# Silver Streak Car **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 10, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647 "2010-10-10T00:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cdelancey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cdelancey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdelancey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/1 "2010-10-10T00:27:06Z")
Can anyone tell me the make, model and year of the car that Richard Pryor’s character stole in the movie “Silver Streak”? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/2 "2010-10-10T00:36:22Z")
I don’t remember anything about the film, but do any of these [vehicles](http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=75223) ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/3 "2010-10-10T00:39:26Z")
I don’t remember the film that well, but a little googling says it was a [Jaguar E-type](http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=jaguar%20%22e-type%22&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1187&bih=744). . ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/4 "2010-10-10T01:07:51Z")
It was definitely a Jaguar of some sort. At one point, after the train has been stopped and a gunfight occurred, Grover (Richard Pryor) is asked if the federal agents can drop him anyplace. Grover lights a cigar and replies, “I left my Jag in Kansas City.” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/5 "2010-10-10T01:08:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Silver Streak > (Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor) > > A really beautiful sighting was in “Silver Streak”. Though not a dhc (and just a 2+2 at that) the series II that Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor stole was a red beauty. One particularly fetching scene showed them rounding a turn in some flatland in Kansas I think. Plus, you have to give Richard Pryor’s character credit. Towards the end of the movie he’s asked by the feds if they can take him anywhere. To which he replies, “Well, I left my Jag in Kansas, City.” [caw] > > On the Silver streak, Gene Wilder complains to Richard Pryor about stealing the JAG. Richard’s response is a classic, which I can’t reprint.[lm] From a jag site. > **[Jag-lovers Film and TV](https://www.jag-lovers.org/library/film.html)** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/6 "2010-10-10T01:14:55Z")
[Grover is attempting to hot wire a Jaguar] \ ***Grover Muldoon:** I’m following the plan. Just changed my mind. **George Caldwell:** Are you crazy? I thought we were gonna take the Chevy in back. **Grover Muldoon:** Chevy? That’s a jerk-off, man. This here is pure pussy. \* ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/7 "2010-10-10T12:09:44Z")
That’s in the middle of the movie though, IIRC, Pryor steals a Fiat from the station in Chicago at the end. That’s a great movie IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/8 "2010-10-10T12:14:52Z")
and I do recall correctly [![](http://x19gr.50webs.com/x19_movies_SilverStreak_Movie_1976.jpg) ](http://x19gr.50webs.com/x19_movies_SilverStreak_Movie_1976.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/9 "2010-10-10T13:12:39Z")
For further confirmation (as well as the various other cars in the film) you can look at the listing on the [Internet Movie Cars Database](http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=75223). ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/10 "2010-10-10T18:45:59Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > That’s in the middle of the movie though, IIRC, Pryor steals a Fiat from the station in Chicago at the end. > > That’s a great movie IMHO. He deserves that (and more) just for enduring Gene Wilder’s “brother” routine in KC. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/11 "2010-10-10T20:18:37Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > He deserves that (and more) just for enduring Gene Wilder’s “brother” routine in KC. To be fair, it was Pryor’s idea, and he pushed it even though Wilder said he couldn’t pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/12 "2010-10-10T20:38:31Z")
But does it come with whitewalls? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/13 "2010-10-10T20:40:03Z")
What do yo think this is, a western? ---
**Author:** ![cdelancey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cdelancey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdelancey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/14 "2010-10-10T22:32:12Z")
Wow, I really appreciate all the help. I didn’t realize that I wasn’t the only one that didn’t know the year. I have always assumed (I know, I know) that it was a '64 or '65 XKE. But, when I have tried to find out for sure, there doesn’t seem to be anywhere that tells. Now, do I assume(again, I know) that it might be a "76? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/15 "2010-10-10T22:37:22Z")
> [@cdelancey](#): > > Now, do I assume(again, I know) that it might be a "76? Anyone? Doubtful it was a 76. The movie was made that year, and the Jag was sitting in a _used_ car lot. More likely a 73 or 74. ---
**Author:** ![cdelancey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cdelancey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdelancey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/16 "2010-10-10T23:25:23Z")
@ Selenus, good point. But, I still don’t know the year. You know men look for that one dream car, well, I’m a woman looking for that one dream car. Hard to fulfill a dream if you don’t know the year. please wait 2 seconds for an uncompressed image, or press Ctrl+F5 for original quality page ---
**Author:** ![cdelancey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cdelancey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cdelancey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/17 "2010-10-10T23:26:23Z")
Sorry, I meant Silenus. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-streak-car/556647/18 "2010-10-11T02:40:47Z")
> [@cdelancey](#): > > @ Selenus, good point. But, I still don’t know the year. You know men look for that one dream car, well, I’m a woman looking for that one dream car. Hard to fulfill a dream if you don’t know the year. please wait 2 seconds for an uncompressed image, or press Ctrl+F5 for original quality page This is a type of car where the particular year tends not to matter. Unlike American manufacturers who had style/design changes annually, European manufacturers typically kept things the same (as much as possible) for a given model over a period of many years. Probably the most significant changes were for federally mandated emissions controls. The British manufacturers generally handled those poorly, to where earlier was better (e.g., '67 model preferable to '74).