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Old 26-06-2008, 03:11 PM
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Thats an "Iso Grifo" manufactured from 1963.
The Italian "Iso" company were famed for making scooters but decided to build cars to rival Ferrari and Lamborghini by blending Italian styling with American engineering to produce a 5 litre + petrol guzzling monster. Very stylish cars without a doubt but possibly not much good to Bond in a chase situation as the petrol gauge would visibly race towards zero in proportion to the speedos race to the higher figures on the dial which would mean a detour every few miles to the nearest petrol station for our hapless hero!!
yes it is an Iso Grifo and was driven by the man who was sort of Bond in a Bond rip off...any guesses?

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Old 26-06-2008, 03:17 PM
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yes it is an Iso Grifo and was driven by the man who was sort of Bond in a Bond rip off...any guesses?
UK or contintental rip-off? UK - Tom Adams? continental - Richard Harrison?
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Old 26-06-2008, 03:19 PM
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yes it is an Iso Grifo and was driven by the man who was sort of Bond in a Bond rip off...any guesses?
John Gavin in "OSS 117-Double Agent" (US title) Italy 1968.

UK title "Murder for Sale"
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Old 26-06-2008, 03:23 PM
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There is an interesting article in this months "Classic and Sportscar" magazine (July 2008 issue) written by motoring journo Martin Buckley. He road tests a classic 1969 Lamborghini Islero S, but this isn't just any old lambo. Its the actual car used in the Roger Moore film "The Man Who Haunted Himself" and which Buckley describes "as stealing a remarkable amount of screen time as the vehicular representation of the repressed hero's more flamboyant alter ego" The car is in showroom condition which is nice to hear though it has since changed colour from the pale blue as it featured in the film to silver, and the interior has been re-trimed in red leather,and it looks a very good combination. There were only a handful of cars in right hand drive, this of course being one of them, the current reg of the car is MDM 262G so I shall be looking out for it as it lives in London, so a good chance it may turn up at the odd classic car show. Original price in 1969 was £7400, the other classic Lambo of that year was the "Muira" driven in the opening credits of "The Italian Job" The Muira cost £9500 in 1969 so the Islero was considered a bargain at the time. Current values are £90k for a show condition Islero and £200k plus for a Muira. Its a tough decision as to which to buy, I think I'll go for the Islero! (when I win the lottery)
im more of a practical classics man myself but i will have a look out for that issue
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Thats an "Iso Grifo" manufactured from 1963.
The Italian "Iso" company were famed for making scooters but decided to build cars to rival Ferrari and Lamborghini by blending Italian styling with American engineering to produce a 5 litre + petrol guzzling monster. Very stylish cars without a doubt but possibly not much good to Bond in a chase situation as the petrol gauge would visibly race towards zero in proportion to the speedos race to the higher figures on the dial which would mean a detour every few miles to the nearest petrol station for our hapless hero!!
they did indeed make scooters every bit as stylish as their competitors vespa and lambretta ,yet they didnt capture the success the other two had ?
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Speaking as a biker, I always have a soft spot for this particular car........



and it's favourite passenger........................

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!
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Well if we are reverting to the base cliche of "birds and motors" lets at least keep it stylish and British


Emma Peel with her Lotus Elan
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i dont want to sound like a complete nonce but wouldn't "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "Genevieve" and the early Bond films fall into this category ?
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OOPS I am a nonce this post went from 1 page to 5 in a flash - a Top Gear moment, sorry all.
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Did anyone name the amphicar in "Orlando" (Sam Kydd) ? Also , thre quarters of Vernon Sewell's Man In The Back Seat" takes place in a motor !
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UK or contintental rip-off? UK - Tom Adams? continental - Richard Harrison?
didn't Tom Adams' character drive the Sunbeam Alpine from Dr No?
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