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May 13, 2009 19:09:27 GMT
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Can't remember that, but you just reminded me about Gung Ho, early Ron Howard movie staring Michael Keaton and the Assan Motor Company,.. which was made up at the time,.. but now exists. I remember this. As a kid I remember asking my dad why an American factory was building Renaults!
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May 13, 2009 19:59:19 GMT
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Maybe it was an AMC Factory?
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May 13, 2009 20:28:45 GMT
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I remember it too. Wasn't the company a family owned one with a couple of warring brothers? I seem to recall one of them was into rallying too. I think I can picture one of them, quite a regular actor on TV but can't think of a name or what else he's been in. That sounds like Chancer, where we first saw Clive Owen.
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bazzateer
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May 13, 2009 21:04:07 GMT
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No definitely not Chancer, I remember that.
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May 13, 2009 21:07:38 GMT
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just as a similar thought
does anyone remember a late '70's (BBC?) drama series about a woman who learning to be a racing driver under the tutition of a former racer turned mechanic. the trainee does most of her training in a mini, i think
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room.
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Maybe it was an AMC Factory? It was, but I only realised that years later. Badge engineering was beyond me back then. I know its off topic but didn't AMC do a unique model based on the Renault?
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just as a similar thought does anyone remember a late '70's (BBC?) drama series about a woman who learning to be a racing driver under the tutition of a former racer turned mechanic. the trainee does most of her training in a mini, I think She races a (orange?) Mini Clubman and the arch rival evil nemisis drives a (blue?) Hillman Imp. They are some form of silhouette racers. The guy who builds her the Mini was a top driver who had to retire cos the bad guyin the Imp boshed him off the track and injured him, or something. I remember that, I loved it, I was only 7 or 8 when it was on. My mum had an Orange Mini Clubman at the time!
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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May 14, 2009 21:52:58 GMT
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It was really your mum AK. Didn't you notice how she slipped into the kitchen to 'make the tea' just before it came on?
Ring her and ask her. I'll bet she'll still deny it, to protect you, but it's true, really.
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hey I would love to hear the theme music from this 'on the line' programme, see if it at all like I remember it from 20-odd years ago.
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the Orbit car is different to how I remembered it and I had a real strong memory of that. Funny how memory plays you false and you'd swear somethign was one way and it was another. So maybe the theme tune is what you remember and maybe its not.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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