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Offline Oguerrerob

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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #125 on: December 13, 2010, 01:57:50 PM »
Music is left!
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #126 on: December 13, 2010, 01:57:59 PM »
So it must be music... a kind of driving beat box?
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #127 on: December 13, 2010, 01:59:48 PM »
The model name is connected to music, but not to beat-boxing, which came much later than this car.

I finally feel we are getting close to the correct answer, so the race is now on.  Good luck all!
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #128 on: December 13, 2010, 02:00:32 PM »
Steel band
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #129 on: December 13, 2010, 02:02:00 PM »
Ska?
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #130 on: December 13, 2010, 02:02:21 PM »
Not that (Vauxhall Steel Band would be an odd name for a car), but keep on trying...
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #131 on: December 13, 2010, 02:02:33 PM »
Or Salsa
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #132 on: December 13, 2010, 02:02:56 PM »
Calypso?
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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #133 on: December 13, 2010, 02:08:51 PM »
OK, stop the race!  Allemano has got it, at long last!  Sorry Oguerrerob, and well done Allemano.  Christmas has come early, so two points to you ;D   :applause: :applause:

This is the Vauxhall Calypso, a second-generation BTV for the Philippines and Caribbeen markets. It was planned to replace the previous GM BTVs from the early 1970s which used Vauxhall Viva running gear.  

I will post some more photos of the car shortly, but for the moment here is one revealing the name on the side of the body.

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Re: Djetset #250 Anniversary Edition - It's a Vauxhall, but not as we know it!
« Reply #134 on: December 13, 2010, 02:13:45 PM »
Thank you! Calypso seemed sound to me, but anyway: it was sheer luck!
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Re: SOLVED (at last!): Djetset #250 - Vauxhall Calypso BTV proposal
« Reply #135 on: December 13, 2010, 06:30:01 PM »
Please excuse my ignorance, but what does BTV stand for?  Beach Taxi Vehicle perhaps?
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Re: SOLVED (at last!): Djetset #250 - Vauxhall Calypso BTV proposal
« Reply #136 on: December 13, 2010, 11:50:50 PM »
Basic Transportation Vehicle
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Re: SOLVED (at last!): Djetset #250 - Vauxhall Calypso BTV proposal
« Reply #137 on: December 14, 2010, 12:25:44 AM »
HALLELUJA!


This is the most stylish attemt for a BTV I´ve ever seen.
I wonder if it would have had a chance really.
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