[georgelazenby]

Loved the professionals as a lad. Bodie was always my favourite!!
Here is my watches collection close to those featured in the series. A lemania 5100 from later episodes and a Jenny Caribbean from earlier episodes.
Not watch related but i also have a rare Pye pf8 pocketfone featured in the series too.

 

[Droyal]

Looks like a lot of cool stuff related to the series, though I'm not familiar with it. Can you tell more about the series?

 

[wilkin]

I loved it. You can still see it weekdays on a Freeview channel. Sadly a couple of the main characters are no longer around. Happy memories of a time when things were better but we didn't realise it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professionals_(TV_series)

 

[jringo8769]

wow...those are very nice watches....never heard of the series..i will look for it now..

 

[wilkin]

I've had two Capri's due to the Professionals!

 

[jringo8769]

hey you mean the car?...they did that model on Wheeler Dealer...

 

[wilkin]

hey you mean the car?...they did that model on Wheeler Dealer...

Yes! I was actually Bodie for a couple of years! :grin:

 

[jringo8769]

wow...very cool..that is awesome

 

[georgelazenby]

I would love a capri!!

But clunkers are selling for £1,000 nice restored models are fetching
£4,000-£28,000 dependant on model.
The basic lazer model right up to garage kept brooklands models.

 

[jringo8769]

wow...that is crazy money...

 

[wilkin]

I loved the 2.8 injection! Could never afford one though. The 80's were such good times.

 

[John_D]

But clunkers are selling for £1,000 nice restored models are fetching
£4,000-£28,000 dependant on model.
The basic lazer model right up to garage kept brooklands models.

I had one new in 1972, and in 1974 I drove right across Europe in it, down into Italy as far as Florence and into the then Yugoslavia to Postonja returning via the Great St Bernard Pass into Switzerland. Great car

 

[jringo8769]

wow....that would be some great to see that trip...sounds like lots of fun too

 

[John_D]

wow....that would be some great to see that trip...sounds like lots of fun too

It was lots of fun John, a real adventure with my girlfriend.......
Landed in Belgium at Ostend, then into Germany, stayed first night near Cologne, then across Germany into Austria, stayed second night in Innsbruck. Over the Brenner Pass next day into Italy over the Dolomites, 'interesting' roads, sheer drop down one side, no barriers, just a stone block every 100 yards or so hmy: , then via Cortina d'Ampezzo to our hotel in Lido di Jesolo
We used Lido as a base and had days out, to Milan, Bologna, driving down the Autostrada del Sole as far as Florence, then further days in Venice and also across the border at Trieste into Yugoslavia to the Cave system at Postojna . After a week we drove back out of Italy into Switzerland via the Great St Bernard Pass, over the Alps into Switzerland and finally home via France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
All in a car that looked identical to this one :-

 

[jringo8769]

wow...now that is a real adventure....thank you for sharing it...love that car

 

[John_D]

wow...now that is a real adventure....thank you for sharing it...love that car

Trip of a lifetime John

Apologies to the OP for the thread 'detour'

 

[SSTEEL]

Nice collection there, I'm also a fan of The Professionals. I was shocked to hear of Lewis Colin's passing away though