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Heavily-customized pimpmobiles appeared in blaxploitation films such as Super Fly, The Mack, and Willie Dynamite as well as mainstream films like Magnum Force, D.C. Cab, Escape from New York, and the James Bond movie Live and Let Die.
Details in Movies, Movie Details! In Super Fly (1972), the custom Cadillac Eldorado “pimpmobile” that Priest (Ron O’Neal) drives was owned and lent to the producers to use in the film by K.C., a real-life Harlem pimp who also makes a brief appearance in the nightclub scene. Archived post.
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Oct 4, 2017 · Apparently the producers rented the movie car (a ’71 Eldo ‘vert) from one of Dunham’s customers after seeing it parked somewhere in New York City. The owner was a pimp named “K.C.” (who actually wound up in a cameo role in the movie).
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Oct 14, 2020 · The Pick of the Day is a 1970 Cadillac Eldorado transformed into a Del Caballero, a garish pimpmobile loaded with custom flourishes fit for the super-bad Super Fly movie dude Youngblood Priest, played by Ron O’Neal wearing a pair of enormous sideburns.
Jan 8, 2015 · Eugene is a mecca for curbside classics, but there are certain cars I’m just not going to find here. Toyotas from the seventies? Gobs. A genuine vintage 1974 Eldorado pimpmobile? Just not gonna’ happen. But Chicago is a different story, and Joseph Dennis found this very well preserved Eldo there.
1. Hustle & Flow. 2005 1h 56m R. 7.3 (43K) Rate. 68 Metascore. With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee. Director Craig Brewer Stars Terrence Howard Ludacris Anthony Anderson. Djay. 2. The Mack. 1973 1h 50m R. 6.6 (3.3K) Rate. 59 Metascore.
