The roll bar was painted black and back panel painted white at Ben’s Auto Body, to match the movie rig. He calls the Blazer ”Martin,“ Chief Brody’s first name.ĭiSaverio found three other people to help him remove the hard top. Unable to afford the cost of having it shipped to him, he flew south to “get my new baby“ and drove it back to Portsmouth. He said he checked the internet every few months to see if one was for sale “anywhere in the country.“ In July, during the 45th anniversary of Jaws, he bought his vintage Blazer from a North Carolina owner. Highlights there included meeting Alex Kitner, who played a boy on a raft in the movie Jaws and Chrissy Watkins, a girl in the opening scene.Īll the while, DiSaverio obsessed about a 1975 Blazer. "I spent more money than I made and loved every minute,“ he said. When DiSaverio brought his Spicy Shark hot sauces to market at "Shark-Con" in Florida last year, he said, "I was in heaven.“
It’s a passion he supports by donating a portion of the proceeds from his hot sauces for advocacy to end the shark fin trade. He met Wendy Benchley, widow of Jaws author Peter Benchley, which led to his involvement in shark conservation. He describes his first JawsFest on the Vineyard in 2012 as, “a life-changing event," where he met some of the film’s living actors and others involved in the filmmaking. He said he was a regular on "Jaws tours,“ took photos from every location in the movie and, ”I may have even re-enacted some of my favorite scenes when no one was looking.“ When he moved to Boston in 1977, his favorite vacation spot became Martha’s Vineyard, the setting for the movie’s fictitious Amity Island.
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