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Post by Gene Hunt on Oct 12, 2021 19:46:29 GMT
I've seen this photo quite a few times over the years and trying to find more info about it always throws up the same mixed bag of results. a 50/50 split of opinion with some saying it is David Bowie during his time working at BMC and some saying it is not actually Bowie, but a lookalike. The photo is said to be from 1st April 1965 with Bowie working on refitting a Mini. Others say that the car is a 1959 Mini on the production line so could not have been Bowie as he would have only been 12 at the time. There is also speculation as to exactly what 'David' is doing in the photo. What do you think?  Gene. |
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Post by Sam Tyler on Oct 12, 2021 21:32:19 GMT
This is the first time I've seen this picture so I may be wrong but personally I don't think that it is David Bowie. Although we can't see his boat, the physical attribute that dispels it for me is the size of his thigh. Compare the bloke's thigh in the picture with this one of Bowie on the left:  Bowie's thigh can be seen to be far thinner than the one in the photo. As regards the job the bloke's doing it appears that he's just fitted the rear screen into the rubber and is in the process of pressing in the chrome insert trim around the screen rubber. Sam |
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Post by Del Boy on Oct 13, 2021 9:52:14 GMT
I don't think its him but a lookalike at a funny angle. That ted hairstyle was very late 50s early 60s too.
Edit; I just had a look at photos of Bowie online and nothing from that era in the profile above allows you to compare to get a definitive answer. The nose looks right the hair possibly him too.
Could be then.
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Post by Palmer on Oct 13, 2021 10:47:02 GMT
Looks more like Clint Eastwood...!!!
It definitely does not look like David Bowie to me but then I don't have the best eyesight in the world!
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Post by Three Litre on Oct 13, 2021 12:34:37 GMT
I don't think that is DB, he looks too old for 1965 and the hair isn't right.
As to what he is doing, unsure. Looks like he is putting a lot of effort into bending something but no sure what.
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Post by Nightfly on Oct 13, 2021 12:54:05 GMT
Bowie seemed to favour a Mod style haircut back in 1965 so I don't think it's him. However, that white powder down the leg of his trousers on the photo...  |
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Post by Vienna on Oct 13, 2021 13:49:31 GMT
It is hard to tell just looking at the photo, but as others have said the hairstyle looks more like 1959 than 1965, so it is possibly not.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 14, 2021 6:01:06 GMT
100% not Bowie
More than a passing resemblance though
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