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For the past two decades, Vehicle Effects has proudly served the motion picture industry. Specializing in picture cars, Vehicle Effects transforms automotive concept into an on-screen reality. Led by Dennis McCarthy, McCarthy’s oversight of hundreds of productions along with a lifelong passion for performance automotive has led to unmatched ...
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Movie-car prep was not Dennis' life goal. In fact, if not for a clerical hurdle, Dennis could have been authoring this feature rather than being the subject of it. Back in the '80s, Dennis' dream job was to work forHOT ROD magazine. Although he was a certified mechanic with plenty of experience building custom cars, he was turned away on his quest ...
It wasn't long before Dennis was introduced to Jim Brubaker, who was producing a film calledDragonflyfor Universal Studios and needed some help preparing a military vehicle for a crash scene. Dennis installed RideTech suspension, power steering,a V-8 engine, and an automatic transmission. The front nose of a bus would be mounted to the truck for a ...
Part of Dennis' responsibility on many projects is to create cars that may look like classic vehicles on the outside but feature more modern and reliable underpinnings under the skin. "For the most part, we run modern power in vintage vehicles we build for production—regardless of whether it's Chevy, Ford,Mopar, AMC, or import," stated Dennis. "Tha...
Because of Dennis' passion for muscle cars and knowledge of vehicles, he is the right person to make sure that the cars deliver as the script intends. Many producers and directors rely on Dennis to pick the best cars to tell the story for those purists in the audience, as well as to confirm the car dialogue is accurate. "I work closely with my team...
To kick off theCar CraftYouTube video series, hosts Kevin Tetz andJohn McGann immerse themselves in the task of swapping a Gen 3 Hemi into a 1972 Dodge Challenger. And this isn't just any old Hemi—we're dropping a 707-horsepower Hellcat into the car and putting one of Tremec's brand-new TKX five-speed transmissions behind it. The Challenger is also...
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Dennis McCarthy is a vehicle builder and modifier who runs a company called Visual Effects. He is the Picture Car Coordinator of all the Fast and Furious films since The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and was responsible for building all of the cars for those films. The general way it works is a producer calls Dennis and pitches the movie idea, then sends him the script, and he figures out ...
Apr 1, 2015 · Unbelievable destruction. Fifteen to twenty cars a day. Nonstop." That's Dennis McCarthy recalling which movie in the franchise he's had to supply the most number of cars for. Dennis is a "picture ...
May 17, 2023 · By Mark Vaughn Published: May 17, 2023. NBC Universal. Dennis McCarthy has maybe the best job in the history of work. He gets to build and watch get blown up hundreds of cool cars as the lead car ...
Apr 1, 2015 · Behind every big car build is an even bigger car guy. In the case of those three automotive stars, it's Dennis McCarthy. Advertisement. McCarthy, the owner of Vehicle Effects, has worked on a ...
