I was thinking about a couple of women in tight catsuits, half unzipped (as you do while bored at work ) and I remembered the Cannonball Run and the Countach that featured. One of my all time favorites (the car not the film).

It got me thinking about what cars I remembered from TV and a memory came flooding back from the New Avengers - Steeds Broadspeed Jag XJ Coupe with the fat wheelarches. As a kid this rocked my world because you just didn't see anything like it on the roads.

It was the start of a long slippery slope into petrolhead-dom

What were you guys' favourite motors from the big and little screens ?

Kit from Knight Rider - I wanted a car that talked. Unfortunately the nearest I ever came to it was nearly buying an Austin Maestro as my first car - that spoke if you left the lights on (or something). Fortunately I saw the error of my ways and bought a Ford Fiesta <D'oh!>

Probably Knight Rider for me

I'm still saving up for my dream car.............Del Boys Reliant Robin............now that's a serious piece of machinery

NOW YOU GOT ME STARTED!!!

Well there was the ubiquitous DB5 that James Bond used to drive, BMT 214A which became BMT 216A in Goldfinger as memory serves...

Then I have to confess, once steed traded in that bentley for the Jag I was a strict convert! Even lusting after the Saints ( Simon Templar aka Roger More) for his White XJ/S... Of course his Jensen Inerceptor was even cooler being a 7 litre V8!! Reg "ST 1"

For my money you can keep the A team Van and K.I.T.T. they were not worthy but Street Hawk!! the Motorbike with turbo boost! now that was cool.

But no list would be complete without the lazer cycles from Tron!

Did I miss any?

Well maybe the general Lee from the Dukes of hazzard, cos I always tried to jump my cars like theres but they fell apart...

Then there was Chugga Boom, the old faithful run around driven by the ant hill mob in Penelopy Pittstop and the hooded claw. but I feel we are scraping the the bottom of the barrell now....


Does that give away my vintage by any chance....

Ps. RE Canonball run, I always liked the japanese car with stealth mode and night vision. you see this was a forerunner for Lexus but we didn't know it!

Loz

PPS. Remember Smokey and the Bandit? Well I guess at some point the Trans-am was a fave of mine too... all that burning rubber and hot girls sweeten the memory. Burt reynold had a great job! remember when they made one without him. What mistake!

on a separate thread, do you think Burt reynolds spawned the fad of the old Porn Star Mustache?? think about it..... it would make sense.

The car from Starsky and Hutch - remember in the 70's some people with red cars would but a white stripe on it?!

Oh yeah!!!

Remember it well it was a Ford but the exact model eludues me at present. what a cool car. remember huggy bears pimp-mobile and the catch phrase that always paid?

"Well, the word on the street is..."

Beats me why Huggy didn't run the police force as he seemed to know how to solve just about every serious crime!

Loz

Mad Max's car

Ford Gran Torino and "Zebra 3" as call sign for the red strip Starsky's car )

[quote name='djanderso' date='Dec 13 2002, 10:42 AM']The car from Starsky and Hutch - remember in the 70's some people with red cars would but a white stripe on it?![/quote]
Yeah that was a great car - Ford Torino. Still got a Corgi model with the two plastic characters holding some misfit up against the car !!

There used to be some saddo near where I lived with a red Vauxhall Viva and he painted the Starsky and Hutch white stripe down the sides - BY HAND - nice job

ohhhh Mad Max for Sure!

"Starsky & Hutch",

They had a wicked car, fast & slick, i had a toy model of it...

nah..for me the 3 mini's in the Italian Job......

[img]http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2706/img/itjob.gif[/img]

I used to love Magnum's Ferrari and really wanted one as a kid.

Anyone see The Bill a couple of weeks ago? One of the DS's had a nice IS300...

[quote name='djanderso' date='Dec 13 2002, 10:42 AM']The car from Starsky and Hutch - remember in the 70's some people with red cars would but a white stripe on it?![/quote]
I think it was a Mustang Mach 1 - neat car!

I liked the DeLorean in BTTF - one of those would come in very handy!

How about "Eleanor" the Shelby Mustang GT 500 from Gone in sixty seconds?

General Lee ...... how I tried to persuade my Dad to get a horn that played Dixie!!! (luckily he stood his ground!)

The 3 mini's in the Italian Job - still would like a 69 Cooper S - but hard to find good ones now.

What about Herbie ....

ahhhh herbie...now theres one,yep gotto agree thats another good un,and im sure johnny boy would agree

My all time fave movie car has to be the Dodge Charger, whether its in General Lee guise, or the baddies car in Bullit

There is no way that that Mustang in Bullit would have beat the Dodge Charger

I love the sound of big, lazy, american v8's that do 5 MPG

5 MPG? thats a bit like the IS really............

only yours ANDY...............

must really struggle to lug your posterior around

Of course now a number of you are driving around in a replica of a TV car. That man of the moment Alan Partridge and his IS200.
"Back of the net" !!!

Surprised no-one mentioned that before, I hadn't thought of it.

Has to be the Mustang in "Bullit", when i double-the-clutch in my Transit it nearly sounds as good

mine has to be matt stryker's car from the kids cartoon M.A.S.K. (the one with the gull wing doors)
or jazz from transformers

the wife likes the bus from the double deckers

[quote name='imi' date='Dec 13 2002, 01:07 PM']"Starsky & Hutch",

They had a wicked car, fast & slick, i had a toy model of it... [/quote]
1976 Ford Gran Torino

[img]http://starskytorino.com/brentw/brentw2001.jpg[/img]

[quote name='Chris Shipley' date='Dec 13 2002, 09:34 AM']Probably Knight Rider for me[/quote]
[img]http://www.knightregistries.com/registry/don2/head.jpg[/img]

[quote name='Loz' date='Dec 13 2002, 10:02 AM']For my money you can keep the A team Van and K.I.T.T. they were not worthy but Street Hawk!! the Motorbike with turbo boost! now that was cool.[/quote]
[img]http://www.streethawk.tvheaven.com/pictures/other/bike.jpg[/img]

[quote name='andyhart21' date='Dec 13 2002, 03:21 PM']My all time fave movie car has to be the Dodge Charger, whether its in General Lee guise, or the baddies car in Bullit

There is no way that that Mustang in Bullit would have beat the Dodge Charger

I love the sound of big, lazy, american v8's that do 5 MPG

5 MPG?  thats a bit like the IS really............[/quote]

[img]http://www.javelinamx.com/carstars/dukes1.jpg[/img]

[quote name='ricky_is200' date='Dec 13 2002, 01:28 PM']I used to love Magnum's Ferrari and really wanted one as a kid.

Anyone see The Bill a couple of weeks ago? One of the DS's had a nice IS300...[/quote]
[img]http://members.aol.com/cotsmm/magnum.gif[/img]

[quote name='Claire G' date='Dec 13 2002, 09:32 AM']Kit from Knight Rider - I wanted a car that talked. Unfortunately the nearest I ever came to it was nearly buying an Austin Maestro as my first car - that spoke if you left the lights on (or something). Fortunately I saw the error of my ways and bought a Ford Fiesta <D'oh!>[/quote]
[img]http://www.amjec.co.uk/cool_as_us.jpg[/img]

I always liked this from "Hardcastle & McCormick

[img]http://members.tripod.de/coyote1982/hundm_coyotenew-08.gif[/img]

[img]http://members.tripod.de/coyote1982/hundm_coyotenew-09.gif[/img]

Always wanted one of these when I was young,after I watched "The Proffesionals

[img]http://www.mark-1.co.uk/Professionals/images/cars/svhk12w2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.mark-1.co.uk/Professionals/images/cars/s_capris.jpg[/img]

Chris,

Does, "always wanted" reference the Capri, equate to "...so I bought one and this is it, taken at the owners club meeting that I still organise!"

just wondering....

Ps. think the car in Hardcakes and McComic is the Ultima Kit car. proper beasty!! wasn't the old guy brian Keith and drove a truck, cant remember how they came to be a crime fighting duo though. anyone refresh my memory...


Cheers in anticipation,


Loz

Can't BELIEVE you guys missed this one!!

Clues.....

Mike Mercury
Dr. Horatio Beaker
Mitch the Monkey

[url="http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1224.php"]Blindingly Obvious!![/url]