Just put a Lucas lambda sensor in a 3 year old focus £33 Ford dealer was £188 so I’m taking the ford one back,as it was insurance if the Lucas one didn’t work . Very happy with Lucas 👍
I always quote this scene to my wife as she tries to wedge our car into the tightest space possible; "you don't understand the basic law of physics-the hole is too small!"
Has anyone actually ever pissed themselves out of fear? I've used the old expression a lot, but can't ever remember pissing myself out of fear though. Or shit myself either for that matter. Is that a thing?
The continuity glitches of the busted headlights which right themselves in the following scenes are hilarious. I remember spotting it when I first saw it - as the full multi-part TV series rather than the edited cinema film which seems to be the only thing that is available on DVD.
I remember this film as some of it was made around the corner from my flat in Paddington , always Remember seeing Bernard hill aka yosser Hugh's in the street filming..... 👍
Amazing what can be done with a very long lens from a long way off to make a respectable gap look like a very tight swerve. But it works - it looks *very* close.
I always make a point of having a chat with lorry drivers when I'm overtaking them into oncoming traffic. The more curse words I can get out the better.
I think that is a Daimler Sovereign. Most likely those Leyland era cars would have ended up in a junkyard anyway from being more costly to maintain than they were worth.
+Isambard Chisilwitt I suspect the changes in wheels are because one standard Daimler was used for the more close-up scenes, and for the wider-angle serious driving or stunt scenes a second car, heavily modified by the stuntman with, often, American underpinnings with a big V8, manual box and live rear axle, hence the different rims, which look like Pontiac Firebird steel wheels. A lot of the old, very knackered Jags and Daimlers bought for film/stunt work were too mechanically temperamental to be good for much, in those days they very often only ended up as junk because of serious mechanical problems. There might have been a third car, the stripped car that went into the pond looked more silver than gold to me. There's a good chance the modified car appeared in more than one chase scene or film before it was done, with the American parts under them, they were extremely strong...
@@gosportjamie That is a 1976/77 registration and the film was made in the 70s. it would have handled like a pig with a cast iron V8 and not gone around corners LOL....and the definitive live rear axle was on the Jag or Daimlers anyway.
@@gosportjamie I doubt that as good examples went for peanuts and who needs a Yank V8, when Jag's V12 is already in it? American V8s of that era were incredibly inefficient, with most having power to capacity ratios lower than European pre-WW2 cars.
It's a Daimler.....still registered with the dvla as pyf752r....a white Daimler,tho it's not been road taxed since 1986,the film was released in 1987 so the vehicle was prob written off as a result of filming.
Ohh mannn, that was painfull to watch... it hurt my soul... I have the same model, but Jaguar XJ6 4.2 series 2 for 30 years now... Bought and restored it as my first car when I was 21.... Lots of blood, sweat and tears went in the resto, so Its pretty much my baby, looking and driving awesome! I almost have the same colour, so this was not fun to watch for me... And even when overtaking the lorry, it still looked sexy imo with that beautiful bonnet style... This movie was from 87 and I bought mine in 93... Indeed they werent valuable then. Many ended their existence on demolishing races... which was painfully back then for me even hearing that 😯😄 I love the looks and it drives so smooth. And.... in 30 years only failed 1 time on starting, beacause of a really small part. Overhauling makes it more reliable I guess....
....in those days....you still had some room to chase one another....these days all the plebs has cars aswell....no room for fun anymore....good old days....
Except they had too put a American V8 ford engine in the Jag because the Jaguar engines were so unreliable they couldn’t even film the getaway scenes because the engine kept breaking down😂
@@matty6848 You are a muppet beyond belief.That jag never sounded like a ford.If fords were so reliable why the fuck did i have to bump start mine every day
@@matty6848 That is BS and if they were so unreliable, they would never have been the getaway car of choice. American V8s in the 70s, were lucky if they could make triple digit bhp and weighed a ton.
Rule number one try not to draw attention to yourself and the car .blue smoke out of the Exhaust said engine burning 🔥 oil sadly was long for this earth as it was .Little steering wheel 🎡 was a cheeper quick rack lol .proper Car 🚗 🚘
@@brianmorecombe2726 What beef did you have with Magnolias comment? It is a Daimler and you know it is, so you were just being an annoying troll by telling them they're wrong.
I think he says "We've only gone and copped the bastards" as to the meaning, I think watching the film would reveal that. Generally that would mean "We've got them" and depending on context it could mean they have been arrested.
Jim Dowdall, who played Richie the Wheelman, is a stunt driver and is known much more for his stunt work than his acting. Brilliant driving "except for the last bit - bit untoward".
The driver was the stuntman. Jim Dowdall is mainly known as a stuntman, but they gave him a few lines of acting in this. His name crops up all over the place.
I’m pretty sure that if he would have slowed a little, probably not swerve quite as much. Staying on the road, avoid going through peoples yards an if at all possible, not repeatedly reversing and then, driving into a slot too narrow, for the car to pass. Over and over, taking valuable time and making a lot of noise that could alert someone who could alert the police. ?
