SOLVED (at last!): Djetset #250 - Vauxhall Calypso BTV proposal

[Oguerrerob]

Music is left!

[Allemano]

So it must be music... a kind of driving beat box?

[Djetset]

The model name is connected to music, but not to beat-boxing, which came much later than this car.

I finally feel we are getting close to the correct answer, so the race is now on.  Good luck all!

[Oguerrerob]

Steel band

[Allemano]

Ska?

[Djetset]

Not that (Vauxhall Steel Band would be an odd name for a car), but keep on trying...

[Oguerrerob]

Or Salsa

[Allemano]

Calypso?

[Djetset]

OK, stop the race!  Allemano has got it, at long last!  Sorry Oguerrerob, and well done Allemano.  Christmas has come early, so two points to you  

This is the Vauxhall Calypso, a second-generation BTV for the Philippines and Caribbeen markets. It was planned to replace the previous GM BTVs from the early 1970s which used Vauxhall Viva running gear.  

I will post some more photos of the car shortly, but for the moment here is one revealing the name on the side of the body.

[Allemano]

Thank you! Calypso seemed sound to me, but anyway: it was sheer luck!

[D-type]

Please excuse my ignorance, but what does BTV stand for?  Beach Taxi Vehicle perhaps?

[pnegyesi]

Basic Transportation Vehicle

[grobmotorix]

HALLELUJA!


This is the most stylish attemt for a BTV I´ve ever seen.
I wonder if it would have had a chance really.