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\u201cThe seals dry out; the gas goes bad,\u201d Moser said. \u201cYou basically have to restore the car.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also has to make them period correct, which often involves trading out tires, hubcaps and windshield wipers. Moser then presents that budget to the producers. Sometimes when he knows that particular cars will be too expensive or too tricky to source, he will suggest alternatives. For example, a \u201cDuster\u201d scene written originally to include Audis now features BMW Bavarians.<\/p>\n
Many viewers don\u2019t pay particular attention to a show\u2019s cars. But for others, the wrong car will interrupt the story. The right one, by contrast, will enrich it, in ways that even a casual watcher might appreciate.<\/p>\n
In \u201cDuster,\u201d there is an obvious symbiosis between Jim and his vehicle. The Duster and how Jim drives it tells us who Jim is. \u201cIt\u2019s his right hand; it\u2019s his best friend; it\u2019s the thing that gets him out of trouble when he needs it,\u201d Morgan said.<\/p>\n
An early model Duster was chosen for the series pilot, which was filmed in 2021 in Tucson, Ariz., before Moser was hired on. (Later episodes were filmed in and around Albuquerque.) Morgan was enticed by the relative rarity of the Duster, which Plymouth produced for about seven years starting in 1970, and by its speed and maneuverability.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really fast, unassumingly fast,\u201d Morgan said. This felt right for Holloway\u2019s Jim. \u201cIt has a little bit of a charm, which of course Josh Holloway has in spades, and a lot of swagger,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Holloway (\u201cLost\u201d), who learned to drive before he was 10, was drawn immediately to the Duster. \u201cYou can make it do things that now computers [in modern vehicles] won\u2019t allow you to do,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can spin that sucker, throw it any way you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n