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G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-30 19:07	Sheriff JW Pepper's (Clifton James) car. -- Last edit: 2012-10-14 19:31:55
Drujon ◊ 2008-09-30 19:21	1973 Impala
Q-Ball ◊ 2008-09-30 19:59	I agree. The police forces will not start to use caprices until the late 1970's, and there is no way it could be a biscayne, because production seized in 1972, think. So it is an Impala. Could it be a 9C1, or whatever police package was out at that time?
Ddey65 ◊ 2008-09-30 20:06	Actually, Caprices weren't used unti the mid-1980's when Chevy dropped the Impala in 1985. -- Last edit: 2008-09-30 20:12:28 (G-MANN)
Q-Ball ◊ 2008-09-30 20:10	you are right on the ball, Ddey. it aint a race
G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-30 20:13	But then this is a film so that probably isn't a real police car.
G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-30 20:18	Did the 1973 Caprice have a Crown badge on the bonnet lid instead of a Chevy bow-tie badge in the middle of the grille? -- Last edit: 2008-09-30 20:20:20
Q-Ball ◊ 2008-09-30 20:19	i dont know. maybe Ddey could tell you
Ddey65 ◊ 2008-09-30 22:05	1973 Caprice's did have the Fleur-de-Lys crest above the grille on the hood. '73 Caprice Classics had them on the grille. Either way, this one is the Impala. -- Last edit: 2008-09-30 22:06:04
G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-30 22:07	That makes this an Impala, it has the bow-tie badge in the middle of the grille.
G-MANN ◊ 2008-09-30 23:21	Some more Impala sedans: -- Last edit: 2008-09-30 23:34:22
taxiguy ◊ 2008-10-01 00:45	Um, am I the only one that notices this police car has a VINYL ROOF?
Ford_Guy ◊ 2008-10-01 00:47	That's because it's not an actual police-package car, simply a civilian model.
Drujon ◊ 2008-10-01 18:10	I am sure GM provided the cars for the film so an Impala with a vinyl top was used as cop car in a very non-cop car color I might add. These were probably early production, or press cars that Chevrolet had had no intention of actually selling so it was no big deal to give them to the production company for free publicity. -- Last edit: 2008-10-01 18:10:28
police car fan ◊ 2011-07-14 21:10	deleted comment
jpts ◊ 2015-03-19 16:39	G-MANN wrote Sheriff JW Pepper's (Clifton James) car. State Trooper: "Why that looks like a boat stuck in the Sheriff's car, Eddie?" Eddie: "Boy, where have you been all your life, that's them one of those new car-boats." At least the police radio still worked. -- Last edit: 2023-07-19 08:08:22
CRAFT372 ◊ 2017-05-28 20:05	jpts wrote EDDIE'S PARTNER: "Why that look's like a boat stuck in the Sheriff's car, Eddie." EDDIE: "Boy, where have you been all your life, that's them one of those new car-boats." At least the police radio worked.
Baube ◊ 2017-05-29 03:05	CRAFT372 wrote This one comes straight from Bikini Bottom, right ?
Reg1992 ◊ 2017-05-29 03:56
Robi ◊ 2020-04-13 00:42
SixtiesSwing ◊ 2021-07-05 06:49	drujon wrote I am sure GM provided the cars for the film so an Impala with a vinyl top was used as cop car in a very non-cop car color I might add. These were probably early production, or press cars that Chevrolet had had no intention of actually selling so it was no big deal to give them to the production company for free publicity. That gives me some peace of mind, honestly! It pained me to see all these new '73's be junked like this, but as the filming was in October 1972, that certainly coincides with the timinh. It makes sense that cars not intended for sale to the public be trashed for the sake of publicity. That being said, I'm not sure the publicity was really good! I mean, Bond doesn't drive a new Chevy in the film (closest is the then 10-year-old beater Impala convertible in San Monique), and almost every new Chevy is an unfriendly cop car or a villan's (Adam's '73, and the Impala taxi, Malibu, Nova, pickup at Lakefront Airport in New Orleans). Regardless, all the vehicles seem to die an unfriendly death!!!
Baube ◊ 2021-07-05 07:05	well.. that brings the potential customers to the old saying : talk about it in a good way, talk about it in a bad way, but talk about it
SixtiesSwing ◊ 2023-03-07 00:58	Baube wrote well.. that brings the potential customers to the old saying : talk about it in a good way, talk about it in a bad way, but talk about it Possibly, or as I have heard the saying, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." Still, if I were a car manufacturer, I would rather have my cars featured in a more distinguished manner.
Baube ◊ 2023-03-07 01:28	yeah, i guess there was not many customers entering the Chevy dealership going " I'd like to have a look at the Chevy that gets wrecked in the last James Bond film.. "

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