MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 So I don't know of anything like this on this site but recently, because I have no social life, I've been watching old Game Shows from the 70s and 80s. Amongst the package holidays abroad, the teasmade and the colour TV a lot of cars were prizes!I've spent some time compiling some of these cars into this: And now, from Norwich: Ah yes, The Sale of the Century. The only gameshow where a correct answer won you £3 and a car was valued at £140. So as you can tell the Metro was a very common prize on this show but other cars made it on there too: Yes, a Mini. What else were you expecting? Didn't they do well? So Play Your Cards Right always offered a car and sometimes even something that wasn't either a Mini or a Metro, ooh... But just to be safe... There we go, anyway. And now for something completely different: Rusty Bin 3,2,1 seems to have a more varied selection of cars and, for once, not just small cars!.... Mainly small cars... I don't know a pun or anything here Wheel of Fortune, big in America, moderate success over here: And all this is yours if the Price Is Right: As far as the 80s are concerned, I've only ever seen one car up for grabs here, guess what it is: Of course Same show over the pond The American Price Is Right has 2 to 4 cars up for grabs each episode so here's a few from some early 70s episodes: Anyway, that's enough for now from me. If you've seen any old gameshows with a car as their prize then please tell me, maybe you were on a game show, maybe you won a car on one, who knows? But please reply as I'd love to hear about more cars up for grabs, cheers. Jim Bell, Banger Kenny and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 After all that only 2 pics uploaded, damn Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 More Price Is Right pics, last ones from the UK Jim Bell and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Dick Longbridge, Banger Kenny, tinribs and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 The staple of 80s game show prizes Banger Kenny, Jim Bell and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Family Fortunes, late 1990s. Les Dennis offered an unmissable* chance to win a Daewoo Espero. Banger Kenny, Braddon81, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Dick Longbridge, Banger Kenny and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Family Fortunes, late 1990s. Les Dennis offered an unmissable* chance to win a Daewoo Espero.Lucky person, whoever won that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Jim Bell and Banger Kenny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 tinribs, Jim Bell and Banger Kenny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Braddon81, meggersdog, trigger and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Another Metro, of course! Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Dick Longbridge, Braddon81 and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 There's more but I can't be bothered to post them right now... Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I like how the Sunbeam appears to be driving through the set of Allo Allo. HMC, Twiggy, jonathan_dyane and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Charlie Knobcheese Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Is that David Icke sitting in the red Mini? jonathan_dyane and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 One of our neighbours won a Suzuki Jeep on Wheel of Fortune MiniMort, eddyramrod and Banger Kenny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I remember a lot of Daewoos being available on gameshows, often Matizzzes or Leganzas. MiniMort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bergerac Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I think rules meant that prizes couldn't be too expensive, hence all the Minis and Metros. By the nineties, that was over so they could give away larger cars but almost always from Future Shite brands like Daewoo (as mentioned), Seat, Kia etc. Bruce Forsythe gave away some random stuff on "The Price is Right", I remember a few kit cars on the late 90s early 00s episodes. Had a quick look and found this Ferrari* on one. MR2 based by the dash, I'd suppose: overrun and Braddon81 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I think rules meant that prizes couldn't be too expensive, hence all the Minis and Metros. By the nineties, that was over so Correct, there was a cap pre-1981 of a £1000 for game shows. The Broadcasting Act 1981 upped it to £6000 and that cap was lifted at the start of 1993. Here's a couple of my old posts from "A shameless 'cars and girls' thread (contains sexism)" thread: (1992 Kia Pride 3dr hatchback with nude calendar model from Wheel of Fortune) Incidentally the woman didn't get the answer right, which was revealed as Scimitar fanatic: and I don't think I can top Carol Smillie with a Kia Pride on Wheel of Fortune (by pure accident caught whilst channel hopping across Challenge TV), so we'll have to settle for a Brucie Bonus instead of Gillian Duxbury with a Ford Fiesta Popular. (1982 Ford Fiesta Popular from Bruce Forsyth's Play Your Cards Right) Jim Bell and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 After all that only 2 pics uploaded, damn Yeah, but she looked great! Banger Kenny and MiniMort 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 remeber in the 80's paul daniels game show you won a moped.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Are they re-running Bullseye somewhere? I went up our local Working Men's Club last Sunday to renew my membership (it allows us to go to other CIU clubs where something is actually happening....) and Jim Bowen was on the widescreen above the bar, giving away a purple Mini. I was so mesmerised by the instant 1980s throwback of the whole occasion that I bought Mrs Rocker a Cinzano and ordered chicken and chips in a basket. Followed by an argument with a bloke at the bar about Maggie Thatcher..... Eddie Honda, UltraWomble, timolloyd and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Challenge TV mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Samba Le's used to be a popular prize on 321 and Bullseye up until 1983,usually in Baltic Blue or Cherry red as pictured.The 1990s return of Celebrity squares was positively decadent in comparison to those early 80s povo spec City's Le's and Populars. The Stack of cars to be won included Rover 214 and Astra cabriolets, Mini Coopers,Calibras, Astra estate and a Pineapple yellow sport and even a late model Suzuki Sj410 Jeep!My favourite prize though has to be off the very first season of Bullseye in 1981, where in its original Monday evening slot you could be driving off in a brand spangly new white Ital 1.3! Super smashing great! HMC, Banger Kenny, MiniMort and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Thank you for all the great comments back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Sale Of The Century for me was always summed up by this. mercrocker, Jim Bell and MiniMort 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UmBongo Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 And this muggerfugger. Banger Kenny, Tam and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Theres some prick in a hat with two greyhounds behind that green Robin Relient Kitten. Great thread! oldcars and MiniMort 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Gladiators was a bit more demanding than your typical game show so it had better prizes - a pair of Nissan Terranos. Sadly the female champion (Eunice Huthart - why the hell do I still remember her name more than 20 years later but I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning?!) couldn't insure hers and it turned up in Auto Trader a few weeks later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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