'The Cars That Made Britain Great' Series

[ufkacbln]

A simple "no, I am pathologically incapable" would have done.

The facts are that Caterham are a British car Maker who contributed to the Prisoner,and benefit from the publicity and exposure in that program


Infantile insults will not change that reality

 

[ufkacbln]

That reg is currently on a Caterham Super Seven Sprint according to Askmid.

Shaun

It may have changed then, Caterham certainly did own and use the registration

 

[steve50]

What about some of the classics, Austin Healey, Triumph, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce
And then there's British Leyland, John Dennis, Wrightbus that build our buses (based in Ireland)

 

[raleighnut]

It may have changed then, Caterham certainly did own and use the registration

It's on a Super Seven Sprint owned by Caterham. (possibly one of the Directors)

 

[steve50]

^^^This squabbling is starting to spoil an otherwise interesting thread.

 

[Drago]

The programme is a LOB. It's factually inaccurate data presented by people with faulty recall at best, a propensity to embellish reality with myth at worst.

 

[ufkacbln]

You are simply wrong here
The Prisoner. TV series from the late 60s
Caterham Cars. Car manufacturers, set up in 70s, when Lotus decided to cease production of the Lotus 7.



Ah yes the infantile insult response. The one you fall back on when you have no answer.

Before you continue, please confirm that Caterham did NOT produce the car used in the Final episode and that Graham Nearn did not drive it in set, was recruited as an extra and did not deliver the Caterham produced vehicle to McGooghan in the final episode

I look forward to your reply

 

[ufkacbln]

^^^This squabbling is starting to spoil an otherwise interesting thread.

My apologies, but when someone who is ill-informed makes accusations then that needs to be challenged

I am quite happy to leave it with the reality that Caterham produced a vehicle used in the Prisoner, and that it was driven by Graham Nearn in the series, thus creating a link that has benefited Caterham

 

[raleighnut]

Graham Nearn purchased the rights to continue building the 7 in 1973, he previously worked at Lotus so could well have driven the car used in the 1967 series.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I think its a great thread with anal overtones

 

[ufkacbln]

I think its a great thread with anal overtones

With a cult series like the Prisoner did you expect anything else?

 

[Nibor]

Gets on my nerves people referring to it as the Robin Reliant

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Model T

Wasn't a factory/assembly plant opened in Manchester, though?

The programme is a LOB. It's factually inaccurate data presented by people with faulty recall at best, a propensity to embellish reality with myth at worst.

Yes, perhaps, that's part of the appeal, it's recall/memories, rather than pure facts??

Oh, & it featured Vicki Butler-Henderson, just a pity she didn't give that gorgeous little squeal/laugh

It was nice to see, in the supercar episode, they didn't butter up/whitewash the Cobra
An utterly gorgeous little car, even the 'baby' 289cc (4.7 litres), let alone the brutal '427' (7.1 litres), but absolutely deadly if mistreated
Anyone remember 'Gumball Rally', with the scene in the Los Angeles storm-drains??

From about 0:59


Decades later..............

 

[ufkacbln]

Graham Nearn purchased the rights to continue building the 7 in 1973, he previously worked at Lotus so could well have driven the car used in the 1967 series.

Caterham have been in business since 1957

They provided ALL the cars used in the Prisoner including the purpose built one ofr the final episode

Yet there are those who would deny that Caterham have a link

 

[Levo-Lon]

Is the mk1 capri to late for the cult car ? And the clubman ...i loved my heap of crap mini clubman with 3 brakes.. bless it