NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Does anyone else remember Hacket in Target driving a Renault 15 or possibly 17? The only clips I can find are of him binning an Escort with no brakes and some generic70's cop show Cortinas and Granadas, although the 2 5 Series they often used were a bit ahead of their time.d of their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Taking of Stags ...Hazell had a Stag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 ...and Alan HMC, Amishtat and Walter White 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Gotta love partridge Odd vid but good vehicular overview. DANNNNNN! martc and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 12:13 PM, brownnova said: I bloody loved Kitt from Knight Rider Yep, growing up in the 80s I loved Kitt on Knight Rider. 'Turbo Boost'. I've been watching old episodes of Columbo over the past few years (channel 5 USA) and it's interesting to see the cars featured. Of course there's the lieutenant's PooJoe convertible but then the villans drive some interesting motors, more often often European cars over the Yank landyachts. Eg: the Citroen SM driven by Patrick McGooghan's character in the 1975 episode 'Identity Crisis': Sudsprint, Skizzer, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 just one more thing about columbo- some scenes show a car with a dashtop heating element and some without Sudsprint and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Good one with columbo. There’s often unusual stuff floating around in the background but my faves are the Ferrari Daytona’s in the early 70s episodes- usually driven by murderers or the victim. Usually shorthand for money being a motive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Just one more thing, mam; Columbo is also unusual because of the long production run (68 to sometime in the 90s IIRC) so the background chod and the changing tastes of ageing industrialists, scheming mistresses and bad tempered oil tycoons are there to see. ProgRocker, martc, Skizzer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 22 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said: just one more thing......... See what you and I did there. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 It’s my wife, you see, she always says.... That I seem to be driving a different one of those damn Peugeot’s every week...... and she’d be right! Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngarty Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Heidel_Kakao, Amishtat, warch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 The Miami Vice Ferrari Daytona replica was a favourite of mine. Stevebrookman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 5speedracer, Walter White, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Also, Land Rovers. Especially in Daktari: and Doctor Who: Episodes with the Brigadier and Sergeant Yates were often the best. warch and Uncle Jimmy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 45 minutes ago, Skizzer said: So much this. Dual is EPIC Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bergerac Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 9:56 PM, MiniMort said: Gonna play the ol’ Uno Switch card on you and take a look at some prime shite on offer in gameshows of yesteryear: I can recall Bruce's Price is Shi... Right giving away some right dodgy motors back in the late 90s. My level of sad bastard anorak interest in this area descended to the point that I invested an entire evening once to watching old shows on YouTube to see what was given away. Like most shows of the time the rump of the prizes were made up of the larger offerings of Korean brands: But sometimes they gave away something a little more, errr, interesting Skizzer, ETCHY, MiniMort and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 I've always liked early white Jag XJS's because of Return of the Saint. I had the Corgi toy as a kid. Timewaster, eddyramrod and Banger Kenny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Have we had the sweeney? 1995 and pre internet, when they re ran them (after being off the screen for years) I’d never seen them before (aged 15 so missed them first time round) and was flown away by the ropey jags and background chod.... Stevebrookman, Skizzer, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 The Sweeney was cool. I like playing the guess which car will be trashed game -usually some ropey older motor. Just looking at the motors parked on the street in London at the time is fun, there's some absolute gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 13 hours ago, HMC said: I believe that’s Rathgar Avenue in Ealing, where it joins Culmington Road. My grandparents lived about 200 yards away at the time. Part of the wall in the background was rebuilt a few years ago and a gate put in, but it hasn’t changed too much: There was often filming going on in the area, partly due to the proximity of Ealing Studios (by then BBC owned but also rented out to others). It added an extra dimension to the Sweeney, Professionals etc when the car chases sometimes went past our house. Happy days. Sudsprint, eddyramrod and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 The cars off the Munsters we’re pretty epic too! Skizzer, Datsuncog, JeeExEll and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 I was always partial as a young impressionable lad to Hadleighs Monterverdi Speed 375L. Which in reality was the UK importers first Rhd demo car. It still just about exists but needs a lot of work...... warren t claim, Banger Kenny, Sudsprint and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avensis Verso Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Mentioning Columbo there was a Sunbeam Arrow in one episode, for anybody who doesnt know this was a Hillman Hunter, never did well in the states, shipped over in kit form, they also did the same for the Avenger Plymouth Cricket Braddon81, Datsuncog, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 In the early 70's Range Rovers often appeared in programmes if the hero had to go into the countryside , John Steed had one to match his Broadspeed XJ-C. But the most important use of a Rangie was to crash through a gate... Steed in his very early but visually updated car Lord Brett Sinclair trying to catch a plane. Callan terrorising an S-Type driver, don't worry many gates and fences were also destroyed. Of course some people got it wrong, Gambit not crashing through a fence , presumably as brand new car at the time of filming BL specified only Steed's car could be used for stunts. ETCHY, warren t claim, Sudsprint and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Avensis Verso said: Mentioning Columbo there was a Sunbeam Arrow in one episode, for anybody who doesnt know this was a Hillman Hunter, never did well in the states, shipped over in kit form, they also did the same for the Avenger Plymouth Cricket Actually a Plymouth Cricket also featured in Columbo, more prominently - it belonged to a secretary who tried to blackmail the murderer (which didn’t end well for anyone, obvs, including the poor Cricket I believe). http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_105428-Plymouth-Cricket-1971.html Sudsprint, JeeExEll and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avensis Verso Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Such good looking cars the Avenger, i drove one soon after passing my test was a 1500, always wanted one since then but i doubt i ever will now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Sudsprint, sheffcortinacentre, Skizzer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 2 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: In the early 70's Range Rovers often appeared in programmes if the hero had to go into the countryside , John Steed had one to match his Broadspeed XJ-C. But the most important use of a Rangie was to crash through a gate... Steed in his very early but visually updated car Lord Brett Sinclair trying to catch a plane. Callan terrorising an S-Type driver, don't worry many gates and fences were also destroyed. Of course some people got it wrong, Gambit not crashing through a fence , presumably as brand new car at the time of filming BL specified only Steed's car could be used for stunts. Good shout for Calllan' s Range Rover. That sequence was on YouTube it's well worth a watch. Sudsprint and warren t claim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colnerov Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/9/2019 at 7:29 PM, JeeExEll said: The Triumph Stag from the 1971 film Straw Dogs always sticks in my mind. It was very early example, the reg number being very close to early cars used for advertising. There were various differences between the Mk1 and Mk2 Stag, one of which was the lack of chrome sill covers as can be seen here. And here. And here. And here. Mk1s all had body coloured rear panel, whereas some Mk2s had a black rear light panel. Also, there's some other shite about the Mk1 having wheeltrims, not alloys. And the Mk1s didn't have a body side stripe. Something like that anyway. Erm, I 'm having trouble focusing on the sill covers. JeeExEll and Alusilber 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 7:24 PM, Jim Bergerac said: I can recall Bruce's Price is Shi... Right giving away some right dodgy motors back in the late 90s. My level of sad bastard anorak interest in this area descended to the point that I invested an entire evening once to watching old shows on YouTube to see what was given away. Like most shows of the time the rump of the prizes were made up of the larger offerings of Korean brands: But sometimes they gave away something a little more, errr, interesting Legend has it that Nicholas Pissing Parsons of Sale Of The Century fame started Lada jokes as the show offered one when they first went on sale and in showing that it had four doors, he went to open one and it fell off. Sadly I don’t think the show exists anymore but he talked about it in an interview once. Edit as I found a picture of him getting ran over by a miniMetro: Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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