The Cars of Summerwine

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Wesley's Humber Imperial in Uncle of the Bride

 

[Roger]

Miss Davenport's Citroen Berlingo in A Short Blast of Fred Astaire

 

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Barry's Sunbeam Talbot,which I think we only see in one episode

If I'm right, it was a Talbot Samba. It was at Wesley's shed in one scene, then later Barry drops Glenda off at Edie's in it, then in the very next scene, it was at Wesley's shed again.

 

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Walter's Humber Imperial/Super Snipe in The New Mobile Trio. "After a crunch like that, it's got to be smaller!"

 

[Roger]

Tom's Renault Trafic van.

 

[Roger]

If I'm right, it was a Talbot Samba. It was at Wesley's shed in one scene, then later Barry drops Glenda off at Edie's in it, then in the very next scene, it was at Wesley's shed again.

You're right, it was a Talbot Samba, in A Double for Howard

 

[RichardFromMarple]

Sorry, it wasn't a Sheerline, although every other resource says it was... none of them checked the body style!

I was going on the Wikipedia.

 

[Seymour Upperthong]

I was going on the Wikipedia.

I suspect that the inspiration for the episode Loxley Lozenge was the opportunistic barn find of a decrepit chassis by the production team, coupled with the Writer spotting a red XKE convertible. The XKE body, with the top down, resembles a Lozenge. I know, I had one (Series II, no glass overs). When I listened to Wesley's description of the shape of the car to the trio in the pub, I thought of mine. They probably had to work on the Austin chassis a bit, to inspect and make it safe to roll the actors on it. That would have given them time to augment the chassis prop, to make it better fit the story.

 

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The Repo Man's VW Golf.

The original Repo Man who was taking Compos Telly had a red van, which was the first vehicle we ever see in the series. It's a bit before my time can anyone else identify the vehicle ?????

 

[Roger]

The original Repo Man who was taking Compos Telly had a red van, which was the first vehicle we ever see in the series. It's a bit before my time can anyone else identify the vehicle ?????

It was a Simca 1100 van

 

[Barrychuckle]

It was a Simca 1100 van

Thanks Roger! I’ll add a Simca 1100 to my list too!!!!!

 

[Roger]

Crusher's Citroen 2cv

 

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Nelly has several cars, but she did have a Mercedes A-Class for a short time.

 

[Roger]

Nelly has several cars, but she did have a Mercedes A-Class for a short time.

She also had two Peugeot 1007s, one blue and one orange.

 

[Amos Hames 2]

Mrs Avery drove a minibus

 

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You're right, it was a Talbot Samba, in A Double for Howard

Well, I do get things right....sometimes!

 

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The Ford Escort van that almost runs Seymour over while he is collecting for the church dressed as Santa in Crums.

Also the Ford Transit that Wesley uses to deliver Glenda's water bed, also in Crums

 

[Roger]

Mrs Avery drove a minibus

She also drove the bus that she lived in with Tom and Babs.

 

[Seymour Upperthong]

There was PC Cooper and Walsh's Ford Escort Panda car. There had to be more than one, you couldn't keep crashing the same one over and over.
I enjoyed the way the parking ticket and stolen wing mirror were both on Walsh's side of the car!

I was pleased to see Ken Kitson's picture in the 50th reunion photos.

 

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There was PC Cooper and Walsh's Ford Escort Panda car. There had to be more than one, you couldn't keep crashing the same one over and over.
I enjoyed the way the parking ticket and stolen wing mirror were both on Walsh's side of the car!

I was pleased to see Ken Kitson's picture in the 50th reunion photos.

I had a quick chat with Ken at the 50th he was a really nice guy, I bought his poetry book he was selling.