Original ‘Karate Kid’ Car Gets the Wax On, Wax Off Treatment in ‘Cobra Kai’
The spirit of Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) lives on in the second season of “Cobra Kai” through his love of vintage cars. In the YouTube series, Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) uncovers the yellow 1947 Ford Super Deluxe convertible that his teacher had him wax in order to instill in him the muscle memory that would be translated into defensive karate blocks. Now, Miyagi-Do Karate student Robby (Tanner Buchanan) is the one applying the wax and doing chores to learn martial arts.
This isn’t just any prop car though. It’s the original yellow Ford that was featured in the films and owned by Macchio himself. While he was shooting “Karate Kid III,” he had asked Columbia Pictures if he could buy the car, but never heard back. “On the day that ‘Part III’ came out, the car was outside in front of my house in New York from Columbia Pictures,...
This isn’t just any prop car though. It’s the original yellow Ford that was featured in the films and owned by Macchio himself. While he was shooting “Karate Kid III,” he had asked Columbia Pictures if he could buy the car, but never heard back. “On the day that ‘Part III’ came out, the car was outside in front of my house in New York from Columbia Pictures,...
- 4/26/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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