Ferrari in 'Miami Vice'
#1
Posted 07 September 2011 - 18:26
Enzo
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#2
Posted 07 September 2011 - 18:50
I suspect this topic is of limited interest to TNFers.
#3
Posted 07 September 2011 - 19:07
#4
Posted 08 September 2011 - 00:24
The Daytona as I recall was a corvette with a ferrari reproduction body. Obviously the sound was fake too.
I thought the Testarrossa was fake as well? or at least, one of the cars used in the action scenes was a fake.
#5
Posted 08 September 2011 - 00:42
Buck, I think you're right.... I'll ask my brother, I believe the car was painted by the shop he worked in then.The Daytona as I recall was a corvette with a ferrari reproduction body. Obviously the sound was fake too.
#6
Posted 08 September 2011 - 06:34
The Testarossa was genuine; Ferrari was credited for providing it.
#7
Posted 08 September 2011 - 06:57
Tom McBurnie with his LeGrand Mk 7 FA car
Tom said that John Middelton had helped him with this car. He has told me he had 2 front hub failures while running the car.
Tom McBurnie in action with his Mk 7 LeGrand
Tom McBurnie is now in the business of making Replica cars and his site is a must see. The quality of his cars is unbelievable and he has won many shows. Tom calls his business Thunder Ranch and the link is below:
http://www.thunderranch.com/index.html
T54: Thanks for putting up the picture of the LeGrand Sports racer.
photos -Tom McBurnie collection
Edited by Wirra, 08 September 2011 - 07:09.
#8
Posted 08 September 2011 - 12:00
#9
Posted 08 September 2011 - 13:22
One of the Testarossa's was fake, used for stunt sequences - it was a DeTomaso Pantera chassis with a Testarossa lookalike body on it.
I`m sure I read that somewhere.. like most of the shows in the 80`s, and perhaps now as well, you had the "hero" car, the one that had the closeups up done and the interior shots, and then the stunt cars..
As an aside, a few weeks ago I saw an actual real life 80`s Testarossa in Kingston, Tasmania... from the view in my humble similiar vintage Porsche 928 it looked utterly other wordly... and unweildly, and completely impracticle, tastelessy flashy, and also, a bit insane.. loved it! The difference between the Porsche flagship of the time, and Ferrari one is night and day...
#10
Posted 08 September 2011 - 15:41
I had a friend who was seling one of his business contacts Testarossa at his garage - the sheer width of it was impressive (and the reason for making it almost unusable through most UK towns and villages), as well as the sound of the V12. The owner was selling it because he wasn't using it enough - coupled with the fact that he was quoted something like £1200 for an engine sensor (might have been crank sensor) IIRC! The poster on my wall when I was a young 'un of a Testarosa alongside posters of a Rothmans 956 and Gerhard Bergers Benetton BMW was as close as i'll get to one.
Now, to try and keep this thread TNF friendly, the road going Porsche 906 that Danny Sullivan drove in one of the Miami Vice episodes, was that a real one or a replica?
Edited by nmansellfan, 08 September 2011 - 15:42.
#11
Posted 08 September 2011 - 15:44
One of the Testarossa's was fake, used for stunt sequences - it was a DeTomaso Pantera chassis with a Testarossa lookalike body on it.
I heard that they used a replica Testarossa for the first few episodes; Ferrari were so horrified that they lent them a real one, on condition that the fake be destroyed on-screen.
#12
Posted 08 September 2011 - 15:52
Not really a TNF subject, only for Danny Sullivan to star in one episode filmed at the Miami GP.
#13
Posted 08 September 2011 - 18:36
The Daytona as I recall was a corvette with a ferrari reproduction body. Obviously the sound was fake too.
Which was why I cheered when Ted Nugent blew it to hell with a laws rocket.
#14
Posted 08 September 2011 - 19:49
Just thought Miami Vice fans would like to know.
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Edited by cheapracer, 08 September 2011 - 19:50.
#15
Posted 08 September 2011 - 20:58
#16
Posted 08 September 2011 - 22:00
#17
Posted 08 September 2011 - 22:32
In a real race with a fist fight at the end Crockett and Tubbs and their girly Ferrari would have their asses kicked by Starsky and Hutch in a real man's car, the 460 cube Ford Gran Torino and 3 speed, YEAH!!
Just thought Miami Vice fans would like to know.
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Theres an episode of 5th Gear where the General lee and the Starsky Gran Torino go head to head in a shoot out on the track...
#18
Posted 08 September 2011 - 22:33
Jim Rockford and his Firebird would have kicked all their behinds.
How about the Saint in his, um, Volvo....
#19
Posted 08 September 2011 - 22:53
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#20
Posted 08 September 2011 - 23:59
There's just one more thing if you want a credible cop in a credible car I'd go for Lt Colombo's 403 cabriolet every time as he said 'it's a rare car'
#21
Posted 09 September 2011 - 00:13
#22
Posted 09 September 2011 - 06:49
The New Avengers with their ever changing piles of BL rubbish would, um, break down in their way I suppose.
Heh, I was going to mention Steed's Broadspeed Jaguar, but I think if he sticks to his Bentley instead things'll be fine.
#23
Posted 10 September 2011 - 00:51
C'mon, Emma Peel in her Elan has them all beat ...
#24
Posted 10 September 2011 - 07:44
#25
Posted 10 September 2011 - 10:28
Or on the other hand the 440 Challenger in Vanishing Point, the ultimate car chase movie.
#26
Posted 10 September 2011 - 12:43
Emma Peel without her Elan has them all beat.
#28
Posted 10 September 2011 - 15:40
Ted Bullpit in the Kingswood, or his wog son in laws purple Valiant.
Or on the other hand the 440 Challenger in Vanishing Point, the ultimate car chase movie.
Before someone else picks up on it, "wog" is a term of humorous endearment in Australia and not offensive at all and Lee is quoting the use of it from a 7.30pm family TV show.
#29
Posted 10 September 2011 - 16:29
Yum...
Emma & Elan
I quite like this one:
Diana Rigg
OK, there's no Lotus Elan in there, but I'm willing to overlook it...
#30
Posted 10 September 2011 - 19:44
http://www.finistere...o.uk/jensen.htm
#31
Posted 10 September 2011 - 21:31
#32
Posted 11 September 2011 - 04:46
Why no red Jaguar saloons in this list?
Do they have a big wide white stripe down the whole side of the car which then crosses the roof?
No? Huggy bear would not be impressed.
#33
Posted 11 September 2011 - 15:00
Do they have a big wide white stripe down the whole side of the car which then crosses the roof?
No? Huggy bear would not be impressed.
Great thing about the Torino was that you could brake to a halt, slip a crying baby inside, and let it be rocked to sleep...
#34
Posted 11 September 2011 - 16:06
#35
Posted 11 September 2011 - 22:32
That too!Emma Peel without her Elan has them all beat.