CO : Roy dixon car #55

On my goodness. Allpar, how could you.

From Hemmings:
> The 1974 Dodge Monaco Bluesmobile from Blues Brothers...
> Allpar reports that of 13 used, eight were destroyed, and three of
> the remainder are accounted for, on in private hands, one at
> Disney’s “House of Blues,” and one at Universal’s Famous Fast Cars.
from
blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/12/01/save-these-cars-hollywood-california-part-ii/

Hemmings provides this link to allpar:
www.allpar.com/history/dodge/bluesmobile.html

which says:
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Don S. Weir wrote:

I am a close friend of Roy Dixon, Dan's brother in law, and I have a "Blue Mo" as it is called by Dan and Roy and other people that are associated with this car.

According to Dan, this car was one of many actually used in filming and is one of three still known to exist. It was given to Dan by John Landis after completion of the filming of the movie. Dan claims that this car was the one that John Candy (Patrol Officer Burton Mercer) rode while penetrating the side of a semi-trailer in one of the scenes in the movie. At that time it was configured in Illinois State Police colors. Dan reportedly drove it in Manhattan for two years with all the markings, red light bar and fake police plates.

In 1986, he gave this car to Roy, who painted the body as a Bluesmobile; as it was Ellwood's personal car it was considered a "Bluesmobile."

I have tried to verify and document all of this but had no luck in doing so. I did obtain a title for the car but it would be nice to know more.

This car is a Dodge Monaco. I was also given a 1979 St. Regis which was also allegedly connected with the movie. This car was allegedly given to John Landis, (or someone in production), by Cam Benty, who was associated with Car Craft magazine or a similar magazine and was used in some form in promoting the movie. It was allegedly driven in the “cannonball run” or another cross country race from Boston to Santa Barbara but in my research I could not find it listed anywhere nor could I find anything on Cam Bently.

Roy claims that Cam Benty came to Virginia in the late 1980s and took pictures of both of these cars for a special article in his magazine to be titled "In Search of The Blues" but again, I have not been able to find any info at all to verify that so I do have doubts about some of these claims.

I also want to mention that the Dodge Monaco is not in great shape but I drove the car in the Apple Blossom Parade in Winchester, Virginia several years ago, and at least this piece of Mopar history has not been sent to the scrap yard!
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It looks like Don Weir and Roy Dixon are somehow connected.

Here's where Don made a flyer for
> Hillbilly Heaven Flyer Promoting The Roy Dixon, Jr. Show & The
> Conway Twitty, Jr. Band
www.norvapics.com/images_lorton_hillbillyheaven.php


> I have a "Blue Mo" as it is called by Dan...
hehehe, a Blue Mo.

> I have tried to verify and document all of this but had no luck in
> doing so.
I guess he gave up on the Bill Gates note.


I wonder if Dan knows or cares about any of this. The whole thing just sounds nutty.

Steam, I think that makes the most sense.
Dan is just having fun. I'd tend to think we could ignore all his answers on this subject, with the possible exception of talking with Huey, as presumably they'd be close enough that he wouldn't be pulling a joke on Huey and Dan was just being honest and straightforward when he said he didn't know of any original blumos.