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#104 by Arunas Solved: Straker / Quest
« on: January 08, 2009, 04:14:40 PM »
What is this car?

One point for a correct answer.

Good luck!
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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 06:35:43 PM »
That car, my friend, is a Modified British-Ford Granada built for the show U.F.O., one of Gerry Anderson's creations.  It was also slightly modified and the color changed to silver and appeared in another Gerry Anderson show, Doppelganger. 

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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 06:53:26 PM »
The facts, to my knowledge, are almost correct, but what is the car called (two names are available  ;) )

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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2009, 07:00:20 PM »
I've always heard it refered to as Ed Straker's Car, or UFO 1.  I've also discovered it may be  a modified Zephyr -Zodiac Mk IV, fitted with an Escort engine and gearbox.

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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2009, 07:10:29 PM »
I've always heard it refered to as Ed Straker's Car, or UFO 1.  I've also discovered it may be  a modified Zephyr -Zodiac Mk IV, fitted with an Escort engine and gearbox.

JWK


Yes it is simply Straker, based on Zephyr! One point for You.

Another point for another name of this car!

P.S. I have never heard of a silver car  ;)
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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2009, 07:36:30 PM »
PM sent

To save money, many of the props and sets (and cars) were used on other Gerry Anderson projects including Doppleganger.  I ran across a picture of a silver version of the car while I was searching, but can't find it again now.  It may have also been what is known as "The Foster car" from the same series.  Similar looks, just a little different. 

Thanks for the double points! 

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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2009, 04:40:25 AM »
I still can't see the name I am looking for!  8)

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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2009, 12:49:24 PM »
What do the experts think?

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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2009, 01:03:04 PM »
I guess you're looking for the name Quest? But this is not Quest, this is the Straker's car.

I think some clarifying is in order, here you go: For the 1968 Gerry Anderson's movie "Doppelganger" three cars styled by Derek Meddings were constructed by Alan Mann (the man responsible for Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang). They were based on Ford Zephyr's running gear and fitted with 1,6-litre Cortina engines.

After seeing the cars on the film set, one Sidney Carlton, together with a friend named David Lowes, established the Explorer Motor Company to buy brand new Zephyrs and clothe them in a glassfibre body imitating the movie cars.  The resulting car was named Quest and offered for 3000 pounds (to compare: at that time Daimler Sovereign costed 2360 pounds, a 3-litre Ford Capri 1290 and Jaguar E-Type 2160). Unsurprisingly, no orders were ever received and the company folded in 1970.

Also in 1970, the Doppelganger cars were bought by Pinewood Studios to be featured in the new series UFO. One car (brown) was driven by SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) Commander Straker, another (silver) by his deputy Colonel Foster. I don't know anything about the third car being used in the series. BTW, all of the cars still exist, but are in a very derelict condition. Here's a still from the UFO series showing both cars together, the Foster's car in 1999, a comparison of both cars (the silver one was longer and had different air scoops) and a photo of the Quest (probably the only ever constructed). I've had somewhere pics of the Straker's car current condition but can't find it now.
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Re: #104 by Arunas
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2009, 01:18:06 PM »
I guess you're looking for the name Quest? But this is not Quest, this is the Straker's car. I think some clarifying is in order.


Yes Quest!  ;)

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Re: #104 by Arunas Solved: Straker / Quest
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2009, 01:55:17 PM »
As I explained, not a Quest. But I'm not going to dismiss the point I got :D
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Re: #104 by Arunas Solved: Straker / Quest
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2009, 03:08:15 PM »
Some questions;

The first picture shows Straker and Foster.
Second - Foster
Third - both again
Fourth -  ???

You could be right maybe an exact name of this car really is Straker while Quest is also rslted isn't it?  ;)

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Re: #104 by Arunas Solved: Straker / Quest
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2009, 03:25:19 PM »
Fourth shows the Quest
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Re: #104 by Arunas Solved: Straker / Quest
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2016, 07:48:08 AM »
Period pic
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