Pagoda on TV!

[n/a]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned it.  There's a beautiful navy SL in the Lifetime yarn "Beach Girls."

I've watched it for a about ten minutes total--twice the same program--where Julia Ormand drives up in the beauty and Rob Lowe says "Nice wheels."  I wonder if it--the car--in any other scenes?  Don't know about the show but it reminds me of a movie review of another, long-ago Rob Lowe flick where the titillated reviewer boasted that "Hey, I never said I had any Class!"

Couldn't see the back of the car but it had low-back seats...  All this talk about mechanical problems?  This is a very nice one.  You know it is vanity when you start lusting over different colors...

 - Peter

[waltklatt]

Peter, Is this a movie or a cable show?
Walter

[n/a]

A little off topic from the repairs...  and apologies to the good folks outside the U.S. who don't receive such "entertainment."  But, and am I correct in including Pagodas in this?, it is the largest market...

Lifetime is a cable network and this show is some kind of Summer fill-in, mini-series, or maybe pilot.  I checked--it seems to be on Sundays.

The car looked show quality.  Really gorgeous.  And the scene where she tears away in it?  Worth seeing.

So who has some black hubcaps for sale OR, if it comes to that, advice on how to paint them?

[hands_aus]

Local ABC tv (govt owned) has a show called '55 Degrees North' (2004) made in Scotland.

Story is about a young black police detective who drives a Pagoda (white with black top, 230SL external mirrors) as his personal car.

The car sounds quiet and looks good.

The show has just started, will watch further episodes.

There are enough scenes with the car to make the show worth watching... forget the story line.

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

[Cees Klumper]

From what I gather some 80% of visits to these forums are from Pagoda enthusiasts residing in the US while probably less than half of the surviving W 113's are actually there/here.

I don't believe we in Europe ever had a television show which regularly featured a Pagoda like you Bob in Brisbane or Peter in Colorado (I suppose) on cable. The cars that featured regularly on TV here during the seventies and early eighties (after that I stopped watching television) were Tom Selleck's Ferrari 365 GTB in "Magnum", "The Hulk's" Chevrolet Corvette, David Hasselhoff's Pontiac Trans Am in "Knight Rider", Simon Templar's ("The Saint") Volvo P 1800, "Canon"'s Lincoln and, of course, Peter Falk ("Columbo")'s Peugeot.

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

[Ben]

Beach Girsl has strated over here I think !

That other UK cop show was on last year, same time. Quite a few scenes of the car, the very first episode the guy is going to his new station and gets pulled. The crooked cop bashes his rear tail lamp and write him a ticket ( real cliche)

I nearly cried.............thank God it wasn't an early all red type lamp !

Regards,
Ben in Ireland.
'64 230SL 4sp.

[LFrank]

Only on this site would the conversation focus on the taillights of the 113 and not the "headlights" on the "Beach Girls"  :oops:  :oops:


(if 80% of the visits are from the U.S., what percentage are from men?Sorry, Trice)

LFrank
Washington DC
65 230 sl - auto
DB334/Hellblau

[Douglas]

quote:Originally posted by Ben

The crooked cop bashes his rear tail lamp and write him a ticket

Clearly, police brutality has reached new heights. This is an outrage!

Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220

[Mike Hughes]

Not to mention McGarret's black Mercury Marquis on "Hawaii Five-0," or that gawd-awful green Buick that Telly Savalas drove on "Kojak!"  "Starsky & Hutch" had a distinctively painted Ford Torino that was the star of the show.  Rock Hudson and Susan St.James had a neat little M.G. TD with some kind of `Roo Bar the front in "MacMillan & Wife."  How about Diana Rigg's Lotus Elan on The Avengers or the most famous Lotus 7 in the world that Patrick McGoohan drove in the opening sequences of "The Prisoner?"

quote:Originally posted by cees klumper

I don't believe we in Europe ever had a television show which regularly featured a Pagoda like you Bob in Brisbane or Peter in Colorado (I suppose) on cable. The cars that featured regularly on TV here during the seventies and early eighties (after that I stopped watching television) were Tom Selleck's Ferrari 365 GTB in "Magnum", "The Hulk's" Chevrolet Corvette, David Hasselhoff's Pontiac Trans Am in "Knight Rider", Simon Templar's ("The Saint") Volvo P 1800, "Canon"'s Lincoln and, of course, Peter Falk ("Columbo")'s Peugeot.

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
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[J. Huber]

What was it Maxwell Smart drove? A Sunbeam? or a Tiger? Would ya believe...



James
63 230SL

[peterm]

Please don't neglect Get Smart

Three cars were in more than one episode, sunbeam tiger, opel kadet and a VW karman Ghia.

In the pilot episode he did drive a ferrari 250 GT

Rest in Peace .Don Adams

[enochbell]

Mike,

I want you in my corner for trivial pursuit, but only after you apologize to Steve McQueen.  How did you leave him out?

g

'64 230sl, fully sorted out...ooops, spoke too soon

[Ben]

quote:Mike,

I want you in my corner for trivial pursuit, but only after you apologize to Steve McQueen. How did you leave him out?

..........

Actually tyhe Avengers, and then the New Avengers used quite a lot of nice British cars at the time, with lots of aggresive driving. Cars such as Jaguar XJ6, Triumph Dolomite Sprint, TR7, Range Rover, Rover SD1's all appeared, and similar cars appeared in The Professionals before BL was given the boot in favour of the Ford cars such as the Capri 3.0S, the Granada Ghia and the Escort RS2000 !

The later version of The Saint saw Ian Ogilvy driving the "then" new Jaguar XJS V12.

........ooooops I need to get a Mercedes SL in here somewhere, what about the 107's used in both Dallas and Hart to Hart !

Regards,
Ben in Ireland.
'64 230SL 4sp.

[n/a]

My gosh!  I can't believe this thread is still alive.  Pretty pathetic.

My guess is Beach Girls will find its way around and come around again.  The car was in subsequent episodes too, but always quickly and from specific angles.  In one shot, probably a mistake, you could see that the backs of the seats were completely ripped-up.  So my mistake--certainly not show quality.  Instead, almost like they pieced it together for specific scenes.

A few weeks back I saw another one on the tube...  Pretty good movie about a young couple that goes to California to visit the guy's aged hippie mother.  She is a music producer...  And she has one!  Big bumper guards...  The car is sort of a symbol of LA hillside excess...

Another one is the Richard Gere movie where he's flying through British Columbia and smashes his gorgeous blue Pagoda.

Anyway, thanks for keeping this essential thread alive!

[ZwoachtzigSL]

Hello Bob.

Look here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/crime/55degrees/gallery.shtml

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Detlef (Bad Homburg, Germany)

quote:Originally posted by hands_aus

Local ABC tv (govt owned) has a show called '55 Degrees North' (2004) made in Scotland.

Story is about a young black police detective who drives a Pagoda (white with black top, 230SL external mirrors) as his personal car.

The car sounds quiet and looks good.

The show has just started, will watch further episodes.

There are enough scenes with the car to make the show worth watching... forget the story line.

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

Stern-Garage

[Mike Hughes]

Well, I thought we were talking about TV shows, not movies, so Steve's green Mustang did not figure on my (rather incomplete) list.  I also didn't mention a Dodge Charger, otherwise known as "The General," on "Dukes of Hazzard," the outlandishly modded Cadillac Eldorado on "Super Fly," the yellow Mustang II on "Charlie's Angels," and the list can go on...

quote:Originally posted by enochbell

Mike,

I want you in my corner for trivial pursuit, but only after you apologize to Steve McQueen.  How did you leave him out?

g

'64 230sl, fully sorted out...ooops, spoke too soon

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
  Havanna Brown (408)
  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

[Mike Hughes]

Well, it has plates from  before they started adding a letter to designate the year of registry, so it is impossible to tell the year of the car.  It is clearly a 230 or early 250SL, both from the swan necked mirror and the two piece wheel trims, and seems to be in pretty good nick.  Hopefully we will get the show on this side of the pond one day so we can hear how it sounds!

quote:Originally posted by ZwoachtzigSL



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- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
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  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

[hands_aus]

Hey Detlef,

Thanks for the links. Good pic.

Another episode tonight.

I had a look at the website. Wow, don't they go into the shows?

I am not normally a TV watcher. My neighbour told me about the show because of the connection with my car.
The poor guy has me chatting to him about my car all the time. He has a healthy respect for German engineering.

quote:Originally posted by ZwoachtzigSL

Hello Bob.

Look here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/crime/55degrees/gallery.shtml

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74.34 KB

Detlef (Bad Homburg, Germany)

quote:Originally posted by hands_aus

Local ABC tv (govt owned) has a show called '55 Degrees North' (2004) made in Scotland.

Story is about a young black police detective who drives a Pagoda (white with black top, 230SL external mirrors) as his personal car.

The car sounds quiet and looks good.

The show has just started, will watch further episodes.

There are enough scenes with the car to make the show worth watching... forget the story line.

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

Stern-Garage

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

[n/a]

Yeah, that really is a great picture.  You can tell the guy is an actor--the facial expression suggests he has many others as well.  No sign of this show in the U.S., but I bet he's a tough guy, romantic, champion of the downtrodden, and all the rest.  And who else would have a waistline that small?

And you can also tell that the car is very much a star of the show.  But why the boring off-white color?  And it looks a little chilly to be driving a convertible...

Again, excellent, provocative photo.  Here's my favorite:  black (or red) and white, side by side:  http://www.theResearchSource.net/columns/ (this is my site; granted the content isn't for everyone, but the photo is my favorite Pagoda picture).

[Mike Hughes]

quote:Originally posted by PeterinCO


  But why the boring off-white color?  

Because it photographs well in just about any light.

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
  Havanna Brown (408)
  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

[rob walker]

Local ABC tv (govt owned) has a show called '55 Degrees North' (2004) made in Scotland.

Story is about a young black police detective who drives a Pagoda (white with black top, 230SL external mirrors) as his personal car.

The car sounds quiet and looks good.

The show has just started, will watch further episodes.

There are enough scenes with the car to make the show worth watching... forget the story line.

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

Well sorry to raise an old thread, but in Turkey, BBC Prime has just started to show 55 Degrees North. Its actually quite a moody police program set in Newcastle, not Scotland. But the Pagoda really gets to star in the series. The show is also not too bad with a reasonable plot each program...but there again I am comparing to endless reruns of Wasteenders etc. The Pagoda looks beautiful, its on  a private registration so difficult to tell if its a 230SL or 250SL. The series was produced in 2005 so maybe the car has passed to new owners. Would be great to find the owner.

[Ulf]

"Dallas" is the reason why the 107-series often is called a "Bobby Ewing" here in Denmark - and it's not meant in a flattering way...

[glenn]

What movie did Alex Karras lift a Pagoda?

[Peter van Es]

I downloaded some of these episodes (from www.thebox.bz - if any expat Brits need an invite to that site just PM me)... (notably the first one). Nice car. Horrible cop kicks in rear-light to book the Night Detective. Night Detective clearly does not know how expensive a rear light is cause he does not flinch. Later on in the episode he gets to work with horrible cop, and since he did not report him, Horrible cop gets a cousin (?) to replace the rear light. Yeah, right!

Well anyway, if you'd like to see this episode (sorry, forgot the story line) I'll bring it along to PUB.

Peter

[Flyair]

Let's also mention various Aston Martins in most films about you know who.... .

By the way, a Pagoda appeared in one of French comedy films with Louis de Funes, in the so called "Gendarme" series in Saint Tropez, I believe it was in the Gendarme and the Gendarmettes one.
Stan