Peel is back

DogT · Jan 17, 2021

For those of you that remember hobot, ~~Diane Riggs~~ Diana Rigg, aka Emma Peel is back in the latest version of 'All Things Great and Small' on the Masterpiece Theater series on PBS.

Just some history revisited.

cjandme · Jan 17, 2021

My parents used to watch that show.

Dogsbody · Jan 17, 2021

How disappointing. Saw the title and thought the manufacturer of fairings and a microcar had restarted production. Mountain Mile anyone?

Fast Eddie · Jan 17, 2021

I was disappointed too... I thought Steve was back to liven things up...

Onder · Jan 18, 2021

It was the Kerowouacian style of prose that had you all so riveted...

robs ss · Jan 18, 2021

Ohh! Not what I was expecting.

EstuaryBoy · Jan 18, 2021

Dogsbody said:
How disappointing. Saw the title and thought the manufacturer of fairings and a microcar had restarted production. Mountain Mile anyone?

Those cars had STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dogsbody · Jan 18, 2021

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EstuaryBoy · Jan 18, 2021

Dogsbody said:
You can still buy one! even electric! p50cars.com – Remanufacturing the World's Smallest Car!

Bandits at 12 o'clock!!!

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Fast Eddie · Jan 18, 2021

Just goes to prove... there’s a market for f***ing ANYTHING !!

Bernhard · Jan 18, 2021

At that price I'm surprised it doesn't come with two machine gun (non working) muzzle on the front!

Craig · Jan 18, 2021

Your parents watched ???? ..... I was a faithful viewer ! and yes was thinking SS was making his return , also

DogT · Jan 18, 2021

Onder said:
It was the Kerowouacian style of prose that had you all so riveted...

I called it Dixiespeak.

DogT · Jan 18, 2021

EstuaryBoy said:
Bandits at 12 o'clock!!!

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When I was in Berlin in the early 60's in the Army, I remember seeing those Messerschmidts, the little cars with the door opening to the front, maybe even 3 wheel, I just don't remember other than seeing them. They were pretty tiny. I used to bike from Lichterfelde to Wannsee, I could probably get there about as fast.

Looking at google maps, it looks like the barracks I lived in on Finkensteinalle are still there including the '32 olympic swimming pool. Looks like some sort of museum now.

EstuaryBoy · Jan 18, 2021

DogT said:
When I was in Berlin in the early 60's in the Army, I remember seeing those Messerschmidts, the little cars with the door opening to the front, maybe even 3 wheel, I just don't remember other than seeing them. They were pretty tiny. I used to bike from Lichterfelde to Wannsee, I could probably get there about as fast.

Looking at google maps, it looks like the barracks I lived in on Finkensteinalle are still there including the '32 olympic swimming pool. Looks like some sort of museum now.

Messerscmitts opened as per the aeroplanes they grew from, Heinkel built the three wheeled 'bubble' cars with the opening front. Also made (under license?) by Trojan, my eldest sister's first car....

Dogsbody · Jan 18, 2021

I think the BMW Isetta was probably more common than the Heinkel, especially in Germany. Similar shape but the steering wheel in the BMW swung outward wtth the door, I remember working on one in the mid 1960s same engine as the 250cc bike.

74ok · Jan 30, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
I was disappointed too... I thought Steve was back to liven things up...

Peel 'progress' blog

"Buy" far bulk of Mz Peel expense, inventing and processing done or here with us in her living room. Now and then extend a socked foot and stroke the Hover art deco polished Drouin belt cover, when wife not looking. She knows there's competition but its her dilemma, being ignored by me or...

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"a few days ago retrieved Dunstall 'long dong" hollow megaphone and stuck on 2>1 header, instant HOWLLING in delight surprise/annoying wife and macaw at the Buck Rodgers Burt Monroe ray gun rocket like extension - about half a foot beyond rear tire!"

robs ss · Jan 30, 2021

84ok said:
Peel 'progress' blog

"Buy" far bulk of Mz Peel expense, inventing and processing done or here with us in her living room. Now and then extend a socked foot and stroke the Hover art deco polished Drouin belt cover, when wife not looking. She knows there's competition but its her dilemma, being ignored by me or...

www.accessnorton.com

"a few days ago retrieved Dunstall 'long dong" hollow megaphone and stuck on 2>1 header, instant HOWLLING in delight surprise/annoying wife and macaw at the Buck Rodgers Burt Monroe ray gun rocket like extension - about half a foot beyond rear tire!"

Now - that's more like Steve!!

Bernhard · Jan 30, 2021

DogT said:
When I was in Berlin in the early 60's in the Army, I remember seeing those Messerschmidts, the little cars with the door opening to the front, maybe even 3 wheel, I just don't remember other than seeing them. They were pretty tiny. I used to bike from Lichterfelde to Wannsee, I could probably get there about as fast.

Looking at google maps, it looks like the barracks I lived in on Finkensteinalle are still there including the '32 olympic swimming pool. Looks like some sort of museum now.

Messerschmidrs has a hinge on the side of the top glass,/perspex cockpit that lifts upwards towards the side. The passenger rides behind the driver whereas the BMW two people sit on a bench seat.