Get Smart is an American comedy television series that aired from 1965 to 1970. It parodies the secret agent genre. The program was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, and premiered on NBC on September 18, 1965. The show stars Don Adams as agent Maxwell "Max" Smart, Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt the Chief. The show ended its five-season run with 138 episodes. The car that Smart is seen driving most is a red 1965 Sunbeam Tiger roadster. This car had various custom spy features, such as a machine gun, smoke screen, radar tracking, and an ejection seat.
The Sunbeam Tiger is a high-performance V8 version of the British Sunbeam Alpine roadster, designed in part by Carroll Shelby and produced from 1964 until 1967. Shelby had carried out a similar V8 conversion on the AC Cobra.
An expensive $3,425 when new, a concours 1965 Sunbeam Tiger is trending around $125k according to Hagerty.
Two major versions of the Tiger were built: the Mark I (1964–1967) was fitted with the 260 cu in (4.3 L) Ford V8; the Mark II, of which 633 were built in the final year of Tiger production, was fitted with the Ford 289 cu in (4.7 L) engine.
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