Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:
Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time
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◊ 2010-04-05 13:36 |
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◊ 2012-04-26 13:53 |
looks like for the stunt they used a B1 , easly noticed on the gril |
◊ 2013-05-05 18:10 |
Still alive, spotted today:![]() |
◊ 2013-05-05 20:55 |
I though they crashed a double or used several for the stunts. Now I know ![]() |
◊ 2019-09-20 21:59 |
better main pic ?![]() -- Last edit: 2019-09-20 22:00:25 |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:02 |
the mannequin ![]() ![]() -- Last edit: 2019-09-20 22:02:57 |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:08 |
What's the history behind fox tails being sticked onto antennas? I remember seeing those on some cars before, but I never quite understood the meaning of it. |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:12 |
part of the Manta B driver stereotype ![]() another one was they had KENWOOD stickers on the windows which you can see them in the movie try with google translate https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantawitz -- Last edit: 2019-09-20 22:14:20 |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:17 |
Don't know about Germany but here in the UK you saved tokens from the petrol station (Esso) for a tiger's tail (put a tiger in your tank). A late 60's/early 70's thing. Mam & Dad still have whisky tumblers & decanter with dimpled bottoms (National?), anyone remember the World Cup medals or Apollo space mission medals? -- Last edit: 2019-09-20 22:22:58 |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:21 |
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◊ 2019-09-20 22:24 |
Didn't know there was an outpost of Essex in Germany? |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:50 |
Quote - what goes thru a Manta driver's head when he crashes into a tree ? - the rear sporiler that reminds me of the Brilliance crash test video.... |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:55 |
I cannot remember Esso tokens, but some from Shell. Mainly vintage cars, the only actual model I remember, was the Fiat Dino. But those tokens were before the time, I was old enough to become interested in cars (although this was very very early. With five years I knew the common car models and I even could read license plate - which was very bewildering for my parents. |
◊ 2019-09-20 22:57 |
I was told that as a kid I was always saying 'that's not a car, that's a Chrysler' etc. And in the traffic education tests in fourth grade I always made sure to name the cars in the picture. "Der Radfahrer hat Vorfahrt. Der Passat muss warten." |
◊ 2019-09-20 23:13 |
Back to the fox tails, they've been around for a long time, way before any Manta. The first time I recall seeing it in any situation was in the Donald Duck short "Wet Paint" from 1946. According to this thread - it may have begun as some sort of a roadkill leftover "trophy" back in the 1930s that for whatever reason caught on. |
◊ 2019-09-20 23:14 |
Very strange. In UK no-one gives a monkeys what brand of food-mixer you own. |
◊ 2019-09-20 23:26 |
![]() they all like those mixers ![]() -- Last edit: 2019-09-20 23:27:00 |
◊ 2019-09-20 23:31 |
Yes. My dad collected the tumblers. World Cup coins was Esso - bizarrely I got a Glenn Hoddle in my change a couple of weeks ago - pretty much same size as a modern 10p. Mobil did some collectors cards and an album - I think for racing cars. Mobil and Shell did various cheaply made model cars - some 1980s Corgis, and others from eg Maisto - Shell had a 1990s collection with unusual stuff like the MGR V8 ![]() and Lotus Elan [M90] ![]() |