A Car Before It's Time...

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"I would of put this in the Theatre but I couldnt find all the parts"


Back in the day I saw a moive with a badass car in it. it would race other cars and play with them a little, then it would take off like a bat out of hell, then park sideways in the road to kill the other driver for revenge.
Anyway i found the race parts on youtube lastnight, so injoy...

The Wraith
Packard Walsh (Nick Cassavetes) and his gang steal the cars of people they threaten into intimidation races. As a result, the entire town is scared of him, except for his 'proclaimed' girlfriend Keri Johnson (Sherilyn Fenn), who, in reality, wants nothing to do with Packard.

Packard's control of the highways is suddenly targeted by the driver of a black high powered vehicle known only as the Wraith. The unknown racer arrives in town, just as a new guy named Jake Kesey (Charlie Sheen) does. Jake's first move is on Keri, and he also befriends Billy Hankins (Matthew Barry), who was the younger brother of her ex-boyfriend. Jake asks Billy about Keri's intentions with Packard, and Billy reveals to him that Keri was dating his brother Jamie before he was killed.

While Jake and Keri become closer, Packard's gang gets smaller and smaller as they each take on the unknown car in one on one races and end up dead at the end of them. Sheriff Loomis (Randy Quaid) begins tracking down the car in an attempt to find out what's going on, but the unknown driver is unstoppable.

After finally spending time with Jake during which they make love, Keri notices the similarities between Jake and her ex-boyfriend, Jamie. Packard decides to confront Keri after the last of his gang is killed by the Wraith, except for Rughead (Clint Howard) who quits the gang upon realizing who was after them and why, and he beats Billy in front of everyone at the fast food spot that he works at along with Keri. When Keri questions Packard, he reveals to her that he had Jamie killed because he felt he should have her instead of Jamie. Just as he pulls his switchblade, the Wraith appears and challenges him to one last race, which results in Packard being killed. With no gang left, Sheriff Loomis ends the investigation and the pursuit of the Wraith.

That night, Keri is arriving at her home just as the driver of the Wraith pulls up to the curb and reveals himself as Jake. Keri cannot believe her eyes- but Jake tells her that his new body was the closest he could get to being Jamie again, and tells her that they were "destined" to be together. He then asks her to wait for him because he has one last thing to take care of.

Jake finds Billy cleaning up at the fast food kitchen, and gives him the keys to the Interceptor, the only one of its kind. Billy asks "Who are you, bro?", to which Jake replies, "You said it, Billy." Just before he rides off on his dirt bike, Jake shouts that the instruction manual is in the glove box compartment of the car. Billy runs after him, but Jake is already gone. As Billy shouts after Jake, he realizes that Jake is in fact his murdered brother Jamie (shouting first "Jake" and then "Jamie"). Jake picks up Keri who was being watched by Sheriff Loomis, and they ride off into the night.

& the star of the show...

Turbo Interceptor
1984 Dodge-PPG Twin Turbo M4S Prototype



Here's a little of the moive, must watch on youtube.



Last race

www.thewraithcar.com/
"Hello from Wichita, Kansas!

Yes, it's a real Turbo Interceptor! I have one of the actual Dodge M4S movie prop cars from The Wraith. Over the many years of storage, the car has been stripped of its qualities. The car was acquired in October, 2003 and it came as pictured - no interior, no dash, a Buick V-6 power-plant and Corvette wheels. Even the Chrysler Pentastar had been covered with Bondo!

I am restoring the car at this time and will be adding pictures of my progress to this website. This has been a long process but I assure you, the project continues. I have decided to use a different engine then previously listed. I have found the correct gold rims and black leather seats. Although I have previously had my e-mail on the site, I am not able to offer a timely response so for the moment I have removed it."

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a little more on the car...

2.2 Trans Four OHC 8 valve I4 (2198 cc / 132 cid)
440 Horsepower @ 7000 RPM
300 lbs of torque
0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds (estimated)
1/4 mile: 12.9 seconds @ 104 mph (estimated)
Top Speed: 194.8 (observed speed - Road & Track Magazine)


"The Dodge PPG Interceptor also know offically by it's Dodge name, the M4S, is a car that was built in the early 80's. 1984 to exact is the model year. It had very little in commom with anything produced by Dodge in those times. It was NOT just a Daytona with a different body. The only thing the M4S shared with the Daytonas of the day was the 2.2 liter engine block and the 5 speed manual transmission. On top the block was a highly modified Cosworth 16 valve twin cam head. It was force fed with twin Garret T-25 turbochargers and fueled with Bosch- L Jettronic fuel injection. It made 440 hp and had a top speed as tested by Road and Track to 194.8 mph. It did 0 to 60 in 4.1 and the 1/4 mile at 12.9 at 104 mph. Rumor had it that there was also another engine that was making 600 hp. The M4S was a mid-engine designed car designed by Dodge as a concept for future production, but due to it's high cost construction the idea for production was dropped seeing how Dodge didn't think anybody would be interested in a high proced sports car in those days. Remember this was 1984. Long before the Interceptor M4S made an appearance in the low budget film 'The Wraith' it saw use as an actual Indy pace car. The only modification the M4S received was flashing strobe lights for serving duty as the Indy pace car. After it's first major appearance to the public at Indy the car was donated by Chrysler for use in the movie 'The Wraith'. A place called Code One was contracted to build some replicas of the real prototype M4S for the movie. I've read that up to 30 of these cars were built for crash sequences and stunts. After the movie filming was over the car was returned to Dodge. Flash forward to today and apparently there are know to be 4 M4S's in exsistance. One was last known to be located in the head quaters for PPG Industries. One of the others is located at the Walter P. Chysler Museum in Aubum, Michigan and is on regular display. The last thing I heard was that there is a place, and I'm not sure of the name, that makes reproduction PPG Interceptor rolling chassis's for sale to the publiuc after buying the rights. They have a website on the internet as well and a complete car sells for something close to $70,000. However the engine is not a Dodge 2.2 twin turbo. I believe they stick Chevy 350's in the car instead much like any other kit type car. The coolest thing would be to buy a rolling chassis and throw a good old Dodge 2.2 liter Turbo II engine in it modified to make 300 hp or more"

As far as I know of, this is 1 of 2 MS4's left.