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- H-H-Hello again folks.
B-B-Brains here.
Welcome to another e-e-episode of Century 21 Tech Talk.
In this b-b-briefing, we're gonna be discussing
the technical specifications of F-F-Fab 1.
Fab 1 is London Agent, Lady Penelope's Rolls-Royce
but it is far from an ordinary automobile.
Perhaps the best person to tell you more about it,
is the man who operates the vehicle.
International Rescue's other London Agent,
Aloysius Parker.
- 'Ello everyone, Parker speaking.
Brains has asked me to give you the low down
on Fab 1's classified gear.
And I'm more than happy to oblige.
As Lady Penelope's (mumbles),
I'm in charge of driving this here machine
and a nifty bit of kit it is too.
It's 21 feet long.
Big for the average motor,
even in the 21st Century.
With my, uh, foot down,
I've got it moving at over 200 mile an hour.
Her Ladyship did that once too
but, uh, that particular assignment
is probably best forgotten.
A souped-up engine is just the tip of the iceberg.
The head tyre chassis is bullet and bomb proof.
Pretty handy when some diabolical villain
is up to their dirty tricks.
The front end of the car is packed with some
really hefty hardware.
The radiator grill houses an high-powered machine canon.
Just the thing for shooting down hostile heli-jets.
There are also two machine guns.
One on either side of the car
hidden behind the headlights.
These guns can be aimed using a special targeting sight
that pops up when the guns are armed.
The famous, Spirit of Ecstasy, acts as a signal locator
capable of tracking small devices
placed on a target person or ve-hicle.
Now, how about we move to the rear of the vehicle.
It's just as impressive as the front end.
That's for sure.
For starters, we have two smoke-screen canisters.
Ideal for losing nosy blighters trailing Fab 1.
Next, we have the oil slick dispenser.
A real slippery customer
for anyone who gets too close for comfort.
Then, if they really haven't taken the hint
and look to be bad trouble,
the pair of rear-facing machine guns
will sort them out with no problems at all.
IF we happen to cross someone trapped in a tight spot,
Fab 1 is equipped with a pair of harpoon launchers
attached to solid steel cables.
Strong enough to move most of the obstacles
we're likely to face in our unique land of work.
And I almost forgot.
The boot of the car has an hydraulic lift platform
that can be raised to gain access to high places.
As you'd imagine, Fab 1 spends most of its time on the road
but the vehicle is adapted
to traverse other kinds of terrain just as easily.
The underside of the car is almost as interesting
as the top.
A set of hydrofoils can be lowered
when we need to travel on water
and we haven't brought Fab 2.
It may weigh three tonnes,
but thanks to Brains' engineering know-how,
Fab 1 floats like a dream.
When we're here on the water, a gas turbine aqua jet
propels us along at a nippy 50 knots,
which is even faster than Thunderbird 4's
surface cruising speed.
(laughs) One of these days,
I really must ask Gordon for a race,
but I'd digress.
If we're visiting colder locations
and there's a good deal of snow,
we can lower the ski's and use them to get about.
It certainly beats riding on an old-school sleigh,
I can tell you.
Like all other international rescue craft,
Fab 1 is equipped with long-range transmitters
and tele-cal facilities.
So Lady Penelope can keep in touch with headquarters
and the other Thunderbird machines.
Her ladyship and I are both very fond of Fab 1,
and you can imagine how we felt when it met its demise
during the Skyship One disaster.
However, Brains was able to re-build the car from scratch
and now, it's as good as new with some improvements
over the original.
He even joked about adding a flight mode.
But I'm not sure there was a square inch of space
left for it.
Brains Laboratory, Parker here.
- Parker, we are off on a mission again.
- Very good m'lady.
I'll meet you on the jetty.
Well that about wraps things up nicely.
I must be off now.
Another international rescue mission is just about to begin
but I hope you found this little presentation useful.
Until next time then.
Cheerio.
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