Short Shorts On The Way Back!!!

[Byron]

I am indeed in accord with that observation and nothing like the Barris:
http://lyttlestreet.files.wordpress....ha-machine.png

I note that it is RHD but it is however confusing as the side panels say Beach Boys, Mini Surfer and what looks like the Barris logo.

From The Prisoner (for the uninitiated, Port Meirion Wales - a village of some fantasy created by architect Clough William Ellis):
http://www.philipsage.webspace.virgi...soner_moke.jpg

Originally intended to be a military vehicle the Moke was to imitate the American "Jeep" ( a rather daft idea with those small wheels on rough terrain). It succeeded as a popular beach buggy however and production moved from Cowley Oxfordshire to Birmingham Longbridge. After that to Italy - and ended up in Portugal where the last one rolled off the line in 1993.