MRspivvy wrote:Yes, the mk3 zephyr/zodiac ran from 62-66 before the huge square mk4 took over. as for allegros, it would probably have been more historically accurate to use austin 1100s as panda cars. a shame, a lot of production companies,when making "period" dramas, only ever seem to use cars that look brand spanking new. in 1973 you'd have seen rust eaten third-hand '50s crestas, worn out morris minors and prefects and millions of austin 1100s and mk1/2 cortinas, plus the inevitable bedford tk or ford D making high street deliveries. any epsiode of the sweeney is a good illustration of the street furniture of the time.as for the 2000E/gxl hybrid cortina...thats just lazy.still I suppose they had a budget to work to.
The problem is the time given to find the right cars and vans. Anybody can find anything given enough time, and inevitably the thing turns up on ebay a week after you have done an extensive search then run out of time! As for the idea of it being a dream in the lead character's head MRMP, good point but the series has always been sold as a period drama/time travel thing. I am dying to find out where this is going and what happens in the end! I would like to think it will go on to a second series in another decade, preferably the 80s! I think he will probably wake up though. If not a second series would probably be in the 70s again.
And would it have killed em to put some earlier plates on the phase1s?