Not The Nine O'Clock News

[Fazer9553]

Rowan Atkinson drives a Constructor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9lmCpIzhFo

[coachman]

i remember that being shown on T.V, he had not long passed his HGV2 at the time and loved driving trucks for fun. I read an article about his great interest in cars and he made a film for T.V about the ' Bentley Boys ' in which he played the part of Tim Birkin the man famous for racing supercharged ' Blower Bentley's ' in the 1930s.

[Fazer9553]

Didn't know about the 'Bentley Boys' - will have a look for that.
Isn't R.A. well known for piling up his McLaren F1?

[Fazer9553]

I laughed at the part where Rowan almost breaks his teeth on a Yorkie bar. Here's the real Yorkie man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCeQNPJtMWY

[coastie]

Originally Posted by Fazer9553

I laughed at the part where Rowan almost breaks his teeth on a Yorkie bar. Here's the real Yorkie man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCeQNPJtMWY

The music track to this advert was released as a single and I bought a copy! (Sad eh?) It was pressed in brown vinyl as a "collectors item" but even more rare are ones pressed in brown vinyl, but are the same shape as a chunk of Yorkie. Sadly, I didn't manage to get one of those.

[Fazer9553]

Pretty darn sad coastie.

I got a free record of "I'm a Happy DAF Truck Driver" in an early '70s edition of Truck magazine. One of those floppy 7" singles.

Still got it somewhere

[robertdavey6]

Originally Posted by Fazer9553

I laughed at the part where Rowan almost breaks his teeth on a Yorkie bar. Here's the real Yorkie man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCeQNPJtMWY

There was another version, with a Leyland Landtrain(?)

[Fazer9553]

Originally Posted by robertdavey6

There was another version, with a Leyland Landtrain(?)

Ah yes .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWEuOa-0RfM

and another... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDjLNxI9vE

but this one may be more up coastie's street ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3busqVCieo

Who the heck videos these things, keeps them for 35 years and then uploads them to YouTube?

[coastie]

"but this one may be more up coastie's street ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3busqVCieo"

I'd forgotten all about that one! Many thanks for reminding me. Come to that, I'd forgotten all of those!

[coastie]

Here's the song which was released as a single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pvpdP_emks

Doesn't sound much like a truck to me!