Cinema Muscle Recreations Delivers Its First ‘Eleanor: Gone Again’
The company reaches a project milestone & releases an updated mission statement for the limited series of the iconic movie car…
“Eleanor: Gone Again,” based on the custom 1967 Ford Mustang from “Gone in 60 Seconds,” has reached a production milestone with the completion of EGA:01, the first customer car. The car will be featured in a first drive video with Hagerty presenter Henry Catchpole, releasing on Feb. 18, 2026. The next builds are in progress and will be delivered to customers beginning next month.
Randy Wolff, CEO of Cinema Muscle Recreations, has also given an update on the “Eleanor: Gone Again” mission statement, sharing more details about the project’s foundations and what distinguishes them from other Mustang builders who offer “Eleanor” replicas or tribute cars.
“We started this project to build the highest quality and most authentic ‘Eleanor.’ As the team who built the original 11 movie cars, and under the guidance of Ray Claridge, we are uniquely equipped to achieve that goal,” said Wolff. “There are other builders claiming to be ‘official’ and ‘licensed,’ but no other shop has our credentials. Ray led the team at Cinema Vehicle Services to build the 11 original movie cars and subsequently restore the six cars that were preserved after the film. No other shop was involved in the design, building, preservation or restoration of the original movie ‘Eleanors.’ Ray reassembled this team to continue the legacy of ‘Eleanor’ and to deliver the ultimate version of one of the most famous movie cars ever built.”
Building a Series of Truly Original ‘Eleanors’
Ray Claridge, founder and former owner of Cinema Vehicle Services, which produced the original “Eleanor” movie cars for the film, added, “When we built the original ‘Eleanors’ at Cinema Vehicle Services, we knew we had created something special. Seeing others try to recreate or pay tribute to your original creation is flattering, but those copies are just that, copies. And a copy is never as good as the original. After 25 years, we decided that the time was right to continue what we started by building a series of truly original ‘Eleanors’ and celebrating the 25th anniversary of the movie.”
The company says that a limited number of the 25 builds is still available for order at the project’s website at eleanorgoneagain.com.
