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From: hippo on 21 Jun 2010 01:47
Neil Gerace wrote:
>
> Wouldn't mind a Toyota 2000GT.
>
>

Yes please! I forgot all about that one.

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From: Neil Gerace on 21 Jun 2010 03:07
On Jun 21, 1:47 pm,
am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (hippo) wrote:
> Neil Gerace wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't mind a Toyota 2000GT.
>
> Yes please! I forgot all about that one.

The early parts of the Bond film "You Only Live Twice", shot mostly in
Japan, was basically an ad for the 2000GT. It was on TV a couple of
weeks ago.
From: st3ph3nm on 21 Jun 2010 18:32
On Jun 21, 5:07 pm, Neil Gerace <gera...(a)iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On Jun 21, 1:47 pm,
>
> am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (hippo) wrote:
> > Neil Gerace wrote:
>
> > > Wouldn't mind a Toyota 2000GT.
>
> > Yes please! I forgot all about that one.
>
> The early parts of the Bond film "You Only Live Twice", shot mostly in
> Japan, was basically an ad for the 2000GT. It was on TV a couple of
> weeks ago.

Yes, but IIRC, they only made a convertible for the film. The rest
were hard tops. Nontheless, a gorgeous car.

Cheers,
Steve
From: Neil Gerace on 21 Jun 2010 20:32
On Jun 22, 6:32 am, st3ph3nm <s...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, but IIRC, they only made a convertible for the film.  The rest
> were hard tops.  Nontheless, a gorgeous car.

To be precise, it wasn't a convertible, it was roofless :) Connery
wouldn't have fitted into a hardtop, so they cut the roof off.
From: Toby on 22 Jun 2010 03:43
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:32:03 -0700 (PDT), Neil Gerace wrote:

> On Jun 22, 6:32�am, st3ph3nm <s...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but IIRC, they only made a convertible for the film. �The rest
>> were hard tops. �Nontheless, a gorgeous car.
>
> To be precise, it wasn't a convertible, it was roofless :) Connery
> wouldn't have fitted into a hardtop, so they cut the roof off.

ah-ha - so, you're saying the goose actually wore the hair of the top of
his bonce due years of contact with furry linings?

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