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Mon Feb 03 2014 16:17:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Snapshot, 1972: A damaged Dino and a sheepish Keith Moon.4
As famous for his anarchic exploits as he was with a pair of drumsticks, The Who’s Keith Moon didn’t have the best of luck with cars. In this photo from 1972, he clearly regrets chucking the keys to his Dino to a trio of strangers…
The story goes that ‘Moon the Loon’ was enjoying a midsummer pint when three youths began admiring his brand-new Dino 246. Without hesitation, he handed over the keys and instructed them to “have a spin in her”, but when they (perhaps inevitably?) failed to return, Moon walked home only to find his car embedded in a ditch along the way. Reminded of the rashness of his decision (and the resulting voided insurance policy) by his drinking partner that day, Moon is said to have replied, “It’s only money, who cares?” But the embarrassed grin on his face while surveying the damage suggests the said ‘who’ was, in fact, none other than Moon himself…
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Fri May 03 2013 21:15:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
"1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson was known as an owner of an Amphicar. Apparently he liked to scare new visitors to his ranch by driving them downhill in his Amphicar directly into his property’s lake, all the while shouting that the brakes had broken”
Text source:Wikipedia.com Picture source: Retronaut.com