Roadsters in the movies!!

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Re: Roadsters in the movies!!

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There is a silver one in Dirty Harry. It drives by as Harry is walking up the steps of the courthouse. Has the top up? In SF?
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jrusso07 wrote:There is a silver one in Dirty Harry. It drives by as Harry is walking up the steps of the courthouse. Has the top up? In SF?
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^ Very cold and VERY foggy in the summers.
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Lancelot Link Secret Chimp drove a Roadster
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^ sure did! :D

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Saw roadster in the movie "Eve of Destruction" (BTW bad movie, with Gregory Hines as some kind of CIA assassins, a lady-robot (Eve), didn't watch whole movie). https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0101831/

Anyway, as "Eve" is walking on the street, saw a white roadster parked along a curb. Has the three tail lights/reflectors in a line up the back panel (unlike my 1970, which as only two taillights and then the reflector off to the side of them). Sorry, I didn't get a pic.

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Garm wrote: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:14 am ^ sure did! :D

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Also a low windshield Roadster was prominent in a 1973 episode of the TV show Emergency. Lady wrecks it rear ending a tanker truck. Fortunately all ends well except for the Roadster.
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Okay not a roadster but if you have Disney plus and are watching Loki there is a 411 wagon in episode 5.
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I thought that was a 411!!!
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I had to look up images to make sure. My father had both a 411 and 510 wagon, both of which I drove.
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Think I found a new one! 2021 documentary "Sinatra in Palm Springs: A Place He Called Home" on YouTube. At 1:12:49 they begin an interview in Le Velurias reataurant. As they pan the lobby from the inside, outside on the street is a yellow roadster with black soft top up. Cool movie if you're into mid-century modern architecture too.
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