If you like a P6 you're gonna hate East Enders

[FredTransit]

heads up, some time soon (filmed today) a P6 meets its end in an accident scene. They cut the roof off. Thats fooked it....

[Wilko220]

I suppose at least it makes sense given that Eastenders is a period drama set in the time and all that...

 

Cunts.

[Lankytim]

They trashed a S1 Jag XJ6 recently too. Why do they think they are, Heartbeat?

[maxpower]

[Partridge]

Yeah, sure there was nothing newer around they could trash. Arse crisps.

[cobblers]

They should have just unbolted it.

[maxpower]

At least add a reason for the waste of the car like opening the boot and finding ethel skinner and lou beale bound and gagged... then the age thing kinda blends in.... wait a min.... i could do that e/enders job..P.O.P

[Partridge]

Anyone notice how the BBC seem to be on a mission to trash all nice old cars?

[londonm]

I think we should trash BBC. Not worth the licence fee, and in the spirit of free speech they don't allow comments on their thousands of tax payer funded web pages.

[RedSparrow]

They did a Dolomite about 6 years ago.

I never got why they used it instead of something newer.

 

The Jag I can kind of understand cos it's fits with their incorrect idea about east end gangsters, like Lock Stock etc.

It's not the 1980s anymore, which by the way was when Eastenders was actually good.

 

Heartbeat was utter shit though, the car trashing thing just made it worse. Aren't there a few cars from the show sitting outside some makeshift 'museum' rotting into the ground?

[Partridge]

Yup RedSparrow you’re right. Someone posted pictures of it on here.

[Wilko220]

Yes, it's true. Although given that they basically wrecked a whole village, I suppose the cars are pretty small beer.

[Ghosty]

They did a Dolomite about 6 years ago.

I never got why they used it instead of something newer.

 

This was for Ashes to Ashes - had to be a Dolomite as it was set in 1982 and it was supposedly a rental car (plot point). I saw some production photos from this on the Dolly forum, they had 3 identical Dolomite HLs for that. The one that got wrecked was fucked structurally and mechanically, they just dressed it up to make it look good for the cameras. The other two were good - sold on eventually. See here - scroll to the bottom, there's a full explanation - though it seems the guy's speculating, I can't make much sense of it. It half makes sense, though.

They also had a debadged green Dolly 1300 as a prop car for the first series - it was on C&C and eBay a while back for £2500 with a main character's police badge supposedly in the glovebox.

[RedSparrow]

I find it hard to beleive that they'd go to the trouble of tarting up a knackered one...

 

[trigger]

A2A's also smashed up a Princess that was owned by a Traveller or his Doctor if I remember right in the first series too.

[Station]

Interestingly, there has been at least one murder in -every- house in Eastenders, Coronation Street, and Brookside. And probably countless affairs.

[autofive]

not having a TV for the last 3 years (at least) I havent missed eastenders, or indeed any of the peado-loving (and peado-facilitating) BBCs content. Although they still send me a letter every month inviting me to pay them 145 notes to contract with them. (or at least, Capita send me a letter pretending to be 'TV licencing'). when their bastards arrive on my door step I tell to fuck off in a very shouty shouty voice and follow them out of the gate just to make sure they understand my anger at being hounded and deceived. (european union directive: it is illegal for a member state to charge its citizens to receive information)

 

anyway, I dont remember anyone having a dig at guy ritchie when he destroyed a very nice looking P6 and several other tidy cars

or is that because he shagged madonna and leslie granthem only shagged himself?

[Wilko220]

I thought Lock Cock, etc was a disgrace too...

[maxpower]

not having a TV for the last 3 years (at least) I havent missed eastenders, or indeed any of the peado-loving (and peado-facilitating) BBCs content. Although they still send me a letter every month inviting me to pay them 145 notes to contract with them. (or at least, Capita send me a letter pretending to be 'TV licencing'). when their bastards arrive on my door step I tell to fuck off in a very shouty shouty voice and follow them out of the gate just to make sure they understand my anger at being hounded and deceived. (european union directive: it is illegal for a member state to charge its citizens to receive information)

 

anyway, I dont remember anyone having a dig at guy ritchie when he destroyed a very nice looking P6 and several other tidy cars

or is that because he shagged madonna and leslie granthem only shagged himself?

 you better watch they don't send the mitchell brothers around the next time, but these are austere times so it will probably be" right said fred" they send

[FredTransit]

not having a TV for the last 3 years (at least) I havent missed eastenders, or indeed any of the peado-loving (and peado-facilitating) BBCs content. Although they still send me a letter every month inviting me to pay them 145 notes to contract with them. (or at least, Capita send me a letter pretending to be 'TV licencing'). when their bastards arrive on my door step I tell to fuck off in a very shouty shouty voice and follow them out of the gate just to make sure they understand my anger at being hounded and deceived. (european union directive: it is illegal for a member state to charge its citizens to receive information)

 

anyway, I dont remember anyone having a dig at guy ritchie when he destroyed a very nice looking P6 and several other tidy cars

or is that because he shagged madonna and leslie granthem only shagged himself?

yeah I wasnt happy with that either. Dont blame me for series 1 of A2A, we came in at series 2. We were asked to find (originally) escorts till I pointed out how much it would cost to buy 3 of em!! After that I erm avoided em for a bit......

[Junkman]

The Jag I can kind of understand cos it's fits with their incorrect idea about east end gangsters, like Lock Stock etc.

 

Now, now, Lock Stock is clearly P6 territory.

 

I mustard mitt that as a kind of P6 Ambassador, I am glad for every scene that brings a P6 back into the mainstream, even if this means a car is being destroyed, see below.

People who have all forgotten about the P6 are reminded that British engineering really was world class, and people unfamiliar with the car (i.e. those damn juveniles) suddenly are keen to learn what it is. The kids in my 'hood really do think I'm kind of emitting the aura of a Lock Stocker and they think that's "groovy". Hence they would rather protect my car from harm, than vandalise it, so it's a classic win/win. Some of them are nearing driving age and they are seriously enquiring regarding going rates, technical complexity, running costs, etc.

 

LSATSB as well as LoM have significantly contributed to the increased interest in P6es, and the scene from East Enders will up the ante, no doubt. The popularity gain for the P6 community is immense, we do notice this on our club exhibits. So yes, three cars were sacrificed, but in the end, this will potentially lead to many, many more cars being preserved now due to the increased interest.

 

For those who want to learn more about the East Enders chase scene, here is an article from the Fail Online:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2380109/SPOILER-ALERT-Eastenders-bad-boys-Phil-Mitchell-Carl-White-adrenaline-rush-car-chase-scenes-costing-BBC-1million.html

 

According to the DVLA, the reg DVW 216G belongs to a Taxed and Tested blue Series 1 V8:

 

Vehicle enquiry

 

The enquiry is complete.

The vehicle details for DVW 216G are:

 

Date of Liability 01 03 2014

Date of First Registration 01 05 1969

Year of Manufacture 1969

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3531cc

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type PETROL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Licence Not Due

Vehicle Colour BLUE

Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

 

The car in the pics looks like a reasonably tidy Series 2, but there weren't any Series 2 in 1969. The Series 2 came out in 1970.

One other "wrong" thing I can spot is that the rear overriders are upside down, or they are front overriders.

 

Four possibilities:

 

- The car is a ringer.

- BBC acquired more than one car and botched one together from the sum of parts.

- The car indeed started life as a 1969 blue V8, but was 'modernised', not an uncommon thing to do in the 1970s, especially after a slight shunt.

- BBC made up a numberplate, which is the most unrealistic of the four options, because:

 

- They wouldn't use a valid reg.

- BBC is usually very good when it comes to 'period accuracy'.

[trigger]

Whenever i see a Rover P6 I get the uncontrollable urge to ram somebodies head in the door.

[Junkman]

Don't. Good doors are getting thin on the ground. Ram their heads on the bonnet, there are loads of those.

[warren t claim]

Whenever i see a Rover P6 I get the uncontrollable urge to ram somebodies head in the door.

I have the same feeling with W124 bonnets for some reason.

[xkjaguar]

Is it actually a requirement to like P6's to hate Eastenders? Can't I just hate Eastenders on principle,

Not saying i don't like them (though i would prefer a nice P5B or C)

[Wilko220]

I mustard mitt that as a kind of P6 Ambassador, I am glad for every scene that brings a P6 back into the mainstream, even if this means a car is being destroyed, see below.

People who have all forgotten about the P6 are reminded that British engineering really was world class, and people unfamiliar with the car (i.e. those damn juveniles) suddenly are keen to learn what it is. The kids in my 'hood really do think I'm kind of emitting the aura of a Lock Stocker and they think that's "groovy". Hence they would rather protect my car from harm, than vandalise it, so it's a classic win/win. Some of them are nearing driving age and they are seriously enquiring regarding going rates, technical complexity, running costs, etc.

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Next week, the BBC celebrates the history of British architecture by inviting Simon Schama to "do a Fred Dibnah" on St Paul's Cathedral.

It's fine, because there are plenty of other buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren still around and, as a result, the yoof might not vandalise them as much.

[FredTransit]

"BBC is usually very good

when it comes to 'period

accuracy'."

 

was with you junkman up to then!!! I have worked with the company that does the cars for enders. They are pretty good but theres always limits. The car would have to have been street legal to he insured for the stunt. Its likely to have been some passable car tarted up for the camera including a respray.

[warren t claim]

I think the P6 is about the easiest car to tart up and make look presentable.

[FredTransit]

thanks for the tip!

[Gold1971]

There was the brown Viva GLS that got wasted on Eastenders last year as well - bloody criminal.

 

Here are a couple of snaps I took at the Heartbeat place -