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Ellis
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 1382 Location: Betws y Coed, North Wales
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:04 pm Post subject: Classic cars in old films and past TV programmes. |
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In common with other forum members, I suspect, I have a large number of old VHS cassettes and I am in the process of transferring the more interesting programmes from the past onto DVD.
I found one old Agfa VHS cassette this weekend with a recording of the TV detective Hazel on it - this must have been recorded in the early 1980s - showing his green N registered Triumph Stag and I thought it might be interesting for you to test your memories on cars from past TV series.
I will claim one of the more obscure ones here for starters, this being the BBC series Adam Adamant from 1966, with Gerald Harper in the lead role if I recall correctly and the black or certainly dark coloured Mini Coopers S (b&w those days!) that he drove in the series .
And now over to you all. _________________ Starting Handle Expert
1964 Jaguar Mark 2 3.4 litre
1962 Land Rover Series 2a 88"
2002 BMW M3 E46 Cabriolet
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loveoldclassics
Joined: 23 Dec 2011 Posts: 64 Location: Battle, near Hastings, England, UK
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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I always have liked Inspector Morse's Jaguar MK2. Also like some of the classic vehicles in Heartbeat which they repeating on ITV3. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22472 Location: UK
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Inspector Lynley.
Pug 607 1st episode
Interceptor MkII rest of first series
then
Bristol 410
This was despite driving a Bemtley according to Elizabeth George's books.
I have also seen the tall thin barrister in Kavangh driving a Bristol _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10 |
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Richard H
Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Frank Spencer had a pale blue Morris Minor as well, that got stuck on the edge of a cliff.
Morris 8 Series E in The Plank (Graham Sykes and Tommy Cooper).
Loads of interesting stuff in Foyles War & Heartbeat.
MK2 Consul in Carry on Camping.
A35 van in Carry on Constable.
Chrysler Avenger (The Crimson Avenger!) driven by Richard Wilson in the first episode of One Foot in the Grave (Alive and Buried).
You can't forget things like The Sweeney, Z Cars, Minder, etc either! _________________ Richard Hughes |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22472 Location: UK
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2493 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Rick wrote: | Later series featured an early XJS. |
With US-spec twin round headlamps, if I remember correctly. I'm not sure how I know that, as I didn't watch it (ITV wasn't really "done" at our house)
Rick wrote: | Anyone remember Lovejoy, and his Volvo estate - 245 or 265 maybe?
RJ |
245 I think, then a Minor convertible. Talking of Volvo estates, Jerry and Margo in The Good Life had one.
Lots of people drive different stuff on TV than in the books, though - I seem to recall reading that Inspector Morse has a Lancia in the books, not a Jaguar.
Randall and Hopkirk had an FD Victor estate.
Spender (Jimmy Nail) had a Sierra Sapphire Cosworth for some time. And Carter (in the Sweeney) had a HB Viva for a bit as well. One recent spectacle on an old edition of The Sweeney was the piece with the guy who played a gangster in Eastenders (forget which one, a few years ago) driving a 1300 Marina in a car chase. And another one shown a couple of weeks ago with Regan in a black Wolseley Princess. |
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Ellis
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 1382 Location: Betws y Coed, North Wales
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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Two more have just come to mind :
1. Basil Fawlty's Austin/Morris 1100 estate in Fawlty Tours - the one he gave "a damn good thrashing".
2. Emma Peel's Lotus Elan from the 1960s Avengers.
Lets include old films as well. An obscure one would be James Bond's Aston Martin DBS from On Her Majesty's Secret Service, then played by the Australian George Lazenby on the one and only occasion. Diana Rigg played the lead female role. _________________ Starting Handle Expert
1964 Jaguar Mark 2 3.4 litre
1962 Land Rover Series 2a 88"
2002 BMW M3 E46 Cabriolet
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22472 Location: UK
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Ellis
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 1382 Location: Betws y Coed, North Wales
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Rick wrote: | There were quite a few cars in Butterflies iirc - was there a Spitfire, and a Mini??
R |
That's right! I'd forgotten about Butterflies and the chauffeur driven Mark Two Ford Granada belonging to Wendy Craig's platonic suitor. _________________ Starting Handle Expert
1964 Jaguar Mark 2 3.4 litre
1962 Land Rover Series 2a 88"
2002 BMW M3 E46 Cabriolet |
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Rick Site Admin
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Was it Called Downton Abbey? There were a few interesting automobiles on that program.
Cheers
Dave |
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Rick Site Admin
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Ellis
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 1382 Location: Betws y Coed, North Wales
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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Richard H wrote: |
You can't forget things like The Sweeney, Z Cars, Minder, etc either! |
I have often wondered how many 1960s S Type Jaguars were destroyed in The Sweeney.
Does anybody remember the fabulously driven Jaguar Mark 2 in the film Robbery? _________________ Starting Handle Expert
1964 Jaguar Mark 2 3.4 litre
1962 Land Rover Series 2a 88"
2002 BMW M3 E46 Cabriolet |
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Dads Army, featured 1930 Wallis & Steevens 6-ton Advance Road Roller No.8034 rolling over all the Crew tents, the roller survives to today, and is now called Wentworth.
Cheers
Dave |
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