Tualatin’s Jonathon Hanington (middle) won the car from “The Green Hornet” as part of Carl’s Jr.’s “Keys to the Back Beauty” sweepstakes. Carl’s Jr. General Manager Rose Greg (left) and restaurant owner Dan Gjurgevich (right) presented the car to Hanington.
Jonathon Hanington’s new car certainly stands out in a crowd.
In fact, it not only stands out in a crowd, it draws the crowd to begin with. And that’s what it did Friday as it sat in Carl’s Jr. parking lot in Tualatin.
It’s called the “Black Beauty,” and with its hood-mounted machine guns and missiles hidden under the bumper, it caught the eyes of people, and, even in the pouring rain, who stopped to photograph it from every possible angle.
Inside, Hanington celebrated the new car with family and friends.
Hanington was the national winner of the “Keys to the Black Beauty” instant win game and sweepstakes sponsored by the fast-food chain and Sony Pictures. The sleek 1965 Chrysler Imperial Crown was prominently featured in the recent blockbuster film, “The Green Hornet,” starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou.
Hanington beat more than 122,000 applicants across the country to win the super-car, which was one of only three that survived the film’s numerous explosions and stunts.
The production built 29 cars for filming, and Hanington’s car was driven by Rogen and Chou to practice their stunt driving.
“I was just like ‘wow,’” Hanington said. “I couldn’t think of anything else to say.”
An Army-reservist, Hanington had returned from a training deployment in Germany in December and had gone through the drive-thru at Carl’s Jr. in Vancouver, Wash., where he was living at the time when he noticed the sweepstakes.
Though, when he entered the contest he said he wasn’t too concerned about winning the car.
“I was sitting around watching TV and I thought ‘what the heck,’” he said. “They were giving away Playstations and stuff and I thought I could win.”
Hanington didn’t win a Playstation, but was put into the drawing for the Black Beauty.
“I filled it out and then I kind of forgot about it,” he said.
Hanington was told he had won the car on the film’s opening day, and he made sure to see the film to see what his car could do.
Hanington’s only obligation in accepting the Black Beauty is to make himself available for publicity purposes.
The Green Hornet has been driving the Black Beauty since the 1930s when the masked hero first began his run on the radio.
In 1965 a Chrysler Imperial Crown was cast as the supercar for the ABC television series starring Van Williams and Bruce Lee and has become synonymous with the series and the Green Hornet.
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