Probably the most difficult part of re-making the popular 1966 Green Hornet TV series into a new Hollywood movie?
Rounding up 29 1964 – 66 Chrysler Imperials and readying them for their close-ups – and lots of crashes.
Only two of the original Chrysler Imperials used in the 1966 TV series — the one that starred Van Williams and a then unknown Bruce Lee as Kato, Black Beauty’s driver — still exist. Both of them have been completely restored and neither were used in the new movie which is set for release in 2011.
More about them here.
In order to film scenes with the new Black Beauty, 29 ’60s-era Imperials were fit with roll cages, some were cut in two, and at least one had it’s suspension beefed up enough in to survive long leaps and intense landings.
Read the complete New York Times article on the Black Beauties, and how they were made movie-ready, here.
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