The Cars of the Fast and the Furious: The Making of the Hottest Cars on Screen [Paperback]

Eddie Paul (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2006

A fascinating look inside the preparation of the cars and the making of the movie scenes featured in the 2001 box office hit The Fast and the Furious and in the 2003 summer release sequel The Fast and the Furious 2. Officially authorized by Universal Studios, this book draws on the experience of Eddie Paul in acquiring, constructing and modifying the cars for both movies. This book, with 300 color illustrations, reveals how the automotive stunts were choreographed, performed and filmed. This is a true insider's guide to the exciting world of fast cars, thrilling stunts, and motion-picture production.

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About the Author

Beginning as a self-taught welder, painter, metal fabricator, and machinist, Eddie Paul has gone from customizer to creator, designer, and inventor. He has built all manner of outrageous mechanical contraptions for the entertainment industry--including two life-sized horses for the movie Mask of Zorro, and a life-sized, fully-functioning mechanical shark for the Cousteaus--as well as more than 50 cars for movies such as Grease, ET, and The Fast and the Furious. His company, which performs an array of engineering, design, and manufacturing services, has served clients such as the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Boeing, Rockwell, Mission Research, SOCOM, and the Department of Forestry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (July 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760315515
• ISBN-13: 978-0760315514
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #933,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book!!!, November 2, 2006

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This review is from: The Cars of the Fast and the Furious: The Making of the Hottest Cars on Screen (Paperback)

This book is full of color pictures, and great stories about thow they got the cars for this great movie! I own a Honda S2000 and I used the book in my car on the day of the car show. I highly recommend this book, you won't be disappointed!

5.0 out of 5 stars INTERESTING LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES, April 11, 2006

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BMH (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cars of the Fast and the Furious: The Making of the Hottest Cars on Screen (Paperback)

I love tuner cars and I'm always fascinated by how movies are made. This book puts the two together with a lot of good photos.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Cars for enthusiats and realists, October 17, 2005

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Hand of Fate "Hand" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cars of the Fast and the Furious: The Making of the Hottest Cars on Screen (Paperback)

Amusingly, Another reviewer "Eggplant" appears not to have read the book, and is using the space here for mis-guided American flag waving exercise.

I have ordered the book because of his comments. Why? Because he lambasts it, based on the alleged superiority of the American V8. Eggplant is so wrong about engines that I am confident he'll be wrong about the book too. Having owned both American powered and Japanese powered machines, obviously Eggplant hasn't the slightest clue about performance or reliablity. Every Japanese machine I have owned (many) has outclassed every American machine I have owned (I no longer buy them), across the board. Power, handling, reliablilty, serviceability etc.

The reason these cars are riding your tail Eggplant, is that you can't or wont get out of the way. "Classic Muscle"? ROFL. Like on the dual horses of your chariot? Push rods, chortle. Any time he wants to take on my twin-turbo supra, (plain white) on the straight, round a hairpin, in an economy or a reliability run, I'll be waiting for him at the finish to sign my copy of this book.
Carburators (snigger).
Automatic gearboxes (guaffaw).
Points (cough, grin laugh).
Oh stop- my sides are hurting...
69 Charger that ran for 90 seconds before suffering a mechanical failure. A _mechanical_ failure! Haw haw haw. I used to have those, LoL. Heee heee heee snigger.

Roll on Fedex, bring me some real car action!