Anyone have experience of doing film or TV work with their classic?
There doesn't seem much on the web except for big companies and an
outfit called caristhestar.co.uk. Are they any good, or are there
others out there?

Gordon

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Anyone have experience of doing film or TV work with their classic?
There doesn't seem much on the web except for big companies and an
outfit called caristhestar.co.uk. Are they any good, or are there
others out there?

It can be an absolute pain in the arse. One bloke with a show MK2 Golf
(probably not your idea of a classic, but a car that would have had a lot of
cash tied up in paintwork etc.) hired out his car for a cadburys ad. It came
back with a load of scratches and various other problems due to them
swapping the windows for filming etc.

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Anyone have experience of doing film or TV work with their classic?
There doesn't seem much on the web except for big companies and an
outfit called caristhestar.co.uk. Are they any good, or are there
others out there?

It can be an absolute pain in the arse. One bloke with a show MK2 Golf
(probably not your idea of a classic, but a car that would have had a
lot of cash tied up in paintwork etc.) hired out his car for a cadburys
ad. It came back with a load of scratches and various other problems
due to them swapping the windows for filming etc.


Agreed. Having had to stand around whilst film crews work on public
roads on several occasions, I have to say I would never let them within
a mile of any car I owned unless it had very little value and I really
didn't care what happened to it.

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:32:15 +0100, Philip Stokes
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Anyone have experience of doing film or TV work with their classic?
There doesn't seem much on the web except for big companies and an
outfit called caristhestar.co.uk. Are they any good, or are there
others out there?

It can be an absolute pain in the arse. One bloke with a show MK2 Golf
(probably not your idea of a classic, but a car that would have had a
lot of cash tied up in paintwork etc.) hired out his car for a cadburys
ad. It came back with a load of scratches and various other problems
due to them swapping the windows for filming etc.


Agreed. Having had to stand around whilst film crews work on public
roads on several occasions, I have to say I would never let them within
a mile of any car I owned unless it had very little value and I really
didn't care what happened to it.

I guess it must vary with the production team then. I know a couple of
people from forums whose cars were in Life on Mars - they got to drive
their own cars on set (as well as sit in the Cortina!). They and their
cars were very well looked after.

But on the whole I concur, having heard quite a few people say that the
cars don't get looked after. To most producers, I guess they're just
another prop, and largely regarded as expendable.
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Anyone have experience of doing film or TV work with their classic?
There doesn't seem much on the web except for big companies and an
outfit called caristhestar.co.uk. Are they any good, or are there
others out there?

Only consider it if you take the car to the location and drive it
yourself. But don't expect to make a fortune. Just a possibly pleasant day
out with a bit of spending cash at the end.

A classic car 'starring' in a film etc is merely a prop and *will* be
treated badly. Trust me. ;-) Because of this, most are bought in for the
series rather than hired.

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*Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco *

Dave Plowman London SW
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Anyone have experience of doing film or TV work with their classic?
There doesn't seem much on the web except for big companies and an
outfit called caristhestar.co.uk. Are they any good, or are there
others out there?

Only consider it if you take the car to the location and drive it
yourself. But don't expect to make a fortune. Just a possibly pleasant day
out with a bit of spending cash at the end.

A classic car 'starring' in a film etc is merely a prop and *will* be
treated badly. Trust me. ;-) Because of this, most are bought in for the
series rather than hired.

Beware the various companies who charge you to put a picture of your car in
their brochure (or, presumably, website these days).

If you do get a booking, check the production company's insurance very
carefully. Ignore the paragraphs of lawyerspeak - you just need
confirmation that the car will be returned to you in the condition it was
when you handed it over - irrespective of fault. In other words, if it
throws a rod during filming it's up to them to pay for an engine rebuild.
Sounds harsh, I know, but they've got more money than you and they must be
made aware of the potential risk to them should something 'orrid happen. If
they won't accept this, walk away - they can always get another 1927
Bloggsmobile Farquhar elsewhere, can't they?

As Dave says, you won't make a fortune - £175/day up to £400/day if you have
something particularly in demand. Rarely reflects the value of the car -
series like Life on Mars and Heartbeat use a lot of sixties and seventies
"cooking" cars, so a Hillman Minx may well be worth more in terms of daily
rate than a GTO Ferrari. Just depends what's wanted at the time.

I looked into this several years ago, but concluded the return did not
justify the time. Now, as a pensioner (!) with time but no money it is much
more attractive.

Geoff MacK

On 16 Jun, 13:53, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

A classic car 'starring' in a film etc is merely a prop and *will* be
treated badly. Trust me. ;-) Because of this, most are bought in for the
series rather than hired.

Worth remembering that prime time (ITV1, BBC1) shows can easily cost
1/2 million per hour upwards. A classic worth ten or twenty grand is
lost in the noise.

Ian

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Ian wrote:
A classic car 'starring' in a film etc is merely a prop and *will* be
treated badly. Trust me. ;-) Because of this, most are bought in for
the series rather than hired.

Worth remembering that prime time (ITV1, BBC1) shows can easily cost
1/2 million per hour upwards. A classic worth ten or twenty grand is
lost in the noise.

The budget for props will only be a tiny part of this, and very very few
20 grand cars will be written off. They'd likely buy a second near
scrapper and tart it up to look good enough on camera. The only decent car
I've seen written off recently was the Ford Zephyr in 'The Royal' a couple
of series ago. Which was used for most of the episodes, so the cost spread
over them. It also was a pretty spectacular accident which may well have
needed a decent car to perform it. Still near broke my heart, though.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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The only decent car
I've seen written off recently was the Ford Zephyr in 'The Royal' a couple
of series ago. Which was used for most of the episodes, so the cost spread
over them. It also was a pretty spectacular accident which may well have
needed a decent car to perform it. Still near broke my heart, though.

The one that upset me was the Jowett Javelin that they drove over the edge
of a quarry in Ballykissangel. You saw it upside down, and it really was
the Jowett underside (I used to own one, and would recognise that layout
anywhere) and it certainly didn't look like a near scrapper.

Jim