Reactor Mach II

Infobox Automobile
name = Reactor Mach II


manufacturer =
parent_company =
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production = 1967
assembly = U.S.A.
chassis number = 59260327
cost = $20,000
predecessor = "The Piranha"
successor = The shuttlecraft and Klingon battlecruiser from Star Trek
class = Sports car
body_style = 2 door fastback
layout = Front-engined
platform =
engine = convert|425|hp
transmission = Automatic transmission
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designer = Gene Winfield
sp = us

The Reactor Mach II (pronounced 'Reactor Mach Two') is a prototype concept car created by car designer Gene Winfield. [http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/supercar.htm] , The Super Car.] Although this car is called "Mach II", there was no Reactor Mach I. The car cost $20,000 and it's body is mainly aluminium. The car was used in many programs including Bewitched.

Features

The Reactor Mach II features a fake radar screen which was made of a set of LEDs behind a glass screen, it also has hydraulic suspension (which was new at the time). It has an electrically powered "flip-top roof", electrically powered gull-wing doors and a convert|425|hp engine. All of its features were shown on Bewitched. The hydraulic suspension allowed the driver to adjust the ground clearance from 4 to 9 1/2 inches. [http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/scripts3.htm#93] , Bewitched script.] The car has lime green metallic paint and darker green shading around the edges to make it stand out. [http://www.westsidecruisers.com/Pictures/2005/20050326_Custom_Motor_Show/196x%20Reactor%20Mach%20II_02.jpg] , A picture of the Reactor Mach II.]

The Bewitched script stated that the car has a "control panel that looks like an IBM computer, [a] retractable rear bumper, [two] enclosed headlights, and [an] adjustable headrest". In the program the hood and front fenders do not lower, the, “IBM computer” is changed to a "radar”, the “Retractable fins” are changed to “Hydraulic suspension”, and the rear bumper the headrest and the headlights do not move.

On Bewitched

Infobox Automobile
name = On Bewitched


manufacturer =
parent_company =
aka = Mako Mark II
production = 1967
assembly = "Made in Detroit Mich. U.S.A."
chassis number = 59260327
cost = $150,000
predecessor =
successor =
class = Sports car
body_style = 2 door "fastback with a teardrop silhouette"
layout = Front-engined
platform =
engine = convert|425|hp
transmission = Automatic transmission
wheelbase =
length =
width =
height =
weight =
fuel_capacity =
related =
designer = "Joe" and "Charlie"
design time = 5 years
sp = us The Reactor Mach II starred in Bewitched's 93 episode (episode 19 in the season 3); "Super Car". [http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/reversereferences.htm] , Harpies Bizarre.] In this episode, Samantha convinces Endora (her mother) to make friends with Darrin, Endora attempts to do this by giving him the Reactor Mach II which was in a magazine he was reading.

The Reactor Mach II was much more than a car to the designers/engineers ("Joe" and "Charlie") in Detroit, who say that their experimental car cost $150,000 and five years of development time to manufacture.

The car's chassis number is clearly shown as "59260327" and it is "Made in Detroit Mich. U.S.A.". In the script the car was called “Mako Mark II”, although in the episode it was always called the Reactor Mach II. The script says that Samantha was supposed to call it a "425 horsepower fastback with a teardrop silhouette", but this was cut out.

Other TV appearances

*The Flying Nun, another program from ABC, was produced at the same time as Bewitched. The Reactor Mach II can be seen in episode 3; "Old Cars for New", in which Carlos was showing Sister Bertrille a car in a magazine. The magazine was the same magazine Darrin was reading in "Super Car"; its cover displayed a photo of the Reactor Mach II.

*The Reactor Mach II has appeared as Catwoman's "Kitty Car" in an episode of Batman. In this episode, the car had big ears and a tail attached.

*The Reactor Mach II also appeared as the "Jupiter 8" in the Star Trek episode "Bread and Circuses".

Current use

The Reactor Mach II appeared at the Custom Motor Show in Jönköping in 2005. [http://www.westsidecruisers.com/Pictures/2005/20050326_Custom_Motor_Show/20050326_Custom_Motor_Show.htm] , Custom Motor Show.] It is now a part of Darryl Starbird's National Rod and Custom Hall of Fame museum in Afton, Oklahoma.

External Links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQabuyOieWo Bewitched “Super car” Part 1]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uXAH0RqQVM Bewitched “Super car” Part 2]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P0TaYdgfKI Bewitched “Super car” Part 3]

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