top gear

[Durham Fiesta]

at last , some OSF action on top gear

[sab6024]

watching it now...wicked!!!

[5hane]

 

XOO 349F (or summin lol )

[Retro-gone.]

SHIT FOOK BOLLOX

[morcheen]

pity about that prick rh

[BaileyMex]

GO ON THE ESCORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[louie bagel]

mk3 tina in the jump

[Copey]

mk3 tina in the jump

 

damn, beat me to it:(

 

got landed on too, poor yellow tina

[bronze4door]

just noticed the tina there was a mk1 golf aswell

[Copey]

i know if it was a ford we wouldnt think so, but how funny was the marina thing with the piano!!

[pauline]

loved it

[bortaf]

It was there when they did the allegro in reverse jump as well so i guess they filmed em all together, i know it was crushed before it was removed from Bentwaters cos the month before the allegro jump was on it popped up on BSC in a scrap yard

[Savvi]

The Marina scene was filmed last Wednesday, i don't know about the jump scene.

[ZetecVan 2.0]

I've just been reading a thread on pistonheads about it all...

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topi ... 619721&i=0

 

 

Morose Marina chap said:

"OK, your admin has called and asked me to come along and clarify a couple of things. So I will.

 

First of all, yes, that is a (riveted) repair to the car used in the destruction sequence which was originally a blue car, given a quick spray job to make it look like the nice one. GJR said that the decent car was in the compound and, for a while, so it was, but we haven't spoken in a week or two since when the Marina has found a new home in the hands of an enthusiast who refuses to use any forum because of the rubbish that tends to be talked about these very things!

 

The scrap car had to have a framework fabricated and fitted into the floor and chassis areas (sills, suspension mounting areas etc.) as it was really quite the rustiest thing we could have found, this made it safe to use on the "race" segment during which the interior trim from the good car was used in close ups.

Prior to the fire, that trim was replaced to the good car and the remains of the scrap one filled with a bed of poly peanuts and flour to give the impression of an interior fire.

 

No interior trim was destroyed, nor any usable parts. Even the windows were replaced with sugar glass. The car was obtained from a man who had intended to use it for racing of the oval track variety, but as it had no structural integrity, he gave up on that idea and gladly took the BBC's cash! As I said to GJR when asked by him to break cover and write this, the information is all available in the public domain, no secrets, no myths, and this is why the comments posted on the Marina site were so roundly criticised by him, they were purely speculative and had no basis in truth.

 

So go ahead and take a dislike to Top Gear, but please, Marina fans, acquaint yourselves with the facts of the situation before condemning something armed only with wild inaccuracy and assumptions.".

[over_head_cam]

On the other hand, much as we would dislike it being an escort, cortina or anglia they mashed up, it's theirs so......

[Daggle]

It's just taken me as hour to read through the various posts on PH, they make us look like a real bunch of friendly ppl

[D4N]

don't think they would ever do it to a old ford they obv like them as they had a mint mk2 cortina in one before last and a few year back didn't they do something on a mk2 escort?

 

 

 

Touring cars was very good Great tribute to the sport

 

Whats your thoughts on these electric cars?

[Takeshi]

Great episode..

 

The last you wanna do is critisize Top Gear, as once Clarkson gets a hold of it you've had it lol

 

Loved the touring car bit. Capri going sideways as usual lol.

 

I dont think electric cars are the way to go. First, they take hours to charge, they cost a fortune and finally - you gotta burn fossil fuel/nuclear crap to make electricity. Hydrogen cars are the way forward in my opinion.

 

One question though, do these future cars, electric or hydrogen, have gearboxes? Or are they all just one speed?

 

Also, yes they did a feature on the MK2 Escort:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDbk-Tge24

[V6MAT]

Great episode..

 

The last you wanna do is critisize Top Gear, as once Clarkson gets a hold of it you've had it lol

 

Loved the touring car bit. Capri going sideways as usual lol.

 

I dont think electric cars are the way to go. First, they take hours to charge, they cost a fortune and finally - you gotta burn fossil fuel/nuclear crap to make electricity. Hydrogen cars are the way forward in my opinion.

 

One question though, do these future cars, electric or hydrogen, have gearboxes? Or are they all just one speed?

 

Also, yes they did a feature on the MK2 Escort:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDbk-Tge24

 

hydrogen would have a gear box i assume

[SebringRS]

I think they heard our plea last week for more OSF's

[Savvi]

They like their classic Fords.

 

 

Jezzer wanted to get Steve's V8 Mk1 escort to race against one of the cars he tested for his Dvd as he'd raced the Escort at the same track the week before and it's times were better.

 

James is thinking of buying the Barn find Mexico we found a short while ago, so there might be something for next years show

[sab6024]

What's even better is that the Top Gear iplayer has the MK1 Escort as it's cover for this week....always worth a look

[D4N]

Wish they did somthing for escort 40 years.

 

I wish i had one of there jobs. Get payed for driving fast cars all over the world, have fun racing busses, football with cars and wrecking Morris Marinas.

 

I love topgear

[ZetecVan 2.0]

Here's the blue marina they trashed

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/798776.htm

 

and here's a pic of the Mk3 Cortina in the pile of cars for the jump:

 

[V6MAT]

mk3 looked fairly rotten