In message " VWs in Hollywood [was VW sighting (Field of Dreams)]", SMAHER@po2.gi.com writes: >>Didn't Maxwell Smart drive up in a Karmen(SP) Ghia during the >>opening shot of "Get Smart"? > > >Nope-- that was a Sunbeam Tiger. Same size and weight as a Ghia, but >with a Ford 289 V8 engine under the hood. My dad used to say you could >remove the drive shaft from that car, and drive it around powering it >with the cooling fan... Well, actually, for a while he drove a Ghia, and for a while he drove an Amphicar. Dunno about the Sunbeam....except that after Chrysler bought Sunbeam, the Tiger still used Ford V8s, 'cause the Chrysler V8 wouldn't fit. Dave O'H oheare@bnr.ca feeling trivial today
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