Thanks Ken. I had it on dvd, but it died on me so I've missed watching it over and over.
Thanks Ken. I had it on dvd, but it died on me so I've missed watching it over and over.
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.
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.Originally Posted by Mark Fiddyment
(Ken Hyndman )
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.
Not quite the same car but...
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.
Last edited by ERC; 01-06-2017 at 08:42 AM.
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.
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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!~
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!
It was 'The Plank' Ray
What about this one?
I know this one, its that Aussie Icon- The Never Ending Story....................................................
........................of Mad Mel
How about this one?
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/ch...nals_1_4484276
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.
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