>>>Didn't Maxwell Smart drive up in a Karmen(SP) Ghia during the >>>opening shot of "Get Smart"? >> >> >>Nope-- that was a Sunbeam Tiger. > >No, No, No Steve! You are half correct. Max did drive a Sunbeam Tiger but >in some episodes or some season < hard to tell in reruns> DID indeed drive a >Ghia Convert. I noticed this while I owned my long since gone '70 Ghia >'vert. I still would love to drive either one again.
Oops! Uh... *never mind*. My Dad bought a new Alpine in '60, and regretted it once Sunbeam started stuffing engines larger than the entire car into them. Had an eye for Tigers ever since, and forgot the Ghia <hanging head in shame>
Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '80 V6anagon '71 VW Transporter
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.