Photo Gallery: Fast and Furious car creators at Vehicle Effects, Inc.
Picture Car Coordinator Dennis McCarthy atop the modified Dodge Charger that was dropped out of an airplane in the movie Fast and Furious 7 at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The cars used in the latest installment of the “Fast and Furious” franchise were organized and supplied by longtime Burbank resident Dennis McCarthy, who provides filmmakers with their automotive needs.
A pair of Fast and Furious 9 vehicles, the left one driven by Vin Diesel and the right by the late Paul Walker at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Two Camaro Z28s, with the left one being one dropped out of an airplane in Fast and Furious 7, at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A bad guy vehicle from the movie Fast and Furious 7 at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A garage filled with vehicles driven in Fast and Furious 7, being stored for Universal Studios, at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The 1970 Ford Escort driven by Paul Walker in Fast and Furious 6 at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A row of several vehicles from the Fast and Furious movies, leading with a Charger that was used in the movie Fast and Furious 7, at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The logo on the wind shield of the Charger that was dropped form an airplane in Fast and Furious 7 at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The Charger that was dropped from an airplane in Fast and Furious 7 at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Several vehicles that are in the lot at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley have a hole cut in the top to enable a parachute to deploy when dropped out of an airplane on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The backend of the Charger that was dropped form an airplane in Fast and Furious 7 at Vehicle Effects, Inc. in Sun Valley on Friday, April 10, 2015. Vehicle Effects, Inc. envisioned and acquired the vehicles used, and how they were used, in several Fast and Furious movies. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)