I used to love watching this show when I was a kid. 👌😎 My Dad was a Traffic cop at the time and would regularly rock up in a BMW528i for his break time. He had previously drove the Triumph as well but the BMW apparently was on another level performance wise. RIP Sgt Peter Mawdsley. ❤️
Fuel injected Triumph 2.5PI, as used by the Met Police. Super fast when the injection system is properly set up. Capable in excess of 125mph with manual/overdrive running on five star fuel and 0-60 in just under 8 seconds. 80-100 in direct top simply unmatched by any saloon of the day except an XJ12 or Double Six. All stats given in the magazines get the performance of this model wrong. Twin carb versions were breathlessly fussy above 3,700 rpm on what is an unusually long stroke engine, but with the early pre- '73 PI system, the engine revs smoothly right up to the 5,850 rpm red-line when on-song; usually on a hot, late afternoon in the summer. Best car I ever owned.
@@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 the cars in this video are a 1978 Ford Capri 3.0 S, and a 1971 Triumph 2500 PI, the Capri being 44 years old and the triumph 51 years old. So yes your modern car will be faster than cars that are 44 and 50 years old, what’s your point? Cars in the future will be faster than your fiesta.
@@Mk7adxm My current sober Lexus GS will leave my beloved old 83 Cavalier SRi for dead. Yet that thing seemed so much quicker at the time! Agreed...you can't compare different generations for performance at all. Both the Ford and the Triumph were two of the fastest cars on the market at the time...
Yeh my dad used to race one. A mk1. 2.5pi and he towled up the pack. I have a photo of him overtaking some turbo porche. He was quite proud of the car that day. Early on in his racing it there really wasnt a car in his class that could go up against the triumph on the track.
@@dbkingg99 exactly, or Puma, or even Cougar (silly spelling or not). What a stupid thing to do! What's next; a rebadged, large luxury VW/Audi SUV EV or van that Ford will likely name as the 'GT40' 😂
Luvved how Bodie took every opportunity every episode to do a roll and shoot. Top notch entertainment and one if the biggest reasons for the popularity of the Capri IMHO
Real cars, the Granada, the TR7, the Triumph 2500, the Capri - when cars had character. Christ even the fucking Allegro at least had the decency to at least look 'different'.
@@jjohnson-stoker Yeah, the old 'All agrro' with it's "Square steering wheel" that everyone laughed at. But several luxury roadsters now have the same. Pretty much everyone in the '70's or '80's could name a character just by his car. Ian Ogilvy's 'Simon Templar' in 'The Saint' with his white Jaguar XJS, Bodie with his Capri, Doyle with his TR7, The Sweeny with their For Granada, there was also the obligatory 'S-type jag' that was the villain's get away car.
The TR7 was a bag of shite. One of the most unreliable cars that i ever had. Was originally supposed to have the 16 valve dolly sprint set up. Instead BL opted for 8 valve..
Both action-packed car chase sequences featured here were actually from the same episode of The Professionals titled Man Without a Past. The Ford Capri driven by Bodie (portrayed by the late Lewis Collins) is quite a cool car. The very same incidental music was used on both these action-packed car chase sequences of the Man Without a Past episode of The Professionals. An American plainclothes FBI officer (portrayed by the late Ed Bishop) was behind the wheel of a Triumph 2000 or 2500 sedan. I like watching these 2 action-packed car car chase scenes. Cool stuff.
I loved watching the series. Here in Germany it was called "Die Profis" and in the '80s I had the rare opportunity to talk to Lewis in Bochum, where he announced his movie "Das Kommando".
@@knoxyish Yet they managed to be highly successful in Touring car Racing in the late 70's at the hands of Gordon Spice etc, beating Rover SD1's and Triumph Dolomites etc, and not a bag of cement in sight.
Can’t beat a 3.0 Capri, my dads had a 3.0 Ghia mk2, and several mk3 2.0 S, and a 2.8i but never a 3.0S, also I have some other videos on here you might like👍🏻
@@captainbimble I have owned 32 capris and I,m still the proud owner of 3 A 1979 black 3.0s,Brooklands 280 turbo and a black Tickford love capris so unique ❤️❤️❤️
For a 3 litre engine under 140 BHP, well, you certainly can tell it was a last century car! Mind, it was quite a force to reckoned with back in the day though! Think the professionals was an excellent promotion for this car Very similar to what the Italian Job did for the mini Cooper!
Had a 3 litre Capri was only 138 bhp. Back end moved all over the place! Later got the 2.9i Granada that output 150bhp. Thought they were quick at the time though
I suspect the stuntmen driving in this chase were Val Musetti, Triumph 2500, Colin Skeaping, Capri 3.0S. Two of Britain's leading film/TV stuntmen at the time.
To all the experts on here saying that's a 2.0 Capri and not a 3.0 you can clearly see the right hand tail pipe right at the start of the clip, four cylinder Capri's had the exhaust tailpipe on the left hand side (except the Mk1), tailpipe on the right gives it away as a 3.0. You can also clearly see the two pipes at 2:04.
he wasnt around a lot as my DNA providers split when i was a kid but i always remember the cars my Dad used to turn up in in the late 70s and early 80s, capris, cortinas, a triumph, one JAAAG (i think that was the one i sat on his knee in and steered it down the road at the back of the house, stuff Health and Safety lol) , and a volvo (went to pick that up with him) watching the professionals and sweeney always reminds me of them.
Interesting that was shot in Mill Hill NW7 where I grew up. I don’t remember any of that happening. Plenty of the Morse Jaguar back in the day as it was based in Elstree Studios.
2:01 : the capri loses easily the traction, while the triumph even if it rolls, it is nevertheless stuck on the road. better handling characteristics for the triumph.
@Mark Morrissey you must be getting loads of crap from othee drivers because you are slow mate with your capri. Capri is best when meant for clothes. It would suit you.
Yeah it’s one of the many reasons I wanted mine too, you can’t beat watching top things like the professionals, the Sweeney, Starsky and hutch, dukes of hazard etc.
Exhilerating or what! I thought the way Bodie ran up to the Triumph and flung the door open was very fast. I would have struggled to open the damn door!
Apparently, rumour has it the someone on the production team bought the Triumph afterwards, & used it as a daily runaround. Does not however show on the DVLA website, so can't be absolutely sure if it exists or not.
No, independent rear suspension using trailing arms and sliding spline shafts with coil springs and dampers. In other words, the same set-up as a modern BMW. Triumph were well ahead of the game at the time with what had been brought out in 1963 with the Mk1 Triumph 2000 saloon. Later on, the 1975-77 2500S used firmer coils and shocks and had less roll, but both stuck to the road well. They were designed for comfort and to absorb road bumps, which they certainly could.
Some properly good driving here, you can see the Capri driver brake hard as late possible to get weight on the front end before the handbrake turn. Respect!
Are these motors straight sixes? I'd have my old Calibre V6 back if I could, auto, you could drive up to Scotland and still get out of it refreshed. Low life insured driver wrote it off.🤬
@@Markycarandbikestuff Thank you Marky for your observation .Drivers on tv or films tend to give a wrong attitude to young thick drivers. When you been driving as long as me you will understand .
@@SuperBigwinston Sorry, i was being sarcastic, been driving myself since 1988, been driving HGV's for 26 years and passed my bike test 4 years ago, know what you mean though, there is a generation that act like they are in the dreadful Fast and Furious movies, generally TV shows wont show reckless/fast driving and the days of "the car is the star" are long gone.
@@Markycarandbikestuff I apologise Marky i thought you was being a smartass lol. I been driving since 1983 and in lorry's since a young child with my dad all over and in many many lorries really old ones with no power steering and big steering wheels to ones in the 1979. My dad drove till he retired he was stuck in France during the dockers strike. He said the dockers were ok they even had lorry v docker boxing matches he was back from Italy . He once brought a 19 year old very pretty Polish girl to Britain she was nice to him. I never took the HGV passed bike test 1999 had accident 2001 lost my right leg and many other injury's. I think most dangerous time to drive is in the evening and late evening.The cars are like rockets now in the hands of inexperienced drivers.
Terrible cars, terrible chase. with clearly speeded up film to make it look faster. The suspension on those things was like a mattress and don't get me started on those 'short-shift' gear sticks.
I used to love watching this show when I was a kid. 👌😎
My Dad was a Traffic cop at the time and would regularly rock up in a BMW528i for his break time.
He had previously drove the Triumph as well but the BMW apparently was on another level performance wise.
RIP Sgt Peter Mawdsley. ❤️
We played the professionals at school & lord help the 3rd lad wanting to play cos they were Cowley!!!
How you doing drew? It's the other drew from up in Carlisle mate😂😂😂😂
@@MrDREWASIDE I'm very well thank you buddy. How's life treating you?
Fuel injected Triumph 2.5PI, as used by the Met Police. Super fast when the injection system is properly set up. Capable in excess of 125mph with manual/overdrive running on five star fuel and 0-60 in just under 8 seconds. 80-100 in direct top simply unmatched by any saloon of the day except an XJ12 or Double Six. All stats given in the magazines get the performance of this model wrong. Twin carb versions were breathlessly fussy above 3,700 rpm on what is an unusually long stroke engine, but with the early pre- '73 PI system, the engine revs smoothly right up to the 5,850 rpm red-line when on-song; usually on a hot, late afternoon in the summer. Best car I ever owned.
@@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 the cars in this video are a 1978 Ford Capri 3.0 S, and a 1971 Triumph 2500 PI, the Capri being 44 years old and the triumph 51 years old. So yes your modern car will be faster than cars that are 44 and 50 years old, what’s your point? Cars in the future will be faster than your fiesta.
@@Mk7adxm My current sober Lexus GS will leave my beloved old 83 Cavalier SRi for dead. Yet that thing seemed so much quicker at the time! Agreed...you can't compare different generations for performance at all. Both the Ford and the Triumph were two of the fastest cars on the market at the time...
Yeh my dad used to race one. A mk1. 2.5pi and he towled up the pack. I have a photo of him overtaking some turbo porche. He was quite proud of the car that day. Early on in his racing it there really wasnt a car in his class that could go up against the triumph on the track.
I had two of them
So, faster than the much lighter and more powerful triumph tr6.
See Ford, now this IS a proper Capri.... not that yellow crap VW that you have called the Capri in 2024!
Just as bad as making an SUV and calling it a 'mustang'
@@dbkingg99 exactly, or Puma, or even Cougar (silly spelling or not). What a stupid thing to do!
What's next; a rebadged, large luxury VW/Audi SUV EV or van that Ford will likely name as the 'GT40' 😂
Luvved how Bodie took every opportunity every episode to do a roll and shoot.
Top notch entertainment and one if the biggest reasons for the popularity of the Capri IMHO
I had a Ford Capri 3.0s in JPS colours, in the day a Brilliant car, and the Professional's brilliant tv drama.
They didn't make a 3.0 S in JPS colours. They were two separate models.
@@liverpoolscottish6430 talking rubbish mate, I had one so I should know, they were rear .
@@liverpoolscottish6430 ford capri 3.0s mk2 JPS 1978, do your research, maybe your not old enough.
Ah good old Commander Straker! RIP Ed.
Klaus Hergersheimer from G section 😊
R.I.P Lewis Collins From CI5 Professionals Bodie You Was a True Legend & Will Always Be Remembered as a True Legend Gentleman
That Capri still looks as good today as it did in the 70s. The new electric Capri, it will never sell as good as the 1970s version
Real cars, the Granada, the TR7, the Triumph 2500, the Capri - when cars had character. Christ even the fucking Allegro at least had the decency to at least look 'different'.
Good point, at the time they were junkers
Now they get attention.
@@jjohnson-stoker Yeah, the old 'All agrro' with it's "Square steering wheel" that everyone laughed at. But several luxury roadsters now have the same.
Pretty much everyone in the '70's or '80's could name a character just by his car. Ian Ogilvy's 'Simon Templar' in 'The Saint' with his white Jaguar XJS, Bodie with his Capri, Doyle with his TR7, The Sweeny with their For Granada, there was also the obligatory 'S-type jag' that was the villain's get away car.
The TR7 was a bag of shite. One of the most unreliable cars that i ever had. Was originally supposed to have the 16 valve dolly sprint set up. Instead BL opted for 8 valve..
@@theostickley6492 It was also fucked up by a load of US safety specs (such as a having to have a hard top) that made it a moose of a car.
Owned two triumph 2500s back in my 20s. Loved the speed sound and style over the ford's of my boy racer days.
The second car chase was even more thrilling. Love it.
Agreed, can’t beat em.
Both beautiful cars from history that crap all over modern cars for style ♥️
I can't believe those Rostyle wheel trims stayed on the Triumph PI, mine used to come off the Vitesse running over cats eyes!
Both action-packed car chase sequences featured here were actually from the same episode of The Professionals titled Man Without a Past.
The Ford Capri driven by Bodie (portrayed by the late Lewis Collins) is quite a cool car.
The very same incidental music was used on both these action-packed car chase sequences of the Man Without a Past episode of The Professionals.
An American plainclothes FBI officer (portrayed by the late Ed Bishop) was behind the wheel of a Triumph 2000 or 2500 sedan.
I like watching these 2 action-packed car car chase scenes.
Cool stuff.
Seen this episode a few times, never clicked on it was Commander Straker until I read your comment 😂
Triumph 2000 I think. Even a 2.5 pi wouldnt keep up with a 3lt capri.
@@davidfarmer2049 It's a 2.5 Pi and a well sorted one would eat the Capri for breakfast !!
@@2000mk1 ok........... peace.
I loved watching the series. Here in Germany it was called "Die Profis" and in the '80s I had the rare opportunity to talk to Lewis in Bochum, where he announced his movie "Das Kommando".
AKA "Who Dares Wins".
Now that's a Capri.
yep complete with axel tramp and oversteer!!
@@knoxyish Yet they managed to be highly successful in Touring car Racing in the late 70's at the hands of Gordon Spice etc, beating Rover SD1's and Triumph Dolomites etc, and not a bag of cement in sight.
What a great looking car the capris were. I used to get a lift to work in one when I was an apprentice.
Both Capris used in the series are currently up for sale at Silverstone auctions according to Harrys garage
One careful owner, never been raced...
they can stay there !!!
£186,000 for the two. Not bad.
Those Triumphs could shift as well.
yep they could
I had a white 79 3.0 S years ago in the mid 80s .. loved it.
Can’t beat a 3.0 Capri, my dads had a 3.0 Ghia mk2, and several mk3 2.0 S, and a 2.8i but never a 3.0S, also I have some other videos on here you might like👍🏻
@@Mk7adxm the ghia automatic?
@@davidfarmer2049 it was, yeah, most of the Capri Ghias are automatic.
@@Mk7adxmyes I know. what was the top gear? 20 mph/1000? 21?
I had both a Capri and a Triumph 2000. The Triumph had superior handling, the Capri was widely regarded as being a mark 2 Cortina in drag.
BIG 3.0S ALL THE WAY
Agreed. I had a 1980 3.0S when I was in my early twenties. Bloody loved it!
@@captainbimble I have owned 32 capris and I,m still the proud owner of 3
A 1979 black 3.0s,Brooklands 280 turbo and a black Tickford love capris so unique ❤️❤️❤️
For a 3 litre engine under 140 BHP, well, you certainly can tell it was a last century car! Mind, it was quite a force to reckoned with back in the day though! Think the professionals was an excellent promotion for this car Very similar to what the Italian Job did for the mini Cooper!
Used to have a 2.0s…….you could slide it with the back end out round every corner when it was raining if you felt like it
Capri’s reg now comes back as a Porsche 911 GT3 RS 2016 plate
The triumph was a superb car , .....not just good , much better than just good , ...in the right hands it was unbeatable
Had a 3 litre Capri was only 138 bhp. Back end moved all over the place! Later got the 2.9i Granada that output 150bhp. Thought they were quick at the time though
I suspect the stuntmen driving in this chase were Val Musetti, Triumph 2500, Colin Skeaping, Capri 3.0S. Two of Britain's leading film/TV stuntmen at the time.
To all the experts on here saying that's a 2.0 Capri and not a 3.0 you can clearly see the right hand tail pipe right at the start of the clip, four cylinder Capri's had the exhaust tailpipe on the left hand side (except the Mk1), tailpipe on the right gives it away as a 3.0. You can also clearly see the two pipes at 2:04.
Sounds like a V6 too. Definitely a 3.0
Sadly we won't see the Capri or poor Lewis Collins again 😢
Lots of rolling and pitching.
Salutes to stunt drivers these years...
he wasnt around a lot as my DNA providers split when i was a kid but i always remember the cars my Dad used to turn up in in the late 70s and early 80s, capris, cortinas, a triumph, one JAAAG (i think that was the one i sat on his knee in and steered it down the road at the back of the house, stuff Health and Safety lol) , and a volvo (went to pick that up with him) watching the professionals and sweeney always reminds me of them.
Interesting that was shot in Mill Hill NW7 where I grew up. I don’t remember any of that happening. Plenty of the Morse Jaguar back in the day as it was based in Elstree Studios.
Had a Capri once, best car I had
LoL 😅 that commando roll...
R.I.P. Lewis Collins.......oh 👍👍👍👍 yeah.
2:01 : the capri loses easily the traction, while the triumph even if it rolls, it is nevertheless stuck on the road. better handling characteristics for the triumph.
😂
@Mark Morrissey you must be getting loads of crap from othee drivers because you are slow mate with your capri. Capri is best when meant for clothes. It would suit you.
@@Kerveros1904 triumph doesn't touch that Capri, style wise mate
@@mr.summerset8054 Your personal opinion. Michelotti's design is timeless and light years ahead from capri styling. This is a public opinion.
I suspect the tow bar caused the Triumphs rear end bias! Thanks for the HD
Fantastic video this is why we love Capris. I've shared it on the Capri group's on Facebook I hope you don't mind. 👍
Cheers, and yeah that’s absoloutley fine👍🏻
@@Mk7adxm watching the professionals was one of the reasons why I wanted a Capri now I've got 2 lol. 👍
Yeah it’s one of the many reasons I wanted mine too, you can’t beat watching top things like the professionals, the Sweeney, Starsky and hutch, dukes of hazard etc.
Great seeing all these old motors especially the Capri 💓
My dad drove a Capri and my mum drove a Triumph 2500 when I was a kid. Must of been big fans of The Professionals.
Why does the Trumph look like it’s struggling to stay on the road.😂😂
The gear shift throw on the Capri 😂 it’s comical like an old Foden…
lewis had a three-litre lip gurn on throughout all those chase scenes.
Exhilerating or what! I thought the way Bodie ran up to the Triumph and flung the door open was very fast. I would have struggled to open the damn door!
Commander Straker
The Ford looked the better car in the corners looking at that
this always gets me about The Professionals , bad mean gangsters in a Marina or Triumph , at least give them a Merc or Jag
That Triumph looked like a waterbed on wheels. 😁
Bodie in full pout mode!
Apparently, rumour has it the someone on the production team bought the Triumph afterwards, & used it as a daily runaround. Does not however show on the DVLA website, so can't be absolutely sure if it exists or not.
Triumph 2500PI
The plastic timing disc for the injection used to brwak on the p.i abit regular but they were nippy alright.
Mechanical fuel injection in the 2.5 PI. It looks like its 10 years older than the capri. Learned to drive in my dads 2000 TC
If it was a manual pi set up no contest they were quick in excess of 125 with suspension set up they handle,with a TR6 cam 150 horse or more😊😊
I thought the Capri in this idea was the 2.8i
Straker out of UFO!
Possibly chose the Triumph as a dirty dig to BL for messing them about in the first series.
Had a Blue 1978 3.0S in 1993, paid £700 for it,
Had a 3.0 ghia w reg
Auto but only £350
1st car bit of a knacker
In 1993 Coventry
WHEN BRITAIN WAS BRITISH
🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 😎
I LIKED THE SCENE
The Triumph 2500 looks like a car for the bad guys whereas the Ford Capri looks like the car for the good guys.
Proper cars😃😃😁
That Capri must have a couple of bags of sand in the boot, big ones.
I’ll have a Mk1 Golf GTI thanks
That wouldn’t do 130 mph though would it? My mark 2 3.0 litre Ghia did. Downside was the brakes were rubbish and it was an auto.
Proper cars
Wares the mk2 rs2000, far better times back in those days
Awesome
👍👍
Why would the FBI need a towbar?!
I want bodies Porsche watch
Plenty of under steer
Don't make em like they used to! Both the cars and TV program.
Leaf springs 😂
No, independent rear suspension using trailing arms and sliding spline shafts with coil springs and dampers. In other words, the same set-up as a modern BMW. Triumph were well ahead of the game at the time with what had been brought out in 1963 with the Mk1 Triumph 2000 saloon. Later on, the 1975-77 2500S used firmer coils and shocks and had less roll, but both stuck to the road well. They were designed for comfort and to absorb road bumps, which they certainly could.
@@britishcomposersReferring to the Capri ... .. .
Some properly good driving here, you can see the Capri driver brake hard as late possible to get weight on the front end before the handbrake turn. Respect!
Contrary to the impression the film gives, the Triumph is a much better handling car than the Capri
As was the Opel Manta, still like the Capri though.
CI5 one, FBI nil. 😁♥️
Hmm… not quite a mustang and a charger…
Is that Capri a 2.0 S or 3.0 S? Couldn't see two tail pipes and didn't sound like a V6.
It was a 3.0S, back in the days when two tail pipes was something special, now every ugly, modern pile of shite has them.
Bodie's...
Oh Gavin what have you done with your hair and are you trying to act ard?
The 2.5 pi was a better chassis of course, but it did look crap,.so.who cares!
That's a 2 litre s ,the gold one was a 3 litre
Pretty sure the Capri was a 2L not a 3
Definitely a 3.0.
They only used 3.0 Capris in The Professionals as their main cars. Tommy had a black, 1.6 MK2 though.
Mechanical fuel injection.
It's not a 3 litre it's a 2 litre Capri
It's a 3.0
It's very obviously a 3.0
:)
It would no even been near the Capri if you could drive
I would understand if you could spell.
Are these motors straight sixes?
I'd have my old Calibre V6 back if I could, auto, you could drive up to Scotland and still get out of it refreshed. Low life insured driver wrote it off.🤬
The Capri is a V6. The Triumph is a straight six.
An example of terrible driving .
Wow, really ?, on a TV show ?, Wow, would never have guessed.
@@Markycarandbikestuff Thank you Marky for your observation .Drivers on tv or films tend to give a wrong attitude to young thick drivers. When you been driving as long as me you will understand .
@@SuperBigwinston Sorry, i was being sarcastic, been driving myself since 1988, been driving HGV's for 26 years and passed my bike test 4 years ago, know what you mean though, there is a generation that act like they are in the dreadful Fast and Furious movies, generally TV shows wont show reckless/fast driving and the days of "the car is the star" are long gone.
@@Markycarandbikestuff I apologise Marky i thought you was being a smartass lol. I been driving since 1983 and in lorry's since a young child with my dad all over and in many many lorries really old ones with no power steering and big steering wheels to ones in the 1979. My dad drove till he retired he was stuck in France during the dockers strike. He said the dockers were ok they even had lorry v docker boxing matches he was back from Italy . He once brought a 19 year old very pretty Polish girl to Britain she was nice to him. I never took the HGV passed bike test 1999 had accident 2001 lost my right leg and many other injury's. I think most dangerous time to drive is in the evening and late evening.The cars are like rockets now in the hands of inexperienced drivers.
Proper cars, not like the gay, vegan electric shite we get now! Someone turn the clock back to the 80s ffs………
Terrible cars, terrible chase. with clearly speeded up film to make it look faster. The suspension on those things was like a mattress and don't get me started on those 'short-shift' gear sticks.