volobrian Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) I recently did an interview for a blog about the Miami Vice Daytona. Great article! Lots of pre-vice pictures too! BTW, Happy 70th birthday Don Johnson!!! https://jimsuva.typepad.com/blog/2019/12/miami-vice-screen-used-daytona-written-by-jim-suva-in-1984-a-new-tv-show-called-miami-vice-hit-the-air-waves-on-nbc-it.html?fbclid=IwAR0ryiUnh3dNoB5eQtD3AXI_8jbjY4SmUTaJbZ0jhPSca2QQUSMtlC0bjRo Edited December 15, 2019 by volobrian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvice8489 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Thanks. Keep us updated on the restoration progress Brian. Any more pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameraDaytona Posted December 17, 2019 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/15/2019 at 10:44 AM, volobrian said: I recently did an interview for a blog about the Miami Vice Daytona. Great article! Lots of pre-vice pictures too! BTW, Happy 70th birthday Don Johnson!!! https://jimsuva.typepad.com/blog/2019/12/miami-vice-screen-used-daytona-written-by-jim-suva-in-1984-a-new-tv-show-called-miami-vice-hit-the-air-waves-on-nbc-it.html?fbclid=IwAR0ryiUnh3dNoB5eQtD3AXI_8jbjY4SmUTaJbZ0jhPSca2QQUSMtlC0bjRo Good article. The only thing I noticed was that it says that Carl Roberts did not get the titles from Universal Studios for the 2 Daytonas. In fact he did get the title for Car #4 but he did not get the title for Car #1 - which is one reason that he "rebadged" it as a 1981 using a vin plate and title from a friend. I have a copy of the title for Car #4 which shows Universal Studios as the owner of the car. It came from Carl Roberts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 12/15/2019 at 9:44 AM, volobrian said: I recently did an interview for a blog about the Miami Vice Daytona. Great article! Lots of pre-vice pictures too! BTW, Happy 70th birthday Don Johnson!!! https://jimsuva.typepad.com/blog/2019/12/miami-vice-screen-used-daytona-written-by-jim-suva-in-1984-a-new-tv-show-called-miami-vice-hit-the-air-waves-on-nbc-it.html?fbclid=IwAR0ryiUnh3dNoB5eQtD3AXI_8jbjY4SmUTaJbZ0jhPSca2QQUSMtlC0bjRo Nice interview and article Brian! Thanks for sharing. Was wondering if you have any additonal photos of your restoration process that you might be able to share? Cheers, S-B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted December 22, 2019 Report Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) On 12/17/2019 at 1:55 PM, CameraDaytona said: Good article. The only thing I noticed was that it says that Carl Roberts did not get the titles from Universal Studios for the 2 Daytonas. In fact he did get the title for Car #4 but he did not get the title for Car #1 - which is one reason that he "rebadged" it as a 1981 using a vin plate and title from a friend. I have a copy of the title for Car #4 which shows Universal Studios as the owner of the car. It came from Carl Roberts. Greetings C-D, good to see you commenting. I was wondering if in all your conversations with Tom M or Al M whether you learned the disposition of Cars 2 and 3? And I always thought it strange that Universal would sell or transfer a vehicle without a valid title. Maybe there was some discussion on this but I'm not recalling. Edited December 23, 2019 by Sonny-Burnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameraDaytona Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/22/2019 at 5:01 PM, Sonny-Burnett said: Greetings C-D, good to see you commenting. I was wondering if in all your conversations with Tom M or Al M whether you learned the disposition of Cars 2 and 3? And I always thought it strange that Universal would sell or transfer a vehicle without a valid title. Maybe there was some discussion on this but I'm not recalling. I have never spoken with Al Mardikian. As we know, he had the four Daytonas available at his facility after Tom McBurnie finished them. Universal Studios originally leased car #4 to make the pilot MV movie - the only one painted black (probably because they initially had access to the real black Daytona). Then, after NBC accepted the MV series, Universal went back to Mardikian and leased car #1 so they would have 2 cars available for making the series. (S-B - I know that you know this but I am just reviewing it for others.) I think we have seen some photos of cars #2 & 3, but I do not know where they are now. (But it is an interesting question.) Jurassic Narc may have some knowledge of cars #2 & 3. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) From the Tom McBurnie video clip posted on Volo cars Youtube page here are some stills of Car1: The first image shows clearly the square instrument window over the steering column as well as the wood trim described by McB. The second image shows the Gale Banks Twin Turbo engines originally installed before removed by the Miami Vice production team. Edited January 19, 2020 by Sonny-Burnett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentTheViceCar Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 does anyone know if they used a mold off of another car to make the hump in the dash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, RentTheViceCar said: does anyone know if they used a mold off of another car to make the hump in the dash? I remember jurassicnarc facing this issue and I think he did something with his interior guy to duplicate the hump. Unless we have anyone else in here that tried duplicating the dash I'm not sure where else to point you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 9:37 AM, Sonny-Burnett said: I remember jurassicnarc facing this issue and I think he did something with his interior guy to duplicate the hump. Unless we have anyone else in here that tried duplicating the dash I'm not sure where else to point you. I don’t remember the name of the upholstery shop in Orange County who did the dash for Car 4, but that is the dash we are most familiar with. Car 1 had the same essential shape and features as a C3 Corvette dash. Car 4’s dash was modified to fit the C3 instruments, but was revamped so much that you can’t say you could duplicate it by copying the hump. The entire shape of the top of the dash was modified. During the run of the show, car 1 had what appeared to be a cap fitted on the dash to give the hump shape. Take a look at the close-up shots of the interior in Yankee Dollar. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 6 hours ago, jurassic narc said: I don’t remember the name of the upholstery shop in Orange County who did the dash for Car 4, but that is the dash we are most familiar with. Car 1 had the same essential shape and features as a C3 Corvette dash. Car 4’s dash was modified to fit the C3 instruments, but was revamped so much that you can’t say you could duplicate it by copying the hump. The entire shape of the top of the dash was modified. During the run of the show, car 1 had what appeared to be a cap fitted on the dash to give the hump shape. Take a look at the close-up shots of the interior in Yankee Dollar. @RentTheViceCar, I found one of the invoices for my leather work and dash work. Remember though mine was a faux Ferrari dash, and perhaps they also worked on the Show cars. It was done by: Auto Design Mfg, Inc 4856 Voltaire St, San Diego PH 619 223 7138 They were still in business when I last checked several years ago and they were the subcontractor to McBurnie Coachcraft who built my car. @jurassic narc, Interesting...so the Car1 dash (not referring to the dash cover ) was as the photo above from the Volo video, which was the squared out window for the instruments over the steering column. I wondered whether the Car1 dash had been later modified to resemble that of Car4, which is smaller and more rounded as your pics showed? I never noticed the cap on the dash you referred to on Car1, so it must be different then in appearance than that of Car4. I haven't seen any good photos showing the differences there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 9:12 PM, Sonny-Burnett said: @RentTheViceCar, I found one of the invoices for my leather work and dash work. Remember though mine was a faux Ferrari dash, and perhaps they also worked on the Show cars. It was done by: Auto Design Mfg, Inc 4856 Voltaire St, San Diego PH 619 223 7138 They were still in business when I last checked several years ago and they were the subcontractor to McBurnie Coachcraft who built my car. @jurassic narc, Interesting...so the Car1 dash (not referring to the dash cover ) was as the photo above from the Volo video, which was the squared out window for the instruments over the steering column. I wondered whether the Car1 dash had been later modified to resemble that of Car4, which is smaller and more rounded as your pics showed? I never noticed the cap on the dash you referred to on Car1, so it must be different then in appearance than that of Car4. I haven't seen any good photos showing the differences there. Looks to be the standard C3 dash used for Car1. If I am not mistaken, each of the four original cars was finished by a different upholstery shop. Car 4 was done by a place in Newport Beach. I tracked down the owner/operator through one of his side hobbies. He was not very interested in my inquires, but he did tell me that he did the original door and dash panels to mimic the lines of a Ferrari dash without making any drastic changes (as the later faux Ferrari dashes did). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny-Burnett Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) On 2/12/2020 at 12:51 PM, jurassic narc said: Looks to be the standard C3 dash used for Car1. If I am not mistaken, each of the four original cars was finished by a different upholstery shop. Car 4 was done by a place in Newport Beach. I tracked down the owner/operator through one of his side hobbies. He was not very interested in my inquires, but he did tell me that he did the original door and dash panels to mimic the lines of a Ferrari dash without making any drastic changes (as the later faux Ferrari dashes did). Yeah it does look like a C3 dash in Car1, but do you know if it was later modified to match that of Car4 for filming purposes? Hmm interesting about 4 different places doing the dashes on the 4 Daytonas. Newport makes sense since that's where Mardikian was based. Are you saying that Car4 was originally done with a faux Ferrari dash, or maybe I'm misunderstanding? Because the faux Ferrari dash on mine looks quite different than that of Car4 and is fitted with the gauge cluster over the steering wheel instead of the center console as is on Car4. And my dash cover doesn't have the big hump over the speedo. Edited February 14, 2020 by Sonny-Burnett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 15 hours ago, Sonny-Burnett said: Yeah it does look like a C3 dash in Car1, but do you know if it was later modified to match that of Car4 for filming purposes? Hmm interesting about 4 different places doing the dashes on the 4 Daytonas. Newport makes sense since that's where Mardikian was based. Are you saying that Car4 was originally done with a faux Ferrari dash, or maybe I'm misunderstanding? Because the faux Ferrari dash on mine looks quite different than that of Car4 and is fitted with the gauge cluster over the steering wheel instead of the center console as is on Car4. And my dash cover doesn't have the big hump over the speedo. These two photos will help explain things better. The one with DJ is Car 1. The standard C3 dash and gauges, with the thick dash pad to give the profile of the dash cap. Car 4 dash is a C3 dash and gauges, but dressed to look different. This is not just a cover over the originals, as the dash top for the right hand 2/3 of the car is lower than the standard Corvette, and requires modifications to the ducting that feeds the vents on top. What we think of today as the faux Ferrari dash is a total replacement of the instrumentation of the car. The four Mardikian cars kept the factory gauges and the majority of the duct work. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king77 Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Having an issue with the oil sensor on the Cayenne. While outside talking to my mechanic, this pulled up next door. Got a couple of quick shots. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentTheViceCar Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 This guy is like me...rolling around with no door skins. Just got the convertible top replaced, now I'm working on a brake issue that I can't seem to track down. If anyone is interested in following the build/restoration of my car you can check out Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/renthevicecar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RentTheViceCar/ All my videos and pics are on my phone so it is just easier to post on those two sites instead of here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvice8489 Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Rent- Where did you buy your car? Do you really rent it out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentTheViceCar Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Yes I rent the car out for display and promotion. No driving unless film or tv use and studio picks up the insurance. We do offer a drop off service with one of our staff being the driver of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volobrian Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 12/17/2019 at 1:55 PM, CameraDaytona said: Good article. The only thing I noticed was that it says that Carl Roberts did not get the titles from Universal Studios for the 2 Daytonas. In fact he did get the title for Car #4 but he did not get the title for Car #1 - which is one reason that he "rebadged" it as a 1981 using a vin plate and title from a friend. I have a copy of the title for Car #4 which shows Universal Studios as the owner of the car. It came from Carl Roberts. My mistake, thought there were not titles to either cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reholmes Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) On 12/15/2019 at 8:44 AM, volobrian said: I recently did an interview for a blog about the Miami Vice Daytona. Great article! Lots of pre-vice pictures too! BTW, Happy 70th birthday Don Johnson!!! https://jimsuva.typepad.com/blog/2019/12/miami-vice-screen-used-daytona-written-by-jim-suva-in-1984-a-new-tv-show-called-miami-vice-hit-the-air-waves-on-nbc-it.html?fbclid=IwAR0ryiUnh3dNoB5eQtD3AXI_8jbjY4SmUTaJbZ0jhPSca2QQUSMtlC0bjRo Loved the article. Had the same problem with my VIN. First title: Minnesota used McBurnie's serial number on build plate as the VIN. Second title: Illinois used Mcburnie's VIN, also on build plate, but it had a couple transposed characters. Third title: Arizona said, no way! The A-pillar VIN couldn't be traced either, so, the body must come off. The AZ inspector said there may be a VIN on the frame under the gas tank, you can take the car home and remove the tank and give me a call--of course, I had just filled the tank. After about 2 hours of scraping and searching, he found it, and in searching the record found that the car had two more--six VINs in all. My wife named the car, Vinnie. Edited February 27, 2020 by reholmes typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crowe-t Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Does Car 4 have chrome/silver in where the headlights are(under the clear plastic)? Or is this an illusion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameraDaytona Posted April 18, 2020 Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 I got an email from Automobile Magazine this morning. The email listed several stories from the magazine - one being "The Story Behind the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder in Miami Vice". In discussing the two Daytonas, it says, "Since being tracked down and discovered, the former Miami Vice star car underwent a restoration and is now on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois. The other more polished example used for most of the shooting is apparently in the hands of a private collector." (I didn't realize that mine was "more polished".) Here is the Internet address: https://www.automobilemag.com/news/miami-vice-ferrari-daytona-spyder-corvette-facts/?wc_mid=4035:18960&wc_rid=4035:639668&_wcsid=BD17B4140BEE120A87D50AAB9F2A35C5ADB356546EF7B0EC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurassic narc Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 12:51 PM, CameraDaytona said: I got an email from Automobile Magazine this morning. The email listed several stories from the magazine - one being "The Story Behind the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder in Miami Vice". In discussing the two Daytonas, it says, "Since being tracked down and discovered, the former Miami Vice star car underwent a restoration and is now on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois. The other more polished example used for most of the shooting is apparently in the hands of a private collector." (I didn't realize that mine was "more polished".) Here is the Internet address: https://www.automobilemag.com/news/miami-vice-ferrari-daytona-spyder-corvette-facts/?wc_mid=4035:18960&wc_rid=4035:639668&_wcsid=BD17B4140BEE120A87D50AAB9F2A35C5ADB356546EF7B0EC I think it is fair to say that the Volo car was substantially changed from how it was on the show. But kudos to Brian for working so hard to bring it back. The Camera car is only slightly different from the way it was on the show. Both are amazing examples of what was done in 1980 to make a workable example of a classic car (In the new Bond movie, the production team along with Aston Martin, created several examples of the DB5 to be used for stunts--since an actual Aston Martin DB5 could bring near a million dollars a copy). I think people forget that the term Kit Car referred to dune buggies on VW frames until McBurnie constructed the cars that ended up on Miami Vice. I think this is just another example of how Miami Vice was ahead of it's time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volobrian Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 11:51 AM, CameraDaytona said: I got an email from Automobile Magazine this morning. The email listed several stories from the magazine - one being "The Story Behind the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder in Miami Vice". In discussing the two Daytonas, it says, "Since being tracked down and discovered, the former Miami Vice star car underwent a restoration and is now on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois. The other more polished example used for most of the shooting is apparently in the hands of a private collector." (I didn't realize that mine was "more polished".) Here is the Internet address: https://www.automobilemag.com/news/miami-vice-ferrari-daytona-spyder-corvette-facts/?wc_mid=4035:18960&wc_rid=4035:639668&_wcsid=BD17B4140BEE120A87D50AAB9F2A35C5ADB356546EF7B0EC I just saw this today for the first time. I spent the day polishing our car so it could be more polished 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volobrian Posted July 12, 2020 Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 4/20/2020 at 5:21 PM, jurassic narc said: I think it is fair to say that the Volo car was substantially changed from how it was on the show. But kudos to Brian for working so hard to bring it back. The Camera car is only slightly different from the way it was on the show. Both are amazing examples of what was done in 1980 to make a workable example of a classic car (In the new Bond movie, the production team along with Aston Martin, created several examples of the DB5 to be used for stunts--since an actual Aston Martin DB5 could bring near a million dollars a copy). I think people forget that the term Kit Car referred to dune buggies on VW frames until McBurnie constructed the cars that ended up on Miami Vice. I think this is just another example of how Miami Vice was ahead of it's time. Thank you, couldn't have (or at least wouldn't have) been able to do it without yours and CameraDaytonas help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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