Danny ended up winning the car, as he and Sandy departed in it, waving farewell to their friends.
At the graduation carnival, there was a booth with a sign that said, "Win the Car of Your Dreams" for $1.00. The fantasy version of the car was later offered at the end of the school year in a raffle. Despite taking a bit of a beating, Danny emerged as the winner in Kenickie's place, During the race at Thunder Road, it took some (reparable) damage due to Leo's car tearing a gash in the driver's side door and knocking away one of the hubcaps. the car was was restored to its original state, with a new touch of lightning bolts to the paint job. One night, when Rizzo and Kenickie were doing it at makeout point, Leo backed into the car, damaging it even more, and raising the tension between himself and Kenickie.Īfter that night, the car was taken to the Rydell High auto shop. Though it was Kenickie's pride and joy, the car was a junker, and acted it. Its purpose was to give him and the other T-Birds a winning streak against the Scorpions at Thunder Road. Kenickie had purchased the white car on savings, most of which came from his summer job, lugging boxes at Bagrain City. Kenickie: You're cruisin' for a bruisin'.ĭoody: The problem isn't in the dent, the problem's in this rubber-band engine! Kenickie: You wanna make something of it?ĭoody: I wanna see you make something of this heap! She's gonna run like a champ! I'm racing her at Thunder Road. Kenickie: Wait till I give it a paint job and soup up the engine, man. In a way, the finished Greased Lightning in Grease Live has more resemblance to the fantasy version of the car thought up in the Greased Lightnin' music number. In Grease Live, the car is completed with Red Paint, Lightning Bolt Decals, and even a backup jet booster, which allows Danny to win the race. This version of the car was won by Danny at the school's graduation carnival, which he and Sandy departed in. It had a transparent plexiglass hood, with added fenders in the back and matching firestone tires with matching hubcaps.
The fantasy version of the car was a 1948 Ford Convertible in Kandy Red finish with white lightning bolts. Although unseen in the movie, the damage to the side was easily repaired. It was also dirtied, having splashed into the murky water, but still mostly intact, even more so than when Kenickie bought it. It was given a new coat of white paint, with added silver lightning bolts outlined in red.Īfter the race, the side of the car torn by the spurs on the hubcaps of Leo's car. The windshield, headlights, and bumpers were all replaced, a new antenna was added, and the tires were all matching white walls with new chrome hubcaps.
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Its windshield was cracked and held together with tape, the right headlight was out, the tires were mismatched without hubcaps, and it was in need of a new coat of paint.īy the time it was ready for the race at Thunder Road, it looked almost completely spruced up. The actual car was a originally a dilapidated, white 1948 Ford De Luxe Convertible.