Clone celeb cars

[bigstraight6]

Spotted today in darkest Somerset outside the premises of an Audi specialists, its Gene Hunts car! I doubt its the very car, just like all the clone 'Del boy' Reliant Regal vans and 'Starsky & Hutch' Ford Gran Torino's there are about....

[MrRegieRitmo]

That can't really be 1979/80 V reg surely? I thought the very oldest would be X reg! Especially with that style of headlight.......wait - it must be Gene Hunt's car!

[outlaw118]

Early models started off 1980 lhd only, rhd production didnt start late 1982 if i remember - I read it somewhere, strange how some stuff stays in your head!

[r.welfare]

Aha, AM Cars, they are one of the longest-established Quattro specialists in the UK. I wouldn't be surprised if they located and fettled said Huntmobile, having said that the front numberplate does look like it's been stuck (rather wonkily) over the original one...

[retrogeezer]

defo stuck on number plate to grab some attention ( as if it were needed!)

[stoterstangen90]

[MrRegieRitmo]

What's with the Nike trainer?

[Guest]

Ha ha! That's the most surreal image ever.

[stoterstangen90]

Ha ha! That's the most surreal image ever.

found on Google.Here we don't have Gene HuntIn Brabants: Wij hebben gene hunt

[garethj]

*quietly raises hand*

My VW

 

In my defence, it's a hoot to drive and you're never alone at a car show. In fact here's me standing by a Torino at Croxley Green last year

 

But when all's said and done, it's easy to make it look standard again, then it's just a 60s Beetle with speedy bits underneath

 

Watching cars in the cinema or TV when you're young has a big effect

[reallyloud]

But when all's said and done, it's easy to make it look standard again, then it's just a 60s Beetle with speedy bits underneath

I quite like it. I adored the films as a kid and was instrumental in me buying a couple in my yoof. But at least your car is authentic and accurate to the original, you see loads of inaccurate Herbie replicas - mostly superbeetles. I saw a Daewoo recently with a 53 on it. I wasn't fooled.

[michiel]

I often see a dark red Ka with the stripes and 'ocho' numbers on it... silly. Should get a pic of that actually.

[Marty]

When I was younger I knew of 2 garages that had Jags made up with ST1 plates.

[pompei]

 

 

 

and on a similar theme:-

 

[mk2_craig]

Hey, we were going to apply Starsky stripes to our red £99 Home-2-Rome Calibra banger rallier, just as well it failed the MOT and we got rid there was at least one Rover 200 GTi 3-door so liveried

[stoterstangen90]