Movie And TV Cars

[khyndart in CA]

You win Steve so now you can watch the movie over the weekend and toast in the New Year..
YOU DESERVE IT !

[video=youtube;U6eSJs06eCc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6eSJs06eCc[/video]

Enjoy.

[khyndart in CA]

Plus a short clip of the 1970 Dodge Challenger in "Vanishing Point"
Enjoy.

[video=youtube;E9J_xORkILw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9J_xORkILw[/video]

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks Ken. I had it on dvd, but it died on me so I've missed watching it over and over.

[Mark Fiddyment]

Used cars with Kurt Russell was another pretty ordinary movie. If you want to include bike movies there is Sliver Dream Racer (UK) with David Essex and Beau Bridges, Little Fauss and Big Halsey (US) with Robert Redford and Michael Pollard and Side Car Racers (Aus) with Ben Murphy, Peter Graves, Wendy Hughes and John Meillon.

[khyndart in CA]

H.B. Halicki did a second move called Gone in 60 Seconds 2 (The Junk Man) and was nowhere near as good as the first.
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H.B Halicki certainly put everything into it when he did these movies. He was injured in the first 60 second movie when the 73 Mustang hit a pole and this last stunt cost him his life in 1989.
[video=youtube;w9K76wn2YyE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9K76wn2YyE[/video]



(Ken Hyndman )

[Allan]

I enjoy watching some of these old movies because of the cars used and in the background, and movies about flying in the Korean war that were made in the 50s are similar as the aircraft were still around and flying at the time. One interesting movie is "On the Beach" which has a race in it.

[seaqnmac27]

On the NZ theme, this one should be easy
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Not quite the same car but... [video=youtube;5T9DSgEclPA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T9DSgEclPA[/video]

[ERC]

No one has really mentioned TV - especially British TV.

Some decent cars often make an appearance in modern series, such as Midsomer Murders (There was one older one where an ex F1 Cooper won the concours...)

A couple of more recent series are set in a past age, such as Inspector George Gently, (196O's), North East UK and the 'Father Brown' Mysteries, set in the mid 50's. In an earlier series, Hugo Spiers had a nice RME Riley as his police car.

Other UK series have featured an Alvis (Stephen Fry) and Inspector Linley, (Bristol). Morse's 3.4 Jag was almost as famous as he was!

Oh and for films, most James Bond films had a fair selection of cars as did some Peter Sellers comedies.

[John McKechnie]

OK Ray...lets talk the English-
Z cars ....featuring Cops in Zephyrs.
Early age Inspector Morse drove a MK 1 Jaguar- check out the rear seat to confirm.
Sweeney Flying Squad.... Cops in MK2 Jags with a super cool theme music.
New Avengers with John Steed and his XJ Coupe with the massive flares ..and Joanna Lumleys long legs.
Early Avengers.....Mrs Peel...Lotus, John Steed ...Bentley Boys Bentley.
Inspector Poirot always had excellent early 30s period Daimlers for the Toffs , Austins for Taxis
Been watching the Saint on Sky...sure he drivers the Volvo, but better than that he was driving a Lotus racing car, baddies were in a MK3 Zephyr 4-distinctive grille.

[Michael Clark]

John, what about a Volvo - perhaps a P1800S?? - driven by Roger Moore ... a real name, not a helpful instruction

Maybe that was The Saint

From the States - Maxwell Smart used both a Sunbeam Alpine or Tiger, and a Kharmann Ghia at different times

And for fellow Alfaholics - Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate!~

[ERC]

Been watching the Saint on Sky...sure he drivers the Volvo, but better than that he was driving a Lotus racing car...

I remember that episode! A Formula 1 race at Brands Hatch...

On a slightly different tack, anyone remember the Eric Sykes silent comedies 'The Plank' or I think 'The Coffin'. In one of them, James Hunt was driving the Ford Transit van!

[Michael Clark]

It was 'The Plank' Ray

[seaqnmac27]

What about this one?

[John McKechnie]

I know this one, its that Aussie Icon- The Never Ending Story....................................................

[John McKechnie]

........................of Mad Mel

[Steve Holmes]

How about this one?

[Michael Clark]

Capris immediately bring to mind Tel from Minder, or Brodie and Doyle - but that looks a bit too modified

[John McKechnie]

Capris immediately bring to mind Tel from Minder, or Brodie and Doyle - but that looks a bit too modified

Brodies Capri is for sale-
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/chance_to_own_bodie_s_ford_capri_from_tv_series_the_professionals_1_4484276

[Steve Holmes]

Capris immediately bring to mind Tel from Minder, or Brodie and Doyle - but that looks a bit too modified

Yep, you got it Michael. This Capri appeared briefly in a couple of early Professionals episodes, with its custom wide-body, and was driven by Doyle. The series then switched to a standard model Capri for Bodie, and an Escort RS2000 for Doyle.