Quint Villanueva's Imperial in The Godfather

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

That was Abe Vigoda.

Paul

In a message dated 10/28/2003 9:11:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, Qlv@xxxxxxxxx 
writes:

> 
> 
> Greetings Mike
> My car was owned by my brother in law who lived in NJ.  He was contacted by
> the filming company at the same time they were contacting other owners of
> circa 1940s 1950s cars.  His car (my car now) is a 1953 Chrylser Imperial,
> green.  It is not the limo in the picture posted on the Imperial site.  If
> you review Godfather I, in the scene where they take away "Fish" (that was
> his Barney Miller name) they hauled him off on his one way ride in my
> brother in law's (now my) car.  There were a couple of other scenes the car
> was in.  I will have to look at the G-I film again and make a note of what
> scenes they are.  Unfortunately, when my bro in law passed away the
> documentation from the film company was lost.  When we look at the film as a
> family my kids always stand up and shout "there's uncle Tony's (now my) car!
> Play it again dad!"
> And now you know the rest of the story!
> 
>                                                            Quint
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike & Christine Trettin" <mtrettin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: October 28, 2003 4:03 PM
> Subject: IML: Quint Villanueva's Imperial in The Godfather
> 
> 
> >
> > > Thanks for the heads up.  I always like to spot Imperials in films. Mine
> > was
> > > in Godfather I.
> > >
> > >                                                             Quint
> >
> > Whoa, Quint!  I can't let that interesting tidbit go without asking you
> > about it:
> > http://www.imperialclub.org/Movies/GodfatherOne/index.htm
> >
> > Is that your car pictured on that page?  And is it a '54, or should it be
> > listed as a '53?  I'd love to hear your story of loaning the car for the
> > movie, how they treated it, whether you still own the car, etc.  Also more
> > pictures, if you have them, would be great!  If you'd be good enough to
> > write something up, and include any pictures you have, I'd like to add
> that
> > to the Godfather page.
> >
> > You can send stuff, including picture attachments, to the volunteers at
> > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mike Trettin
> > 1956 Imperial Sedan, Turquoise
> >
> >
> >