Yep,
I owned 2 of these very comfy BX stationwagons.
Back in the early sixties Trabant advertised on TV with people walking on
the roof of their newly introduced 600 model.
People danced on the roof actually.
The complete 2-stroke engined car was made out of some kind of plastic.
Was produced in the DDR till 1992.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>
To: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc: <Mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MGs in the Limelight
> Some years back, Citroen advertised the introduction of the BX model
> with its fibreglass bonnet. They showed a man standing on it and
> although it bent, it went back into shape after the weight was
> removed.
>
> Unfortunately, not all the cars were built with fibreglass bonnets --
> some had steel bonnets, which led to expensive mistakes when some
> owners attempted to duplicate the bonnet-walking shown in the adverts.
>
> Simon
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Paul Hunt<paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> In one episode of Fifth Gear (which is naff and only watched if there is
>> absolutely anything else on 150 cable channels ...) had a presenter
>> sitting
> on
>> the roof and bonnet of three cars he was talking about, new from the
>> manufacturers, and left visible dents in all of them.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>
>> I would not think that most models would be able to dent the hood
>> without
>> jumping up and down on it!
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