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const SHOWCASE_VEHICLES = [
{ year:"1968", vehicle:"Ford Mustang GT390", film:"Bullitt", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bullitt-Mustang-Static1.png", fact:"The wheel cap falls off THREE times during the chase — nobody ever fixed the mistake." },
{ year:"1968", vehicle:"Dodge Charger R/T", film:"Bullitt", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/bullitt-charger-1.png", fact:"The 'villain's car' was secretly faster than Steve McQueen's Mustang." },
{ year:"1976", vehicle:"Pontiac Firebird Trans Am", film:"Smokey and the Bandit", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/smokey-and-the-bandit-pontiac-1.png", fact:"This one movie basically launched a whole car as a product." },
{ year:"1974", vehicle:"Kenworth W900A", film:"Smokey and the Bandit", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Smokey-and-the-bandit-kenworth-1.png", fact:"The beer in the trailer would've gone bad in real life — the fridge wasn't even hooked up." },
{ year:"1970", vehicle:"Dodge Challenger R/T", film:"Vanishing Point", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Vanishing-Point-Charger-1.png", fact:"The 'holy grail' of movie muscle cars has never actually been found." },
{ year:"1969", vehicle:"Dodge Charger R/T", film:"Dirty Mary Crazy Larry", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Dirty-Mary-Crazy-larry-Charger-1.png", fact:"The train-crash ending was real — they actually hit the car with a locomotive." },
{ year:"1971", vehicle:"Pontiac LeMans", film:"The French Connection", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/french-connection-pontiac-lemans-1.png", fact:"They didn't fully close the streets for this chase. Some of the danger on screen was real." },
{ year:"1977", vehicle:"Mack RS-712LST", film:"Convoy", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Convoy-Mack-Truck-1.png", fact:"The truck's famous engine sound isn't even from the truck on screen." },
{ year:"1979", vehicle:"Kenworth K100C Aerodyne", film:"BJ and the Bear", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BJ-and-the-bear-kenworth-1.png", fact:"The chimp co-star had his own custom-built safety seat in the cab." },
{ year:"1974", vehicle:"Kenworth W-925", film:"Movin' On", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/movin-on-kw-100a-1.png", fact:"A U.S. President reportedly took notice of the trucking craze this show helped fuel." },
{ year:"1974", vehicle:"Ford WT-9000 \"Blue Mule\"", film:"White Line Fever", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/White-Line-Fever-Blue-Mule-1.png", fact:"The truck's on-screen damage in the finale was 100% real, not movie magic." },
{ year:"1969", vehicle:"Dodge Charger R/T (\"General Lee\")", film:"The Dukes of Hazzard", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Dukes-of-Hazzard-General-Lee-1.png", fact:"As many as THREE General Lees were destroyed filming a single episode." },
{ year:"1984", vehicle:"Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole", film:"Magnum P.I.", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Magnum-PI-Ferrari-1.png", fact:"Porsche said no to this show. Ferrari said yes — and it became iconic." },
{ year:"1986", vehicle:"Ferrari Testarossa", film:"Miami Vice", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Miami-Vice-Testerrosa-1.png", fact:"Ferrari's lawyers are the reason the show's most iconic car exists at all." },
{ year:"1983", vehicle:"GMC Vandura 2500", film:"The A-Team", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/A-Team-GMC-Vandura-1.png", fact:"26.4 million people watched this show's premiere right after the Super Bowl." },
{ year:"1981", vehicle:"GMC K2500 Sierra Grande", film:"The Fall Guy", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Fall-Guy-GMC-K2500-1.png", fact:"The hero truck hid a secret compartment running the full width of the truck bed." },
{ year:"1979", vehicle:"Dodge Macho Power Wagon", film:"Simon & Simon", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/simon-simon-macho-power-wagon-1.png", fact:"Nobody knows where the actual hero truck ended up. It just disappeared." },
{ year:"1979", vehicle:"Lamborghini Countach LP400 S", film:"The Cannonball Run", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cannonball-Run-Lamborghini-Countach-1.png", fact:"This exact car ended the real Cannonball Run race before it ever starred in the movie." },
{ year:"1976", vehicle:"Lotus Esprit S1", film:"The Spy Who Loved Me", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Lotus-Espirit-1.png", fact:"The submarine version of this car was bought by Elon Musk for $997,000." },
{ year:"1971", vehicle:"Ford Mustang Mach 1", film:"Diamonds Are Forever", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Diamonda-Are-Forever-Ford-Mach-1.png", fact:"A genuine film car once failed to sell for even $23,000. Nobody knew what it was worth yet." },
{ year:"1978", vehicle:"GMC K15 Sierra Classic Stepside", film:"Hooper", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Hooper-GMC-K1500-1.png", fact:"The famous high-speed reverse driving scene was a real camera trick, not CGI or a stunt double." },
{ year:"1980", vehicle:"GMC C-35 Sierra Classic Dually", film:"The Cannonball Run", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cannonball-Run-GMC-Dually-1.png", fact:"This truck's entire role in the movie is a running joke about it having no brakes." },
{ year:"1981", vehicle:"DeLorean DMC-12", film:"Back to the Future", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Back-To-The-Future-Dolorean-DMC-1.png", fact:"The time machine was almost a refrigerator instead of a car." },
{ year:"1959", vehicle:"Cadillac Miller-Meteor \"Ecto-1\"", film:"Ghostbusters", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Ghostbusters-Ecto-1-1.png", fact:"Sony still owns the real Ecto-1 — it's parked on the studio lot as part of the tour." },
{ year:"1982", vehicle:"Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (\"KITT\")", film:"Knight Rider", img:"https://retroreelrides.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Knight-Rider-KITT-Pontiac-Trans-AM-1.png", fact:"Each KITT reportedly cost about $100,000 to build in 1982 dollars — nearly $300,000 today." },
];
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return copy.slice(0, n);
}
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