Topic: Why hasn't anyone done a 6000 SUX theme?
The 6000 SUX in Robocop was based on a 70s Cutlass, but you could make one out of just about any big Detroit car.
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The last time I watched I tried to figure out the 6000 sux. I really think it's a mid seventies Malibu.
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It's a heavily modified '76 Olds Cutlass.
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I think it is a full size Mercury with fox body Mustang bit grafted in...
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You guys are going to even bother arguing with Phil?
This would be like arguing Los Angeles area bath houses with George Michael.
You have no chance
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I still think Malibu. I'm gonna hafta do some more research.
At least I'm not arguing LA bath houses with you, Jonny.
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1977 Olds Cutlass Supreme according to IMCDB.
Sources generally fluctuate between 1976 and 1977 but all agree its the Olds Cutlass, dont question Phil 
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Here's the thing. There's only one scene where you can make out an important feature of the car. Near the end when Clarence drives up to the abandoned warehouse it shows the door handle and dash of the 6000. I don't have the DVD to verify, but based on memory, the dash seems to be a Malibu and not a Cutlass. I know everything online says 76 Cutlass, but it also says 3 cars were built. It could be that the car used in that scene was a Malibu and only the Cutlass was credited.
I need to watch the movie again.
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Judge Jonny wrote:
You guys are going to even bother arguing with Phil?
This would be like arguing Los Angeles area bath houses with George Michael.
You have no chance
The joy is in the journey. 
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If a Corolla can be turned into a Wienermobile, any big car can be turned into a credible 6000 SUX.
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Sure, but can any team boss be turned into the creepy Clarence J. Boddicker?
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Re: Why hasn't anyone done a 6000 SUX theme?
i'd buy that for a dollar
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Bonus points for anyone who can name the original source for "I'll buy that for a dollar."
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The Kornbluth scifi novel?
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MurileeMartin wrote:
Bonus points for anyone who can name the original source for "I'll buy that for a dollar."
total recall - the gov, arnold (forget about me spelling his name)
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krek wrote:
The Kornbluth scifi novel?
Short story, not novel, but you are essentially correct. Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons" of the early 1950s; the original was "Would you buy that for a quarter?"
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Krek - correct
A short story titled "The Marching Morons" written in 1951
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Ever since Al Gore invented the internet I find anything longer than a forum thread qualifies as a "novel".
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