quicksilver Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/4/2020 at 10:13 PM, sheffcortinacentre said: The lom MK3 Cortina is still about. Can't remember reg but it's a 74 2000E. PEG1 the black cab in carry on cabby still exists & is in a museum . This is supposedly the genuine taxi from the film. PEG 1 was a fake plate that doesn't seem to have ever been issued (it's not on a vehicle at the moment) and it's really DYH 310. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 4 hours ago, quicksilver said: This is supposedly the genuine taxi from the film. PEG 1 was a fake plate that doesn't seem to have ever been issued (it's not on a vehicle at the moment) and it's really DYH 310. although as you say obviously a fake plate for the movie it looks like PEG1 was eventually issued (PEGxxx being issued starting in April 1962) its currently on retention and was last on this moped which clearly is owned by some sort of number plate dealer and used as a mule to hold registration marks which according to another tool in my arsenal has had 158 registration marks LOL Dick Longbridge and garethj 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders59 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 9/30/2020 at 11:59 PM, Richard_FM said: I read that the RS2000 from the Professionals is in the hands of a collector after being stored for years. Supposedly the first owner after it was used for filming paid the same price as a new one because he was a fan of the show. I seem to remember reading that there was actually three of them. Anyway, it / one of the three was for sale in Brundall motor company in Norwich in the early 80,s. I can remember it advertised for months in the classifieds of Motoring News. I have a feeling the price was around £3500. One of the XJS,s from Return of the Saint was in my local garage for some mechanical resto work for quite a while around 15 years ago. I thought it was a tribute / replica type thing, but the garage owner who I know well, assured me it was the real thing. It even had the ST1 plate on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 20 minutes ago, Bradders59 said: I seem to remember reading that there was actually three of them. Anyway, it / one of the three was for sale in Brundall motor company in Norwich in the early 80,s. I can remember it advertised for months in the classifieds of Motoring News. I have a feeling the price was around £3500. One of the XJS,s from Return of the Saint was in my local garage for some mechanical resto work for quite a while around 15 years ago. I thought it was a tribute / replica type thing, but the garage owner who I know well, assured me it was the real thing. It even had the ST1 plate on it. I think it was the one on display at Brundall motor company has been restored. I believe it was normally used for the driving & banter shots, and the large sunroof was fitted to improve the interior light level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders59 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Makes sense, and demonstrates that my long term memory isnt that bad. Short term is fuckin atrocious though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Billy - Medhurst said: This poor thing has been shuffled from driveway to driveway of a variety of owners who were adept at sticking on tat and rattle canning the rusty bits black and really bad at actually keeping it roadworthy. The joys of these being practically worthless until the last couple of years... timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 10/1/2020 at 5:57 PM, sierraman said: Another bit of useless trivia, Peter Collinson the director brought one of the mafia Fiat Dino back home with him, ran it for a few years until it dissolved. The only surviving parts being the doors which he kept for years in his garage. Walter White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 13 hours ago, LightBulbFun said: Taxi! Licensed to carry one passenger. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 A lot of the Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em cars ran fake plates, but this mini didn't It's not been taxed since 84 though mk2_craig, Dick Longbridge, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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anonymous user Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Imagine if some poor bloke had to do a new MOT on it. "What does this do?" Boiing, as the rear seat flies out. martc, chaseracer, Dick Longbridge and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Not the same bloke who did 007's DB5, then? LightBulbFun and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 That failed the smoke test chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 54 minutes ago, anonymous user said: That failed the smoke test And the tester cut his ankle on the wheel spinner chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 10 hours ago, martc said: Until I just googled "Mannford" I had no idea UK motorsport legend Alan Mann built Chitty! 😮 Dick Longbridge, martc, timolloyd and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 10:54 PM, LightBulbFun said: although as you say obviously a fake plate for the movie it looks like PEG1 was eventually issued (PEGxxx being issued starting in April 1962) its currently on retention and was last on this moped which clearly is owned by some sort of number plate dealer and used as a mule to hold registration marks which according to another tool in my arsenal has had 158 registration marks LOL I’ve always harboured a strange desire to invest in a really short, expensive private reg and put it on a shit scooter. No idea why LightBulbFun, davocano and Mr Laurence 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, 2MB said: I’ve always harboured a strange desire to invest in a really short, expensive private reg and put it on a shit scooter. No idea why hah yeah that could be a good "sub section" of the great plates thread of really expensive private plates on autoshite type/condition vehicles LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 13 hours ago, Pieman said: Until I just googled "Mannford" I had no idea UK motorsport legend Alan Mann built Chitty! 😮 And the three UFO cars. garethj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I remember one personalised plate dealer suggested putting a plate on a moped as a cheap way to retain a plate in the long term. At the time I didn't have a vehicle to call my own. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 An early white Jaguar Mk11 used in the crime series ‘Law and Order’ - a 1978 Sweeney-like slice of ‘real copper’ life starring Charlie Slater from ‘Stenders as a bent copper - survived in the U.K. to 2013 and was then exported.https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0405564/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_56 As it was just an ‘old car’ when the show was filmed I was surprised and pleased to see it live on. Must have kept in good condition to make it into the mid 1980s when values started to rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I always wanted to know what happened to the Third Doctor's "Whomobile". I believe the car was registered when new as Jon Pertwee commissioned and drove the car himself outside of Dr Who. Last seen 2015 at a nerd Sci-fi convention, even that was the first time for around 20 years. bunglebus, eddyramrod, Roobarb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 The Whomobile was at one time on a long term loan to a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Richard_FM said: The Whomobile was at one time on a long term loan to a fan. By all accounts Jon Pertwee gave it to a fan who’d just had a massive bereavement, with the proviso JP could borrow it. Then at some point in the 80s/90s it was auctioned for pennies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 5 hours ago, dozeydustman said: By all accounts Jon Pertwee gave it to a fan who’d just had a massive bereavement, with the proviso JP could borrow it. Then at some point in the 80s/90s it was auctioned for pennies. Thanks, I thought it was something like that. I think it was at the Longleat or Blackpool exhibitions, possibly both at time, I guess Jon Pertwee sold it because he was living in Spain & didn't want to either take it out there or pay storage costs. It seems it was off the road for so long that it needed to be re-registered for the 30 Years In The Tardis documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Smiley Face Sad Face Apparantly this is a replica... sad face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, martc said: Smiley Face Sad Face Apparantly this is a replica... sad face Bessie is a “Siva Edwardian”, a kit plopped on a Ford Pop 103E chassis. There are a few of them about. Bessie’s original road reg was MTR5. I know the Tv car was re-engined at some point during the show’s original run as certainly by the 1980s she had a longer nose with a new engine. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, dozeydustman said: Bessie is a “Siva Edwardian”, a kit plopped on a Ford Pop 103E chassis. There are a few of them about. Bessie’s original road reg was MTR5. I know the Tv car was re-engined at some point during the show’s original run as certainly by the 1980s she had a longer nose with a new engine. Sad face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, martc said: Sad face Apparently Bessie is at Beaulieu; did a little more digging this afternoon. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 here one out off the protecters my m8 owns it,been in ufo ect bunglebus, Bren, garethj and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 39 minutes ago, antony denman said: here one out off the protecters my m8 owns it,been in ufo ect Gorgeous. I once heard that Reg Hill, who worked on a few Gerry Anderson productions had owned that particular interceptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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