Which TV series of the 1960s regularly features a white Volvo P1800?
"novelised and published as part of the ongoing series of ""The Saint"" novels, such as ""The Fiction Makers"" and ""The People Importers"". The first of these books, which gave cover credit to Charteris, but were actually written by others, was ""The Saint on TV"", and the series of novelisations continued for several years after the television programme had ended. Templar's car, when it appeared, was a white Volvo P1800 with the number plate ST1. This model Volvo is still often referred to as ""the Saint's car"", with miniature versions made by Corgi which have proved popular. Volvo was pleased to"
"(1962–69). When asked to name his favorite ""movie car"" many years later, Moore said it was the Volvo P1800, commenting: ""I have a great affection for the Volvo P1800, as, of course, I owned one, as well as used one in the series. It’s a beautiful car and I still drive a Volvo to this day."" When British rock band The Who visited the Duke of York in London in 1966, they posed for press pictures in front of singer Roger Daltrey's new custom-painted '66 Volvo P1800 Two new cars had been introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961,"
"spend their entire lives in one part of the country. Similarly, the places were very different from one another visually, environmentally, architecturally, in goods and services available, etc. Stars Martin Milner and George Maharis mentioned this in 1980s interviews. ""Now you can go wherever you want,"" Maharis added by way of contrast, ""and it's a Denny's."" The Chevrolet Corvette seen in the first episode (""Black November"", October 7, 1960) is a 1960 model, for the rest of that season the show used a 1961 model. Chevrolet provided vehicles throughout the show's run, upgrading to new models with each season. Although"
"Lives!"" television series, whose protagonist was a Victorian era spy, who was frozen in 1902, and then revived in the year 1966; The Beatles films, ""The Monkees"" television series, James Bond, and the ""cocktail party"" skits from ""Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"". The series featured two cars number plates ""SWINGER"" and ""SWINGER2"" and collectively dubbed the ""Shaguars"" that were portrayed by a 1961 Jaguar E-Type and a 2001 Jaguar XK8 convertible, with a Union Jack paint scheme. The Ministry of Defence creates two cars to transport Powers through time: a psychedelic rainbow painted 1999 Volkswagen ""New Beetle"" convertible in the second"
"which aired from 1962-1969. In 1998, an 1800S was certified as the highest mileage private vehicle driven by the original owner in non-commercial service — having exceeded three million miles (over 4.8 million km) as of 2013. The project was originally started in 1957 because Volvo wanted a sports car to compete in the US & European markets, despite the fact that their previous attempt, the P1900, had failed to take off with only 68 cars sold. The man behind the project was an engineering consultant to Volvo, Helmer Petterson, who in the 1940s was responsible for the Volvo PV444."
"""Animal House"", and the Inspector Gadget films. It has also appeared in the television series ""Pushing Daisies"", in the opening sequence of the television series ""Entourage"", and as the vehicle of choice for Michael Chiklis's character Vincent Savino in the series ""Vegas"". In the CBS television situation comedy ""Green Acres"" (1965–1971), in which the cars were furnished by Ford, lead character Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert) is shown driving a 1965 Continental convertible and then in later episodes owns a 1967 model. ""Perry Mason"" also drove a fourth generation Continental convertible in many episodes; here too the cars were furnished"
"Mods. The character Jimmy from the influential scooter movie ""Quadrophenia"" rode a Lambretta Li 150 Series 3. Of the 1960s models, the TV (Turismo Veloce), the Special (125 and 150), the SX (Special X) and the GP (Grand Prix) are generally considered the most desirable due to their increased performance and refined look; the ""matte black"" fittings on the GP model are said to have influenced European car designs throughout the 1970s. These three models came with a front disc brake made by Campagnolo. The TV was the world's first production two-wheeled vehicle with a front disc brake. As the"
"by the release of the Honda S660 in 2015. The car has been featured on the popular British television program Top Gear together with the Daihatsu Mira and the Mitsubishi Minica Dangan where it was praised by Jeremy Clarkson also on the American television program MotorWeek where it was driven through Southern California. Youtube series The Midnight Garage featured a Yellow Honda beat project which unfortunately was stolen before the project was finished The car is also featured in Gran Turismo 2 (Mugen tuned), Sega GT, Gran Turismo PSP, Gran Turismo 4, Gran Turismo 5, Gran Turismo 6, and alongside"
"Van Williams, star of the 1960s TV series, and scripted by Bob Ingersoll. The follow-ups were written by James Van Hise. Other miniseries included the three-issue ""The Green Hornet: Solitary Sentinel;"" the four-issue ""Sting of the Green Hornet,"" set during World War II; the three-issue ""Dark Tomorrow"" (June–August 1993), featuring a criminal Green Hornet in 2080 being fought by the Kato of that era. Discounting depictions of the cars utilized by the 1940s and 1960s Hornets, there were two versions of the Black Beauty used in the NOW comic series. The first was based on the Pontiac Banshee. The second"
"The Pacific Car and Foundry Company. The 1970s television series ""Movin On"" featured a Kenworth tractor. In the 1989 James Bond movie ""Licence to Kill"", Bond drives a Kenworth W900B semi-truck as he duels drug dealer Franz Sanchez. As of August 2016, North American Kenworth models include the T680 (60% of new sales), T880 (near 30%), T660, T800B and W900 (sharing the remaining ~10%). , Kenworth's US and Canada product line includes: Medium-Duty Cabovers Medium-Duty Conventional Medium-Duty Cabovers In the early 2000s Kenworth introduced to Mexico the T604, based on the Australian T604 with a few modifications, mostly in the"
"at the facility, also the first Volvo produced outside of Sweden [** incorrect statement - the Volvo P1800 was produced in Britain by Jensen Motors in West Bromwich, using bodies from the Pressed Steel Fisher plant at Linwood, Scotland. This arrangement started in September 1960 **] is a black 1963 Volvo 122 B18 currently on permanent display at the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. In 1969, 26 Volvo bodies intended for the plant were dumped into the Bedford Basin after incurring severe water damage in transit across the Atlantic Ocean on a container ship. In 1980,"
"early-mid-1960s. The standard equipment list was pared down to match those of other Eldorados, plus Cruise Control, Autronic Eye, air conditioning and E-Z Eye glass. The Brougham build-quality was not nearly to the standard of the Detroit hand-built 1957–1958 models, and thus the 1959–1960 Broughams did not sell as well as their forebears. However, collector interest and values for these cars remain high. The Eldorado Brougham was moved to its own unique Series 6900 for its remaining two years. The 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 6467E is featured as Maurice Minnifield's vehicle in the 1990s television series ""Northern Exposure"". Cadillac was"
"miles outside of the US, in Canada and Mexico, as well as in Europe. ""In Sweden, we drove to Volvo's global headquarters to see where the P1800 was born,"" Gordon said. In 1987 the car reached the one million miles mark. In 1998 it was registered, as the vehicle with the highest certified mileage driven by the original owner in non-commercial service, by the Guinness Book of World Records, with a total of 1.69 million miles. In 2002 it reached two million miles. On April 2, 2002, Gordon and his 1800S were guests on ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"","
"It was wrecked and repaired several times, and its current whereabouts are unknown. A fan created a red Tiger/Alpine with a machine gun in 2002. In the black-and-white pilot episode only, Smart drives a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT PF Spider Cabriolet. In the opening credits, the Tiger was used for seasons 1–2. In seasons 3-4, Smart drives a light blue Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, because Volkswagen had become a sponsor of the show. The Volkswagen was never used in the body of the show. In season 5 (1969–1970), Buick became a show sponsor, so the Tiger was replaced with a gold"
"a green Rover P5 before moving on to the Rover P6; he drove a blue one and then a dark green one. Bacchus started off with an MGB, but soon traded this in for a bright blue Ford Corsair. The show's title is changed to 'Inspector' George Gently. The show's theme song and opening credits sequence no longer appear starting with this series. Filming for the eighth series began in January 2017. It was subsequently confirmed that this would be the final series, and it would comprise two feature-length episodes, set in 1970, that have been written as a way"
"to communicate with spirits; and ""An American Christmas"", an annual Christmas special produced by Mannheim Steamroller. Komando is an avid car collector and owns a 1946 Chevrolet truck, a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang, a 1966 Custom Corvette, a 1967 Corvette that was in the movie Con Air, a Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG, a Mercedes-Benz GTR, a Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG, and a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. She splits her time between her homes in Arizona and Maui, Hawaii. She has full broadcast studios in both locations. She is married to Barry Young, who is her business partner and former host of ""The Nearly"
"in the construction of a house shared by the Schears and the Briceño family. Schear is thought to be a supporter of local futbol club Deportivo Saprissa, but has also been seen cheering for rival team Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. Schear is a dedicated Volvo enthusiast and has owned four Volvos to date. In 2013, he traveled by train to Virginia to buy an automatic 1973 Volvo P1800 ES, one of only a couple thousand ever made. His devotion to the P1800 ES was inspired by his mother who talked to him about the P1800 ES, her dream car, at a"
"a film of the same name, a gadget-filled Mercury station wagon for ""The Silencers"", and a sinister rework of a Lincoln Continental Mark III for ""The Car"". In the 1960s, the Barris firm became heavily involved in vehicle design for television production. At the beginning of the decade, Barris, who loved extravagant design, had purchased the Lincoln Futura, a concept car of the mid-1950s which had been built by Ghia of Italy. It remained in his collection for several years, until he was rather unexpectedly asked by ABC Television to create a signature vehicle for their ""Batman"" television series. Time"
"Stobart named a MAN tractor ""Optimus Prime"" and recently during the filming of a television series entitled """" a Volvo FH12 was christened ""Valentino"" after Valentino Rossi, the legendary Italian motorcycle racer, which caused a furore among spotters. They have a static Volvo FH in the ""Glasshouse"" at their Crick depot which is named in honour of fusilier ""Lee Rigby"". The first truck bought by Eddie Stobart in 1960 was painted post office red and Brunswick Green, with yellow lettering. Gone was the gold yellow, the dark red is now changed to a regular red, and the dark green was"
"June 13, 2010 during the Viking Classic Auto Show, celebrating the first presentation of the P1800 to the public at the Brussels Motor Show in 1960. The show featured more than 350 Volvo cars, approximately 80 Volvo P1800s Europe as well as the original the prototype — along with designer Pelle Petterson as well as Irv Gordon. The event was promoted by Volvo Cars Heritage. A 1966 Volvo 1800S and its owner Irv Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, have the Guinness world record for highest mileage. Gordon, who has driven the same vehicle since 1966, has driven about 26,000"
"used in the Volvo 260 series. The gearbox was a five-speed Alfa Romeo unit, as Volvo did not have a suitable design which would fit a transaxle-design. One prototype was built which was painted in metallic silver with black and orange 'Starsky and Hutch'-style stripes down both sides. Flared wheelarches and orange-painted, multi-spoke alloy wheels were also added to complete the sporty look. Former ""Top Gear"" co–host Jeremy Clarkson nurtured a long hatred for the 340. In 1992, on ""Top Gear"", as a preamble to a road test of the then–new Volvo 850, he had one destroyed in a scrap"
"after reaching the two million miles mark. In January 2011 Gordon and his Volvo were featured on PBS's ""Nova ScienceNow"" and in November 2011 in ""Hemmings Sports & Exotic Magazine."" In June 2013, when the car had reached a little over 2,996,000 miles, VCNA launched an unprecedented PR campaign valuing the performance and in September 2013 the car surpassed the 3 million miles mark in Alaska. When Irv Gordon died on November 15, 2018, the car had driven more than 3.2 million miles. Volvo P1800 The Volvo P1800 is a 2+2, front-engine, rear-drive sports car manufactured and marketed by Volvo"
"Argentinian and Australian production, the local Volkswagen assembler in New Zealand built 1,033 Peugeot 403s in just under four years, beginning in March 1960. On the American television show ""Columbo"", starring Peter Falk, the shambling hero, detective Lt. Columbo, drove a shabby-looking 403 cabriolet dating from 1959 or 1960. According to the 1991 episode ""Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star,"" the car's cabriolet roof had never been lowered during his years of ownership. However, in the 1973 episode ""The Most Dangerous Match"", Columbo can be seen driving the car with a lowered roof. Peugeot 403 The Peugeot 403"
"the fact that Peter Falk saved my ass. I love show business, and I love Peter Falk."" Although Falk appeared in numerous other television roles in the 1960s and 1970s, he is best known as the star of the TV series ""Columbo"", ""everyone's favorite rumpled television detective"". His character was a shabby and ostensibly absent-minded police detective lieutenant driving a Peugeot 403, who had first appeared in the 1968 film ""Prescription: Murder"". Rather than a whodunit, the show typically revealed the murderer from the beginning, then showed how the Los Angeles police detective Columbo went about solving the crime. Falk"
"Ross and Beatrice Pons as a married couple. ""Car 54"" was originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The police cars used for the series were actually bright red and white, which appeared as the proper shade of gray for an NYPD car on black-and-white film. NYPD cars of that era were black and green with a white roof and trunk. Two Plymouth Savoys were used as the title vehicle during the series – a 1961 Savoy during the first season and a 1963 Savoy during the second. During the closing credits of episodes in the second season, a ""futuristic"" police"
"Travcos to become The Brinkmobiles. They tour the currently to promote BRINK activities. In 2016, the Netflix series 'Longmire' features an unknown version of the Travco used for deputy Moretti's residence<ref> In 2017 the NBC television series ""Midnight, Texas"" features a Dodge Travco 270. Travco The Travco motorhome was an aerodynamic Class A Recreational Vehicle built on a Dodge motorhome chassis from 1965 until the late 1980s. The Travco design originally emerged as a 1961 model called the ""Dodge Frank Motor Home"" and marketed with the assistance of the Chrysler Corporation, which was the maker of its chassis. One hundred"
"Porsches, and Corvettes. American muscle cars, such as the Pontiac GTO and Firebird Trans Am, Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, Plymouth GTX and Barracuda, Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, and the Buick Grand National also made appearances. Throughout the series, Sonny Crockett lived on an Endeavour sailboat named the ""St. Vitus' Dance"", while in the pilot episode, Crockett is seen on a 38-foot Cabo Rico sailboat. In season 1, he is seen living on an Endeavour 40 sailboat, while in the rest of the series (seasons 2 to 5) he is seen living on an Endeavour 42 sailboat (priced at $120,000 in"
"the early 1960s, The Saint with Roger Moore as Simon Templar. The total number of cars produced with the signature saffron pearl metallic paint was reportedly 145 There was no 2005 model C70 in North America, the 2004 left over models were sold into 2005 there. 72,000 first generation C70s were produced in the seven years up to 2006, fewer than 50,000 were convertibles. Volvo cosmetically updated the convertible with new clear headlights and rear light clusters for model year 2004. Of the 72,000 first generation C70s produced worldwide, only 603 had the 2.3 liter engine with high pressure turbo"
"Only one of those trucks has survived, a 1960 Peterbilt 281 that was kept and prepared as a back up truck for the 351 truck, but wasn't used. Stock footage of both vehicles was later used in an episode of the television series ""The Incredible Hulk"", titled ""Never Give a Trucker an Even Break"". Spielberg was not happy about this, but the usage was legal, as the show was produced by Universal and the ""Duel"" contract said nothing about reusing the footage in other Universal productions. The 1960 Peterbilt 281 truck was purchased several times. It is currently owned by"
"Procter & Gamble or Unilever. When television began to displace radio, DuMont's ""Cavalcade of Stars"" television show was, in its era, notable for not relying on a sole sponsor. Sponsorship continues with programs being sponsored by major vendors such as Hallmark Cards. The conspicuous display of Studebaker motor vehicles in the television series ""Mr. Ed"" (1961–1966), which was sponsored by the Studebaker Corporation from 1961 to 1963, as well as the display of Ford vehicles on the series ""Hazel"" (1961–1966), which was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company from 1961 to 1965, are notable examples of television product placement. Placements"
"look. Automobiles are often mint-condition vintage vehicles, though some newer vehicles were used (such as a mid-1990s Chevrolet Lumina APV minivan, a Hummer, or a 2006 Toyota Prius). Emerson drives a mid-1960s Lincoln Continental with suicide doors in new condition. Ned is seen driving an old, like-new Mercedes-Benz W108. Other characters drive decades-old vehicles as well. 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor cars in ambulance and hearse configurations figure frequently. Old-fashioned trolley cars can be seen in several shots panning in to the Pie Hole. Critics noted the ""Pushing Daisies"" distinctive visual style. A ""NYTimes"" critic describes it as a ""candy-colored, computer-generated bucolic"
"Volvo PV 60 The Volvo PV60 is an automobile manufactured by Volvo between 1946 and 1950. It was the first car produced by the Swedish company after the end of the Second World War. The development of the PV60 had started in 1939 and the car was introduced to the public alongside the smaller PV444 in September 1944. It was originally intended to be introduced in 1940 but it was stopped by the war. The large car was powered by a inline 6 that produced . It was attached to a three-speed transmission with the gear shift on the steering"
"of the time, Ho was something of a maverick, often using unorthodox methods to solve crimes. The series was set in and around London's docklands, before redevelopment began in the 1980s. His immediate superior in the force, Detective Chief Inspector Berwick (Derek Martin), often provided him a source of stress, often reprimanding him for his approach towards the cases he was investigating. Ho is also often seen visiting his father, Joe (Robert Lee), at his restaurant for advice. Like many other television detectives of the era, Ho drove a 'classic' car. In this case, Ho's vehicle of choice was a"