Which cars did Maxwell Smart drive?
Matt Cremer
wear wrinkled clothes) I noticed the start of Get Smart
where he gets out of a Karmann Ghia. I know the start
credits had an Alfa Spider (Spyder?), a Triumph TR? of
some description, and I'm fairly sure an MG-B ... but
I've never noticed the Ghia before.
What other cars did he have, if any? During the show,
he was driving an extremely nice looking metalllic blue
Mustang convertible, but I'm just talking about the
opening credits here! ;-)
-Forg (Elsewhere)
David Stephan
1. Triumph Sunbeam (this was the Triumph with the 289 Windsor V8)
2. Karman Ghia
3. Mustang
4. MG (I think this only appeared once or twice).
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Matt Cremer <Matthew...@Aspect.com.au> wrote in message
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D Walford
never heard of a Triumph Sunbeam.
AFAIK he drove a Sunbeam Alpine. It even sounded like a 4cyl. You can
tell a V8 by the bulge in the bonnet and his Sunbeam didn't have one.
Daryl
Richard Fay
>
> Hey, while ironing today (yeah, yeah, I know - Real Men
> wear wrinkled clothes) I noticed the start of Get Smart
> where he gets out of a Karmann Ghia. I know the start
> credits had an Alfa Spider (Spyder?), a Triumph TR? of
> some description, and I'm fairly sure an MG-B ... but
> I've never noticed the Ghia before.
>
> What other cars did he have, if any? During the show,
> he was driving an extremely nice looking metalllic blue
> Mustang convertible, but I'm just talking about the
> opening credits here! ;-)
He uses an Opel Coupe in later episodes.
Also a Sunbeam Tiger.
Richard
Sean
I thought he only ever drove the Tigre
Richard Fay <fa...@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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Sean
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What kind of car did Max drive?
Max drove four different cars in the shows.
The first was a red 1965 Sunbeam Tiger, driven in the open in the first two
seasons. However, according to Dick Sanders of the Pacific Tiger Club:
"a look-a-like Sunbeam Alpine (rebadged with Tiger script on the side) of
the same vintage ('65 or '66) was used in almost all of the shows where a
Sunbeam appeared. There wasn't room to mount a machine gun (or much of
anything else) under the hood of the V8-powered Tiger, so they used the
Alpine which has a smaller 4-cylinder motor." Carmen M. has correctly
pointed out that, despite my earlier assertions, Max drives a Ferrari 250
GT Spyder California.
In the next two seasons, Max drove a blue VW Karman Ghia. However, in at
least one episode of the fourth season, "A Tale of Two Tails," Max drives a
different blue convertible. Alert viewer Rodney Noriel pointed this out and
says that the car is a convertible Mustang. Thanks to Rodney for pointing
this out. David from Virginia has written to say that it was a Mustang
Shelby GT500KR Convertible. Jodi Goldfinger also pointed out that it was the
Chief's car, not Max's, so it doesn't really count toward's the above total.
In the final season, Max drove a gold, 1969 Opel GT. Interestingly enough,
Max's Opel also appeared in the movie "Stripes." Special credit must go to
Charles Goin, President of the Mid-Atlantic Opel Association, who identified
the cars used for me, since I can barely tell a Honda from a Ford.
Don Adams got to keep the Tiger and he ended up giving it to both his
daughters, who both crashed it. According to Steve L., the Tiger is
currently on display at the Playboy Mansion in LA (How you could look at a
car while you're at the Playboy Mansion I'll never know!). For those of you
interested in the Sunbeam Tiger, check out the Tiger Page. Thanks to Dick,
Steve, and especially Charles for giving me such excellent information on
the cars.
Pete's Get Smart Page has an excellent section on Max's cars, including
images of all of the cars.
Matt Cremer <Matthew...@Aspect.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hey, while ironing today (yeah, yeah, I know - Real Men
> wear wrinkled clothes) I noticed the start of Get Smart
> where he gets out of a Karmann Ghia. I know the start
> credits had an Alfa Spider (Spyder?), a Triumph TR? of
> some description, and I'm fairly sure an MG-B ... but
> I've never noticed the Ghia before.
>
> What other cars did he have, if any? During the show,
> he was driving an extremely nice looking metalllic blue
> Mustang convertible, but I'm just talking about the
> opening credits here! ;-)
>
>
> -Forg (Elsewhere)
>
>
David Stephan
rumour was that a spy as great as Agent 86 would have had the Tiger
disguised as an Alpine :)
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David Stephan
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D Walford <wal...@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> I've heard of a Sunbeam Alpine (4cyl) and a Sunbeam Tiger (V8) but I've
> never heard of a Triumph Sunbeam.
> AFAIK he drove a Sunbeam Alpine. It even sounded like a 4cyl. You can
> tell a V8 by the bulge in the bonnet and his Sunbeam didn't have one.
>
> Daryl
>
> David Stephan wrote:
> >
> > Cars 86 drove in the opening credits, at least those I know of:
> >
> > 1. Triumph Sunbeam (this was the Triumph with the 289 Windsor V8)
> > 2. Karman Ghia
> > 3. Mustang
> > 4. MG (I think this only appeared once or twice).
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > David Stephan
> > dste...@ozemail.com.au
> >
> > ** My views are my own and not that of anyone else,
> > ** sometimes I'm wrong (but only sometimes).
> > ** I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR MY DETAILS
> > ** TO BE USED IN: MAILING LISTS, DATABASES,
> > ** OR EXCHANGED WITH OTHERS.
> >
David Stephan
What a lovely but supposedly deadly car that was. I heard many stories about
drivers crashing them and having their legs crushed. It was probably more of
an Urban Myth proposed by some of the anti-small car Americans more than
anything.
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David Stephan
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Sean <sean_...@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Damon Kelly
>
> Matt Cremer wrote:
> >
> > Hey, while ironing today (yeah, yeah, I know - Real Men
> > wear wrinkled clothes) I noticed the start of Get Smart
> > where he gets out of a Karmann Ghia. I know the start
> > credits had an Alfa Spider (Spyder?), a Triumph TR? of
> > some description, and I'm fairly sure an MG-B ... but
> > I've never noticed the Ghia before.
> >
> > What other cars did he have, if any? During the show,
> > he was driving an extremely nice looking metalllic blue
> > Mustang convertible, but I'm just talking about the
> > opening credits here! ;-)
>
>
> Also a Sunbeam Tiger.
>
> Richard
I was _pretty_ certain he drove an Alfa Spider in some episodes...
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