wildbill@ucbvax.UUCP (William J. Laubenheimer) (03/14/84)
A friend of mine is interested in the answer to the following question.
Perhaps some car buff in net-land can supply the answer.
In the television series ``The Prisoner'', what make, model, and year of car
is Patrick McGoohan driving in the opening episode?
Reply via mail, please. Thanks in advance!
____ Bill Laubenheimer
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...Killjoy was here!hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) (03/14/84)
What car was McGoohan driving? I believe it is his own homebuilt Lotus, but I don't know anything else about it (and my Prisoner information packet is lost in my library room at home). Hutch
msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow) (03/17/84)
> In the television series ``The Prisoner'', what make, model, and > year of car is Patrick McGoohan driving in the opening episode? If my memory serves me correctly it was a Lotus Seven and one of the earlier aluminium bodied examples too. Later models were fibreglass. The 7 was a basic engine and 2 seats sports car. It had no creature comforts but it was *fast* (0-60 in 4.7s). It didn't really have any seats either, just padding on the floor and back of the tub. Lotus dropped the Seven when they went upmarket. A company called Caterham bought the moulds and, as far as I know continues to produce the car. However Seven afficianados generally agree that the 'glass models are vastly inferior to the original aluminium variety. -- From the Tardis of Mark Callow msc@qubix.UUCP, decwrl!qubix!msc@Berkeley.ARPA ...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!qubix!msc, ...{ittvax,amd70}!qubix!msc
berry@zinfandel.UUCP (03/20/84)
#R:ucbvax:-36400:zinfandel:17700012:000:333 zinfandel!berry Mar 15 11:01:00 1984 The car that 'Number 6' drives in the opening sequence of 'the Prisoner' is indeed a Lotus. It is a 'Super Seven', which I believe was sold as a kit (perhaps it still is -- I see ads in Autoweek) for a while, as well as fully assembled. Be seeing you! Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900