Cars for films

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This was received and thought it useful to pass on but I cannot say whether this is genuine or likely to produce a booking.


The Secretary
Historic Vehicle Association
Historic vehicles wanted for film & TV
Film, TV and Photo shoots are prepared to pas hire fee for Veteran, Vintage and Classic cars and motorbikes to appear in foreground and background in movies, TV dramas and photo shoots for magazines and billboards.
Art department set decorators, propertymasters, stylists and production buyers are continually looking for fresh and previously unseen vehicles for various productions. They need vehicles that date from every decade of the past 120 years.
Your members may have briefly thought that they would like to see their car or bike on screen, but quickly dismiss the idea as impractical because they don’t know who to contact, and perhaps believe that their vehicle is located too far from any TV or film studio.
Each year thousands of productions are filmed on location countrywide - movies, television dramas, TV commercials, documentaries, photo shoots for billboards, magazines and book covers, trade shows, presentations, window dressing etc - and they all need props.
This new website, www.moviepropbay.com was launched on 1st November, from within the industry, to enable art department personnel to search for and source vehicles and other props from anywhere in the UK.
At www.moviepropbay.com your members can upload photographs, a description and owner contact details. The art department will contact the owner directly to discuss a hire fee. The cost to showcase each vehicle is £10 per year. There are no further fees, costs or commission.
And there are added bonuses: in addition to the kudos gained by seeing your vehicle on screen, the owner may be paid as an extra to drive the vehicle through the shot. (And if a production turns out to be a box office/TV smash hit, the value of the vehicle is enhanced by becoming film memorabilia!)
If you think this is of interest please forward my email to your members.
Yours sincerely
John Manning
propertymaster/publisher www.moviepropbay.com
Shepperton Studios

[The Bradford man]

I had my little 73 Subaru 1400 used on TV in one episode on TV. It was a blast to see it on there