Thread: Who watches Foyle's War?

Can't identify the vehicle, you may be interested in this. [ there is a quick view of a similar vehicle , if you are quick]

'Foyle's War' to return for new series on ITV in 2015

Admittedly not Foyle's War - but I was watching "For The Love of Cars" last night. They were doing up a Rover SD1 Police Car, which was eventually sold at auction and went to a museum in Scotland.

While they were explaining the history of the car, and discussing police cars specifically ordered / built for "high speed" pursuit, they showed a Daimler Dart police car. Apparently a small number of these was ordered, as the police had nothing else in their fleet at the time that could catch the huge number of motor cyclists that were about .................





Impressive bit of gear. Don't know if there are any in Australia or not - I've certainly never seen one.

Originally Posted by jerryd

If it's this one it's a 1940 Triumph Dolomite, Mr Foyle drives the Riley

I thought the Triumph marque was called Standard until the post-War era when they were tying to sell them in the US where the term Standard was usually what the poverty pack variant were called in US marques?

Cheers Brian, Foyles War was just an excuse to discuss old Pommie cars.
Dianne, Standard used to be a model of Triumph. Standard as in Pennant, Ensign etc..

Originally Posted by BMKal

Admittedly not Foyle's War - but I was watching "For The Love of Cars" last night. They were doing up a Rover SD1 Police Car, which was eventually sold at auction and went to a museum in Scotland.

While they were explaining the history of the car, and discussing police cars specifically ordered / built for "high speed" pursuit, they showed a Daimler Dart police car. Apparently a small number of these was ordered, as the police had nothing else in their fleet at the time that could catch the huge number of motor cyclists that were about .................



Impressive bit of gear. Don't know if there are any in Australia or not - I've certainly never seen one.

Try these:





and a hardtop



Photos were taken at All British Day here in Sydney this year

Cheers
Mike

Originally Posted by jerryd

Mr Foyle drives the Riley

no he doesnt,,
the Star of the show does that,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

no he doesnt,,
the Star of the show does that,,

Well actually in one of the last episodes, Christopher Foyle takes the wheel when Sam is taken ill.

When Sam questions the fact, Foyle says something along the lines "I never said I couldn't drive"

Thanks for that Mike. Certainly haven't seen any of these over here in the three British car days I've been to at Gin Gin.

Is the red one in the second photo a Police version (or possibly Fire ???). The bell on the front bumper caught my eye ..............