Split screens, on the big screen

I don’t know how this has escaped my notice for so long, the IMCDB website provides a movie search facility for cars! You can use it to see glimpses of cars in all sorts of films, particularly interesting if they happen to be lurking in period street scenes.

As if that wasn’t enough a comment facility is provided to allow endless debate on fascinating topics, like whether or not the wheel nuts are the right vintage for the vehicle. Looking up T25’s (listed under Vanagon) I found a bunch of spotters discussing if a police bus, really was a police bus. Its all down to the shade of green don’t you know.

On the site the hardcore spotters can even take on the challenge of identifying unknown vehicles from movie scenes. Its also great to see that some of my other old vehicular obsessions/tragedies are represented, namely the wobbly but wonderful Commer van, and the under rated though rapidly rusting Austin 1300.