The filmmaker Quentin Tarantino decided to dupe classic car collectors whilst looking for 1970 Dodge Chargers and Challengers for his latest film - because he couldn't inform them that he wanted to wreck their prized possessions. The director launched a nationwide search for the rare vehicles and knew owners would refuse to sell them if they knew he was planning to use them in car crash sequences. He says, "One of the things that was told to us was `You can't mention that you're gonna destroy them.' They'll never sell them." Tarantino eventually got hold of seven classic vehicles and trashed all but two of them. He adds, "At the end of the shoot there was one Charger and one Challenger that we never destroyed... and I wanted them, it was my movie, so I bought them. "The mechanics went through all the other Chargers and Challengers and picked all the best parts and made a Frankenstein monster for me."

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