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The Moke attracted attention as a ' cult ' vehicle as a result of the unprecedented success of the Mini and through media exposure in the popular television series The Prisoner, as well as in the Traffic song " Berkshire Poppies.
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The British Customs and Excise department decided that the Moke should be classified as a passenger car rather than as a commercial vehicle which meant that it attracted purchase tax, reducing sales in its intended commercial market.
Moke and cult
The Moke finally achieved success as a beach buggy — becoming a popular ' cult ' vehicle in the Seychelles, Australia, the United States and many tropical resorts in the Caribbean.
Moke and vehicle
The AEM ( Automotive Engineering and Manufacturing ) Scout was a Welsh-built Mini Moke type utility vehicle, with, zinc-coated bodywork and totally different styling not to mention the radically different method of production.
" ( Wild Kingdom ); the other named " Mr. Moke ," after the Mini Moke vehicle.
The Mini Moke is a vehicle based on the Mini and designed for the British Motor Corporation ( BMC ) by Sir Alec Issigonis.
Early promotional material made much of the lightness of the vehicle, showing four soldiers riding in the Moke off-road, then picking it up by its tubular bumpers and carrying it when ( inevitably ) its low ground clearance proved inadequate.
In the early 1970s, a Mini Moke became the first motor vehicle to be driven on Pitcairn Island and thereby became the most remote vehicle on earth.
Eventually, a second and later a third Moke were sent to the island, and by cannibalising the three for spares, the island's sole vehicle remained running until at least 1988.
BMW-owned MINI has revealed a planned vehicle named after the Moke.
Moke and Mini
Within these was a series of variations, including an estate car, a pick-up truck, a van and the Mini Moke – a jeep-like buggy.
* Mini Moke
* 1964 – 1968-Morris Mini Moke ( United Kingdom )
* 1966 – 1973-Morris Mini Moke ( Australia )
BMC experimented with a twin-engine Mini Moke ( dubbed the " Twini Moke ") in the mid-1960s, but never put it into production.
After production of the P76 ceased, Leyland Australia limited its local production to the Mini and Mini Moke, both produced at Enfield, along with commercial vehicles and buses.
From 1964 a Jeep like version ( that had been rejected by British Armed Forces ), of the Mini, the Mini Moke was popular with the King's Road / Carnaby Street, Swinging London set.
Universally, fans of genuine Mini Mokes, point out that this is a kit-car, not an updated or unique version of the BMC Mini Moke.
The British Leyland factory in Setúbal ( IMA ) then switched to producing the Mini Moke.
Games of strength were included, for example, carrying a Mini Moke without wheels.
A Mini Moke rental car on a Speightstown beach ( 1995 ).
The name comes from " Mini "— the car with which the Moke shares many parts — and " Moke ", which is an archaic dialect term for donkey.
The Moke has been marketed under various names including Austin Mini Moke, Morris Mini Moke and Leyland Moke.
Moke and popular
The show, hosted by Bob Moke, played popular pre-rock and roll songs in the early 1950s.
Moke and .
He entered into a relationship with – and subsequently became engaged to – Camille Moke, despite the symphony being inspired by Berlioz's obsession with Harriet Smithson.
It is commonly referred to as " Moke Hill " by locals.
* Monica ' Moke ' Carmoyle, sister of Bill and wife of Rory.
* George Willoughby Moke Norrie, 2nd Baron Norrie ( b. 1936 )
Lieutenant-General Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC & Bar ( 26 September 189325 May 1977 ) was a British Army general during World War II, following which he served terms as Governor of South Australia and the eighth Governor-General of New Zealand.
Their 2009 album, Smash the Control Machine, included a reunion with former members Mark " Moke " Bistany on drums and Rob Patterson on guitar.
Today small time gold seekers still work the river and two of its tributaries, Moke and Moonlight Creeks, for gold.
Corbijn has photographed album covers for U2, working with sleeve designer Steve Averill, and Peter Hammill, Depeche Mode, The Creatures ( the second band of Siouxsie Sioux ), Nick Cave, Bryan Adams, Metallica, Therapy ?, The Rolling Stones, R. E. M., The Bee Gees, Saybia and Moke.
* Moke ( Bihar, India ) a village of around 200 families in India.
attracted and attention
The only thing which would have attracted attention was that two wore the uniform of prison guards, three the striped suits of convicts.
And his performances attracted much attention, as the frequency of his surviving pieces in any calendar that may be set up for his undergraduate activities testifies.
Ball games, especially football, required some attention, and other organized sports may have attracted him as participant or spectator.
With the development of nuclear technology, isotopic materials, and machine radiation sources in recent years, the possibilities of applying ionizing radiation to the preservation of foods attracted the attention of investigators in the United States and throughout the world.
Tossing his rope and shouting he attracted her attention.
And the election of President Kennedy has attracted new attention to the ethical climate of his home state.
Alcott had been influenced by educational philosophy of the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and even renamed his school " The Cheshire Pestalozzi School ". His style attracted the attention of Samuel Joseph May, who introduced Alcott to his sister Abby May.
Installed at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques ( IHÉS ), Grothendieck attracted attention by an intense and highly productive activity of seminars ( de facto working groups drafting into foundational work some of the ablest French and other mathematicians of the younger generation ).
A controversial figure, Thackeray has attracted significant attention by making statements expressing admiration for Hitler as an artist and demagogue, while condemning the Holocaust, inciting violence against Muslims, expressing support for the LTTE, and taking strong stances on the aspects of popular culture, including fervent opposition to the celebration of Valentine's Day.
But he was soon back at sea and attracted the attention of Alexander Spotswood, the Governor of Virginia.
Initially, the M-19 attracted a degree of attention and sympathy from mainstream Colombians that the FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) had found largely elusive earlier due to extravagant and daring operations, such as stealing a sword that had belonged to Colombia's Independence hero Simon Bolívar.
Gauss's intellectual abilities attracted the attention of the Duke of Braunschweig, who sent him to the Collegium Carolinum ( now Technische Universität Braunschweig ), which he attended from 1792 to 1795, and to the University of Göttingen from 1795 to 1798.
Her early pious activities in Siena attracted a group of followers, both women and men, while they also brought her to the attention of the Dominican Order, which called her to Florence in 1374 to interrogate her for possible heresy.
His research attracted the attention of the Nazi government and in particular of Heinrich Himmler, who made him archaeologist in the SS.
General Krulak attracted some attention during his tenure as commandant by his custom of delivering Christmas cookies to each marine duty post in the Washington area.
Their work soon attracted attention from the Grand Ole Opry.
During the 1992 U. S. presidential election campaign, the civil rights of gays and lesbians, particularly their open service in the military, attracted some press attention, and all candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination supported ending the ban on military service by gays and lesbians,
The music she produced was featured on her first solo album, Enya ( 1987 ), but it attracted little attention at the time.
Modern ecology is a young science that first attracted substantial scientific attention toward the end of the 19th century ( around the same time that evolutionary studies were gaining scientific interest ).
In 1840, one of his paintings attracted attention and procured him several orders, which enabled him to go to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he studied with Lessing.
The meeting with Bainimarama attracted some media attention ; Bainimarama said that the meeting had been approved by Prime Minister Qarase and that there was nothing underhand about it.
This work attracted considerable attention, and in January 1810, at the age of 25, Bessel was appointed director of the Königsberg Observatory by King Frederick William III of Prussia.
Their controversy attracted much attention among Freemasons.
Their project attracted a great deal of attention, including from the Miami Herald and the final report was published in a book written by the boys called Big Sky, Little Bullet.
The auction attracted considerable attention, including fake bids up to $ 400, 000.
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