In message " VWs in Hollywood [was VW sighting (Field of Dreams)]", 
SMAHER@po2.gi.com writes:

>>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...

Well, actually, for a while he drove a Ghia, and for a while he drove an 
Amphicar.  Dunno about the Sunbeam....except that after Chrysler bought 
Sunbeam, the Tiger still used Ford V8s, 'cause the Chrysler V8 wouldn't 
fit.

Dave O'H
oheare@bnr.ca
feeling trivial today