10 Secrets From The Set Of John Carpenter's Halloween 1978
6. Michael's Car Was A Rental And The Agency Had No Idea
Tommy Lee Wallace was tasked with finding a 'government-looking' car to appear in the film as the vehicle that Michael steals and escapes from the asylum in. While the fact that Michael drives has been an ongoing joke for several years, the actual car itself had an interesting history.
The car that Wallace picked was a 1976 Ford LTD station wagon. The amount of thought that went into this car... was simply to source it from the nearest rental-agency.
That was it! The iconic car that drives slowly by Laurie, Annie, and Linda as they walk home from school was a cheap, two-week rental. The wire mesh to separate the front and back seats of the car was installed by Wallace, as were the asylum logos and the Illinois licence plates.
The rental agency were never informed that their vehicle would appear in the film, and to this day Carpenter loves the look of the car that was used.