The only car I ever fell in love with was a Jaguar Mark II sedan, owned by the father of a high school classmate in Texas. I vowed to have one someday, and in my husband whose own affair was restoring a Packard surprised me with a Mark II sedan — body and motor in decent shape, but the paint and interior were rough — the wood was intact but lost its finish, and the leather was shot.
It had like-new wire wheels and a 3. I had it painted pale silver and it was a beauty, and a dream on the open road. Later divorced, I drove it as a hobby car for 10 years, but never had the funds to restore the interior.
It required mechanical tweaking, but the mechanic also was under its spell. Needing tuition for grad school, I had to sell it, through an ad in Hemmings. It was not yet a classic, so had to price it just as an older car.
As the buyer trailered it down the street to be restored as a surprise for his wife , I stood in my driveway in tears.
I have a die-cast model on a living room shelf, watch every Inspector Morse episode, pine over his Jag, and wish another was affordable. Lost dreams…. Hi Tony, They would have been retrofitted and likely because of insurance reasons as well as wanting to be a good example as it was based during present times — or at least present as far as the series went. My first car way back in was a grey Jaguar Mark II. My brother and I bought it and drove it until it broke down just before we went into the service.
I promised myself that one day I would have another Jag. Or a Daimler. Why, you ask, would anyone call a car with a great big Jaguar hood ornament a "Daimler"? Well, it's a hell of a can of worms. The topic has been hotly debated for years on this newsgroup, but the brief summary is: The car's registration license plate number , RPA, has been looked up and found to be for a Daimler. Apparently the Jaguar and Daimler were very similar cars. I have read that the car started out as a Daimler and got a new Jag grille and hood ornament.
Wiser people than I have failed to definitively solve this mystery. If you are so inclined, do some detective work of your own at Deja News www. The following threads contain the exhaustive research of many dedicated a. Just search for "Morse" and you'll find a wealth of info and opinions.
I didn't know that. They found the Jag for pounds so they bought it. It didn't run hardly at all and in fact am told that in The Dead Of Jericho the first Morse , in the first scene at the garage, if you look closely you might see the head of the person pushing it so it looked like it ran! I have a hard time believing that in all of England there wasn't a used Lancia that this very high-budget production could afford. But let's say that they really couldn't find one.
Just not the right car. It looks bloody good. Just finished the first Morse novel after enjoying all six seasons of Endeavour. Thanks for the chuckle! You might like to know that Morse actually drove a Lancia in the episode set in Italy titled — Death of Self.
Admittedly it was a Dedra but I remember him being keen to get behind the wheel whereas in an episode set in Australia, he point blank refused to drive the Ford Falcon station wagon provided. That was fun … I also loved the first meeting of Morse and Strange, as portrayed in Endeavor , if I remember correctly.
Hi, I do not recall that from 3. Most enjoyable. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Never noticed this thread before. I should say that TV prod staff are under time and financial constraints almost unknown to real film people — who could have sourced exactly the right Lancia for Thaw. The snag is that Dexter probably had a Flavia in mind, possibly a Milleotto, as Morse would have loved driving it.
As you say, most viewers would have thought a berlina was a Lada! But Thaw would have had to have had the Nardi floor-change conversion, as five on the tree is fiddly. Betas had a trashed reputation in Britain by the time of the TV series, and Dedras had no aura although are also nice drivers.
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Skip to content This piece relates not to a film, but to a TV series translated from a collection of detective books. If that were my car, I would not be happy with even John Thaw placing his foot on the number plate. At least let it be this Flavia …. Like this: Like Loading Author: S.
Robinson Life long interest in cars and the industry View all posts by S. Might it not have been a Stratos?
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