| AVW Controls Ltd - Press Release - May 2004 | |
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AVW have been tasked by
Scena Projects to design and manufacture the control system
to control Lady Penelope's fabulous pink car FAB1 for the
Birmingham Motor Show that coincides with the UK
press launch of the new $70 million dollar film;
Thunderbirds.
This unusual project was awarded to AVW in recognition of the numerous motor show control systems manufactured by AVW over the years, particularly to the Ford stable of car manufacturers, which includes Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover and, of course, Ford. |
| A new pink FAB 1 car for Lady Penelope was built as a full-size working vehicle. Unfortunately, Working Title were refused permission from Rolls-Royce-BMW to make the car a futuristic Rolls-Royce similar to the one in the television series, on the grounds that such a car's appearance in the film would confuse the company's marketing of their new Rolls-Royce Phantom. Instead, the film-makers turned to Ford who immediately came on board to turn FAB 1 into a fantastical pink version of the Ford Thunderbird, a 27-foot-long six-wheeled limosine that transforms into an aircraft and a speedboat for key sequences in the film. | |
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