.

So hopefully this has given you at least some idea as to what we would like to achieve with our project, and provided a good short brief of what you have to know about possibly the most legendary vehicle, the Mad Max Interceptor, ever appearing on screen.