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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Bob Purton on April 08, 2013, 02:10:31 PM
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Many of you will know this I'm sure but what is the connection between this picture and microcars?
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Romantic escapades are apparently just as difficult and awkward? ???
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Jim bowen ? Bullseye catchphrase - 3 in a bed ? Jim bowen once owned a heinkel ?
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I know Jim knows the answer and is keeping quite. Good man!
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Hi Bob
Is it something to do with the Hooter?
Mike
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enzo rivolta ?
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Hi Bob
Is it something to do with the Hooter?
Mike
There's the first clue given by Goggo.
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Nothing to do with Arthur Askey. ;)
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i better ask stuart :D ;)
i am also a good man - i won't say either :D
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Being an autojumbler there is no excuse for you not knowing Richard.
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bob - i dont class myself as an autojumbler i may attend one other during the year , otherwise it's it's pretty much Beaulieu twice yearly for me . anyway i have no idea at all so give us a clue :)
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Lead piping.
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Billiard Room?
Stuart is here at the moment. He has come up with a load of answers I have not heard of as well as the one I thought it was. So we will keep schtum for the moment. Tomorrow is a shed emptying day! Quickly followed by shed filling probably but that is not what Stuarts here for!
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well simple mind at work arthur askey leads me to busy busy bee , italian by the look of the photo so that leads to vespa ? does it thats a wasp though isn't it ? so does that get me to vespa 400 ? i dont get hooter and lead piping as clues obviously missing an awful lot here .so probably miles off
aah reference to lead piping is ref. cluedo of course !professor peacock so that leaves the hooter clue hmmmmm
ah als just messaged that before i got there i have just seen
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Hooter and Arthur Askey are both glaringly obvious clues.
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Is there a Micro car called a Stinker? What a Hoot if there were.
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What sound does a hooter make?
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It depends on wether you have a cold or not. Oh sorry. snot funny!
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No clearer to me bob , a hooter makes a hoot
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No! An owl makes a Hoot!! What sound does a friendly liittle microcar make?
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Well there was a well known record called beep beep but that noise was made on a horn according to the vocals.I do not know what noise a hooter makes if not a hoot
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Give me strength!!! And who was the record by?
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The Bunnies?
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There were 2 versions and I forget which is which one sings of a cadillac and a nash rambler and one of a bubblecar and a limousine . Playmates or checkmates I think depending which so I do hope you have the right one bob . Was the bubblecar version an english version. As I recall a nash rambler is an austin metropolitan to us in uk but not what we call a micro .
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Okay so we have it playmates sang the other one so these are the checkmates then ?
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Were the Checkmates from Castleford or Bishops Castle too? Such a chequered career of near hits.
Knights in white Linen.
The Port of the Crimson King
Pawn in the USA
Cila Queen, Chuck
I am sure there are others I have forgotten.
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No clearer to me bob , a hooter makes a hoot
What sound does a Horn make then? If only English were logical.
Honk? Changes the song completely. Ah I have it AC Delboy Beeper as used to cover naughty language in Reliant vans and suitable retro fit for some bubblecars. Caution if Goggo or Victoria might interfere with gear selection.
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No,Richard, the picture is of the Playmates, Checkmates? I was under the impression that they were the same group?I think the song was rerecorded for the European market using the term Bubblecar because a Nash Metropolitain was a normal sized car in Europe so the song would have made less sense. Well, its the Bubblecar version thats the microcar connection. Well spotted though that there were two versions. Now what prize shall I award you? How about I send you a Villiers S25 carb? Oh just remembered , thats yours anyway! :D
Just found this on wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beep_Beep_%28song%29
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I wonder if cadillac objected and they changed it for uk. But if the same group why would they change names. . Yep if you buy the record beep.beep best to buy the bubblecar version . Odd to play it and find no mention of a bubblecar at all .oh just a thought despite getting there eventually despite a rubbish clue from goggo ;) I still have no idea about the arthur askey clue - despite him being a liverpuddlian
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I think the song was rerecorded for the European market using the term Bubblecar because a Nash Metropolitain was a normal sized car in Europe so the song would have made less sense.
Ah the Nash Metropolitan. Styled as the saloon version of the Commer Van with the wheels so far under the body they look like they are the other side of the car. Yet not triple coloured enough to be Italian confection ice cream. A wafer either side just would not help, sadly. A noble failure to combine American handling with best of sophisticated British engineering that should have been left at Dunkirk, all in a crisp design that went out of date before the paint was dry. Yes it compares well with some Microcars but not with the Bubblecar of the 'Euro' version which was trying something new out, hence the hype of the song. The fact it was a hit in the very place responsible for the clunker in the other song, when better designs were available, really is just all rather deliciously ironic and portending of the end of our complacent car industry. Beeb beeb, indeed!
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I wonder if cadillac objected and they changed it for uk. But if the same group why would they change names. . Yep if you buy the record beep.beep best to buy the bubblecar version . Odd to play it and find no mention of a bubblecar at all .oh just a thought despite getting there eventually despite a rubbish clue from goggo ;) I still have no idea about the arthur askey clue - despite him being a liverpuddlian
Was it not Cadillac that gave an Isetta away to buyers of the top of the range swank tank?
Recording artists like to keep their options open and/or the band name Playmates might have been registered in America.
Arthur Askey on the radio 'Hello Playmates!'? The thing I remember is the ongoing scandel of he and the Queen Mother never being seen in the same room together. A Private Eye / Peter Cook spoof which was rather funny.
Not much to do with rare cars but an amusing diversion.
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Al what makes a noise beeb beeb are you now taking the P ? Okay got the askey thing but golly you have to be very old - I am not !
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You dont have to be old to acquire knowledge Richard. Look at Stuart ,21 and knows everything ! ;) It has to be said that you were the last person on the entire forum to get the puzzle and should be thoroughly ashamed! Worse still, you try and shift the blame on your best playmate Goggo! Stuart was right, the old duffers know nought! :D :D :D
RE name change in the Beep record, the Wiki quote mentions that it was the BBC that wouldn't play a record that mentioned a specific brand name and that's why the record was re-recorded using Limousine and bubblecar. The vocals sound identical so I'm sure the checkmates are the playmates.
Who is going to post the next puzzle?
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Ah the Nash Metropolitan.
I think you can expect death threats, at the very least, from the USA for this disrespect. I know (in the electronic not biblical sense, you understand) two Merkan Metropolitan owners and the slightest criticism brings down instant wrath.
But then I guess if I owned such a poor car, I would want to stamp out criticism before it got properly started too, otherwise it would take over one's life.
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Al what makes a noise beeb beeb are you now taking the P ? Okay got the askey thing but golly you have to be very old - I am not !
'Beebly beebly. OK Buck'. Buck Rodgers in 25th century.
Not sure. Dad used to listen to all this stuff on the radio. So if it were on in 1960 I will remember it. Billy Cotton, Goons, Billy Clithroe etc. AA also appeared on TV doing his act. Royal Command and Good Old Days etc. These things all depend on your families tastes and if you found the person of interest enough to circumvent family opinion.
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Ah the Nash Metropolitan.
I think you can expect death threats, at the very least, from the USA for this disrespect. I know (in the electronic not biblical sense, you understand) two Merkan Metropolitan owners and the slightest criticism brings down instant wrath.
But then I guess if I owned such a poor car, I would want to stamp out criticism before it got properly started too, otherwise it would take over one's life.
I am renowned for my fair minded bias. The have their good points. They look nice parked in two tone colours. They rust badly so they are rare. Most of them are not here. That said my mate has coupe in his haystack with a sebring frogeyed Sprite.
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Not a puzzle but a nice record cover.
https://www.facebook.com/coversgalore
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I luv them! I cant say I've ever driven one but they certainly look nice, I particularly like the door pressings, turquoise and white would be my colour choice. Lets face it, most cars from that period would not have been good to drive!
Here's an odd thing, when ever i use the word colour the spell check flags it up as the wrong spelling, another thing we have the Americans to thank for as well as the Nash.
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Right moderator purton :) let's try and put this one to bed first . I was one of very very few on this forum that knew that the playmates as such never recorded a micro related single ! Last on the forum to get it ! I was the first to mention checkmates and of the 446 members of the forum fairly near the top actually . At any one time there are usually between 30 and 60 reading this forum. As for spellcheck ! If you have it fgs why do you so often override it ;D ;D ;D
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Ha ha!! That had the desired effect and rattled your cage, good job we are friends!! :D
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With friends like that who needs enemies :D anyway I like a guy who is not a sore loser :D I am now planning my return challenge
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Forum quiz what does big al have in common with the Bobette - they both have no filter ;)
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He has a sense of humour that others need to cultivate.
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Forum quiz what does big al have in common with the Bobette - they both have no filter ;)
Its Gauze and effect, Richard.
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I suspect he may have run out of medication.
Bobette does have a filter, young Planty found me one!
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Certainly didn't mean to strain the atmosphere if you meant me rob . You can't really say we are short of ,what passes for, humour on this site :) only the other day I heard someone saying what a funny lot we were on here ;D