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The Borrowers

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 6:49 pm
by Shmickle
Is it me? Or are all the cars in the film 'The Borrowers' Morris Minors, no, I haven't been taking LSD, there is even a Morris Minor Limosene (sp?). I think. Can anybody verify this.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 7:11 pm
by Gareth
Yup.

All the cars / vans / pickups &c used in "The Borrowers" (the one with John Goodman) are Minors. They were used because they are "typically British", which seems a fair point.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 7:13 pm
by Shmickle
Thats good then, when I first saw it I was like....
"I have got to stop vistiting that site"

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:29 pm
by brit
I didn't see the minor limo in it but don't doubt that there is :lol:

in the film *meet the feebles* all the cars are also morris minors n there's definately a mog limo in that :evil:

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:33 pm
by Shmickle
I want the mog Limo!

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:53 pm
by brit
I too want this limo - I was going to buy it today *if it was for sale* or make one but i didnt win the lottery las night :( even though i stupidly spent a fiver on it :cry:, mmmm black mog thats stretched to over 20 feet and has red interior *thats gotta be a head turner* :P. One day I will make one im sure i will :D *this could take a while :roll:

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:35 pm
by Shmickle
I don't have one yet, but if one day I get a collection, I could join them all together, can't the club do it, they must be able to get loads of moggies neazr death.

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:37 pm
by Dizzi141
I wanna Moggie lime *stamps feet and throws tantrum* Haven't seen Borrowers, will have to go look sometime.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 5:23 pm
by Moggy_mike
Hi,

Just in case you are interested, the Mog limo in question is the property of the "Cars of the Stars" museum in Keswick, Cumbria. (see www.carsofthestars.com for details or the edition of Practical Classics where they took the Morris Marina "Generally" up to the Lakes) . They also own one of the Dodge Vipers that was used for the Dukes of Hazzard (A big block V8 Model) the Ford Anglia used in the Harry Potter film, K.I.T.T., and a DeLorean from Back to the Future.

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 12:04 am
by Cam
Dodge Viper in the Dukes of Hazzard?? I have not seen that one! Was there an early Viper then? Unless you are thinking of the General Lee which was (and still is) a 1969 Dodge Charger RT.

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 7:39 pm
by Moggy_mike
Well, to coin a phrase.... whoops!
Thanks for that, Cam. Pooed up spectacularly there. I meant Charger, so why did I put viper, I wonder? I couldn't really see a viper standing up to what they put the chargers through!!

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:08 pm
by Cam
Did not mean to sound awkward, I just thought I had missed something (as usual)!

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:25 pm
by simon
That mog limo isnt a minor its an oxford and cars of the stars were selling it some time ago But it looked pretty scaby having been left outside and the conversion probably wasnt up to much as it was for film work. Best biuld your own as limos are all about individuality.

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:04 pm
by Kevin
If you want to see a Limo have a look at Randolphs Stateside site
http://members.aol.com/dolphnx/