![]() There cannot be a list of best cars in movies without mentioning the DeLorean. Also note our list is in no particular order. We know you have your own opinion, so don’t jump down our throats if it happens to differ from our list. So these are our picks for the top 5 most iconic cars to have appeared in movies. Though, everyone has an opinion, and it doesn’t hurt to express that opinion. It all comes down to being a matter of preference. There are numerous different movies to take into account, and a virtually endless list of cars. I told her ‘Isn’t this great?’” said Fly.Trying to decide on which cars are the best, as far as movies go, is certainly futile. “Me and my girlfriend took Peggy Sue to In-N-Out, and while everyone else had to eat inside their cars, we got to put the back door down and sit out in the open. He paid his neighbor, who did the upholstery, in rum cakes.Īlthough Fly takes his Chevy, which he’s named Peggy Sue, to the beach for surf days, some of the best moments are off the beach. It wasn’t long before Fly had the whole neighborhood involved in the project of restoring his car. “People thought I was nuts and asked me ‘What are you doing?’ I told them, ‘I’m having fun! I have a diamond in the rough!’” “The body was all brown – a lunch bag brown,” said Fly. People see my car and go 'Wow!' It’s a happy car."įly purchased his 1955 Chevy Bel Air from an Arizona dealer eight years ago, and had it towed to the Capistrano Beach industrial neighborhood where he runs his shaping business. “I look at it as the history of the vehicle – the nostalgia and keeping the spirit of old vehicles alive,” said Jean Pierre Van Swae, a 72-year old Laguna Beach surfer/shaper otherwise known as “Fly.” “I’m part of that culture. It’s all about the journey, and the car is the journey.” The adventure isn’t the destination – Mother Nature determines whether the waves are good. “There’s nothing like putting all your gear in your car and driving without knowing when you’re coming back. “It’s the most epic surf/camping car ever,“ said Moyer. Moyer, however, has no plans to sell his vehicle. "I recently had it appraised for $12,000.” “It’s a lot for a classic, but they’re only going up in value," said Moyer. The couple purchased their 1971 VW Bus at the VW Classic car show in Irvine, CA for $8,500. "We spent every last cent and cleaned out every account.” ![]() “She was tired of hearing me tell stories about it and how much I missed it, so we decided to pool our money and get one," said Moyer. The idea of buying his second VW Bus started when Moyer and his wife Aislinn began dating. I sold it because I was tired of going slow. “I bought it when I was 16 or 17, and drove it until I was 20. “This was the first car I ever owned,” said Moyer. In celebration of the first day of Summer, and of International Surfing Day, we cruised the Southern California coast in search of the iconic surf cars that help transport us from where we are (most likely in an office with flourescent lighting) to where we really belong. "I own a '97 Silverado and it's a good truck, but the Volkswagen bus is the only car I know that you can lock a 9'6" board inside of where people you pass on the road will wave and smile because it makes them happy and when you pull up at the beach, your car becomes the epicenter and the hangout spot," said Jason Moyer, a 35-year-old surfer from Costa Mesa, CA. It's a nostalgic paradise that appeals to surfers and non-surfers alike, and part of why classic surf cars have grown to be so popular, even with the technology and conveniences of today's modern-day vehicles. Nothing evokes the spirit of the "Endless Summer" quite like a vintage surf car, and who doesn't want to be reminded of an idyllic lifestyle of surf, good times with friends, and warm summer days?
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