The Specials: Ghost Town, Music Video, 1981

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1959 Bedford CAL Mk2

1967 Ford Cortina MkII

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mister car from 971 ◊ 2011-06-17 22:47	One of the very first videoclips!!!
dsl ◊ 2026-02-03 15:27	Classic 1981 song which got to #1 for 3 weeks from this Coventry band, "driving around the City and East of London in a 1961 Vauxhall Cresta". youtube page, wiki page Song covered in 2025 by weird Irish folk-goth group Lankum which is worth a listen, and the video is a dislocated homage to the Specials original vid, but switched to bleak empty moorland and a Nissan Pao taking the Cresta role

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mister car from 971

◊ 2011-06-17 22:47

One of the very first videoclips!!!

◊ 2026-02-03 15:27

Classic 1981 song which got to #1 for 3 weeks from this Coventry band, "driving around the City and East of London in a 1961 Vauxhall Cresta".

youtube page, wiki page

Song covered in 2025 by weird Irish folk-goth group Lankum which is worth a listen, and the video is a dislocated homage to the Specials original vid, but switched to bleak empty moorland and a Nissan Pao taking the Cresta role

	The vehicle is part of the movie
	Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time
	Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
	Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
	Background vehicle
	Unknown vehicle role
	Seen only in preview/trailer
	Seen only in deleted scenes
	Seen only in an alternative ending
	Seen only in an extra DVD contents