Back to the future Healey style

Great Escape Classic Car Hire's fleet added to its growing tally of music video appearance with the HMC featuring in rap star JK's new video. Shot around a retro Back to the Future theme, the producers decided the iconic 1960s style HMC Healey for hire in Shropshire was perfect for the video.

JKhas just launched one of the fastest selling Bhangra albums in UK history and is filming a video to accompany each of the tracks. The video was filmed over 24 hours by a local production team from Wolverhampton. They chose the HMC because of its iconic 1960s styling and stand-out metallic blue and cream paintwork.

The shoot, which took place in and around the West Midlands, was originally scheduled for early August but had to be postponed due to the riots in the region.

Great Escape regularly provides classic cars for film, TV, video and advertising shoots.

"Classic cars are very popular props for music videos," says Graham Eason of Great Escape. "We are one of the UK's largest providers of classic cars for videos. Our cars have been used in rock, rap, folk and pop music videos."

For more details on the HMC Healey for hire in Shropshire click here or call 01527 893733.

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Wind in the hair

When a leading pensions provider wanted an image to convey the joy and freedom of retirement it turned to Great Escape Classic Car Hire for help. They decided they wanted a picture of an iconic MGB sports car offering wind in the hair fun.
From Great Escape's fleet of 50 classic cars for hire the photographer selected the company's 1971 MGB convertible in teal blue with tan interior for the shoot. Great Escape delivered the car using its own dedicated transport to Dulwich Park at 8.30am for the all day shoot.
The photographs involved two models and the car featured in virtually all the shots for the new advertising campaign.
"The image of wind in the hair classic open top motoring instantly conveys joy and freedom," explains Graham Eason of Great Escape. "This is the emotion that the advertising agency wanted to convey and we were very happy to help out."
Great Escape Classic Car Hire is the UK's largest classic car rental company with a fleet of 50 classic vehicles for rental from 6 UK locations. The company regularly provides its cars for TV and film work, including major brands such as Tesco and Clark's.
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They like driving in our car

The Great Escape Classic Car Hire Morris Minor Convertible in Suffolk is in the limelight again. This time Leigh Operatic & Dramatic Society (LODS) has hired it to film a promotional video for their production of the Madness musical Our House.

80s pop sensations Madness drove a white Morris Minor Convertible in the video for their 1982 Top 10 smash Driving in my Car. This evergreen song features in the West End musical Our House so the car was an obvious choice for the Society's video. They are using the car to promote the production by filming it driving through the town.

Great Escape Classic Car Hire worked with the society to provide the car at short notice. Our car in Suffolk is one of three identical Morris Minor convertible cars that we provide for hire (the others are in Yorkshire and Worcestershire). All three cars are identical to the car used in the Driving in my Car video - white with a burgundy roof and interior

To watch the Madness video on Youtube use the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZNSyP9vM

The LODS production of Our House is showing from 4th to 7th May 2011.

http://www.lods.co.uk/

For more information on hiring one of the Great Escape Classic Car Hire Moris Minor convertbles in Suffolk, Yorkshire or Worcestershire call 01527 893733 or visit http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk/.