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Monteverdi  | KXC so its an ex BL / Land Rover factory registration. It also features European rubber bumper over-riders, the back ones have reflectors in them. Therefore, this could be a development vehicle trialling styling updates for the next model year. | 2023-05-15 08:19 | ||
sixtiesswing  | Agreed that "made for Canada" / or perhaps "Made for North American Market" would be more accurate as this episode is one of four filmed in Canada. That being said, it wasn't until 1977 for the 1978 model year that cars sold in the Canadian market required a spedometer and odometer in kilometers, so this model likely did have ye olde miles per hour on the dials. |
2023-01-20 20:08 | ||
| sixtiesswing | Thanks! It is difficult to tell the exact color on this model from the photo / watching the episode, so I appreciate the link to this information on Toyota models! I see that rustic green was one of two green colors available for '77, and this doesn't look like the other possibility: olive green. Separately, and forgive me for my lack of year-to-year differences on the FJ40, but how do we identify this as a '77 model? Whether a '76 or '77 would not affect the color identification as rustic green. I assume it must be around that model year because the primary cars (except "Emily"!!) used in the episodes filmed in Canada were either new or perhaps one model year old. Purdey's cool yellow Corolla liftback is a '76 according to the listings, the yellow XJS is a '76, the Impala that Gambit steals is a '77, and the two Parisienne models (one silver, and another dark blue) are also the new-for-'77 B-bodies. |
2023-01-15 09:11 | ||
| Sixtiesswing | Towards the end of this episode, "Emily", the baddie driving this Cutlass pulls out a mortar from the trunk to launch an attack on the new Avengers....but the car for this one brief scene is a four-door model, oddly enough. | 2022-06-09 22:28 | ||
| Sixtiesswing | Interestingly, it seems to have been Purdey's car in this episode, but in "The Gladiators" and "Emily", it is Steed driving this car around the Toronto area, even getting it stuck in the mud when he reverses too quickly. | 2022-06-09 22:19 | ||
| sixtiesswing | Incidentally, as a followup to my last post, I am rewatching these episodes. The photos of this car are from two separate episodes with the red Ontario diplomatic plates on it as on screen in "Complex" (23). The right side has the fenderskirt in place, and the other removed im all scenes. HUH??? The same car with mismatched fender skirts is featured in another Canada-set episode "The Gladiators" and has standard white Ontario "Keep It Beautiful" plates. The Parisienne is used here by CSIS agents (or similar) tailing the Russian diplomats. When the agents first get in at the docks, a closeup of the agents getting inside only shows the roof, and the soundtrack has the distinctive sound of a Chrysler starter....but then we see it is The Parisienne trails a 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 to a diplomatic residence near Toronto, and wait in a stakeout parked on the street. The Russians leave in a silver Parisienne sedan (and the Russians could afford to keep both fender skirts!), and as the two Canadian agents trail them, they report that they are following a light "Chevy"......HAHAHAHA!!!! The production is sloppy all around, as is the boom mike seen in one of the first Canadian episodes, etc. Nice to see the mid-1970s renaissance of Toronto fresh at the time, but there is some decline in the quality of the production with the local crew, sadly. It holds up surprisingly well, and is entertaining. -- Last edit: 2022-06-09 22:41:49 |
2022-05-27 06:30 | ||
| sixtiesswing | Follow up to my previous comment....I rewatched this episode for the first time in about 45 years, and they fooled a young me with the Impala collision, but I notice now that they do not show the impact with the van. There are obviously two Impalas used. One that Gambit commandeers from a lady when his own red TR7 is blocked in behind a box truck, and that one distinctly shows the interior as DARK BLUE, but when there is a sound of a crash, then a scene of an Impala with a crumpled front end and some slight rocking and billowing suggesting the crash just happened, the Impala here has a RED interior as seen from a top view, and a close up of Gambit resting at the steering wheel. Thank God a new Impala of this vintage wasn't sacrificed, but this was a cheap production and there was no way the producers were going to wreck a brand new car that they probably could not acquire free for publicity. | 2022-05-27 06:09 | ||
| sixtiesswing | This would be brand new car as this would have been filmed around that a '77 was at the dealership....but REALLY interesting is that this looks to be a scene in Paris. | 2022-03-22 04:12 | ||
Gordini  | Not only because of the RHD. Look at the license plate and the nationality sign GB .gif ":)") |
2021-11-16 21:06 | ||
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supcoach | Would it not be better to conform it to the rest of the database by calling it a GMC B-Series with a Wayne Lifeguard body | 2021-05-21 03:21 | |
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Venezuelancar  | Well the name, not even cheese "wagon" |
2021-05-21 00:39 | |
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supcoach | What exactly is a "cheesewagon"?? | 2021-05-21 00:36 | |
| rtsbusman1997 | Made for CDN (filmed in Ontario) | 2021-03-14 06:58 | ||
| SixtiesSwing | This is slightly bittersweet as I concur with all the favorable comments in previous posters' writings. Perhaps the B-Body GM cars just represent a noticeable shift during my childhood towards the next decade of the 1980s. These cars were extremely popular vehicles, understandably, and represent another milestone in the decline of GM as they didn't seem to have many out-of-the-park hits of this magnitude afterwards. I like the Caprice, as well as the Parisienne (Bonneville) also seen in the series even better. I remember watching this episode in then quite contemporary times on Canadian TV when it was transmitted across the border around the time it was first broadcast there. Although obviously contrived to have the New Avengers in Canada, I found it remarkable that so many brand-spanking new cars / recently introduced models were used, including this Impala. But what really struck me as bizarre (and a bit sad), is that Gambit crashes this new Impala. Despite the shoestring budget, somehow they managed to crash a new Chevrolet. Even the Dukes of Hazard or any American detective show never did that! They'd have a ten year old stand in vehicle do the stunt, or just fake the scene / not show it. |
2021-03-04 03:51 | ||
| SixtiesSwing | Offhand, from what I recall, once the 1971 B-bodies were introduced, the Grand Parisienne, Parisienne and Laurentian were essentially the Bonneville, and Catalina. I think the Catalina was even sold in Canada about this time. The Chevrolet engines / chassis arrangement of the 1950s / 1960s was due to tarriffs on US-built vehicles that were eliminated / phased out with the Auto Pact in 1965. In the 1950s and 1960s, Canadian Pontiacs were closer in price to Canadian Chevrolets and marketed in a similar price point mainly because the small towns would have either a Chevrolet-Oldsmobile (and Envoy!) dealership or a Pontiac-Buick-GMC (and Vauxhall) dealership....(you can even get into the Acadian and Beaumont, too, if you like a dizzying carnival ride)! But by the time this Parisienne was introduced, it was just a continuation of the Canadian name on the American counterpart. Free trade had American cars being shipped to Canada, while Canadian plants churned out cars for our consumers. I might add this generation of Parisienne was VERY popular with Canadians as I remember they were all over the place visiting in my border town, and will still occasionally see one while on a Canadian road in mild weather. I still get a "warm and fuzzy" feeling about this car that I well remember from my youth. -- Last edit: 2022-06-09 22:30:27 |
2021-03-04 03:41 | ||
Baskingshark  | Also seen in The Stud (1978) /vehicle_565431-Austin-Healey-100-4-BN2-1955.html and Scream and Scream Again (1970) /vehicle_310969-Austin-Healey-100-4-BN2-1955.html . -- Last edit: 2021-02-10 21:34:20 (dsl) |
2021-02-10 21:27 | ||
| rtsbusman1997 | Made for CDN (filmed in Toronto) | 2021-02-02 01:45 | ||
| rtsbusman1997 | Made for CDN (red one was used in Toronto scenes) | 2020-10-09 09:00 | ||
dsl  | DTW 888G = March-July 69, so a few months before rebranding as Mini (make). For reference has ribbed roof (= 66+) and roof vent (possibly removed about 1973). So Austin or Morris, with Austin as default because all Vans were built at Longbridge. | 2020-06-07 19:19 | ||
| dsl | Possibly DKX 7F, but no firm evidence. | 2020-02-02 13:16 | ||
| dsl | https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-night-call-1977-online . I watched it - a reasonable selection of 1970s stuff to plough through - most interesting were probably a police Jag XJ S2 and blink-and-miss-it sightings in motorway spray of silver Escort 1300E and "Citron" yellow Marina TC Jubilee edition. Probably deserves being posted, but I can't get decent captures from BFi site postings or find another source. Edit - now posted. MOC 229P here. -- Last edit: 2020-04-08 22:39:40 |
2019-09-30 17:06 | ||
| nkt | This particular car also appears in the 1977 public information film ‘Night Call’; can be viewed on the BFI’s website. | 2019-09-30 13:43 | ||
| dsl | JAR 324N also here. |
2019-05-30 21:05 | ||
| dsl | I can't see an A40 - only a Moskvich estate and a Volvo 144/244 We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided MOSKVICH 427 ESTATE Registration number: YDX 950L Body type: Estate Colour: Blue Date of first registration: October 1972 ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 01 May 1984 Cylinder capacity (cc): 1478 cc |
2019-04-04 00:39 | ||
| AnimatronixX | Executive Town Sedan by Moloney. | 2019-03-11 22:12 | ||
| mp775 | Not 1969. It's 1963-66. | 2019-01-21 22:10 | ||
| mp775 | Should be GMDD TDH5303 | 2019-01-21 22:00 | ||
| Galane | Looks like a dark plastic bumper strip so can't be 74 or 75. Is the nose or gas cap ever shown? | 2018-12-11 10:43 | ||
| dsl | 69+ indicators. | 2018-11-26 01:11 | ||
| dsl | May well be Dec 71 Preproduction black BOJ 617K - /vehicle_1178276-Wolseley-Six-ADO17-1971.html , /vehicle_615109-Wolseley-Six-ADO17-1972.html |
2018-09-04 23:16 | ||
| elsch | Colour: Middle blue (#B7), MY 1970+ -- Last edit: 2017-07-28 20:58:25 |
2017-07-28 20:58 | ||
Baube  | i don't... all they do is bring bills...  but nice to see what they used to look like back then -- Last edit: 2017-02-28 01:17:03 |
2017-02-28 01:16 | ||
MagnumForce  | I like the Canada Post van in the background of the main photo  -- Last edit: 2017-02-28 01:04:35 |
2017-02-28 01:04 | ||
| rattle on | Bedford Noddy van | 2016-11-16 17:34 | ||
| Pierre | Was the Plymouth destroyed in that episode? | 2016-05-06 00:16 | ||
Moviecarlover  | It is a 6 cylinder. Like James Bond On Her Majesty Secret service which Diana Rigg starred as Mrs Bond in end where she got killed by Blofield |
2016-04-29 10:58 | ||
| Moviecarlover | Yes it was very sad. He was very handsome man. Later on Shakespearean actor Timothy Dalton who took over James Bond from Roger Moore in 1987 has look like of him. Now Patrick MacNee is now gone last year after his friend Christopher Lee who also Ian Fleming cousin & ex Bond villain. |
2016-04-29 10:55 | ||
Weasel1984  | Mot very original one then, the hubcaps are not of Pallas (but the Pallas trim below doors indeed seems to be there). | 2015-12-21 17:42 | ||
| dsl | I can't read the plate properly in 1st thumb but looks like same characters as /vehicle.php?id=78710 (which may be KxP 13L/18L/113L/118L or similar), suggesting a crew car owned perhaps by director or another big cheese related to the production team. | 2015-12-04 00:44 | ||
| burgess | Well, the car sold for a price of 69,440 (Pounds Sterling), not including a 12% buyer's premium. A tad rich for my blood. . . | 2015-10-16 03:09 | ||
| Burgess | I am seriously considering bidding on the Steed Big Cat in the October auction. It looks a real mess, but if the price stays low enough it would be a worthy restoration. Does anyone have contacts for any of the original Broadstreet builders so I could get an estimate as to what it would take to bring it back to its former glory? I'm in the US (LA) so I could ship it here but if I could get it restored by someone familiar with the car that might be preferable. -- Burgess | 2015-10-06 19:19 | ||
| cl82 | Good to see it has survived, but it sadly does have some serious "crunchy sills". | 2015-09-25 18:21 | ||
| dsl | Link to "www.classic-auctions.com" Sale Date: 14th October 2015 1976 Jaguar XJ12 C Estimate: (£) 10,000 - 12,000 Reg Number: NWK 60P Chassis Number: 2G1008BW Engine Number: 7P5411SA Cc: 5343 Body Colour: Green Trim Colour: Tan MOT Expiry Date: [blank] - John Steed's famous mount in 'The New Avengers' TV series - The eighth XJ-C 12 made and originally a Jaguar experimental car (as confirmed by its Heritage Certificate) - Broadspeed body kit and extra wide wheels fitted for the TV series plus respray in Metallic Green and re-trim in Beige leather etc - Dry stored for many years and now in need of restoration - See more at: Link to "www.classic-auctions.com" |
2015-09-22 16:09 | ||
eLMeR  | 1961-69? heavy-duty F-Series (T-Series when with tandem rear axle). As T-Series, and depending on the model year, any model from the T-800 to T-950 if having a gasoline engine, T-850-D to T-8000 if Diesel propelled. |
2015-09-06 03:58 | ||
| Sandie | Found and up for auction: Link to "www.bbc.com" -- Last edit: 2015-08-27 21:11:36 |
2015-08-27 21:11 | ||
| dsl | KXC 376L = May-June 73, but different cars seen - check the positions of front mirrors for instance. Also one photo at least has Oct 73+ vinyl rear pillars. | 2015-07-17 16:05 | ||
| moviecarlover | I don't the Jaguar XJC coupe which John steed other he sometimes used |
2015-07-11 10:04 | ||
| moviecarlover | I saw this car also in The Return of the Saint. | 2015-07-11 10:01 | ||
Moscvich433  | [427 P] - Chassis/code. | 2015-06-07 13:14 | ||
| Donovan Savage | with these base dog dish caps. Its actually a Rideau 500 | 2015-05-29 01:36 |
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