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sb001 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 6:24 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Rome wrote: |
"Top Gear" British presenter James May's own buggy. Mr. May was one of the 3 presenters/hosts in the TV show "Top Gear", from 2003 thru 2015. On one of the related shows from 2016, the team traveled to Africa for "The Grand Tour of Namibia" where he acquired the buggy which he brought back to England and had restored/rebuilt by the VW shop Kingfisher Kustoms. This video from August 2021 has excellent, clear footage of him driving it. |
Ironic considering how the Top Gear guys always absolutely blasted the aircooled bug. _________________ I'm the humblest guy on this board.
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7839 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 6:57 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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sb001 wrote: |
Ironic considering how the Top Gear guys always absolutely blasted the aircooled bug. |
he does that in the beach buggy video - derides the beetle, says throwing most of it away to make a buggy is an improvement. then points out the frighteningly light steering, tail happy, brake locking characteristics of the buggy... _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5535 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:30 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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sb001 wrote: |
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I saw this first run in the theater with my parents. Imagine my 12 year old embarrassment during a certain scene while getting a nug from my dad. |
Never seen the film, but it's rated PG, so can't be that bad. |
Different times back in 1971, not like today. While I don't remember the films rating I know my parents would never take me to a R rated film until I was 16. Anyway the scene in question is of the girl swimming naked in a pond. Full frontal nudity. No sex scenes. Like I said, different times. _________________ Prosit!
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:17 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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sb001 wrote: |
Rome wrote: |
"Top Gear" British presenter James May's own buggy. Mr. May was one of the 3 presenters/hosts in the TV show "Top Gear", from 2003 thru 2015. On one of the related shows from 2016, the team traveled to Africa for "The Grand Tour of Namibia" where he acquired the buggy which he brought back to England and had restored/rebuilt by the VW shop Kingfisher Kustoms. This video from August 2021 has excellent, clear footage of him driving it. |
Ironic considering how the Top Gear guys always absolutely blasted the aircooled bug. |
Yes, though they grudgingly admitted it was a resounding success. The episode about crossing Africa... the booby prize was having to drive the Bug the rest of the way... and it finished the race in better shape than their favorite cars!
I suspect they liked it but didn't feel it was ok to admit that on a British car show. |
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sb001 Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2011 Posts: 10399 Location: NW Arkansas
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:00 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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KTPhil wrote: |
I suspect they liked it but didn't feel it was ok to admit that on a British car show. |
True, I always got the feeling deep down they had a respectful admiration for it.
It didn't stop them from dropping one from a helicopter. _________________ I'm the humblest guy on this board.
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5535 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9602 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 6:23 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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From April 2020-
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Bryan67 wrote: |
I watch re runs of Chips, Emergency, Adam 12 and Dragnet all the time, especially now with working from home due to the Covid pandemic. LOTS of old VW`s and other cars on them. |
Adam-12 is on the Me-TV channel; 2 episodes late afternoon weekdays. Here are a few shots I caught in the past few months:
...Episode named "Suspended" (1973, S 5, Ep 20)... |
Off-duty Ofcr Jim Reed (Kent McCord) encounters a robber while coming out of a grocery store at night. The robber shoots at a bystander, Reed shoots back in the direction of the robber's green Beetle but the bystander is hit. Robber gets away in the Beetle. Unfortunately I missed this segment of the episode but here's a shot from IMDB.
Reed gets investigated for the shooting and is placed on temporary desk duty. Ofcr. Tyson fills in for Reed in Ofcr Pete Malloy's (Martin Milner) patrol car. During their regular patrol they follow what appears to be a green early '60's Beetle. It has '61-style snowflake taillamps and the classic California "black plate" license plate style. In the 3rd shot you can see the rearward-slanted vent wing support indicating a '65 Beetle. Looks like the rear wheels are wider than the fronts, and all wheels have the "domed" style hubcaps.
Malloy's call-in for the license plate check comes back with a totally different car make and model so they don't stop the Beetle.
When they get back to the police station after their shift, Malloy has an idea, making variations of that plate until he guessed at the right combination later on. He obtains the address and year of the Beetle and Malloy wonders how Tyson knows this is a '63 per the final plate make, saying "they all look the same to him". Tyson says " '63 was the first year of larger taillights, and extra vents".
When Malloy and Tyson get to the car's address the next day, a yellow, not green Beetle leaves the driveway. Malloy says it must be the same car but just repainted in a rush. The TV crew simply substituted a '67 due to the "vertical" '67 style headlamps, flat hubcaps, and the wide rear track...
As they pull the Beetle over, stop, and the officers get out of their patrol car; the Beetle driver flees.
After a brief chase into a dead-end street, the Beetle has to stop and the driver/suspected robber is apprehended.
Malloy finds a roll of black electrical tape inside the Beetle and tests his idea on the front plate. The robber applied small pieces of the tape over some of the letters and numbers to make them appear different. |
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Evil Clown Live
Joined: January 08, 2009 Posts: 1345 Location: Wacky Macs
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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This SQBack keeps showing up in
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Hung Chow Chow.. & it was GR8! |
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Who.Me? Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2014 Posts: 2190 Location: UK (South)
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Taycan takeout.
From 'Red Notice'. Not entirely sure whether The Rock takes out the ice cream van with the Taycan, or the bus takes out the Taycan.
Either way; another bay bites the dust....
Oh, and there's a Thing in it somewhere, but I missed that. _________________ Andy
Looking for info on my truck's history. Are you from Campbell California or nearby. Do you recognise it? ... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=636786 |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9602 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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and there's a Thing in it somewhere, but I missed that. |
I have not seen this movie, but maybe it was a Kuebelwagen replica; since it is in combat with a late 1930's large Mercedes? From IMCDB:
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9602 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:55 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Well known American actor James Garner (Maverick, Grand Prix, The Rockford Files, and so many more) was a car enthusiast and versatile, skilled amateur race car driver. He created his own racing team American International Racers (AIR) in the late 1960's. Garner produced, and narrarated this documentary "The Racing Scene" (1969) of his car life. Red open Beetle near the start of either the '68 or '69 Baja 1000, filmed from a helicopter. Note the gauge hump in the hood.
EMPI-sponsored Beetle at the start of the same race in Ensenada, Mexico. I remember a 1/24 or 1/25 plastic model kit of this car from Revell (?). |
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Evil Clown Live
Joined: January 08, 2009 Posts: 1345 Location: Wacky Macs
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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EB gets a Meyers
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Hung Chow Chow.. & it was GR8! |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5535 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5535 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:26 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Rat Race 2001, slap stick comedy.
Funnny scene where Jon Lovitz and family visit the Barbie Museum. A few VW references including the pictures above and a red bug I didn't take a screen shot of. 6-1/2 minutes of your life you may want back.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=41imMO7XpFg _________________ Prosit!
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Movie "The Killer Elite" (1975) filmed in the San Francisco, California area. Main character Mike Locken (James Caan) on early morning jog passes by a silver 411 Wagon. He's carrying a walking stick due to an injured leg.
Later he gets out of Mac's cab, where a blue 412 Wagon is parked. |
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7839 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:18 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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thanks for those arrows... _________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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KTPhil Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Adam-12 was a gold mine for old VWs in LA.
Here's an unusual one. Season 6, episode 23, filmed at LAX airport.
No vinyl on the roof sail panels, and what look suspiciously like moon VW hubcaps on it! Non-chrome bumpers.
This was probably not a USA model, which I think were all deluxe models, which lacked the fancier wheels and vinyl/chrome on the roof/sail. Better specifics on models are appreciated. Grey market? Tourist delivery?
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:35 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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KT, the 914 in your photo would be a US model due to the round reflector on the front fender. That reflector was not needed/installed on Euro versions. 4-cylinder US model's standard equipment in the first few years had such body-color bumpers and no vinyl on the sides of targa bar. You could order the chrome bumpers and the vinyl as options (possibly termed "appearance group" though I could not find an order form nor '70 or '71 brochure per search), and most were sold that way.
The standard version's hubcaps were based on VW pressings with the raised center section, but the VW logo was not stamped in. Here's one for sale: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2343823 Stock Steve has a set on VW wheels on his '70 Cabrio-
And a good shot of such a 914 (Bonham's auction 2016)-
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:52 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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This white wagon is no VW, with quad headlamps and a front grille. Don't think it's a Fiat or Opel either, both of which only had 2 headlamps in '70/'71 when "Dirty Harry" was being filmed in early 1971. If it were a 411 Wagon which was first offered as a '71 model, it would not have a front grill; and you'd see its large amber front blinkers between the headlamps and the bumper. |
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51057 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:32 am Post subject: Re: VWs in Films / TV / etc. |
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Rome wrote: |
Evil Clown wrote: |
This SQBack keeps showing up in
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This white wagon is no VW, with quad headlamps and a front grille. Don't think it's a Fiat or Opel either, both of which only had 2 headlamps in '70/'71 when "Dirty Harry" was being filmed in early 1971. If it were a 411 Wagon which was first offered as a '71 model, it would not have a front grill; and you'd see its large amber front blinkers between the headlamps and the bumper. |
1968 Datsun 510 wagon. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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