APOLLO Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 We're the Sweeney son and we haven't had any dinner The Sweeney website - full of info http://www.granada-and-scorpio-online.com/sweeney/ Brit15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted January 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2018 Nidge it was indeed Poppy. So what was the LHD American sports car? Corvette? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 The Dolly Sprint was in more than one episode in series one, it was Bodie's car but also used by Doyle (it was used alongside the blue TR7 in the first episode shown 'Private Madness, Public Danger' with the late Keith Barron as the villain of the piece). The RS2000 got some stick in almost every scene it was in. Cowley had two different Mk2 Granadas, a BL Princess, a Maxi and John Steed's Rover SD1 from The New Avengers with its reg' number cleverly modified with gaffer tape! 6263486499_7053464484_b.jpg 22008457_354610301662491_3211512097522560941_n.jpg DL3VV45X0AEu5mH.jpg prof10337bp4.6365.jpg prof30512wv3.4892.jpg prof30677in5.9513.jpg Professionals promo card Cowley & Doyle.jpg PROS 1977 TR7 #2.jpg PROS 1977 TR7.jpg Various other cars were used once or twice by other characters, Roger Lloyd Pack drove a Jensen Interceptor very briefly as arch assassin 'Ramos', a group of Greek activists used a white two door Range Rover and a Series I XJ6 with false 'S' reg plates, various Government Ministers used a Rover P5B Saloon, Series 2 XJ6, while the minor villainy were given Ford press fleet Mk3 and 4 Cortinas, all with 'VHK' reg' numbers. In one episode Cowley dumped his red Mk2 Granada in favour of an orange N reg'd Marina Estate while going undercover. All of the the Capris, the RS2000 and Cowley's red Granada wore false plates during filming, with special dispensation from the Old Bill to use them on public roads for short periods only. Edit! Almost forgot the white Series 3 E-Type Roadster which Doyle used in the Series 2 episode 'Hunter, Hunted, it gets blown up after being chased along the Westway by a purple Porsche 911 with blacked out windows in the pic of the rs whats the badge between the escort and GB sticker ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Must play the Sweeney music. DIY version: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Edit! Almost forgot the white Series 3 E-Type Roadster which Doyle used in the Series 2 episode 'Hunter, Hunted, it gets blown up after being chased along the Westway by a purple Porsche 911 with blacked out windows I saw that episode recently. The E-type became a Series 1 roaster (I think) just before it blew up. It certainly wasn't the same car (not that you'd expect it to be). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) I saw that episode recently. The E-type became a Series 1 roaster (I think) just before it blew up. I bet it certainly became one of those after it blew up....!! It's OK, I've already got my coat... Keith Edited January 26, 2018 by keefr2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I just had to share this video from Old Classic CAr fsite.. http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20088&highlight= There was a time, when corporate honesty was almost painful...... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Nidge it was indeed Poppy. So what was the LHD American sports car? Corvette? Yes it was an early Corvette Chris - first incarnation I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) in the pic of the rs whats the badge between the escort and GB sticker ? I think it's a shield of some sort and part of the rectangular GB sticker, I've seen one of those on a Mk2 Capri at a classic car show in Luton many years ago. Another Profs screen shot - Pete Brayham's one take attempt at driving a Mk1 Consul Granada through a sheet of glass, shot for the revamped series 2 opening titles in late 1978. When the series was released on VHS these titles were edited onto the series 1 episodes but on the most recent DVD and Blu-Ray versions the original sequence with Gordon Jackson driving the Rolls Royce Shadow is left in place, with a few of the episodes also having his short voiceover as well. The scene with the Shadow was shot next to the railway at Greenford... In the Sweeney pilot 'Regan' made in early 1974 John Thaw drives a March '72 registered Mk1 Granada... he also wears a cravat for some reason! Edited January 26, 2018 by Rugd1022 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The GB badge on the back of the Ford. I think it may have been something to do with Ford. A lot of their press pool cars had that same GB badge stuck somewhere on the rear end. Anywez, back to cars. (And twains). Ashington Colliery yard c. 1965 by Billy Embleton, on Flickr P 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hillman Husky. Re-invented as the Berlingo nowadays and they think its something new! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hinksey... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hillman Husky. Re-invented as the Berlingo nowadays and they think its something new! How right. When the hatchback phrase became common I used to hark back to my Great Aunts A40 Counrtyman. A smashing motor. Not my Great Aunt yesterday. and then there was the Innocenti Combinata. Innocenti A40 by piccolegrandiruote, on Flickr P 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 A bit more nostalgia and a question for anyone who's owned or had experience of one - what are old Jag / Daimler V12s actually like for looking after...? Lifting the bonnet on one of these a year or so ago I was scared silly by all that pipework lurking within... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hinksey... MGB WR 77f4ad.jpg Mmmm.....all that steam, smoke and smuts settling on newly-painted bodies.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2018 I'd love to read the article on 'Engines of the Future'. Probably didn't expect the same 115hp as the twinkie Escort from a diesel Focus.....with about twice the torque. Or Nissan bl**dy Leafs. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I'd love to read the article on 'Engines of the Future'. Probably didn't expect the same 115hp as the twinkie Escort from a diesel Focus.....with about twice the torque. Or Nissan bl**dy Leafs. I suppose we take a lot for granted with our everyday cars now, heated this, power assisted that, suspension that seemingly thinks for itself and power aplenty from most cars with bags of torque available to bring the horizon closer in the blink of an eye - but they often feel disconnected from the road surface somehow. Another oldie from 1968, at first I couldn't make out what the car is but it looks like a Sunbeam Rapier Fastback... And an unusual Fiat / Festiniog Railway combo from 1970... The Austin Seven Mini here must have been around fifteen years old at the time, I'm amazed they managed to get the subframe off without ripping the rear toeboard out...! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) A bit more nostalgia and a question for anyone who's owned or had experience of one - what are old Jag / Daimler V12s actually like for looking after...? Lifting the bonnet on one of these a year or so ago I was scared silly by all that pipework lurking within... AUTOCAR 280972.jpg MOTOR 070473.jpg FORD d9835e.jpg MOTOR 030776.jpg MOTOR 060975.jpg MOTOR 080172.jpg MOTOR 080275.jpg MOTOR 100268.jpg MOTOR 100273.jpg I had a couple of XJ6 Jags ( natch ) and somehow after a few years the bodies would 'slump' thus screwing up the opening and closing of doors and rattle like a bag of saucepans. Other deformities were caused by worn out suspension units and all combined with British Leyland's notorious build quality issues they turned what should have been a masterpiece in engineering and design into a gangsters car that was a typical British Leyland product of the time and stricken with terrible panel fit, awful reliability, in built rust and endless strikes - but what a bird puller ! Allan Footnote. At the opening of the Peco modelrama I had to deliver some buildings for the opening so, in order that I arrived on time, I slept in the back of a beat up heap of an XJ 6 in Peco's carpark. However, before I could leave, I had to call on Mr Pritchard and his son to give me a push to get it started in the pouring rain. Of course, being automatic, we couldn't get enough speed up so had to have it towed to a garage in Seaton where what profit I made on the buildings soon disappeared once hoisted up on the ramp in the garage ! Edited January 26, 2018 by allan downes 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Your tale of woe sounds familiar Allan, I used to hear very similar stories of rust, atrocious build quality, unreliability etc from people when I was out and about in my '73 XJ6, but I must've been one of the lucky ones because it was a very solid example and was well looked after for most of its life. The fit and finish of the interior wasn't what it ought to have been but I really do miss it and I've come to realise that my affliction for big wafty old British bruisers will never go away... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 A bit more nostalgia FORD d9835e.jpg I want that!! Some strange things about it & the ad. though - unusual colour, looks too orange for sebring red and Twin Cams had finished before Vista orange was introduced. And it's the first time I've seen a TC described as an 'Escort 1600. GT'. Actually, just been looking through the 'Factory Original Sporting Mk 1 Escorts' and the door mirror is the style fitted to Australian market cars... Still want it! Keith 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 A scanned photo of my old AMV8 series 2, this had mechanical fuel injection, sadly sold now. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 house down in chorlton has a few in the garden along with a couple of jags plus a battered looking 120y thats a daily user will try and get some pics next time im delivering nearby as promised managed to get a quick snap today https://www.facebook.com/290113394502059/photos/pcb.827716524075074/827716324075094/?type=3&theater 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) I want that!! Some strange things about it & the ad. though - unusual colour, looks too orange for sebring red and Twin Cams had finished before Vista orange was introduced. And it's the first time I've seen a TC described as an 'Escort 1600. GT'. Actually, just been looking through the 'Factory Original Sporting Mk 1 Escorts' and the door mirror is the style fitted to Australian market cars... Still want it! Keith I've sharpened the image up a bit Keith but the colour is as I found it - I've lost track of all the Escort variations, I can't keep up! Ford's marketing was brilliant in those days, the downside now being that when perusing Grannies, Capris, Escorts, and Cortinas on ebay it's hard to determine what's kosher and what isn't unless you know your stuff, which I'm behind on when it comes to Fords. The 'Factory Original..' book you've got - is it one of the Heritage & Sons Ltd series..? I've got the one on Mk1 and Mk2 Minis which is a great addition to John Parnell's 'Original Cooper & S' book. Edited January 26, 2018 by Rugd1022 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Evening Nidge, the book is this one; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sporting-MK1-Escorts-Originality-Factory-Original/dp/B01FIYWAUA/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516997597&sr=1-3&keywords=factory+original+sporting+ford+escort However I bought it when it was still in print, for a lot less than the current Amazon prices! I've also got the Mk2 volume; https://www.speedyhen.com/Product/Dan-Williamson/Factory-original-Sporting-Mk2-Escorts--The-Originality-Gu/7478473 They are published by Herridge & Sons Ltd, don't know if that's who you meant? It doesn't actually say it's part of a series, but there are 3 on Escorts, the two I have and one on the RS Cosworth. Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sidelines Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) A good sunny day up here (did I say for a change!) Everybody took advantage of the sunshine and we been out to stock up on 'mixed grain'. The last lot has not encouraged many eggs! Ray Edited January 26, 2018 by Silver Sidelines 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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