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> From: Andy Walker <awtiger@ix.netcom.com>
> To: rmyers@parkcity.com
> Subject: Get Smart car(s)
> Date: Thursday, February 13, 1997 8:52 PM
>
> Ron:
> Well, I hate to deflate your co-workers balloon, but he or she is
totally
> incorrect about Maxwell Smart driving a Fiat Spyder. They are certainly
> neat cars but were never driven by "Agent 86." You are correct with your
> answer of the Sunbeam Tiger but, as usual, that is not where the trivia
> stops.
> Maxwell Smart, played by Don Adams, actually drove four different
vehicles
> during the shows duration. I do not have the information regarding what
> years the show was on so I can't tell you for sure whether he had a
> different car every year but, as best as my memory serves me, he did have
a
> different ride for every season. His first car was a red Sunbeam Alpine
> Series IV. I actually have a model of that car that was produced by AMT.
> The next year was the year that he drove the red Sunbeam Tiger Mk1 in
> question. The next car he had was a light blue Volkswagen Karman Ghia
> convertible (what a spy car!). Then he finished up the run of the show
> with a gold/bronze Opel GT. Again, I don't know for sure how many years
> the show ran so I can't tell you how long (how many seasons) he drove
each
> car. I can tell you, however, that I have seen the lead in to these
shows
> when they play the theme song and I have seen him in each one of these
> vehicles. When he drove the Sunbeams, the lead in just showed him coming
> around the corner and skidding to a halt. In the lead in for the later
> seasons with the VW and the Opel, it shows him driving around in
> Washington, DC and parking in front of a large building with a big
stairway
> in front (if memory serves). Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this little bit
of
> trivia!
>
> Sincerely,
> Andy Walker
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