"HBO" had "Dinner" on yesterday, anybody see John Lye's T/R 3.
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From: econrad <econrad@teal.csn.net>
To: 'Triumphs' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 2:32 PM
Subject: RE: Off-topic, but LBC -- MAYBE -- MG's in movies
>
> While I don't lean toward the MG marque, I can attest that an MGA has a
> staring role in "Blue Hawaii" - an Elvis flick. You hear it revving,
> squealing, zooming, ..... Matter of fact, I feel the MGA is a much
better
> lead actor in this movie than Elvis could have ever hoped to be. It's
> obvious that the car was in the movie to show that Elvis at least could
> choose great cars - I guess this means he couldn't be all bad.
>
> <<I'm getting my flame retardant suit out now>> <|8^)
>
> Eric Conrad
> Denver, CO
> econrad@teal.csn.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 9:48 AM
> To: Philip Smith
> Cc: Jeff McNeal; Triumph List
> Subject: Re: Off-topic, but LBC -- MAYBE
>
>
>
> To attest to the popularity of the Triumph Marque in the 60's and 70's, a
> TR-3A was central in the movies "La Doche Vita" and "Diner," also in the
> Jane Fonda/Robert Redford movie of a Niel Simon play, "A Sunday in the
> Park," or some such name; a couple of killers in a Steve McQueen movie
> drove a black TR-6, and many more...
>
> I don't remember seeing an MG ever, as a Marque of Distinction, except in
> the Rodney Dangerfield movie "Back to School," where the owner was a
> pompous jackass...does this tell us something?
>
>
>
> Cheers...
> >
> > I watched 007 Thunderball last night. The movie had an Aston Martin DB?,
a
> > Triumph, and a Mustang!
> > Phil Smith
> > TR6
>
>
> > > I was watching the DVD of Alfred Hitchcock's THE BIRDS last night and
> was
> > > wondering what kind of convertible That Tippi Hedron was driving? Is
> that
> > > an early Aston Martin?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Jeff in San Diego
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> James A. Ruffner
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