Old cars in tv programmes/films

[Richard1978]

I've noticed even when rewatching the earlier One Foot In The Graves how many cars featured are now rare to see on the roads.

[Trickyvee]

Old cars in tv programmes/films

I've noticed even when rewatching the earlier One Foot In The Graves how many cars featured are now rare to see on the roads.

Yes that's when I feel really old! Same with Keeping Up Appearences. In my mind the 90's are still recent and therefore don't have any defining features, but the street scenes tell a different story! I wonder how long it actually takes for something to appear 'of a time'.

[HG]

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I wonder how long it actually takes for something to appear 'of a time'.

That would make a good thread in its own right

[sf1378]

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I've noticed even when rewatching the earlier One Foot In The Graves how many cars featured are now rare to see on the roads.

Thats why I love watching The Sweeney now and again, a lot of those cars were still on the roads when I was a kid in the early 80s to 90s...

[Richard1978]

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I recently got the TV version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy which has lots of street scenes in the west end, along with a few scenes of motorway driving.

The scenes set in Brno were actually filmed in Glasgow, though it looked like they went to Lisbon.

[Austin Maxi]

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Interesting points about the vehicles on the roads in old TV programmes. There are usually a lot of cars around at any moment in time which are at least a decade old. But it's incredible the speed at which these vehicles just disappear. For about five years up until 2005, I owned a succession of early '90s Rover 400 saloons (a 414Si, then a 418GSD), and at the time, the roads were still awash with other Rover 200s and 400s. These days, you very rarely see them at all, even the newest ones of that style are now about 16 years old. I go to classic car shows, and I sometimes see cars which I think are way too recent to be considered classics, then it hits me that those cars are over 20 years old.

On the subject of 'On The Buses' by the way, I never really saw it until I watched a couple of episodes on TV recently, I can take it or leave it, but I can do a passable Blakey impersonation.

[Richard1978]

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I've noticed a few cars than have come & gone in my lifetime, while some others seem to be around still.

[onthebusesfan]

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Check this website out for old tv cars http://www.imcdb.org/movie_251415-Stickmen.html

[Retrogames]

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You should come to North Wales, old cars are more common than new ones! My neighbours have: a sierra, mk3 Escort, Reliant Kitten, 2CV, Land Rover, an old Saab, and the old guy has a Humber! My Volvo S40 really stands out, it looks futuristic lol

[Finnthedude]

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The Sweeney and The Professionals are great TV shows to watch if you're old car spotting. It's quite sad that so many popular motors are now dwindling away in numbers. There is a website where you can check how many of a particular model are remaining on the UK roads:

How Many Left


Worth browsing to see how many of your old cars are now rarer than hen's teeth.

Cheers,
Finnthedude.

[Richard1978]

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I've looked at that site before, It's surprising how many cars seemed to vanish almost overnight.

My Dad remembers there being lots of Renault 16's around until the early 1980's, but they seem to become a rare sight in a year or 2.

[Llamarama]

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I flicked onto an episode of the Professionals today and spotted no less than 7 Cortinas, 4 Granadas, an RS-2000, an SD1, an Austin Princess and the Ford Capri, among other cars! Makes me wonder how much classic British tin is left on the roads, the oldest stuff I've seen knocking around recently is a couple of (Mint) Sierras on G and H plates.

[escorteclipse1990]

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MK4 Escorts are becoming thin on the ground too, used to see loads of them now, i would be lucky to spot one every couple of months or so.

[amethyst]

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Jeff Randalls white Vauxhall Victor in randall and Hopkirk

[Twocky61]

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The Sweeney Granada - we had a lesser Consul NUW 507L probably crushed by now