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The Miami Vice Thread!! Where are the Fans!

Discussion in 'Boxers/TR/M' started by Scaledetails, Feb 5, 2010.

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  1. Mr.Chairman

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieI3ctfMfM[/ame]
     
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    I'm curious, did it look like this?
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    Interesting the white TR for sale, in the writeup, says timing belt INSPECTION done?!? So when was the last engine out/ belt service done? As has been covered many times, when the Ferraris with timing belts do not get driven for long periods, the timing belts can develop a flat spot where the belt is tensioned against the pulleys, and lead to the belt breaking, and mega dollar damage. Trivia question for the Miami Vice buffs, yrs ago I read a story about the white TRs used on the show, believe the story said there were a total of 3 white cars, anyway, years later after the show went off the air, one of the cars was located in Tenn., in pretty neglected condition. Anyone know what happened to that particular car? Thanks!
     
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    Dear Ferraristi,

    Thanks! :)


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    Freeze....Miami Vice!
     
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    There has been a little controversy IIRC, about the car at Volo Auto Mesuem being legit. The two cars used in the show were built on an 81' chassis and a 78'. There has been some speculation as of late that as many as 5 cars were used in one fashion or another for the show, but for many years the accepted number was 2. The 81' and the 78'

    FWIW
     
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    Details on Crockett's Bren Ten along with some cool photos and other show trivia, some good info on the music too.

    The Miami Vice Connection
     
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    1981 and 1976 rather.

    scroll to the end of the article "in his own words, tom mcburine..."

    http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vemp_0611_miami_vice_ferrari/viewall.html
     
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    I never noticed this before! Thanks.
     
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    I grew up in Miami during that era. Really interesting times for sure
     
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    Me neither, untill I read it somewhere. I must have seen this episode like a gazillion times and never noticed.
     
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    that's cool ...I had presumed all the daytonas in the show were corbin replicas?!
     
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    According to the guys over on the Miami Vice Forum, all the replica Daytonas are destroyed except for one. It is owned by a member over there and was one of the camera cars.
     
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    I thought so too, but I read somewhere that inititially they used a private owned car from someone on the show. However, they damaged it so he wouldn't let them used it anymore.

    I'll see if I can find the article.
    [edit] I found it: The Ferrari Daytona on Miami Vice - Cars - vBulletin-Glossary - The Miami Vice Community

    Daytonas in the Pilot

    When you first see Metro-Dade detective Sonny Crockett sitting on a busy street, reading a paper while sitting behind the wheel of a black Ferrari Daytona Spyder, you would never think the car he is seated in is a replicar. And you would be right. When we first see Crockett he is sitting in a real Ferrari. Some of the hints that give this away are the side vent window (present on a real Daytona, but absent on the replicas), the door handles (out of sight on a real Daytona, but visible on the replicas), and the rear side marker light (chrome trimmed and high mounted on a real Daytona, but plain and in the blood line of the replica). And the distinctive headrest of the authentic Ferrari is obvious. But this is the only time in the first two seasons that Crockett sits in an authentic Ferrari (he never actually drives the Daytona on screen). It has been reported that a Miami doctor, Boyd Swartz, owned the real Spyder that was used in the pilot episode. He rented the car to Universal for the production but it was damaged to the tune of a thousand dollars and the good doctor said "Enough! If your not going to take care of my car you cannot use it." (As a side note, however, an authentic Daytona Spyder does appear in a Season Two episode titled “One Way Ticket”. The car is yellow, and is driven by a defense attorney who helps Crockett in an investigation.) The producers had probably intended to use the authentic Ferrari Daytona for static and low speed shooting, and use the replicar for stunt work. But when the real car was pulled, there was not a readily available substitute other than the McBurnie/Mardikian car .
     
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    interesting info, thanks!

    sry, I mistakenly said corbin, instead of mcburnie correctly.
     
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    No problem.
    It seems that they wanted to do what they ended up doing with the Testarossa, which is use the original for stills and slow scenes and the replica for high speed chasing etc.
     
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    Does anyone have any info on this Testarossa? I know for a fact that it's not the Pantera stunt car. It's a real deal Testarossa, but the rear bumper and front air dam are missing. It makes an appearance in the show once in a while.

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