RE: star cars

[Richard Hudson <richard.hudson@domain.elided>]

Hi Ronald

Thanks for the additional Info. All goes into the database..

The cars in the Italian Job were sadly not mock ups.. The Ferrari that
you mention was most probably the Lamborghini Miura. The Mafia halted it
with a JCB as it raced through a tunnel, The Lambo not the JCB. The JCB
then shovels the Miura over the wall at the side of the road and the
camera sticks on it as it bounces all the way to the bottom of the
ravine. Engine, interior, wheels the lot. What a crime.. The crew should
have been locked up for life...

Check out this URL, Autocar found the road
http://www.sonnet.co.uk/seventony/rtt_ch.htm
<http://www.sonnet.co.uk/seventony/rtt_ch.htm> 

The other three cars DB5 convertible and two E-Types both series 1 (one
FHC and one Roadster) were also real cars. The DB5 was definitely a
write off as it met a similar fate as the Lambo but one of the badly
mangled E-Types survives to this day it was the Roadster Reg 848 CRY
(couldn't be more suitable). Believe it or not it was the very first
E-Type to win a production car race back in 1961. (I think it's
registration was 2 BBC then.) I believe the car is now restored and
owned by Paul Skilleter, a well respected Jaguar Historian.

Bearing the above in mind, I don't think the producer was too bothered
about sending three Cooper S mini's to their unfortunate death..

I love the film, but have to leave the room at the scene's of senseless
destruction of those now "respected" works of art. As they say you can't
change what has happened..

Regs

Richard Hudson
73 Auto White Stag
E-Type series 1 1/2 FHC... maybe .. someday ahhhh


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Ronald Brown [SMTP:ronb@domain.elided]
	Sent:	17 June 1998 12:40
	To:	Dave Biggs; Stag Owners Club
	Subject:	Re: star cars

	Stags that I remember are from Londons Burning "Malcolm" and
Hazel , which
	featured Nicholas Ball ( sob sob they trashed it with a garden
fork, of all
	things ).

	I seem to remember shedding a tear or two at the Italian Job
"when I were a
	nipper" to see a Ferrari , a DB5, 2 E types and numerus Mini
Coopers
	written off.  I seem to remember my dad saying that they were
only body
	shells, oh to have one of them now !


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	> From: Dave Biggs <D.Biggs@domain.elided>
	> To: Stag Owners Club <stag@domain.elided>
	> Subject: Re: star cars
	> Date: Monday, 15 June 1998 22:25
	> 
	> Richard Hudson wrote:
	> > 
	> > Dear all
	> > 
	> > With regard to Stags on the telly I recall that James Bond
stole/drove
	> > one, I think in Diamonds are Forever, where are you now??
Does anybody
	> > remember the registration number it was definitely one of
the
	> > pre-production cars and H reg despite the movie being
released in 1971.
	> > 
	> > It was early in the film and I seem to recall the immortal
Mr Connery,
	> > pretending to be some baddy driving his car through customs
at Dover..
	> > could be wrong any Bond fans out there.
	> > 
	> > Anyone know of any other films / tv shows that featured
stags.
	> 
	> Yes it was Diamonds are Forever, right at the beginning. It
was a
	> `mustard' colour, H reg (probably RVC???H) and the sound was
dubbed over
	> with what seemed like a Triumph Herald !
	> 
	> There was a series on the telly in the UK a couple of years
ago with a
	> dark red stag but I can't remember the name ! (I think John
Thaw was in
	> it). A stag did appear once in Eastenders. Also there was one
blown up
	> by Jeremy Beadle !
	> 
	> Regards,
	> 
	> Dave.
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