Yah...what's up with Hollywood destroying Alpines :-( They always seem top do
it.
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I am not sure I want to admit watching this show but, One Adam 12 often has a
black Sunbeam show up in the back ground. Must have been a studio car. On a
happy note I have not seen anything bad happen to it, not even a bullet ricochet
off its paint... Jim
"Scott E. Christie" wrote:
> Did anybody see the 1971 film "Get Carter" last night on the Mystery
> channel? The only reason I watched it was because I remembered seeing it
> listed on TJ Higgin's site as a movie featuring Alpines. That's the ONLY
> reason to watch it as it's a grim little film.
> However, there's plenty of action shots of a beautiful white Series V,
> including great shots of the dash with the scenery whipping by on both sides
> (the camera man must have squeezed himself on to the parcel tray with his
> camera!)
> Unfortunately this new-looking Series V ends up getting pushed into the
> harbor by a Land Rover!!
> The film's producers probably looked at the Alpine as just another used car.
> What a shame.
> Why is that when the Alpine does get featured (which is rare) it always ends
> up trashed? Anybody remember Butterfield 8?
> Scott Christie
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