TV cars

[brownnova]

I also rather liked the inspector Lynley mysteries due to the cars on offer

Lynley’s Bristol 

And the lady who was his police partner’s Maestro

[DoctorRetro]

3 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Yeah I know, to be honest it's one of those things I should have done when I had my Capri. I drove it like a dick most of the time so should have!?

Did my first J turn in a Hyundai X2 Pony, back in 2000.

 

[meggersdog]

Lewis Collins character Gavin in the Cuckoo Waltz

[ETCHY]

2 hours ago, Andyrew said:

The buck mobile for me, 

Great film. The "buck melanoma moley russels wart" line makes me laugh every time!

[eddyramrod]

This one...

Swiftly followed by this one...

And almost immediately this one...

Seriously, what else does a growing boy need?

[Dannyk]

Been beaten to it already, the professionals capri's, escort and granadas, onslow's cortina and this..

[Remspoor]

or

[DoctorRetro]

I'm going to wade in with a modern series, with some cool old cars. 

But there's always this old classic. 

[Andyrew]

Due south, lovely car, lovely dog. 

I think quite a few buicks got shot, blown up or crash during the seasons. 

 

 

[Dannyk]

Forgot this

[BL Bloke]

This was one of the first cars I remember off TV. 

Don't forget Basil Fawlty's Austin 1100.

I'm sure a few of us have felt the same way on more than one occasion. ?

[strangeangel]

I still vividly remember thinking 'WTF is that bike??'

 

 

I went on to own four of them

 

[LightBulbFun]

another from me has to be Brum  

 

[Walter White]

Once seen, never forgotten. 

[155V6]

I used to be fascinated by this actually driving down the road at the start of the cartoon

[RichL]

John Hallam drove a red Sierra 2.0 GLSi in London's Burning. 

Loads of other chod and junk in that series as well 

[Timewaster]

42 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I used to be fascinated by this actually driving down the road at the start of the cartoon

[Ben_O]

I WON'T LEAVE IT!!

[RichL]

I'm sure Lindley was rolling round in a Jensen Interceptor in series one 

[155V6]

6 minutes ago, Ben_O said:

I WON'T LEAVE IT!!

I seem to remember Sid James driving a MK3 Cortina in that too ?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yes he was.

General Lee was the star of the show.

Two different MK3 estates where used in shoestring both with the same false plate,series one had an XL series two an L.

One of my claims to fame I fitted the 5 speed box in the 2.3 Ghia Mk5 cortina police car in ashes to ashes.

[lesapandre]

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

 

[Ben_O]

[ETCHY]

17 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

 

The thrush-buster. That sounds like some sort of ointment ?

 

[clayts450]

[clayts450]

[Barry Cade]

This for me, Went on to own a '72 because of this film. Still gives me goosebumps.

[vulgalour]

Roland Rat's Ratmobile

Vivian's Anglia.

I never knew wtf was going on in Round The Twist, which was probably the point, and further confused by the cars because it was set in a completely different country and I hadn't got the internet yet.  The various red Toyota 4x4s are what stuck in my memory the most but really, every episode had some car or van or lorry I'd never seen before and I found it hugely fascinating as a result.

Dangermouse, obviously.

I was into a good amount of 70s cop show re-runs too.  Ironside's van was utterly fascinating to little me, and the concept of the entire show is pretty fascinating to current me.  In trying to find a picture of it I've learned there was a model kit in 1/20th scale complete with wheelchair.  Fantastic!

The beige Dodge Diplomat of Cagney and Lacey.  This is definitely one of the cars that is the reason I like malaise era stuff unironically.  I still enjoy Cagney and Lacey, I think it's a really good show, and while the Diplomat is probably the most forgettable vehicle ever built it just sums up the whole disappointing somewhat realistic mess of the show in a way that's just... right.

Taxi was a show I sort of dipped in and out of, I think I was maybe a bit young to appreciate it when I watched the re-runs (I was a bit older when watching Cagney and Lacey, it helped), and the Checker Marathon obviously loomed large.  This would be picked up again when Phoebe inherited one in Friends.  Ever since those two shows, I've always liked them.

 

Just one more thing.

[vulgalour]

Also of note is in an episode of The A-Team when a hearse gets converted so that the top opens and, if memory serves, B A Barracus emerges behind either a machine gun, or a flame thrower, or a rocket launcher, or all three.  That's always stuck with me.  I can't find any pictures of this.  What I can find you is the ludicrous armoured Renault LeCar they built.  I always loved the absolute nonsense they did in that show, but especially these two vehicles.

[vulgalour]

I just remembered the implausible sex appeal of Quincy!  Honestly, how did a middle-aged coroner get so much attention from leggy blondes?  Different era.  Anyway, I used to ignore that, I was always far more interested in the various coroner's cars that would make an appearance.  I'm not sure which was the most prominent vehicle for the role in the show, I just remember it being big and black and blocky.  I assumed it would be something like a Ford LTD (one was), or a Chevrolet Caprice, or something like that.  What I hadn't realised is at least once it was an AMC Matador and since that's really the best pic I can find, let's go for that.

I really was a very odd child.