STARGATE PICSPAM: The Cars They Drive

[campylobacter]

Last year while I was writing "Bookends", I asked cleothemuse  "What kind of car does Daniel drive?" She listed several options: the Land Rover he rented in Cairo, a Jeep, or Jack's truck, which Jack might've left when he moved to DC. I chose Jack's truck. I was just over at lc59's Colour Meme, and she's given Vala a 1965 Mustang Shelby Fastback.

So canonically, what kind of vehicles do Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, Cameron Mitchell, and Daniel Jackson drive?

Do Teal'c and Vala drive cars?

[Michael Shanks at Fan Odyssey Culver City, California, 5-8 June, 2003]
Audience Member: "What kind of car does Daniel drive?"

Michael Shanks: "That's a very interesting question. In fact that was brought up as background on the two-parter that we're doing, "Heroes". We've never seen Daniel in a vehicle except for maybe a taxi cab or getting dropped off by a military car or the Egypt thing (in "The Curse"), but we also thought that that would be a great thing to fill in because we've already seen what kind of car the others drive. And the type of car he drives sort of shows where his mind set is. He drives... he would drive... something circa 1940's, an old clunker, you know not anything new, so they found an old revamped 1950's military vehicle because he's not a new car or motorcycle type, but more a military vehicle type. (Like the Land Rover? The audience refers to the one in "The Curse".) Yeah, like that."

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Jack O'Neill's 4x4 pickup truck from the Season 8 episode "Full Alert"

Richard Dean Anderson drives an Audi Allroad Quattro



Samantha Carter was working underneath the rear fender bumper of a 1947 Indian "Chief" motorcycle in 4x13 "The Curse" [Thanks to archersangel for the info!]

Samantha Carter's Volvo S60 (Amanda Tapping's personal car) from the Season 6 episode "Prometheus".

Sam drives a 2007 Toyota Prius in the alternate timeline of "Continuum"


Cameron Mitchell's 1965 Mustang Fastback from the Season 10 episode "The Uninvited"
(BONUS: you can see General Landry's silver Buick Rendezvous in the far right of the first photo; click the image if the layout cuts it off.)

Cam's 1970 Mustang Fastback from the alternate timeline in "Continuum"



Daniel drove a Land Rover, obviously rented, in Cairo from the Season 4 episode "The Curse"


[EDITED PER research by magnavox_23 and cleothemuse ]
Daniel's 1948-1950 VJ Jeepster from the Season 7 episode "Lost City" (click image if the layout cuts it off the far right side)

Restored Jeepsters from the same era, including a 1950s Jeep Wagoneer with contrasting panels, and a plain 1956 Willys Jeep:

 

I can also imagine him at one point driving a used, high-maintenance, Euro-nerd clunker such as a 1999 Peugeot 306 Meridian.

Michael Shanks owns a Toyota Prius.


[EDITED PER research by magnavox_23 and cleothemuse ]
Teal'c drives away in a Dodge Durango from Season 8's "Affinity"

Chris Judge drives a Hummer.


Now Vala's a wild card... how about a 2008 Ducati 848?

...or the James Bond Aston Martin?


...or the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill! :-D

Comments

[magnavox-23.livejournal.com]

Excuse my extreme laziness with proper linkage with the html, I am in bed on the laptop. :P

We do see Daniel's old red thing in Lost City when he and Teal'c show up with donuts here: http://www.macsyourman.com/stargatesg1971/screencaps/season7/721dvd/caps/sg1-7x21-2717.html I have no idea what make/model it is though, but I reckon it suits him. I agree with Shanks, Daniel and old clunky cars go together.

Also, Teal'c is driving away in this black number at the end of Affinty: http://www.macsyourman.com/stargatesg1971/screencaps/season8/807dvd/caps/sg1-8x07-3453.html I assume it could possibly be his own as it doesn't seem like the type of car that would be in the SGC motorpool. :P

I want to see Vala in something sleek, a Mercedes with the top down, wind in her hair... :P

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

Teal'c's driving a Dodge Durango, so definitely not from the base motorpool. (They would have Chevy Suburbans.)

And HOW did I miss seeing that red thing in Lost City? Ah, well, it wasn't obvious... but YES, that is a great car for Daniel.

Campy forgot to mention that another one I suggested was a hybrid SUV, like an Escape or 4-Runner. All the traction a snowy state like Colorado requires, but socially responsible ;)

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

I think I've identified Daniel's car from that pic... that looks like a 1948-1950 Jeep VJ:

http://www.jpmagazine.com/featuredvehicles/154_0801_top_10_jeeps_of_2007_fix_is_in/photo_07.html

[magnavox-23.livejournal.com]

Oh hell, I just lost $5! I've had this bet with my sister for years about what that car was! She said it was a Jeep - but I always pictured a Jeep as more of a Wranger style body (neither of us knows squat about American cars :p).

That is a gorgeous car.

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

That's 'cause this is a "civilian" Jeep model instead of a "military" model ;)

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

What's scary is that I'm sure the writers spent more time discussing what cars the characters drove than the fans do.

[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

You two rock for both finding the car and identifying it respectively! I never noticed that before...

And that IS such a Daniel car! *nods*

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

Isn't it though? A well-preserved artifact, both practical and functional... and because they didn't have anything but manual transmissions on AMCs/Jeeps back then, operation requires application of esoteric knowledge.

Yep, that's a Daniel car.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Man oh man I'm missing my old Honda Civic's stick shift even more when I imagine Daniel stepping on that clutch and deftly shifting into 2nd gear.

[magnavox-23.livejournal.com]

If you're after the rest of the actor's cars like CJ's Hummer, that Volvo is Amanda's own car, RDA drives an old Audi and Shanks drives a Prius.

[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

I think Shanks' Prius is just one of their cars, actually. *nods*

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, your car knowledge of SG-1 is thorough!

Now I'm in deep. ;-) Thanks for the info! I'll be updating it late tonight after work's all done. :-D

[magnavox-23.livejournal.com]

If you call twitter and TMZ sources deep. :P

They talk about Amanda's Volvo in the commentary for Prometheus.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I found a pic of RDA's Audi:

http://coolspotters.com/actors/richard-dean-anderson/and/cars/audi-allroad-quattro#medium-1237

[magnavox-23.livejournal.com]

Awesome! And isn't he just gorgeous with the longer hair?!

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

I think Daniel likes the MacGyver hair, too (http://pics.livejournal.com/campylobacter/pic/0006wst5/g22).

[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

I can just see him working on it. *nods*

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

I agree! I'm lucky and honored that Mags and Cleo are on my FList. Writing fanfic shouldn't be a solitary hobby since collaboration brings to light such great bits of canon.

[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[lc59.livejournal.com]

Cool car, but I'm not sure...in the late 80-early 90s when he might have bought it, it would've been called a 'classic' and given his finances at that time I doubt he could've afforded it....unless he got it almost completely free because it was in such bad shape...in which case it wouldn't look as good as the picture,lol.
Since the time of that episode he's probably moved on since he can afford something better...but he's probably still gone with a Jeep or Land Rover...something more basic and functional than anything else.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

I'm going with the theory that Daniel had a crappy used something (Peugeot? LOL) until he could afford something more reliable, OR that his grandfather gave him his parents' old vintage vehicle when Nick stopped driving.

I think Daniel's not the type to spend real $$ on a new car, unless it's something "socially responsible" as Cleo says. His disposable income probably goes toward books & artifacts instead of an onerous car payment.

[cleothemuse.livejournal.com]

Seconding campy's comment here. This picture is post-descension, so any car he might have had before ascending might have long-since been sold (or it was an heirloom that was put into storage because Jack et. al. refused to believe he wouldn't be back for it later).

[lc59.livejournal.com]

yes...post-ascension...an interesting point. Would he buy something just because it was what his parents drove...regardless of the price because it had been restored?

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

You are full of WIN! Thank you! I've edited the entry per yours and Mags's research.

(BTW, doing picspams in LJ is freakin' clunky and slow.)

Sorry that I'd forgot to mention the hybrid SUVs. The thought of Daniel with his hands on a steering wheel or a stick shift is making me a bit giddy.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Yay! You've found what I couldn't -- for MONTHS! I (heart) my FList!

I agree about Vala's car; she should have something as sexy and exotic as her voice.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/campylobacter/pic/0006tq42/g22)

[hummingfly67.livejournal.com]

That car is all kinds of fucking sexy. (interpret "fucking" as adjective or noun at will)

And yeah, I could see Vala behind the wheel, eyebrow cocked as she entices Daniel into the passenger seat.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Vala is James Bond sexy. I'd love to see Daniel draped over the hood of her car wearing tight jeans...

[ivanolix.livejournal.com]

I am entirely clueless about cars. Probably because I am afraid of them and don't drive. So mostly I just look at these pictures and go "Yeah, that looks like [insert character name here]"

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Heh heh! That's why I did this picspam.

Fanfic authors need ONE place to look when they don't have time to scour teh Intarwebz for piecemeal info.

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

::bookmarks for canon vs. fanon possibilities::

Thanks!

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

I'm floored that your browser can access this page without the server filtering the "porn" in my LJ title. ;-D

[sg-fignewton.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, let's not tell them! ;)

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

what about the motorcycle sam was working on in the curse? i think it's her's
http://www.stargatecaps.com/sg1/s4/413/html/4x13_0460.html

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've added it, and made the photos display at a bigger size, too.

[slamaina.livejournal.com]

You might be interested in looking at this site http://www.imcdb.org/movies.php?title=stargate to see if they have any info you don't have and in turn add your own info.

Slam

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

OMG, that's a killer site!

Motorhead heaven! Thanks. :-)

Tayne

[(Anonymous)]

That land Rover in "Egypt" is a 1971-1974 North America spec 109 that has been accessorised to look like it is/was in military service.
The episode probably wasn't filmed in Egypt...

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Most all of the "desert" scenes in Stargate were filmed at the sand dunes in Richmond, BC, before the cement factory consumed all the dunes. Off-roaders often left tracks that film crews had to erase before shooting.

You could add your Land Rover comment to http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_7849-Land-Rover-109---Series-III-1971.html so that others will find it easier.