NYTIMES Sunday Feb 8,2009 – TigersEast AlpinesEast

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This topic has 6 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated February 17, 2009 at 4:33 am by jmthehermit.

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- February 9, 2009 at 3:11 pm #57313
  frank-mooney
  The Sunday AUTOMOBILES section referring to the 1960’s Get Smart TV series identifies the car driven by Don Adams as…drum roll…a Karmann Ghia!.Now I always thought it was a Sunbeam Tiger as it was in the 2008 movie revival.But could the Karman Ghia also have been featured? Or could,God Forbid, the cars be deemed identical by the Time’s author and by the public? Frank Mooney
- February 9, 2009 at 3:23 pm #62793
  anonymous
  The car was a Karman Ghia in latter episodes of the show. I don’t know exactly when the switch was made.
  
  Fred Baum
- February 9, 2009 at 4:00 pm #62794
  frank-mooney
  Thanks for the correction.I could have lost big dollars in a side bet convinced as I was that it had to be a Tiger!…but a 1960’s Karman Ghia!… which was a better looking machine than it was a performer with it’s VW underpowered rear engine. My brother had one in the 1990’s which vehicle by then was a bit rough in ride and appearance. Frank Mooney
- February 10, 2009 at 12:01 am #62795
  sownman
  Max also drove an Opel GT and in one episode a Shelby Mustang. The Tiger is the one most remembered.
  
  Steve
- February 12, 2009 at 7:30 pm #62809
  dodgealpine
  I believe that a Tiger badged Alpine was used for the shots where a machine gun rises from the Bonnet/Hood. This was because mechanically it just wouldn’t fit in a Tiger.
- February 17, 2009 at 12:52 am #62816
  stu
  Yes, all are correct. The Tiger was replaced by the VW and the Opel as the show’s sponsors changed. And one of the books, Bill Carroll’s maybe (?), has a photo of the Alpine with the machine gun sticking out of the hood.
  
  Stu
- February 17, 2009 at 4:33 am #62817
  jmthehermit
  The Shelby Mustang conv. belonged to the Chief.
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