Letter From The Editor: Die Another Day
October 2, 2003
Armored cars are serious business, but it is hard not to find a little humor in the extreme creations of Hollywood. My favorite is one of the little-known vehicles of that other agent, Maxwell Smart. Seen at the beginning of some, but not all, episodes of Get Smart was the bungling spy driving a tidy Sunbeam Tiger. If memory serves, the tiny roadster was equipped with a Gatling Gun that emerged from a trapdoor in the bonnet, dwarfing the car and looking much more imposing than its slapstick driver. It was only years later, when looking to buy a Tiger, that I appreciated the full humor of the concept, as one would be hard-pressed to squeeze a peashooter into the crowded engine compartment, much less a machine gun. I decided to pass. Plus, it’s probably not the safest place to eat a hamburger.
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