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1981 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 [Series III]

1981 Daimler Sovereign [Series III] in Minder, TV Series, 1979-1994 Ep. 4.01+

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

1981 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 [Series III]

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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Author	Message
Sandie ◊ 2018-11-26 23:26	Arthur's Daimler was a 1981 Sovereign 4.2 really registered VDU342X: http://www.minder.org/cars/cars_Daimler_DYO979V/daimler.htm
dsl ◊ 2018-11-29 21:02	2015 auction listing - 1981 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 Series III Saloon Registration: VDU 342X Chassis Number: DCALP3C330673 Engine Number: 108095 CC: 4235 Year of Manufacture: 1981 Sold for £15,525 " .... the very car used in the ITV series 'Minder,' driven extensively by both Arthur (George Cole) and Terry (Dennis Waterman) from series' 4 to 6 and also featured in two Christmas specials 'Around The Corner' in 1984 and 'The Orient Express' in 1985. We are informed by the vendor that the registration number used in TV filming DYO 979V was actually a dummy plate and is not the real registration for the car, originally registered on 15/10/81 with its original Coventry registration number of VDU 342X."
jcb ◊ 2018-11-30 00:15	My favourite XJ6 incarnation-
dsl ◊ 2018-11-30 00:42	^ the combination of English tradition with Italian refinement?? (Pininfarina did the Series III restyling)
Ingo ◊ 2018-11-30 00:47	dsl wrote ^ the combination of English tradition with Italian refinement?? (Pininfarina did the Series III restyling) Well, it's a car from the early 80ies...
jcb ◊ 2018-12-01 07:01	The nicest XJ shape , well done Bill and Sergio -- Last edit: 2018-12-01 07:27:06
dsl ◊ 2019-03-26 02:15	Merged, ep 5.09, 4
Mr Chipsticks ◊ 2024-07-21 22:05	There was a missing episode from Minder Series 6 Episode 8 called "A little bit of give and take" which was filmed entirely around an anti-drugs campaign by the Department for Health and Social Security and Central Office of Information. This episode wasn't included in the (UK only?) boxsets or shown on TV (as far as I know) it seemed like a short cobbled together episode, they used the early 80s motors such as the Yellow Jag for Arthur and a white Mk2 Capri for Terry. Both cars were not the original DYO 979V (VDU 342X) and SLE 71R. The Capri, which was hard to get a pic of looked like a very low model with hub caps rather than the alloys Terry's Capri had. Arthur's Yellow Jag was a Daimler but had no action/driving shots and Arthur was never seen near it, just a shot of it being unloaded by Terry: You may notice the plate is DMK 520V, a Yellow 4.2 Daimler Sovereign that lasted until 1985 which is presumably when it was scrapped or stored away. -- Last edit: 2024-07-21 22:08:37

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