Over 60 old police cars were purchased for the film's chase scenes, and the production kept a 24-hour body shop open to perform repairs as needed. A mechanic took several months to rig the car for that scene. One was designed simply to fall apart upon its arrival at the Cook County Building. Some were formatted for speed, and others in jumps or high-performance maneuvers, depending on the scene. The film used 13 different cars to depict the Bluesmobile, all of which were former police cars purchased from the California Highway Patrol, and were mocked up to look like former Mount Prospect, Illinois patrol cars. Bridge in Chicago, Jake approves it as their new Bluesmobile.

After proving its worthiness by jumping it over the 95th St. Elwood explains the Dodge Monaco is a decommissioned Mount Prospect police car, which he purchased at a surplus auction the previous spring. When Jake asks about their previous Bluesmobile, Elwood tells him he traded it for a microphone. In The Blues Brothers opening scene, Elwood arrives at Joliet Prison in the 1974 Dodge Monaco to pick up the newly-released Jake. The Blues Brothers (film) - 1974 Dodge Monaco However, its cigarette lighter does not work when Jake discovers this early in the film, he throws it out the window.īlues Brothers: Private (book) - 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Īccording to Blues Brothers: Private, published in 1980 and written by Judith Jacklin and Tino Insana to add substance to The Blues Brothers universe, the first Bluesmobile was a 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special license number SP2 153.

The Bluesmobile has the ability to perform seemingly impossible stunts, such as jumping over an open drawbridge, flipping backwards in midair and even 'flying' for very brief periods of time. Elwood Blues describing the Bluesmobile

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