{"id":886,"date":"2006-04-12T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration"},"modified":"2006-04-12T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-12T20:08:00","slug":"disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/52\/127250876_776a1e2293.jpg?v=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/52\/127250876_776a1e2293.jpg?v=0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rwarn17588.wordpress.com\/2006\/04\/12\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/\">Route 66 News<\/a> follows the story of Author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelwallis.com\/\">Michael Wallis<\/a> (left) and a camera crew from the Disney Channel when they where on Route 66 on Monday and Tuesday. They where after the real-life inspirations for the characters in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carsthemovie.com\"><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Cars<\/span><\/a>, which the folks from Pixar, 6 years ago, found while traveling &#8216;The Mother Road&#8217;. Specifically they report about how Wallis and Disney where taping at the historic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcaferoute66.com\/\">Rock Cafe<\/a> in Stroud, Okla. <\/p>\n<p>They say&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">I attended the Tuesday taping at the historic Rock Cafe in Stroud, Okla. About a half-dozen classic cars were parked in front of the restaurant to provide a colorful backdrop.<\/p>\n<p>But the main reason the film crew was there was because Dawn Welch, proprietor of the Rock Cafe, is one of the inspirations for Sally the Porsche in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carsthemovie.com\"><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Cars<\/span><\/a>, voiced by Bonnie Hunt. Thank-you notes to Welch from Pixar employees are framed on the wall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wallis and the crew have shot footage of the following people:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">    * Dean Walker of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ksrt66association.prnservices.net\/index.html\">Kansas Route 66 Association<\/a>, who provided at least some of the inspiration for <a href=\"http:\/\/adisney.go.com\/disneypictures\/cars\/main.html?sec=1&#038;car=2\">Mater the tow truck<\/a> in &#8220;Cars.&#8221; One of Walker&#8217;s claims to fame is he is able to turn his feet completely backwards.<br \/>\n    * The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.users.globalnet.co.uk\/~msmith03\/route66\/R66_Kansas1.htm\">Rainbow Bridge<\/a> in Riverton, Kan.<br \/>\n    * Scott Nelson at his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eislerbros.com\/\">Eisler Bros. Store<\/a> in Riverton, Kan., who sang his usual rendition of &#8220;(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66.&#8221; Wallis said &#8220;Cars&#8221; director John Lasseter is a fan of the store&#8217;s hand-made sandwiches.<br \/>\n    * The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcadiaroundbarn.org\/\">Round Barn<\/a> of Arcadia, Okla., along with its affable caretaker, Butch.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rwarn17588.wordpress.com\/2006\/04\/12\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/\"><br \/>\nThe article<\/a> is a great read and is accompanied by some photos too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Route 66 News follows the story of Author Michael Wallis (left) and a camera crew from the Disney Channel when they where on Route 66 on Monday and Tuesday. They where after the real-life inspirations for the characters in Cars, which the folks from Pixar, 6 years ago, found while traveling &#8216;The Mother Road&#8217;. Specifically &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Route 66 News follows the story of Author Michael Wallis (left) and a camera crew from the Disney Channel when they where on Route 66 on Monday and Tuesday. They where after the real-life inspirations for the characters in Cars, which the folks from Pixar, 6 years ago, found while traveling &#8216;The Mother Road&#8217;. Specifically &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/upcomingpixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-04-12T20:08:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/up.pixarpla.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"602\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Thomas Huxley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@upcomingpixar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@upcomingpixar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Thomas Huxley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/\",\"name\":\"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration - Upcoming Pixar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-04-12T20:08:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2006-04-12T20:08:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Upcoming Pixar\",\"description\":\"A Pixar News Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8\",\"name\":\"Thomas Huxley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Thomas Huxley\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/author\/thomas-huxley\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration - Upcoming Pixar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration - Upcoming Pixar","og_description":"Route 66 News follows the story of Author Michael Wallis (left) and a camera crew from the Disney Channel when they where on Route 66 on Monday and Tuesday. They where after the real-life inspirations for the characters in Cars, which the folks from Pixar, 6 years ago, found while traveling &#8216;The Mother Road&#8217;. Specifically &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/","og_site_name":"Upcoming Pixar","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/upcomingpixar","article_published_time":"2006-04-12T20:08:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":602,"height":281,"url":"https:\/\/up.pixarpla.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Thomas Huxley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@upcomingpixar","twitter_site":"@upcomingpixar","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Thomas Huxley","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/","url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/","name":"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration - Upcoming Pixar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-04-12T20:08:00+00:00","dateModified":"2006-04-12T20:08:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/disney-film-crew-looks-for-cars-inspiration\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Disney film crew looks for Cars inspiration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/","name":"Upcoming Pixar","description":"A Pixar News Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8","name":"Thomas Huxley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Thomas Huxley"},"url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/author\/thomas-huxley\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/upcomingpixar.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured-600x281.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/upcomingpixar.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured-600x281.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Thomas Huxley","author_link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/author\/thomas-huxley\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}