steve22 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I never was a one for Ford cars but that Granada certainly has what can only be described as classic lines. I also remember the Rover 2000 coming out around 1963. As a nine or ten year old I thought it was a stunner. I had the Corgi model with transolite - the B/W photo of the 3500 with the lights on reminded me! Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Ava_Hay Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 That was my favourite too. I can't remember whether it had the 2.8 or the 3.0 six. best, Pete. The 2.8 was the unleaded conversion of the 3.0. Fords suffered really badly with the softer valve seats they fitted back then. Unleaded petrol wiped about 20% performance of any engine and the change was not welcomed by many. Engines of this size were relatively unaffected but the 2.0 litre engine was emasculated and replaced with an 1800 that was seriously underpowered for most applications. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 One of my later company cars was a Cortina 2.0 GLS with Recaro seats, alloy wheels and a sunroof which made it more expensive than the Ghia. Blinding car though and fast. DLP19Y where are you? According to the DVLA on-line database unlicensed since 1991 - so probably gone to that great scrapyard in the sky (or sitting in a barn somewhere) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Regarding The Sweeney, watch the Granada taking corners then watch a Rover 2000 tearings its tyres off trying to take the same line.....it has to take a wider curve.....typical Brit crap of its day. The Fords were well ahead on chassis and suspension. As Ford supplied ALL the cars for the programme, one always knows the crooks Jaguar will be written off at the end! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Williams Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 My mother-in-law adored 'The Sweeney' She used to say it was her weekly dose of violence! Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Ava_Hay Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 one always knows the crooks Jaguar will be written off at the end! Which could be one reason why the Jaguars are now worth a great deal more than the Granadas, I suppose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff alvey Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Evening Jeff, Alas no, the Twickers area locations were a couple of posh gaffs in West Temple Sheen and Monroe Drive (in the episode 'Poppy', shown 20/10/75), plus the Winning Post pub on the A316 Chertesy Road (in 'The Placer', shown 13/2/75). Not sure what the programme was that you saw being filmed! Thanks for the reply - even though it means my claim to "being there" is shot (ha! ha!). Giving the matter more thought - I left the area in 1969, so it must have been an earlier program. Thanks anyway, Returning to obscurity, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted April 14, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2011 One always knows the crooks Jaguar will be written off at the end! If I recall the Mk 2 Jags frequently used as getaway vehicles in numerous blags were frequently patched up, partially repainted and had a different set of plates fitted so during the course of the series the same Jags kept reappearing! Routemaster prototype RM3 appeared in a few episodes, most notable 'Trojan Bus' and it is still around. Some of the distant shots of blue and blue/grey EMU's passing through Clapham during the classic opening chase scene in 'Stoppo Driver' are just pure nostalgia now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 It was certainly bril publicity for Ford and amusing to see all the non Ford cars smashed up. I'm not sure if there are any episodes we haven't seen. The ones with a colour title beginning seem to be few in number compared with those that start in dark blue & white. Dennis Waterman played a great part and went on to be just as good in 'Minder' in my view. Didnt George Cole out of Minder appear in a Sweeney episide? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Reid Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 According to the font of all TV/Movie knowlegede (IMDB) yes Larry he was - good call. In it for one episode - Tomorrow Man (27 September 1976) - as Dennis Longfield See here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0714467/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Thanks for tha Bob. Her indoors Mrs. Memorywoman only needed your prompt and she gave me chapter & verse on the episide... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 ... The Fords were well ahead on chassis and suspension... Yeah, even those unpopular Mk3s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Yeah, even those unpopular Mk3s Having since read up on the Mk.III Cortina, it appears my memory was from the latter part of their production when it was said the shape looked dated and the Cortina had to be re-skinned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 It was certainly bril publicity for Ford and amusing to see all the non Ford cars smashed up. I'm not sure if there are any episodes we haven't seen. The ones with a colour title beginning seem to be few in number compared with those that start in dark blue & white. Dennis Waterman played a great part and went on to be just as good in 'Minder' in my view. Didnt George Cole out of Minder appear in a Sweeney episide? Evening Coach, No, alas there were no 'lost' episodes, everything you see in the various dvd box sets is as it came from Euston Films between 1974 and 78, with nothing missing. However, if you watch the repeats on ITV4 you'll see that many episodes are cut down in places for the spurious reason of 'gratuitous violence', which is rather ironic - when the first episode 'Ringer' was shown last week, the chase scene at Peckam Rye station was cut out, but the bit where Regan and Carter catch up with the villain and give him a mild seeing to is left in! As for the titles, the famous blue tinted 'stills' sequence showing NHK 295M chasing the S-Type Jag was used for ther first three series, and the 'coloured' film footage shot through a prism lens was only used in series 4 (ie: the last series). John - you mention the Jags used being Mk2s.... they were all S-Types in The Sweeney . Even NHK 295M itself didn't escape the knocking the Jags received, in a couple of shots in one episode there's a distinct dent in one of the wings, something it's current owner found when stripping it back ready for new metal to be grafted in (it's in the paintshop as I type this). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 However, if you watch the repeats on ITV4 you'll see that many episodes are cut down in places for the spurious reason of 'gratuitous violence', which is rather ironic Completely OT, but it always makes me smile when those subtitles in film trailers warn of 'bloody violence'. I always want to add 'oh, and there's a bit of sodding swearing as well' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT3 Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Excellent topic, I was just watching the episode of Black Books where manny stays up all night drinking coffee and watching the Sweeney DVD All you needed was somone to turn up with a early XJ6, Mk1 ford Transit or s type and you could have gone and had a play on the industrial estate...just avoid any jumps out of shop windows. I often wondered how many of the film cars still survive.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Some of the distant shots of blue and blue/grey EMU's passing through Clapham during the classic opening chase scene in 'Stoppo Driver' are just pure nostalgia now. I also seem to remember a scene where Regan and Carter are on a piece of waste ground and a class 40 passes by in the background. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Passing trains seemed to have been a regular feature, also on The Professionals. Someone clearly liked to have trains in their shots. Fantastic programmes all. The trains, the demolition site locations and men with womens hair really capture the tacky 1970s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 Excellent topic, I was just watching the episode of Black Books where manny stays up all night drinking coffee and watching the Sweeney DVD All you needed was somone to turn up with a early XJ6, Mk1 ford Transit or s type and you could have gone and had a play on the industrial estate...just avoid any jumps out of shop windows. I often wondered how many of the film cars still survive.. It appears only a few motors have survived from the show... NHK 295M the original Consul 3.0, another Mk1 Granada used in later episodes and a Bentley T1 used by one of the villains - this turned up in an auction last year and the owner is currently restoring it back to how it was in The Sweeney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted April 15, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 15, 2011 I understand at least three of the Capri's and the Escort RS2000 used in The Professionals have survived as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 All you need are some cardboard boxes arranged into a big pile..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 All you need are some cardboard boxes arranged into a big pile..... :D .......They must have been hoping the wind wouldnt blow. Has anyone ever come across a pile of large empty boxes on spare ground? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHertsGER Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 OK, everyone ready? Standing in front of a decent sized mirror? OK. So, nice menacing sneer. That's it. All together now (guttural snarl type voice): "You're nicked" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2011 The classic episode 'Stoppo Driver' is currently airing on ITV4 complete with that lovely opening pre titles chase with lots of Clapham and Battersea area EMU's around. Pity its been cut to include more adverts they even took the classic 'Crap it's the law' and 'shut it' lines out from the opening chase!! I was just two days old when this episode first aired!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Just discovered this thread. I liked "the Sweenies" during my londonian period in the summer of '77 and was a great pleasure for me when a couple of years ago a local italian tv showed the (I suppose) complete serie! Back to my youth! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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