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◊ 2007-05-26 04:06 |
![]() ![]() ![]() pics from eps 1.01 |
◊ 2008-02-21 08:24 |
in eps 1.11![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
◊ 2008-02-28 11:39 |
in eps 2.22![]() ![]() ![]() + 2.25 (with a corgi model in the Estate agents window) ![]() ![]() -- Last edit: 2008-02-28 12:04:25 |
◊ 2009-02-09 13:12 |
in eps 2.01![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() in eps 2.08 (2-pics) + 2.10 (3-pics) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() eps 2.11 + eps 2.12 (3-pics) + eps 2.19 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() eps 2.20 (x3), eps 2.21 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() in eps 2.23 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() -- Last edit: 2009-04-23 08:14:45 |
◊ 2009-02-10 10:17 |
![]() Simon Templar's Greatest challenge.! ![]() |
◊ 2013-10-02 03:11 |
Possibly one of the originals at the Dezer museum (ex-Kewsick car). Inspiration for the Lesney Matchbox car with the stick figure on the hood?![]() ![]() -Kurt |
◊ 2014-09-21 00:46 |
The Saint's ST1 Volvo, actually owned by Roger Moore, on Jay Leno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwCjOakOMKE "If you want to impress chicks over 60, this is the car to have" I sat in this P1800 a few days ago, Link to "www.oldtimerfarm.be" asking price 22,950 euro. Very low seats indeed, but my favorite of all the cars they had. |
◊ 2020-10-10 00:37 |
Supposedly the P1800 was used in The Saint because Roger Moore already owned one & Jaguar had turned down a request to lend them an E-type. |
◊ 2021-04-03 04:45 |
Article on Saint's cars in Classic & Sportscar May 2021 issue says the producers originally approached Jag for a Mk.X saloon, but were refused. Then one of the crew saw a P1800 in a showroom, so they went for that instead. 71 DXC arrived as a Jensen-built ex-demonstrator, and has an aerial on the driver side front wing. As above and comments here, it survives and has been restored. 71 DXC was issued Feb 62 onwards, with RHD production starting March 62, so it was a very early example for filming in summer 62. Then in 1963, Volvo supplied the 1800 S 77 GYL (a Nov 63 plate) - referred to as Swedish-built which isn't totally accurate as they were still being mainly built at Linwood (unchanged from previous arrangement, with the difference being that Jensen were no longer involved and assembly now took place in Sweden, so "more Swedish than before" but a Scottish-Swedish hybrid) - and there was a cross-over period when both cars were used for filming some episodes, as CBH explains on the other page. 77 GYL was part of the 'Cars of the Stars' Motor Museum display at Keswick until it closed in 2011, and is now believed to be owned by an enthusiast in the USA. As far as I can tell - in other words probable but unconfirmed - it had no aerial on the driver's wing. |
◊ 2022-11-13 10:16 |
Although it was the tv producers who put Simon Templar in an 1800S, it seems his creator Leslie Charteris liked Volvos too. https://www.swva.co.uk/classic-car-buyer-saint-volvo-at-auction/ This Volvo 144 owned by him in the 70s is currently being restored just up the road from me in Crimplesham Norfolk. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2390924473/permalink/10160550082884474/ |
◊ 2022-11-13 10:35 |
The story of 71 DXC Link to "www.dailymail.co.uk" |