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Famous Alpines on TV

Postby Lee G » Mon May 31, 2004 8:44 pm

I was chatting with my mate earlier on and we remembered seeing a really bad soap called Eldorado set out in spain or somewhere.

The highlight of the programme was some dodgy character called Marcus Tandy who spent most of his time burning around in a British registered RHD A610 in dark metallic red (an early one I think, probably J reg).

Just out of interest, does anyone know if it still exists, or did it sink with the programme?

Also, does anyone know of any other famous Alpines used on TV?
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Postby ben » Mon May 31, 2004 8:50 pm

Not sure if the a610 is still about, but i know they didn't blow it up at the end of the series (as they would like us to think), as just before the final 'exploding conclusion' it was replaced with a TR7 and that went up in smoke!!!
There was a programme on years ago, set in Southampton called 'Howards Way'. The bad guy in that series always drove around in a GTA and it seemed to be a different one every year... Lucky Git! :twisted:
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Postby Lee G » Mon May 31, 2004 8:52 pm

If you didn't know better, you'd think that these programme makers think that all alpine drivers are crooks!!!!
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Postby ben » Mon May 31, 2004 8:54 pm

You mean, we're not!!!??? :lol:
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Postby macdwell » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:12 pm

The A610 from Eldorado belongs to a guy up North and he uses it for tack days etc. Details are a bit sketchy as this was a passing conversation I had with a guy who had seen my GTA and the A610 owner in question was his uncle.
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Postby rupert » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:37 pm

Funny. I always remember it as a blue GTA in Eldorado not an A610...
Not that I watched it of course !!
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Postby Lee G » Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:02 pm

I confess.... I did actually watch it :oops: however, it was purely for the A610!!!

Its good news that the owner of the car is still using it though - I knew a guy who owned one of the Capri's used in the Professionals and he did about 400miles in 6 years of ownership - although with the Capri's brakes I can't say I blame him :wink:
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Postby simontaylor » Thu Jun 03, 2004 9:15 am

I support Rupert, I thought the Eldorado car was blue too.
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It was blue.

Postby Tony Smith » Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:48 am

The Eldorado car was definitely dark metallic blue! The only reason for watching what was a truly awful program!
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Postby Lee G » Sat Jun 05, 2004 2:43 pm

Its amazing what time does for your memory!!! I was sure it was dark red.
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Postby Mr Jon » Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:58 am

It was definately a Dark blue metallic GTA on Eldorado. My GTA originates from Southampton...I wonder if it appeared on Howards Way!
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Postby peterg » Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:28 pm

It wasnt....it was an A610! They had the car being blown up sequence on a program about Eldorado (and what a failure it was and how the makers didnt really blow up the Alpine) not that long ago.
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Postby Mr Jon » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:35 pm

Ok, you seem rather adamant it was an A610 but it was however definately dark blue!
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Postby simontaylor » Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:13 am

http://www.geocities.com/uk_soaps/Eldorado/ "Someone from Scotland now owns Jessies 1992 Renault Alpine car as used in Eldorado, the blue car they blew up was an old mr2 replacement".
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Video evidence

Postby mitchella » Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:09 am

I agree that the car was a blue A610 that Marcoooooooos owned but just to settle it once and for all, see this link : [url]http://members.madasafish.com/~jimbotw/pbceg.ra[/url]

I know - I really should get out more.
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