

| Subject: | Re: VWs in Hollywood [Get Smart!]] |
| Date: | Mon, 18 Dec 1995 11:15:36 -0700 |
>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. rvb\ >>Didn't Maxwell Smart drive up in a Karmen(SP) Ghia during the >>opening shot of "Get Smart"? > > >Nope-- that was a Sunbeam Tiger. Same size and weight as a Ghia, but >with a Ford 289 V8 engine under the hood. My dad used to say you could >remove the drive shaft from that car, and drive it around powering it >with the cooling fan... > >And, adding injury to insult, Agent 86 crashed it into the rear of >a truck every episode (shudder) > > >
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