The cannon was fitted to an Alpine, as there was no room in the Tiger engine
compartment.It also had extendable ram bumpers ( the overriders pushed out )
and other Bond stuff. I personally like the SI in Dr. NO except for the line
" Car woundn't start " So British.... ..I can look up more info in my
archives if you wish..-art-
sosnaenergyconsulting(at)home.com wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> Damndest thing: I was talking to the guy who's doing some work on my
> pickup truck and the talk turned to Sunbeam Tigers. He says a guy he
> knew (and hasn't seen in 16 years) bought Maxwell Smart's tiger after
> the person who bought it from the studio sold it. He says it still had
> the "hydraulic cannon" that popped out of the hood and the plumbing that
> dumped oil into the exhaust to make the smokescreen was still in place,
> though not connected. I didn't think the car was actually used in any
> of the episodes--just in the intro scene.
> So, was I being handed a load of fertilizer, or what? Anybody know
> anything more about this?
>
> David Sosna
> 65 SIV GT V-6
> 85 toyota pickup
ac.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:43:33 -0700
From: ed howard <edson(at)globalpac.com>
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ed howard wrote:
> Well, I won't profess to be the end-all expert on the subject, but I did
> love the Get Smart series when I was a kid and even recently too. I
> definitely remember the Tiger being used in some actual episodes, not just
> the intro. If my memory serves me correctly, the other years the cars were a
> Karmann Ghia and a Renault Caravelle.
>
> Ed Howard
> Series 5 Alpine
> License Plate Frame reads "Get Smart"
>
> sosnaenergyconsulting(at)home.com wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody
> >
> > Damndest thing: I was talking to the guy who's doing some work on my
> > pickup truck and the talk turned to Sunbeam Tigers. He says a guy he
> > knew (and hasn't seen in 16 years) bought Maxwell Smart's tiger after
> > the person who bought it from the studio sold it. He says it still had
> > the "hydraulic cannon" that popped out of the hood and the plumbing that
> > dumped oil into the exhaust to make the smokescreen was still in place,
> > though not connected. I didn't think the car was actually used in any
> > of the episodes--just in the intro scene.
> > So, was I being handed a load of fertilizer, or what? Anybody know
> > anything more about this?
> >
> > David Sosna
> > 65 SIV GT V-6
> > 85 toyota pickup
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