Strakers Car

**Captain Sci-Fi** · 13-05-2012, 08:10 PM

Hi Guys,

I am overjoyed to let you know that there has been a flurry of activity in an english garden this weekend. Strakers Car has been visited, surveyed and moulded.

This is the first time the car has been moved in twenty plus years when it was lifted away from a boundary to be able to work around it. Several technicians then moulded every panel measured and photographed each part and feature detail, they found samples of the original paint colour which have been recorded for later exact matching.

I don't have any images to share just yet but after staying silent for the last several months to protect the projects viability, I am very happy to tell you all that we should see a work in progress replica when I visit the studio facility where the work is due to take place over the coming months.

I have been given unrestricted access during the production of this replica by the head of the project, none other than Sean Robinson. He tells me this is the last stage of an ongoing project that will result in a replica car fully fitted with all mod cons but still retaining the gull wing doors and other exterior styling that made the car such an icon. As he explains:

"It's a big car, much bigger than you imagine, we have managed to mould every panel to produce a positive replica which will be further refined after fixing to a specially designed jig. The work is being carried out and technically lead by the engineer responsible for the sets used in Harry Potter. Custom glass manufacturers used to producing windows for custom cars have been consulted too, this car will be as close a match as it is possible to make in a road worthy modern car"

I will be following this build to resurrect this iconic machine, the moulds are being delivered to the studio today (Sunday 13th May) and images should be available over the next few days once Sean has regrouped after this weekend labours.

I asked Sean why they didn't use the original car? He explained there were a few reasons:
"It would have been impossible to save the car from it's current condition and move it from it current location intact, basically the steel chassis from the Ford Zephyr upon which this car is built has turned to dust over time. If we hadn't done this now there would not been anything thing left to give a meaningful starting place using the surviving parts, it was now or never. The current owner has been very generous in allowing us to do this work, he has given us all the help he could to do the work and we are grateful to him."

Steve Gerard · 13-05-2012, 11:09 PM

Now this is awesome news.

Neo-Uk · 14-05-2012, 09:06 AM

Yeah what Steve said.

**karr1981** · 14-05-2012, 09:17 AM

Obviously a huge thanks to the owner for allowing the team unrestricted access to the car. This is probably the best (and last) chance to 'save' the iconic image of Strakers Car.

Cant wait to see more

baztaylor · 14-05-2012, 11:08 AM

This is awesome news. It would have been a shame for such an iconic car to have rusted away to nothing.

Baz

**Interceptor6** · 14-05-2012, 11:58 AM

So when can we take her for a spin??

**mike s** · 14-05-2012, 01:48 PM

Holy Macarini who is financing this..???

**Transporter** · 14-05-2012, 03:30 PM

Wow! Really great news. Well done. Looking forward to see pics of the build up of this big replica(r). I am overjoyed too.

**stingray48442** · 14-05-2012, 04:17 PM

great news thank you to the crew who got this up and running .will the car be available to the public i know the batmobile does well over here

**rockwellcm** · 14-05-2012, 05:00 PM

Is this the same chap who has the save the straker facebook page?
well done if it is,and if its not well done anyway

Gerry Anderson Fan · 14-05-2012, 05:38 PM

Excellent news,cannot wait to see the finished car.

Ham Salad · 14-05-2012, 05:38 PM

So, how much will the kit be?

**Captain Sci-Fi** · 14-05-2012, 05:54 PM

Hi Guys,

Sean has kindly allowed me to publish these images taken during the course of events on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th may. Please respect his copyright and do not redistribute these images. If you want to share them please use a link to these pages on the forum - thank you.

Images © Sean Robinson 2012

The Technicians involved are: Tony Graysmark & Grant Boulton here is how he describes them

Tony Graysmark:
Tony is an old, old friend and colleague, I have worked with Tony for years, he is a very famous construction manager, he built the sets for 2001 as well as the moulds for the models for that film, he has worked on many Bond movies we worked on 4 Clint Eastwood movies, including Firefox, Troy with Brad pitt and most famously he built the full size titanic for cameron's movie as well as all of the sets.

Grant Boulton
This is the first time I have met Grant but I have known about him for some time, he is a veteran of the Bond, Harry Potter and Batman movies and he has just finished on the latest Bond movie. He is an excellent mould maker and I will be using him on my next movie.

I am still in shock that this was successfully done, the structure of the car was so weak it really was a now or never mission, the view of the interior tell the story of the cars true condition.

**mike s** · 14-05-2012, 07:17 PM

heroic effort, seriously - were the owners not afraid it would disintergrate while the cast was being taken..?

did the survey determine it would hold up ok..?

**healvis** · 14-05-2012, 07:19 PM

Now that is SUPERCOOL. Thanks for sharing the pics.

**sigspace** · 14-05-2012, 07:35 PM

Truely awesome. What an amazing effort. It is like the recovery of dinosaur remains from the future.
Congratulations

delta tango · 14-05-2012, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigspace

Truely awesome. What an amazing effort. It is like the recovery of dinosaur remains from the future.
Congratulations

all you guys has said all!

wicko · 14-05-2012, 07:54 PM

These photos are amazing. having seen all the chat on facebook about where is strakers car, suddenly we bounce to these amazing photos. thank you so much for sharing. How many copies are going to be made and for what ?

**Transporter** · 14-05-2012, 08:57 PM

I am really, really glad, that a replica of this iconic car will be "given back" to all the UFO enthusiasts. But at the same time I have some tears in my eyes, when I see, how much of the original car has already gone forever.

**karr1981** · 14-05-2012, 09:15 PM

holy &*&*, when you said they molded the whole car, i for some reason (despite its condition) imagined a piece by piece small section molding, not the epic task shown in those pics!

13-05-2012, 08:10 PM	#1
Captain Sci-Fi Commander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Glos, UK Posts: 4,341	Strakers Car Hi Guys, I am overjoyed to let you know that there has been a flurry of activity in an english garden this weekend. Strakers Car has been visited, surveyed and moulded. This is the first time the car has been moved in twenty plus years when it was lifted away from a boundary to be able to work around it. Several technicians then moulded every panel measured and photographed each part and feature detail, they found samples of the original paint colour which have been recorded for later exact matching. I don't have any images to share just yet but after staying silent for the last several months to protect the projects viability, I am very happy to tell you all that we should see a work in progress replica when I visit the studio facility where the work is due to take place over the coming months. I have been given unrestricted access during the production of this replica by the head of the project, none other than Sean Robinson. He tells me this is the last stage of an ongoing project that will result in a replica car fully fitted with all mod cons but still retaining the gull wing doors and other exterior styling that made the car such an icon. As he explains: "It's a big car, much bigger than you imagine, we have managed to mould every panel to produce a positive replica which will be further refined after fixing to a specially designed jig. The work is being carried out and technically lead by the engineer responsible for the sets used in Harry Potter. Custom glass manufacturers used to producing windows for custom cars have been consulted too, this car will be as close a match as it is possible to make in a road worthy modern car" I will be following this build to resurrect this iconic machine, the moulds are being delivered to the studio today (Sunday 13th May) and images should be available over the next few days once Sean has regrouped after this weekend labours. I asked Sean why they didn't use the original car? He explained there were a few reasons: "It would have been impossible to save the car from it's current condition and move it from it current location intact, basically the steel chassis from the Ford Zephyr upon which this car is built has turned to dust over time. If we hadn't done this now there would not been anything thing left to give a meaningful starting place using the surviving parts, it was now or never. The current owner has been very generous in allowing us to do this work, he has given us all the help he could to do the work and we are grateful to him."

14-05-2012, 09:17 AM	#4
karr1981 Assistant Commander Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,961	Obviously a huge thanks to the owner for allowing the team unrestricted access to the car. This is probably the best (and last) chance to 'save' the iconic image of Strakers Car. Cant wait to see more __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Support the forum, visit the To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

14-05-2012, 11:58 AM	#6
Interceptor6 Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sarasota, Florida USA Posts: 460	So when can we take her for a spin?? __________________ It's always darkest, before it's totally black! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

14-05-2012, 01:48 PM	#7
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 542	Holy Macarini who is financing this..??? Last edited by mike s; 14-05-2012 at 01:49 PM. Reason: spelingh

14-05-2012, 03:30 PM	#8
Transporter Life Support Officer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CH Posts: 1,801	Wow! Really great news. Well done. Looking forward to see pics of the build up of this big replica(r). I am overjoyed too. __________________ Some of my work: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

13-05-2012, 11:09 PM	#2
Steve Gerard Medical Officer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 3,320	Now this is awesome news.

14-05-2012, 09:06 AM	#3
Neo-Uk Weapons Technician Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 145	Yeah what Steve said.

14-05-2012, 11:08 AM	#5
baztaylor Alphan Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: The sunny Isle of Man Posts: 5	This is awesome news. It would have been a shame for such an iconic car to have rusted away to nothing. Baz

14-05-2012, 04:17 PM	#9
stingray48442 Eagle Pilot Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: united states michigan Posts: 631	great news thank you to the crew who got this up and running .will the car be available to the public i know the batmobile does well over here

14-05-2012, 05:00 PM	#10
rockwellcm Communications Officer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dundee,Scotland Posts: 1,079	Is this the same chap who has the save the straker facebook page? well done if it is,and if its not well done anyway

14-05-2012, 05:38 PM	#11
Gerry Anderson Fan Geological Technician Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wallasey , Merseyside Posts: 114	Excellent news,cannot wait to see the finished car.

14-05-2012, 05:38 PM	#12
Ham Salad Communications Officer Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 762	So, how much will the kit be?

14-05-2012, 05:54 PM	#13
Captain Sci-Fi Commander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Glos, UK Posts: 4,341	Update - Moulding day.... Hi Guys, Sean has kindly allowed me to publish these images taken during the course of events on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th may. Please respect his copyright and do not redistribute these images. If you want to share them please use a link to these pages on the forum - thank you. Images © Sean Robinson 2012 The Technicians involved are: Tony Graysmark & Grant Boulton here is how he describes them Tony Graysmark: Tony is an old, old friend and colleague, I have worked with Tony for years, he is a very famous construction manager, he built the sets for 2001 as well as the moulds for the models for that film, he has worked on many Bond movies we worked on 4 Clint Eastwood movies, including Firefox, Troy with Brad pitt and most famously he built the full size titanic for cameron's movie as well as all of the sets. Grant Boulton This is the first time I have met Grant but I have known about him for some time, he is a veteran of the Bond, Harry Potter and Batman movies and he has just finished on the latest Bond movie. He is an excellent mould maker and I will be using him on my next movie. I am still in shock that this was successfully done, the structure of the car was so weak it really was a now or never mission, the view of the interior tell the story of the cars true condition.

14-05-2012, 07:17 PM	#14
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 542	heroic effort, seriously - were the owners not afraid it would disintergrate while the cast was being taken..? did the survey determine it would hold up ok..?

14-05-2012, 07:19 PM	#15
healvis Communications Officer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Posts: 894	Now that is SUPERCOOL. Thanks for sharing the pics.

14-05-2012, 07:35 PM	#16
sigspace Geological Technician Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Blyth, Northumberland Posts: 119	Truely awesome. What an amazing effort. It is like the recovery of dinosaur remains from the future. Congratulations

14-05-2012, 07:54 PM	#18
wicko Alphan Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2	These photos are amazing. having seen all the chat on facebook about where is strakers car, suddenly we bounce to these amazing photos. thank you so much for sharing. How many copies are going to be made and for what ?

14-05-2012, 08:57 PM	#19
Transporter Life Support Officer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CH Posts: 1,801	I am really, really glad, that a replica of this iconic car will be "given back" to all the UFO enthusiasts. But at the same time I have some tears in my eyes, when I see, how much of the original car has already gone forever. __________________ Some of my work: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

14-05-2012, 09:15 PM	#20
karr1981 Assistant Commander Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,961	holy &&, when you said they molded the whole car, i for some reason (despite its condition) imagined a piece by piece small section molding, not the epic task shown in those pics! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Support the forum, visit the To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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