While the Blues brothers are the story's deuteragonists, the true star of the film is the iconic Bluesmobile, a 1974 Dodge Monaco police car that Elwood bought at an auction. Not only does the ...

When introducing the car to his brother Jake, Elwood famously lists the Bluesmobile’s specs. “It’s got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks ...

One thousand six hundred fifty of those cars were specially ordered for 1974 ... Many others were sold and restored into replicas of the Bluesmobile, and who knows how many of the original ...