What kind of car is it that Stallone drives in the movie Cobra?
The 1950 Mercury seen in the film is one of Sylvester Stallone’s personal vehicles. Several replicas were built for the scene where it was totalled. The studio commissioned four cars from Dean Bryant, Car Builder for the Stars. One was used for normal driving and interior shots and Sly still owns that one. The other three were stunt cars and were driven by stunt drivers. They all had race car-like appointments instead of those of a street cruiser (poseur?). Two of them were destroyed in filming and this one is the sole surviving stunt car. It has a full cage and Recaro race seats. The current owner raced the car in the Carrera PanAmericana VII back in the late 80’s. He also attempted to break the Land Speed Record for supercharged flat head V8’s with it in 1989, but fell 3mph short. As of August 2002, this car was for sale on Ebay!!! Sources: http://www.javelinamx.com/carstars/tvcar2.
