Almost a Spider for Maxwell Smart

[focodave]

Before he drove the Tiger, Opel GT, Stang, and Karman Ghia...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIpBanh7r0g

[Exit98]

Hey that's pretty cool. I've never seen that one. It looks like a 250 GT California Spyder.

I'm pretty sure the car in front of the Corvair is a E-type coupe. And when he makes the u-turn you can see what's probably his Sunbeam Alpine.

Dave, I'm pretty sure his Sunbeam wasn't a Tiger, just a vanilla Alpine. Unless he moved up to a Tiger later in the series.

Oops, should have looked up Wikipedia first:

"The car Smart is seen driving most frequently in the show for seasons 1-4 is a red 1965 Sunbeam Tiger two-seat roadster.

Due to the various custom features of this car, like the machine gun and ejection seat, the Sunbeam Alpine was the picture car actually used by customizer Gene Winfield, because a 4-cylinder afforded more room under the hood than the V8 Tiger The picture car cannot be located, but the personal car of Don Adams (also a 1965 Sunbeam Tiger) was restored in 2005 and still exists and the Alpine/Tiger was also recreated, in 2002.In the black & white pilot episode , Smart drives a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT PF Spider Cabriolet.In the opening credits (only) of seasons three and four, Smart drives a light blue Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, as Volkswagen became a sponsor of the show.

In season four (1968–1969), Adams uses a yellow Citroën 2CV in the wedding episode "With Love and Twitches", and a blue 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 convertible with a tan interior and four seats (as required by the plot) in the episodes "A Tale of Two Tails" and "The Laser Blazer".

In season five (1969–1970), Buick became a show sponsor, so the Tiger was replaced with a gold 1969 Opel GT, which appears in every episode.

In the short-lived 1995 TV series, 'Smart' is trying to sell the Karmann Ghia through the classified ads."

In Get Smart, Again!, Smart is seen driving a red 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce.

The Sunbeam Tiger, the Karmann Ghia, and the Opel GT make brief appearances in the 2008 film. Both are first seen in the CONTROL Museum, along with the original shoe phone, which 'Smart' also briefly uses."

[focodave]

Doug,

Would you believe????..... he drove both an Alpine AND a Tiger.

Cool.

I have to wonder if the series had started in 1966, instead of 1964 -- if a Fiat Spider would have been in the running to be his TV car.
Missed it by that much!.....

Dave