Interesting thread, this. My friend Rick of Series 1 1/2 XKE fame
(AKA "The Constitution") has made a tape of all the (many) E-types
that are trashed on film & TV. You know, the one in the 70's John
Wayne film "Brannigan", The one in "Vanishing Point", the classic
"Italian Job" trashing of an outside bonnet latch E-Type. But the
one that tops them all is an episode of the TV show "Murder, She
Wrote" in which the XKE that is careening down a hilly road,
brakeless (gee, there's a surprise plot twist with an LBC). It was
one of those "wait, did I see that?" things where we backed up the
tape to the beginning of the scene & then went through it frame by
frame. Our suspicions were confirmed that there were at least 3
different cars used in this sequence, a Series 1, Series 2 & Series
3! This was hilarious! I know multiple cars are used in the movies
for a single car, but this had us laughing the rest of the night.
"Just get me another XKE" said the director, who, come to think of
it, was most likely a PO of one & was taking his ownership
frustrations out!
Colin
bracec@a1.mgh.harvard.edu
74 MGB
73 BMW 3.0s
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