I'm glad they cite Thunderbirds as the source for the name FAB1! They've made millions off it!
https://p50cars.com/fab1-creating-the-worlds-smallest-ice-cream-van-for-nestles-fab-ice-lollies/
I'm glad they cite Thunderbirds as the source for the name FAB1! They've made millions off it!
https://p50cars.com/fab1-creating-the-worlds-smallest-ice-cream-van-for-nestles-fab-ice-lollies/
Wow. An icecream van version of the Peel P50. I did not know there was an electric version of this tiny car. Nice to see a model FAB1 being used in the advertisement. Thank you finding this.
ReplyDeleteNo worries Paul. Do you/ did you have FAB ice lollies in NZ? They were named after FAB1 the car from Thunderbirds back in the 60's.
DeleteI do not recall it, but most of these special novelty icecreams etc, were fairly short lived. I think there might have been a Joe 90 one, or am I confusing that with something else ? Might have been Crazy Joe Cola ? I do not think NZ had many of these tie-in products, certainly not compared to the vast selection available in Britain.
ReplyDeleteI think there was a Joe 90 lolly Paul. FAB appeared in the Sixties and as far as I know has never been out of production in the UK! Crazy Joe Cola rings a bell as well!
DeleteI think the TV ads for Crazy Joe Cola (I think that is the correct name) featured a boy in rather old fashioned clothes, and had a speeded up look, suggesting a silent film from the 1920s or so.
ReplyDeleteI am astounded that FAB1 has been in production for such a long time. A record for a tie-in icecream ?