SHADO Jeep #2 found in Spain!

Marc…   here’s an article on this same vehicle:

http://maximummini.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/shado-jeep-found-in-scrap-yard.html

Also, the consensus on the Facebook boards seems to be that this is may be the 3^rd vehicle from Doppelganger/Journey to the Far Side of the Sun and not used in UFO.

Who knows for sure, though…  what a _great_ find!!

--Michael Blake

From: Marc Martin [via SHADO] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:08 PM
To: Michael Blake
Subject: [SHADO] SHADO Jeep #2 found in Spain!

Hi all,

I see that the 2nd SHADO jeep has been found in a junkyard in Spain.  Scroll
down in this discussion:

  http://www.retrorides.proboards.com/thread/20301/abandoned?page=336

The 1st SHADO jeep is currently owned and restored by ISOSHADO.  I
wonder if anyone will save this one?

Marc

Well…  that makes this even more valuable as a genuine UFO prop.

Marc, what’s the tell-tale UFO modifications on the vehicle?

Here’s some info from a post on the Derek Meddings Facebook group:

From James Bryson:  “Definitely three, Michael. All three appear in a least one shot in the film - I think it's when Ross is making his disasterous re-entry at the climax, and they are dispatched as 'emergency vehicles'. There were also at least two miniature versions - one probably in 1/12th scale, which just sneaks in at the end of a process shot when Ross and Kane are travelling out to the pad, and a tiny 'matchbox car' sized one (1/64th?) which draws up to the foot of the rocket.”

I’m not going to watch my JTTFSOTS dvd, so I’ll defer to your expertise, Marc… but I always thought too that just 2 of these vehicles made…     --Michael

From: Marc Martin [via SHADO] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:43 PM
To: Michael Blake
Subject: [SHADO] Re: RE: SHADO Jeep #2 found in Spain!

I spent some time examining Doppelganger and UFO, and determined that there
were only 2 vehicles built, and this one has the UFO modifications on it.

Marc

On March 29, "Michael Blake [via SHADO]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
> Marc.   here's an article on this same vehicle:
>
> http://maximummini.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/shado-jeep-found-in-scrap-yard.htm

Well that settles that then.     ;-)       --Michael

From: Marc Martin [via SHADO] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:54 PM
To: Michael Blake
Subject: [SHADO] Re: RE: SHADO Jeep #2 found in Spain!

On March 29, "Marc Martin [via SHADO]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I spent some time examining Doppelganger and UFO, and determined that there
> were only 2 vehicles built, and this one has the UFO modifications on it.

Also on my UFO Facebook page, Ian Wingrove (who actually worked on the film DOPPELGANGER),
confirmed that there were only 2 of these jeeps built (and indeed, you only see two of them on the
screen at the same time).

Marc

THANKS, Marc…  I appreciate the detail…

Okay to post this info over at Derek Meddings/FB with attribution?    --Michael

From: Marc Martin [via SHADO] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 11:02 PM
To: Michael Blake
Subject: [SHADO] Re: RE: Re: RE: SHADO Jeep #2 found in Spain!

On March 29, "Michael Blake [via SHADO]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Well.  that makes this even more valuable as a genuine UFO prop.
>
> Marc, what's the tell-tale UFO modifications on the vehicle?

The UFO vehicles have those ribbed side panels along the back, while on the Doppelganger versions
are either open in the back or have "ambulance" panels.

Also, along the sides towards the front (below the windscreen), you will see the Doppelganger versions has
a long elliptical indented area with a small side headlight, while in the UFO versions this area has been smoothed
over.  However, in the UFO versions there is a much smaller elliptical chrome thingie that was added
in front of this.  

In the junkyard vehicle, I can see the ribbed side panels, I can see the area that was smoothed
over, and I see where the missing paint was in the elliptical chrome thingie was (even though it's no
longer there).

Marc

That is such a great project Jimbo. :o)

Looking forward to more pix as things progress.

Cheers,

--

Rob

From: Jimbo141095 [via SHADO] [mailto:ml-node+[hidden email]]
Sent: 31 August 2014 17:56
To: Hemmings, Rob
Subject: [SHADO] Re: SHADO Jeep #2 found in Spain!

Hi
Just a little update on the SHADO jeep , things have moved on since getting her back to the uk .
The front subframe has been rebuilt and fitted with new brakes , an engine has been rebuilt and is ready to go in . She is now sitting on her new minilite wheels and will be off to the restorers early in September