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Post by Brah » Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:52 pm

Max Headroom wrote:
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Max Headroom wrote: They shattered the mould.
I remember watching that and the original Saint when they came out and to the States in their b&w glory. Instead of the Avengers it may have been Secret Agent Man....
Yeah, but more importantly: Purdey :love:
Just had to hear that theme song after all this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWr_1uLjqic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtePs5lCeyY

Reminds me of the Corgi replica of The Saint car I had as a kid. Miss my Corgis, they were great.

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Post by JR8 » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:03 am

Brah wrote: Just had to hear that theme song after all this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWr_1uLjqic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtePs5lCeyY

Reminds me of the Corgi replica of The Saint car I had as a kid. Miss my Corgis, they were great.
What's the car in the clips, is that a Bristol? [very £££, hand-built oddity].

I had a Corgi silver Aston Martin, which was re: Roger Moore as James Bond. You could flip little levers and take each wheel off, then press a button and a 'missile-defence' shield flipped up behind the rear window... probably still amongst 'the rest' in my parents attic...
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn24 ... silv-4.jpg

Purdey. Joanna Lumley right? Child prodigy and a looker too. Thinking man's totty :)

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Post by the lynx » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:28 am

JR8 wrote:
Brah wrote: Just had to hear that theme song after all this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWr_1uLjqic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtePs5lCeyY

Reminds me of the Corgi replica of The Saint car I had as a kid. Miss my Corgis, they were great.
What's the car in the clips, is that a Bristol? [very £££, hand-built oddity].

I had a Corgi silver Aston Martin, which was re: Roger Moore as James Bond. You could flip little levers and take each wheel off, then press a button and a 'missile-defence' shield flipped up behind the rear window... probably still amongst 'the rest' in my parents attic...
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn24 ... silv-4.jpg

Purdey. Joanna Lumley right? Child prodigy and a looker too. Thinking man's totty :)
I love Corgi!

:love:

http://youtu.be/rGy6tu6716w

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:35 am

Volvo P1800 was the car. I've always wanted a P1800ES (shooting brake or what us yanks call a station or estate wagon). The original Saint car, P958-X2 with the tag of ST1, is currently in the Volvo Museum.
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Post by JR8 » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:04 pm

the lynx wrote: I love Corgi!
:love:
http://youtu.be/rGy6tu6716w
Haha, brings back several happy memories of the terrier puppies we used to have.
- Barking at the static tennis ball
- Seeing reflection in mirror [shock]
- Trying to pick up ice cube, then repeatedly failing and going 'funny' about it...

:lol:

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:09 pm

the lynx wrote:
I love Corgi!

:love:

http://youtu.be/rGy6tu6716w
He means Corgi, the model car manufacturer.

However, we used to raise Corgis when I was a teen. We raised not Pembrokes (the Queen's dogs) but Cardigans. We had a Champion Red & White male, a tri-colour bitch that was Obedience trials trained and a breeder and a blue merle that was Show stock as well (one of a litter of 8 blues bred with the tri-colour bitch and a Blue Merle Male - very unusual as you normally only have one or two in the entire litter.

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Post by JR8 » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:11 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Volvo P1800 was the car. I've always wanted a P1800ES (shooting brake or what us yanks call a station or estate wagon). The original Saint car, P958-X2 with the tag of ST1, is currently in the Volvo Museum.
OhMG, deja vu moment. I'm getting flashbacks (perhaps literally lol) to student days and a mate having some ancient Volvo (pre their 70s+on diversion to boxy-ness).

... Somehow the name 'Volkswagen Variant' is coming into the frame too ... hmmm

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Post by Brah » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 7:24 pm

JR8 wrote:
Brah wrote: Just had to hear that theme song after all this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWr_1uLjqic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtePs5lCeyY

Reminds me of the Corgi replica of The Saint car I had as a kid. Miss my Corgis, they were great.
What's the car in the clips, is that a Bristol? [very £££, hand-built oddity].

I had a Corgi silver Aston Martin, which was re: Roger Moore as James Bond. You could flip little levers and take each wheel off, then press a button and a 'missile-defence' shield flipped up behind the rear window... probably still amongst 'the rest' in my parents attic...
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn24 ... silv-4.jpg

Purdey. Joanna Lumley right? Child prodigy and a looker too. Thinking man's totty :)
I can't remember how many Corgis I had, I know I had an XKE and the Green Hornet black sedan with working missiles, and the James Bond Aston Martin, but probably mostly race cars like the Ford GT.

http://diecasttoybox.tarad.com/article? ... th&lang=th

Lumley, yes. a late 60s-early 70s hottie, when hotties were hot.

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Post by nakatago » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 8:05 pm

Brah wrote:
JR8 wrote:
Brah wrote: Just had to hear that theme song after all this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWr_1uLjqic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtePs5lCeyY

Reminds me of the Corgi replica of The Saint car I had as a kid. Miss my Corgis, they were great.
What's the car in the clips, is that a Bristol? [very £££, hand-built oddity].

I had a Corgi silver Aston Martin, which was re: Roger Moore as James Bond. You could flip little levers and take each wheel off, then press a button and a 'missile-defence' shield flipped up behind the rear window... probably still amongst 'the rest' in my parents attic...
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn24 ... silv-4.jpg

Purdey. Joanna Lumley right? Child prodigy and a looker too. Thinking man's totty :)
I can't remember how many Corgis I had, I know I had an XKE and the Green Hornet black sedan with working missiles, and the James Bond Aston Martin, but probably mostly race cars like the Ford GT.

http://diecasttoybox.tarad.com/article? ... th&lang=th

Lumley, yes. a late 60s-early 70s hottie, when hotties were hot.
All I have is this muscle car.

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Post by JR8 » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 8:23 pm

I like it, a bit brutish, better if you could get the hood down, a chill-box and some bikini-chix in the back ....

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Post by nakatago » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 8:36 pm

JR8 wrote:I like it, a bit brutish, better if you could get the hood down, a chill-box and some bikini-chix in the back ....
He's an Autobot named "Big Daddy". Pretty apt, I think.
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Post by Max Headroom » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 9:47 pm

Wow, this thread has more spinoffs than Happy Days!

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Post by JR8 » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:18 pm

Ooh yah!


p.s. I owned a virgin/un-pimped '74 Malibu. .... Oh missed chances ...

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:45 pm



440 Roadrunner. Probably running a 6 pack on top as well. Bout the only thing purdier than a 440 6-pack with chrome pots on the top was a 426 Hemi with Dual Quads when talking about normally aspirated big iron.
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