"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/31/2018 at 06:59 • Filed to: Austin, hour rule | 0 | 10 |
Austin ‘landcrab’
kanadanmajava1
> pip bip - choose Corrour
01/31/2018 at 08:04 | 1 |
In Finland these had a nickname of Hiiva-Mini which translates to Yeast-Mini.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> kanadanmajava1
01/31/2018 at 08:06 | 0 |
wtf?
i’d like to know more about why it was called that
kanadanmajava1
> pip bip - choose Corrour
01/31/2018 at 08:38 | 2 |
A popular Finnish desert is cardamom bun. It uses yeast as ingredients and it expands wildly during the process.
fintail
> pip bip - choose Corrour
01/31/2018 at 09:19 | 1 |
Just imagine it stuck in a roundabout or backing into Stonehenge:
AuthiCooper1300
> fintail
01/31/2018 at 13:53 | 0 |
That yellow car is not a “Landcrab” (ADO17) but an Austin Maxi (ADO14), which appeared five years later (1964 vs 1969).
Identical concept and layout (and used exactly the same doors as the Landcrab) but a different car; indeed, smaller than the ADO17 in all relevant dimensions.
fintail
> AuthiCooper1300
01/31/2018 at 14:12 | 0 |
Interesting, I assumed it was just an updated model based on the window and door shapes. I learned something.
AuthiCooper1300
> fintail
01/31/2018 at 14:20 | 0 |
I confess I used to make the same mistake until I started researching the Landcrab (an exceedingly interesting car... if you are into Minis and such).
I’ve been told both Maxis and Landcrabs have astonishingly good road manners.
Pretty sure I could learn a lot about vintage Mercs!
fintail
> AuthiCooper1300
01/31/2018 at 14:25 | 1 |
A handful were sold in NA back in the day, I know there’s at least one earlier car in my area. Unique tech in them, indeed.
The pictured car is from “European Vacation”, a classic if you are into 80s humor. Here it is with an amusingly under-scaled Stonehenge:
AuthiCooper1300
> fintail
01/31/2018 at 14:30 | 1 |
I wondered if there was some film reference or something like that when you mentioned Stonehenge!
I do remember Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo were in it but I don’t think I have ever watched it (most likely not, I wouldn’t have forgotten about the Maxi.)
fintail
> AuthiCooper1300
01/31/2018 at 15:47 | 1 |
It’s worth it if you aren’t expecting an intellectual masterpiece. It is full of funny stereotypes, and is old enough be loaded with now-vintage cars. In my opinion, pretty underappreciated.
The Maxi gets banged up when hitting a Consul:
And then a Fiat: