Italian job upset my boy!

[philshort]

Was watchi ng the goggle box last night and a warning came on about a paedophile program. Fair do's, I flipped over as my 2 year old was still up. Italian Job was on, so left it on that.

2 mins later my little lad was in hysterics, really upset. Why? Cos they squished 2 E types with a digger didn't they! "Digger don't push it, digger don't push it". He was so upset when they pushed the Aston over the cliff I had to turn it off, took me a good 10 minutes to console him.

[actech]

Count yourself lucky he missed the Miura driving into the digger at the start!

"It's a Piazza Charlie!".

[plotloss]

Bless, a new generation of Pistonheads in the making!

Matt.

[gtir]

I heard that they used written off cars for that film, and if you look you can see the red E type is damaged (before digger, digs it) on the n/s wing.

Still hurts watching it though :frown:

[smeagol]

Feel for the lad, reminds me of going to the racing and watching a Lambo Countach lose it and smash itself up along a barrier the whole crowd was going nooooo.

Did you turn it back on so he could see the minis doing their stuff? classic film.

[nevpugh308]

They actually rebuilt the red Jag, it was in a classic car mag not too long ago (in the film they only squashed the top of it a bit)

I was more upset when they trashed the 3 mini's at the end !

[smeagol]

Just a side note did you know that the the Italian Job is now a yearly event which has raised over a £1M for NHC action for children, not bad eh?

[JohnL]

quote:
Just a side note did you know that the the Italian Job is now a yearly event which has raised over a £1M for NHC action for children, not bad eh?

So they steal £10M of gold each year and give £1M away

[barter]

quote:2 mins later my little lad was in hysterics, really upset.

Same with my son (21 months). He started crying when they crashed the mini's into the wall on the ramp during practice, "mini, mini...". When it came to the 'digger' I had to turn it off.

[philshort]

quote:Bless, a new generation of Pistonheads in the making!

Yeah, its great! I don't actively push cars on him, but he is car mad. He's actually petrified of my Chimaera since I started it up with the exhaust system removed - wicked noise BTW! - but he still bangs on about TVR's all the time. He can also say Lamborghini (I have one of those Burago scale models of a Diablo, or rather had one, its in his toy box now!).

He recognises VW and Audis (wifes car and my weekday car) from the badges (and TVR's of course) - he started doing this on holiday in Tenerife six months ago when he was just starting to talk.

He'd have loved to go up to Chatsworth on Sunday, but we can't make it now. Shame.

Anyway, he's coming on nicely! Only another 15 years to go before he starts nicking my TVR keys!

[marki]

He sounds like a good boy , you are obviously doing a good job on the parenting front

[Paceracing]

quote:
I heard that they used written off cars for that film, and if you look you can see the red E type is damaged (before digger, digs it) on the n/s wing.

Still hurts watching it though :frown:

I have a picture of Michael Caine smashing the E-Types up with a sledge hammer which was taken during breaks in filming. They were definitely not damaged before, although if you watch the Mini's being pushed off the cliff you can see they have been stripped out. And finally 'if you don't come back with the goods, Nelly here will turn in her grave and likely as not jump right out of it and kick yer teeth in'.

Jas.

[cazzo]

What about the van...........

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

Sorry couldn't resist that one.

[Twin Turbo]

Yep, the red E-Type "848 CRY" is still with us. Saw it as Goodwood Revival last year.

[scotty2]

I believe the bus (Bedford VAL) is (or was) up in Scotland at "The Crows Nest" in Anstruther. Bought from the film co by ....Billy Wright? Scottish Sidecar champion? at least thats what I've been told.

I've always wanted one of those..... take your car out and keep it dry

[Paceracing]

quote:
What about the van...........

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

Sorry couldn't resist that one.

My personal favourite quote:
(Charlie Crocker to Lorna at Turin airport as the Italians are unloading the gold) "I'll see you in Geneva, and 'ave a cup of tea ready".

Jas

[Dave_H]

Apart from all the obvious bits of the cars in the film, my most memerable bit is the part where the guy grabs the chicken leg/wing..

Mmmmm... Chicken...

[FourWheelDrift]

quote:
What about the van...........

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

Sorry couldn't resist that one.

I like :-
Camp Freddy - "Big, Charlie you can't even spell the word"
Charlie - "B...I...G, Big!"

They don't make films like that anymore.

PS The Coach still exists too. Believe it's referred to as a "Shanghai Six" - {takes Anaorak off}

[scotty2]

Chinese six but you were close.

Only the first few were "Chinese six's" as they had a "back to front" gear selection. The type is actually "Bedford VAL."

Body warmer more than Anorak.....

In fact 25th August is the "40 years of the VAL" in Cambridge. Go see some......

www.bg-event.co.uk/

[tvradict]

My favorite quote (if I can remember it all) comes from Mr Bridger,

Bridger - "Last night, Mr Governor, somebody broke into my toilet"
Governor - "Toilet?!"
Bridger - "Toilet!"
Governor - "Well.....I'm terribly sorry, I don't know what to say!"
Bridger - "Mr Governor, Her Majesties prisons are not only there to stop people getting out, but also, to stop people getting in! This kind of slack management is a prime example of what is driving this country, ON THE ROCKS!"

How right he was

The queen was quite a tidy bird was back then!