1956 Beardmore Paramount MkVII

1956 Beardmore Paramount MkVII in Mission: Impossible, TV Series, 1966-1973 Ep. 1.25

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
atom ◊ 2008-05-23 00:38
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2008-05-23 02:21	British taxi of some sort. For some reason the Mission Impossible crew added prop number plates but didn't remove or cover its (real?) British plates.
Big Dave ◊ 2008-05-23 04:04	Fawcett Movie Cars identifies theirs as an Austin Beardmore British taxi.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2008-05-23 08:19	Austin and Beardmore were separate makes. This one is a Beardmore - an old Scottish firm no longer extant. Date in the 1950s? -- Last edit: 2008-05-23 08:19:24
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2008-05-23 09:42	http://www.classic-wheels.co.uk/old_beardmore_taxi.htm The one in the picture suggests 1956/7 as its date, RYN was a London series introduced about that time. Austin may have provided the oily parts, but otherwise no connection. -- Last edit: 2008-05-23 09:42:26
Big Dave ◊ 2008-05-23 12:44	Beardmore Paramount Mk VII
atom ◊ 2008-05-28 00:02	2.07
Sunbar ◊ 2012-05-21 18:17	john from Staffs wrote http://www.classic-wheels.co.uk/old_beardmore_taxi.htm .... Austin may have provided the oily parts, but otherwise no connection. For future reference, from http://www.aronline.co.uk "the Beardmore Paramount Mark VII used the 59bhp, 1508cc petrol engine and gearbox from the contemporary Ford Consul MkII, with coachbuilt aluminium bodywork built by Windovers Ltd of Hendon, London"