Balkan Bucket Bonanza

[Bucketeer]

I'm just dipping my toe in the shitey water here to see if there's any interest in seeing the cavalcade of choddery that populates virtually every street here in Bulgaria, where I seem to be living now.

I popped out earlier and took a five minute walk to grab a couple of photos and give an example of the magic carpet of motoring majesty I float about on every day. I got twenty-four in three streets. If anybody shares my appreciation of these Balkan beauties then I'll happily keep snapping, if not I understand, I think I'm weird too.


Anyway, on with the toss.


Samararama



Warty



Nursed one while taking this.



Scorpio, Tipo, Uno triumverate.



Another Dirty Dagenham Damsel.



Stereotypical Eastern Europe in stereo.

[eddyramrod]

How could you possibly imagine that we wouldn't want to see these?  Top work, keep it up!

[vulgalour]

How delightfully miserable, please do carry on.

[Jim Bell]

1.8D Orion.

Fwar!

I bet its dead disapoint.

[Bucketeer]

Okay, I may as well spunk all tonights photos out then. I'll do the rest in batches of six, like beautiful rusty eggs.

 

 

Knobbly Kniva

 

 

This is a showcar over here.

 

 

This is right outside my door and fills my (4th floor) flat with blue smoke every morning upon start-up, I could never be angry though, she's so purty.

 

 

 

Shite or shit? It's for sale for the equivalent of 800 UK notes. You appreciate our (British) second hand market when you see what prices even some of the worlds worst automotive pissflappery commands outside of our sainted isles.

 

 

 

Takes me back to seventeen years old being Jean Ragnotti in my 1.3GTL.

 

 

 

How a Disastra should look, and mine did.

[fordperv]

That really is a great place you live, the streets are paved with shite

[Bucketeer]

That really is a great place you live, the streets are paved with shite

 

There's gallons of shite wherever you turn. It's heaven.

[Junkman]

That really is a great place you live, the streets are paved with shite

 

Yeah, but not much else by the looks of it.

[Mr Lobster]

Excellent, this is exactly what Autoshite exists for. MOAR PLZ.

[Bucketeer]

Right, round three. Apologies for any blurriness but my onboard image stabilization unit was malfunctioning after a rather portly session last night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lankytim]

Is that last one a Moskvich? Qualiteeee!

[londonm]

I really quite fancy having a Niva......you can get them new again in the UK.

[Spiny Norman]

Epic chod, Bulgaria looks a far more interesting place to live than I gave it credit for.

[Bucketeer]

Is that last one a Moskvich? Qualiteeee!

 

Da, and for extra pedant points, over here it's a üþÑÂúòøч.

[catsinthewelder]

Now that explains why I couldn't read the badge on the back when it sneaked into the photo of the Trabant.

 

Great photos,  love the Tipo

[chaseracer]

I really quite fancy having a Niva......you can get them new again in the UK.

 

Yes, but... 

 

... much more fun to go to Bulgaria and drive* one back.

 

The shiter's way.

 

[Bucketeer]

And Lada is ûðôð. I love the cyrillic, it's like a secret code.

[Junkman]

Great photos,  love the Tipo

 

You have a serious problem that you should work out with yourself.

 

fmsl

[Bucketeer]

 

 

 

 

[Morgan84]

Great pics; I feel we are missing out on some lovely old motors here in the uk

[Bucketeer]

What would a Moskvich go for in Bulgaria?

I'll have a look and see. I know there are masses of different models all based on different French, German and Russian shite but beyond that my knowledge is limited and gladly expanded. I'lI find some representative prices for various makes and models of Bulgoshite and posterize them.

[Bucketeer]

Got hugely excited when,from a distance, I thought this was a Fuego.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The exact combo I want to be driving when I retire.

[Bucketeer]

Bagged a few more on the way to the beach this lunchtime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And lastly, ULTIMATE WIN.

[Guest benno]

cracking photos especially the aleko

[skoda_fan]

Excellent thread and pics! Thanks for posting, hugely enjoyable!

[michael t]

brilliant stuff, reminds me of Southern France when I was there in 08

[catsinthewelder]

I wonder how many drivers of fantastic Bulgarian chod would happily swap it for a T reg Mondeo or mk4 Astra that you'd bought in tidy condition for peanuts and driven over?

 

Now that would be an epic Autoshite roadtrip

[Bucketeer]

I'm being stalked by shite, on the way back from the beach it was everywhere.

 

 

 

 

Pure filth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

An ugly Lancia looking like it's about to be roughly bummed by an angry Fronterror.

 

 

 

 

The camera shake was because out of shot there was a large number of people sat outside a bar and as evryone knows, when photographing a pink Seat Marbella in public, haste is more important than picture quality.

 

 

 

 

 

Moskywitch with added angry stray dog and thumb in shot FOTO SKILLZ.

[Bucketeer]

Mmmmmm brown.

 

 

 

I probably would but I wouldn't tell anyone afterwards.

 

 

 

 

Custard ex-taxi Nexia.

 

 

 

 

 

Pumps!

 

 

 

 

 

Even the buses are shite.

 

 

 

 

 

I've taxed worse, it'll buff out, etc.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

WOW! This properly reminds me of when i stayed in Bucharest for a few months in 05. What a shitefest it was, plus lots of nice big trees along the pavements in the city centre, lovely. It looks flipping great anyway and there arent even any laydees in the shots.

 

I'd love to live in Bulgaria for a bit. maybe try to get a gig with chinese shite-maker 'GREAT WALL' who I believe have a factory there knocking out 'STEEDS' and whatnot.