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the car registration..

posted 10 years ago by Oldmanscorcesedeniro
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its always made me laugh that templars car registration pretty much reads as STI (Sexually transmitted infection)a warning to the ladies perhaps?

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[–] edestci 9 years ago

It's ST 1.

[–] edestci 8 years ago

Strange choice of car, a swedish Volvo P1800....

Fortunately solved in "Return of The Saint", a british Jaguar XJS was used by Ian Ogilvy.

[–] Paasan69 8 years ago

The producers originally chose the Jaguar E type for Simon Templar to drive but Jaguar was unable to provide a car on a short notice. Roger Moore himself came up with the idea to use a Volvo P1800.

This information was found here: http://www.volvotips.com/index.php/p1800/history-1800/