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[Ryan]

hey does anyone know if any of the crown vics from bb2000 where used on the show due south it was also filmed in and around toronto around the same time ive watched a few episodes and noticed a few 89 to 91 crown vics as chicago police cars

[Blueblood]

Not unless they had the Cook County Seal!!

Got some stills?

[Ryan]

no but they where blue and white city cars

[Neums]

Do you meen Bluesmobile Crown Vics, or other police Crown Vics used in the movie? A company called Walsh's in Toronto built the Bluesmobiles for the movie. They also have a large collection of movie rental cars including police cars. Some of those rental cars may have been in both movies. When I was at Walsh's, I saw quite a few cars that I recognized from various TV shows and movies. The Bluesmobiles were made specifically for BB2000 and weren't in any other films. One Bluesmobile, #1, was painted white and crushed by a monster truck in the "State Fair" scene. All others remained Bluesmobiles. (also, Chicago PD never used 88-91 Crown Vics, so that movie got it wrong!) If you search for Walsh's in Toronto, all it looks like from the street is a gas station. All the cars are in a lot behind the building.

[Ryan]

oh i know walshs quite well i towed a few cars for them when i worked in the rat race toronto but a freind of mine was telling me walshs lost some of there property back to cn rail there and also he heard bill walsh is getting out of the movie cars and he recentley sold his towing company bill and son and i know chicago pd never used those cars but i saw on due south white crown vics around 88 to 91 painted up like chicago pd cars i guess just for the show

[pigpen]

The cars from Due South were supplied by a picturecar company called Avonhill in Toronto not HW picturecars who supplied BB2K....in fact there are no Chicago cars in BB2K.
While Avonhill went out of business many years ago , HW picturecars (Walshs) is still in business and still supplying cars for many productions , however Bill Walsh and Bill & Son towing never had anything to do with HW picturecars that company is and always has been owned by Hubert Walsh. Bill & Son did almost all the towing for BB2K as you can see on my flickr page ( to qualify my comments..I once worked for Bill & Son then moved over to HWPC and for many years ran that company for Hubert including supplying all the vehicles in BB2K ) Blues Brothers 2000 - a set on Flickr

[Blueblood]

Thanks for the input Bill !!!! Awesome info!

When in doubt go straight to the horse's mouth eh!
The pics are a treat too! There are some I didn't have of ole 57. The one's where she's covered in snow looks so inviting now. It's in the 90's with 1,000% humidity at the moment...