“It’s so loud, the sound guys really hate it,” Budnick says of the big-block hero car, “The boys both love it though, so they keep asking for it.” After nearly 10 years on set, the Impala is as much a member of the Supernatural film-crew family as it is a third Winchester.īudnick’s own personal collection includes some classic Mopar muscle, built-up Chevy hot-rods, and over a hundred other cars from Checker Taxicabs to old cop prowlers. You half expect Waylon Jennings to start narrating. Week after week, with a creak and a clunk of solid Detroit iron, the pair clamber into their Impala, crank up the tunes, and head out on another adventure. At least, it is after the prop department loads it up – today there’s nothing in there but a tiny crucifix and a tire-iron (based on past episodes, the Winchesters could probably make do). The trunk is big enough to stow a body, painted with mysterious sigils that function as a demon trap, and crammed with all sorts of apparatus to smite the unholy. Up front, the Impala has bench seating, a line-lock for doing big, smokey burnouts, and a cassette deck for Dean’s classic rock favourites. Article content The Impala is powered by a 502-cubic-inch big-block V8. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
He made a decent living running his own neon sign company, and started putting together a personal fleet, just for fun. A car collector since the tender age of 14 – his first classic was a Ford Galaxie – Budnick’s always had something interesting in the garage. The story of his start in the business is equal parts luck, hard work, and sheer destiny. About 85% of the original core staff still remain, and Budnick’s been there since the beginning. Over the years, the film crew has gone from a tight professional group to something approaching a family. Jeff Budnick is the picture car co-ordinator for the filmed-in-B.C. It’s what the film industry calls a “hero car,” used for closeups, and it and its siblings are tucked away on an industrial lot in Burnaby, B.C. Budnick found it in Colorado, with just 12,000 original miles on the clock, and built it into a monster.
We’re standing next to the Impala in question, hunkered down on its tuned suspension and oozing charisma despite slightly shabby paint.
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