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#11 Post by J.J. Walters »

golfmobile wrote:The Studebaker Lark also had that rather squarish shape. Can you post any more pictures, James?
This is the only other look you get at the car...

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I didn't notice it before, but the car actually "disappears". Agatha pulls up and then goes inside the main house with Higgins. A short while later, when Sally arrives, they go outside to meet her and Agatha's car is nowhere to be seen! Maybe Kenji the gardner moved it? ;)
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#12 Post by golfmobile »

Right now, I can't find a picture of an AMC Rambler or a Studebaker that has both the right shape and the right grill (or more accurately, the grill shown and the shape shown). The American Motors "American" of around 1963 comes closest with the grill, but that car is not as "rounded" around the doors as Agatha's car. Also, its name (metal script) is toward the front on the side, in front of the wheel well, not behind it, as shown in your first picture. Can you take a higher resolution picture of the side view so we can zoom in on the name? It appears to be just in front of the driver's door. But when I zoom with the current picture, it blurs too much.

The shape of the car looks like an early 1950s car before the cars all started looking pointed like rocket ships. That rounded look is the look of the Studebaker Lark, which I thought it might be. But the Lark has a small, enclosed grill, not extending all the way across the front from headlight to headlight.

What's baffling me is the 1950s "swollen" body look with the sleek 1960s grill. All I can think of is trying to get a close-up of the name on the side or a close-up of the hood ornament.

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I can't find any American cars that still have that "rounded" look beyond the early 1950s. Were any British cars still looking like that? Wouldn't Agatha have a British-make vehicle? I know the British cars still looked more rounded than American cars by the 1950s-1960s. But I don't know the names of that many British make cars to look them up on Google Images.

??? I'm stumped.

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#13 Post by SelleckLover »

Here's a link to a picture of a 1960 Studebaker Lark. It looks like it to me, but without seeing the back of the car it's impossible to tell.

http://www.tocmp.com/brochures/Studebak ... 04_JPG.htm

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#14 Post by golfmobile »

Hey, SL,

That's what I thought initially too, but the Lark doesn't have the long, car-wide grill (as shown in James' second picture showing the front of the car), and the vent wing is not the right triangular shape. I really wanted it to be that car, but I think it's not.

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#15 Post by SelleckLover »

Perhaps it is the Rambler American? Click on the link below and scroll down to the 1961-1963 Second Generation red convertible...maybe that's it(??).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambler_American

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#16 Post by rubber chicken »

Looks like it is the Rambler American, second generation from 1961-1963. Compare the red convertible in SelleckLover's wiki link (under second generation) to these pictures...

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#17 Post by J.J. Walters »

Yes! I believe you guys have found it! It appears to be a '63 Rambler American! :shock:

http://wps.com/AMC/1963-Rambler-American/index.html

I could be wrong, but I think this is the only time we see Agatha driving a car, ANY car!

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I bet she's got a lead foot, too! ;)
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#18 Post by golfmobile »

Yep, I think we can put this puppy to bed. Ironic, though, that the MOST British lady on the show is driving a car named "American."

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If you need to see it, here's a rear view (though of a convertible).

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#19 Post by Doc Ibold »

That was probably Gillian Dobbs ACTUAL car

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#20 Post by rubber chicken »

hehe, it does give the impression that it could be an English car, at least to me. When I saw the show I probably assumed it was.

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#21 Post by Magnums Little Voice »

A good episode, as Higgin's was in in it alot and he hasnt been for a few episodes!
Shame about the awful british accent of Sally!!
But all in all about 7 out of 10 :)

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#22 Post by IKnowWhatYoureThinking »

Does anyone know if this is where TM met Jillie for the first time?

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#23 Post by golfmobile »

Long story . . . no.

He met her in London while he was there filming "Lassiter." She was performing in "Cats" on the London stage. I would assume she came over to Hawaii for this episode (and for her other brief appearance in another episode) because they were already dating at the time. Or perhaps this episode was written for her at TS' request.

You can probably research this in more detail on the internet but this will give you a starting point. Or someone else here can fill in all the rest of the details.

But this is a short answer to your question.

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#24 Post by SelleckLover »

Yeah, what golf said....! :D

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#25 Post by Ice_Pick »

Are there any Season 5 episodes with Kenji the gardener in them?

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