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Old 6th July 2007, 11:11   #1111
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Old 6th July 2007, 11:27   #1112
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ID 272 is easy.
Its written London Motor Omnibus.
Its B Type AEC open top
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Old 6th July 2007, 11:33   #1113
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ID 272 is easy.
Its written London Motor Omnibus.
Its B Type AEC open top
I thought we guessed the make of the vehicle here whereas "Vanguard London Motor Omnibus" is the operator who bought these buses from a company.
If I post a Yellow and Black Fiat you wouldn't identify it as a "Mumbai Taxi" right ?

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hey guys how do u paste photos into the message?
i can only put the url
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I thought we guessed the make of the vehicle here whereas "Vanguard London Motor Omnibus" is the operator who bought these buses from a company.
If I post a Yellow and Black Fiat you wouldn't identify it as a "Mumbai Taxi" right ?
thats why I added B type AEC open top
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Old 6th July 2007, 14:08   #1116
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thats why I added B type AEC open top
ID 272: Milnes-Daimler double-decker bus.

See this link for details.



I thought I will confuse people with the Vanguard advertisements seen on the sides

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hey guys how do u paste photos into the message?
i can only put the url
go to the Team-Bhp FAQ and read about it its explainsed there in detail and really simple. You have to choose the right link from the website you are uploading it from.
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go to the Team-Bhp FAQ and read about it its explainsed there in detail and really simple. You have to choose the right link from the website you are uploading it from.
Here is the link

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/announ...-team-bhp.html
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Old 24th July 2007, 07:47   #1119
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ID:273

What is this baby blue car with the white soft top?
Year, Make and Model please!

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ID 273: 1963 Pontiac Tempest LeMans Convertible
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Old 24th July 2007, 12:34   #1121
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Excellent iraghava! You recognized it spot on!
Now, what is this mint green convertible?
Year, Make and Model please!

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ID 274: 1965 Buick Special Convertible
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Old 24th July 2007, 14:04   #1123
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This connects ID:273 and ID:274

You're very good iraghava! But I got you this time around.
ID:274 is a mint green 1964 Buick Skylark convertible.

Did you see the 1992 movie "My cousin Vinny" starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei and Fred Gwynne?

Here's the moment-of-truth dialogue in the courthouse.

Vinny Gambini: Ms. Vito, it has been argued by me, the defense, that two sets of guys met up at the Sac-O-Suds, at the same time, driving identical metallic mint green 1964 Buick Skylark convertibles. Now, can you tell us by what you see in this picture, if the defense's case holds water?

[Lisa examines the picture]
Vinny Gambini: Ms. Vito, please answer the question: does the defense's case hold water?

Mona Lisa Vito: No! The defense is wrong!

Vinny Gambini: Are you sure?

Mona Lisa Vito: I'm positive.

Vinny Gambini: How could you be so sure?

Mona Lisa Vito: Because there is no way that these tire marks were made by a '64 Buick Skylark convertible. These marks were made by a 1963 Pontiac Tempest.

D.A. Jim Trotter: Objection, Your Honor! Can we clarify to the court whether the witness is stating opinion or fact?

Judge Chamberlain Haller: This is your opinion?

Mona Lisa Vito: It's a fact!

Vinny Gambini: I find it hard to believe that this kind of information could be ascertained simply by looking at a picture!

Mona Lisa Vito: Would you like me to explain?

Vinny Gambini: I would love to hear this!

Judge Chamberlain Haller: So would I.

Mona Lisa Vito: The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make these marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark!

Vinny Gambini: And why not? What is positraction?

Mona Lisa Vito: It's a limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing.

[the jury members nod, with murmurs of "yes," "that's right," etc]

Vinny Gambini: Is that it?

Mona Lisa Vito: No, there's more! You see where the left tire mark goes up on the curb and the right tire mark stays flat and even?
Well, the '64 Skylark had a solid rear axle, so when the left tire would go up on the curb, the right tire would tilt out and ride along its edge. But that didn't happen here. The tire mark stayed flat and even. This car had an independent rear suspension. Now, in the '60's, there were only two other cars made in America that had positraction, and independent rear suspension, and enough power to make these marks.

One was the Corvette, which could never be confused with the Buick Skylark. The other had the same body length, height, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the '64 Skylark, and that was the 1963 Pontiac Tempest.

Vinny Gambini: And because both cars were made by GM, were both cars available in metallic mint green paint?
Mona Lisa Vito: They were!

Vinny Gambini: Thank you, Ms. Vito. No more questions. Thank you very much.

[kissing her hands]
Vinny Gambini: You've been a lovely, lovely witness.
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Old 24th July 2007, 16:56   #1124
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Thanks Ram but I'm not that good! I knew they were of the mid-60's Buick family but could not determine for absolutely sure that whether it was the Skylark or the Limited.

Will also later post the pic that led me to think that this car was a Limited.
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You're very good iraghava! But I got you this time around.
ID:274 is a mint green 1964 Buick Skylark convertible.

Did you see the 1992 movie "My cousin Vinny" starring Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei and Fred Gwynne?

A very memorable scene. I remember it vividly
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