Another sighting last night: Daimler SP250 ?
Nothing else was on, so I tuned into TNT to watch the Elvis Presley
vehicle "Viva Las Vegas" about sports car racers chasing after the
same girl, Ann-Margaret. I tuned in mostly to see Ann-Margaret :-)
but also to see what kind of cars they were racing and the racing
(even though it is _only_ a movie).
Ann-Margaret was having car problems and went over to Our Elvis and
an Italian driver, who were looking under the latter's Ferrari (I think),
to ask for help.
At first I thought her car was a TR-3. The clue from the side view
was the shape of the door. But then I noticed the nose was more
"pointy", sticking out further than a TR-3. It also had larger tailfins.
I concluded it was a Daimler SP250 -- and you don't see many of those
in the movies!!! However, I looked at a picture of the Daimler this
morning and the shape of the doors don't match :-( Everything else
does though. Perhaps the doors were different on earlier or later
versions. My picture is of a 1961. Production was 1959-64.
Anyone else see the movie? Verifications?
Garry Archer Esq. archer@hsi.com
3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
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