Hollywood's Hidden Parking Lot (mother lode of movie cars)

[Blue_Tires]

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Nestled away in North Hollywood is one of the most valuable parking lots in the world. The 100,000-square-foot complex houses the offices (and rides) of movie vehicle designer Tim "Fireball" Lawrence, as well as Cinema Vehicles Services — one of the most storied automotive build houses in Hollywood.

"They say Nicholas Cage was the star of Gone in 60 Seconds," Fireball says as he walks through a body shop buzzing with activity. "He wasn’t. The '67 Shelby Mustang we built here was the real star."

Everything from Batmobiles to crashable "Ferraris" to an endless fleet of made-for-the-screen taxis and police cars have found life in this shop, thanks to Fireball’s designs and CVS’ team of automotive experts. Fireball gave Wired.com a look behind the lot’s razor-wired walls, shedding light on the genesis, customization and final resting places of some of film and television’s most memorable vehicles.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/11/fireball-tim/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))&pid=1279&viewall=true

http://jalopnik.com/5686582/hollywoods-hidden-parking-lot/gallery/

[mucifer]

1. There is a fun tacky auto museum near Chicago

Lots of cars from old movies and tv shows. It has a feel to it like they have done nothing with the museum in 30 years including the admission price. Here's some of the cars they have:

http://volocars.com/attractions-hollywood.htm

[hunter]

2. If you were a car, that place would be hell.

They shoot you full of bullet holes, they roll you, they cut you in half, they patch you together like a Frankenstein monster, it never ends...



"The ominously titled Graveyard is where Cinema Vehicles Services' truly thrashed automobiles find cinematic life after death. "A lot of these cars won’t drive, but they still get sourced quite often for post-apocalyptic movies," says Fireball."

cleaned up link:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/11/fireball-tim