Puzzle #1154 - 1935 MG PA called Bongazoo

guido66 · June 30, 2010, 03:58:22 PM

And therefore not a Bongaloo?

Otto Puzzell · July 01, 2010, 03:31:11 AM

That's correct. But you are tantalizing close to the actual moniker of this car!

Locked for you for 24 hours from now.

guido66 · July 01, 2010, 03:26:13 PM

Milligan special?

Otto Puzzell · July 01, 2010, 05:06:33 PM

Getting colder....

Bongaloo was almost spot-on

guido66 · July 01, 2010, 06:25:13 PM

Is it from India, just like the elephant and Spike Milligan?

Otto Puzzell · July 02, 2010, 04:19:31 AM

Not from India.

The name's the thing you were very close to.

guido66 · July 02, 2010, 04:50:52 AM

Boogaloo?

Otto Puzzell · July 02, 2010, 04:59:01 AM

http://www.youtube.com/v/uxm2oYSsFUg&hl=en_US&fs=1

No

guido66 · July 02, 2010, 05:18:39 AM

Chinaman?

woodinsight · July 02, 2010, 05:38:31 AM

Not sure if this is now open to all again but I think the answer is Bongaroo.
If correct I'm happy to give the point to Guido66 as he obviously knew the name but misspelt it slightly.

Otto Puzzell · July 02, 2010, 06:02:28 AM

It's not Bongaroo

Open to all.

guido66 · July 02, 2010, 06:13:02 AM

Bangalore?

Otto Puzzell · July 02, 2010, 12:56:32 PM

You're cracking me up!

No

guido66 · July 03, 2010, 12:35:47 PM

Bungaroo?

Paul Jaray · July 03, 2010, 12:46:51 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 17, 2009, 03:32:26 AM
A more productive path might be divining 'where is the elephant', not 'what is the elephant'.

Bungalow?

guido66 · July 03, 2010, 12:58:40 PM

I think were supposed to find out in which zoo this photo was taken

guido66 · July 03, 2010, 03:19:22 PM

Bongazoo!

It's a 1935 MG PA

Otto Puzzell · July 04, 2010, 06:46:12 AM

That's the one!

Archie Craig, the second owner, had a class record in 1953 with impressive189 km/h. The name Bongazoo came from animal in a fairy tail told by Archie Craig's Father.

And for the edification of those interested in bags of cheese, Spike Milligan, etc, here's "Bongaloo"

"What is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"
"A Bongaloo, Son," said I,
"Is a tall bag of cheese
Plus a Chinaman's knees
And the leg of a nanny goat's eye."

"How strange is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"
"As strange as strange," I replied.
"When the sun's in the West
It appears in a vest
Sailing out with the noonday tide."

"What shape is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"
"The shape, my Son, I'll explain:
It's tall round the nose
Which continually grows
In the general direction of Spain."

'Are you sure there's a Bongaloo, Daddy?'
"Am I sure, my Son?" said I.
"Why, I've seen it, not quite
On a dark sunny night

Do you think that I'd tell you a lie?

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Puzzle #1154 - 1935 MG PA called Bongazoo