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Capri spotted on tv

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Hi, Watching a news report yesterday with a chap from one of the performance motoring magazines talking about that terrible incident at the Stevenage Car Cruise and low and behold look what I spotted on the chaps shelf in the background...


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How did you spot that , did you have a eagle eye action man back in the day :lol:
But what a awful accident,
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Good spot Nick!

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Is it me or does the front grill look not quite right, a bit `Datsun`ey? The way it slopes away?
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Following on from your picture Nick. Spotted this on the Being Evel Knievel programme on BBC 4, filming was grainy in ‘75 but nice mk1 passing Evel’s car while promoting his Wembley jump :)
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Caprifan Rob wrote: Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:27 pm Spotted this on the Being Evel Knievel programme on BBC 4
I have this on DVD from last time it was on, but I watched it again too Rob :)
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Anyone (you`ll need to be nearly 50 probably) identify the 1982 drama this black S appeared in? Correct answer wins a genuine Ford Capri 7/16" UNF nyloc, used, slghtly stripped but otherwise VGC: these are becoming really hard to find now, et cetera- worth £19.99.

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stevemarl wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:30 pm Anyone (you`ll need to be nearly 50 probably) identify the 1982 drama this black S appeared in? Correct answer wins a genuine Ford Capri 7/16" UNF nyloc, used, slghtly stripped but otherwise VGC: these are becoming really hard to find now, et cetera- worth £19.99.

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Andy,
so close... but not quite.

Oh go on, I`ll give it you, it was actually the one off Play for Today `The Blackstuff` from which the series developed later. That + the entire series, £6.95 on Amazon. Brilliant! (interesting to see just how quiet the M6 was then, there`s more traffic at 3AM now.)
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stevemarl wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:51 pm Andy,
so close... but not quite.

Oh go on, I`ll give it you, it was actually the one off Play for Today `The Blackstuff` from which the series developed later. That + the entire series, £6.95 on Amazon. Brilliant! (interesting to see just how quiet the M6 was then, there`s more traffic at 3AM now.)
:cheers: Steve, you are too kind.

Some good programmes around back then, considering we only had 3 channels :?

P.S. You can keep the nyloc :)
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andyd wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:14 pm P.S. You can keep the nyloc :)
Cheers, I`ll put it on ebay then. I think although we only had 3 channels, it was easier to produce decent programmes to fill that time. 300 channels and you end up with 25 soaps and celebrity nose picking. Gemma Collins, Joey Essex, what can I say? Being thick or ignorant might once have been limiting - now careers are built on it. What a bloody world!
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stevemarl wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:29 pm
andyd wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:14 pm P.S. You can keep the nyloc :)
Cheers, I`ll put it on ebay then. I think although we only had 3 channels, it was easier to produce decent programmes to fill that time. 300 channels and you end up with 25 soaps and celebrity nose picking. Gemma Collins, Joey Essex, what can I say? Being thick or ignorant might once have been limiting - now careers are built on it. What a bloody world!
:agree: Steve,
Hardly anything on the T/V worth watching now apart from the old stuff; Sweeney, Minder, Professionals etc, and the odd car related programme.

If the Mrs didn't pay the T/V licence I know I wouldn't!

Channel 4 also aired in late 1982.
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andyd wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 6:05 am
stevemarl wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 7:29 pm
andyd wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:14 pm P.S. You can keep the nyloc :)
Cheers, I`ll put it on ebay then. I think although we only had 3 channels, it was easier to produce decent programmes to fill that time. 300 channels and you end up with 25 soaps and celebrity nose picking. Gemma Collins, Joey Essex, what can I say? Being thick or ignorant might once have been limiting - now careers are built on it. What a bloody world!
:agree: Steve,
Hardly anything on the T/V worth watching now apart from the old stuff; Sweeney, Minder, Professionals etc, and the odd car related programme.

If the Mrs didn't pay the T/V licence I know I wouldn't!

Channel 4 also aired in late 1982.
Funny you say that about channel 4 as I am sure they had a warning triangle top right of the picture if they showed anything naughty or a horror :lol:

Agree there is sod all on the box .
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andyd wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2019 6:05 am Being thick or ignorant might once have been limiting - now careers are built on it.
The career of my boss certainly has been! :lol:

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