Balkan Bucket Bonanza

[Bucketeer]

A big old hike in to the mountains today, with some chod spottage en-route.

 

 

Ford CorTaunus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First time seeing one of these since France (excluding via Mr. D. Wobbler's photos).

 

 

 

 

 

And I get two in the space of 30 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

Double beige Tofas-iness is hard to ignore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're a long way from home.

 

 

 

 

 

This guy has got (shite) taste Part 1.

 

 

 

 

 

This guy has got (shite) taste Part 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once up in the mountains, I thought that would be the end of any spottagering.

Then I came across these caterpillar tracks leading down a huge drop. I was curious how they got there.

 

 

 

 

From some old abandonded/crashed tank-shite, is how they bloody got there.

 

 

[hairnet]

tofa

 

oooof

[Junkman]

The vehicle details for L544 EWL are:

Date of Liability 01 11 2013

Date of First Registration 07 08 1993

Year of Manufacture 1993

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1590cc

COâ‚‚ Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type PETROL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Licence Due to Expire

Vehicle Colour SILVER

[Bucketeer]

As far as my limited N.Cyprus knowledge stretches, it is arse-intrudingly expensive to import and register cars here and I can only presume that someone drove that Rover all the way here (minus the wet sea bit). Which is brave.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

"My mrs got sick of looking at the tank in the garden so when i was out one day she pushed it over the cliff! Women eh'

[HillmanImp]

I take it there is not such a strong trade in stolen scrap metal there? If it was in the UK, that tank would be picked clean like a sheep carcass in a pool of prianhas within a day of being parked up.

[Bucketeer]

I have since been reliably* informed that the tank has been there for several decades. Maybe the local scrap pikeys don't like heights.

 

A few spotz from today.

 

It was a bleary-eyed Sunday morning, and I just presumed this was some variant of Cresta. Looking now, I'm pretty certain it's not. I know I know what it is, I just can't get my sludgy brain synapses to fire.

 

 

 

 

Barn re-visit finds. Isuzu Aska x2. I believe these had the same platform as the Mk2 Cavalier. WIN.

 

 

 

 

 

East resto, should fly through MOT, etc.

 

 

 

 

Agri-shite.

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Opel Rekord (despite the shite-wall tyres).

 

Yes, I am down someones drive. Trespassing iz kool.

 

 

 

 

Tried to get closer to this P6 but the very stern looks I was getting from the kitchen window dissuaded me. Trespassing iz not kool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard to see in the shadows, but this is an XLWB custard W123.

[purplebargeken]

Dear god man, think of the sweet little kittens. Have you no heart!?!

[Bucketeer]

I do apologise but it appears that the female poulation of N.Cyprus go in to hybernation when they leave school and re-appear aged 50 or above and frumped 2 da max.

[KruJoe]

Bloody hell Bucketman. You're seriously putting the rest of us to shame. I thought I'd papped some tat in my time, but you've raised the game to whole new level.

Just been catching up with this thread again - every page gets betterer and betterer - Isuzu Aska FFS!

I must try harder.

[Bucketeer]

Not a huge amount to see here today. Move along.

 

 

 

Stripey Gemini.

 

 

 

 

Mk.2 Escort Estate was too close to a big, hungry looking dog to get a better shot.

 

 

 

 

Homemade floppytop.You could even still see the roof insulation where it had been carved across the top of the windscreen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suzuki Cultus.

 

 

 

 

I had to re-visit this beauty for a better shot.

 

 

 

 

More Agri-tat.

 

 

 

 

Some largely un-interesting chod to scroll quickly through.

 

 

[Alexg]

Relentless chod papping from Autoshites world corespondent. This is top work, the finds are brilliant, keep 'em coming please.

[morris_ital_lover]

Apparently the tank is an M-47 Patton from the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Apparently it is some kind of war memorial according to TEH INTERNET.

 

Good spots, Cyprus seems to be one of the last few laces rammed with chod these days.

[Bucketeer]

Never even thought to check online for info about the tank.

I used the old fashioned equivalent of the internet - a man in a pub - to gain the sparse, and largely incorrect, information I had.

 

I'm hoping when I head West for winter that I'll be able to uncover some more shite-ridden countries along the way. Albania and Macedonia are on early on the list and I've got high hopes for them.

Then next year I should be passing through many of the ex-soviet 'stans, which should also have a high chod content.

[tooSavvy]

"My mrs got sick of looking at the tank in the garden so when i was out one day she pushed it over the cliff! Women eh'

...... c'mon >>>> photo caption R wot?

 

tooSavvy

[Bucketeer]

Only two more weeks left in Cyprus before it's time to move on.

Plenty of time to pap more shite though.

 

 

 

 

Whenever I've driven a Mk.3 Cavalier, I've always* thought it could do with more rear downforce.

 

 

 

 

I met up with the XLWB W123 again today for a better lit but unfortunately, due to my spaziness, blurrier shot.

 

 

 

Soon after, I came across this (not literally).

 

 

 

 

A pageant of beautiful misery.

 

 

 

 

More camera blurriness does nothing to dilute this Swedish porn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARNING: You are now entering 'The Ford Zone'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hidden away from all but the shite-iest eyes.

 

 

[michiel]

 

Speechless. Big fat want!

[KruJoe]

Daihatsu Compagno estate!

That's the first one I've heard of anywhere near Europe.

[Bucketeer]

I did wonder what it was.

If I can remember where I saw it I may go back tomorrow and have a proper good furtle around it.

They do look MEGA.

 

 

EDIT: Just been checking, Wikipedia and most of the internet in general doesn't recognise the existence of an estate. Definitely a rare beast.

There was apparently a pick-up version too, which has now rocketed to the top of my want list.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

LOOK AT THAT ISUZU ASKA!!!!! That is such utter shite that i have literally dropped a chod. 

[KruJoe]

I've spotted a few (link in sig).

We've also had a few Compagno discussions in past years, including this thread:

http://autoshite.com/topic/9294-shite-spotter-challengesave-the-daihatsu/

 

PS Mr_B: Whose chod were you holding?

[Bucketeer]

I have managed to secure the use of some transport for a week or two until I move on to another country.

This will enable me to see the bits of the island that I have missed so far and it also meant I could hunt down the Compagno for a better rummage.

 

 

 

I HAZ WEELZ.

 

 

Despite the fact that it has wheels the size of buttons and less power than a Pound Shop pocket torch it performed admirably as I ragged it up and down the mountain tracks.

It got up roads like the one below, no problem. It's a right little mountain goat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the way to re-visit the Compagno, I got the chance to pop in and see the Aska once more.

The owner of the barn was there this time. He's a German who has been living in Cyprus for five years and when he bought the house across the road, the previous owner threw in all the old chod along with the barn. There are no keys for any of them, and the German guy doesn't know if they run or not. We had a nice chat, he even moved his van out of the way so I could get a better shot of the Aska, and as I was leaving he offered me the car for free because he has no use for it. I would dearly love a rusty beige Isuzu Aska but unfortunately I had to turn him down because if something doesn't fit inside my rucksack, then I can't have it.

Anyone with plums of steel who wants to embark on an A-frame marathon, I can put you in touch with him.

 

 

 

Excuse the fleshy camera sun-shade.

 

 

 

 

I also completely forgot to check this one out more thoroughly after my nice chat with the German. I had presumed that it was another Aska but now I'm really not sure. Maybe I'll have to go back for the fourth time.

 

 

 

 

And so, onwards to the Compagno, via a dusty old Merc.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, I couldn't discover any information about the little Daihatsu. The only living soul I could find in the vicinity was a rather decrepit old lady who couldn't seem to speak, nevermind speak English.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It definitely looks saveable to me, but then I know nothing.

 

 

On the way back I spotted this.

The council workers here don't know how lucky they are. For the bigger jobs, they roll in ropey old Sherpas and for smaller tasks they have these sweet rides.

 

 

 

 

Finally, I was looking through a guide book this afternoon for other places to visit on the SCOOTER OF DEATH, and I came across this brilliantly specific piece of advice.

[nigel bickle]

Most hire cars are 9's ,there.

[KruJoe]

Super work there Bucketman, thanks for the extra angles on those two. It's great when you get talking to sympathetic civilians when your out spotting, isn't it? Much better than 'snap and dash', and trying not to be seen.

And as you've discovered, an automatic scooter is unbeatable transport for our favourite activity. I'll be returning to Thailand in a fortnight... BACK IN THE GAME!

 

If N_Bickle isn't biting, I vote M_Bollox for the Aska!

[michiel]

100% fabulous work Bouquetman!

[Bucketeer]

It's definitely much better if you can stop and have a chat with the owner. Once you'e persuaded them that you're not taking the piss out of their car, and that you actually like it, they're usually very pleasant and appreciative.

I have long since given up trying to explain Autoshite to foreigners though. It never seems to come out how I intend.

[nigel bickle]

Cant bite sadly -I can barely drive 10 miles right now.

 

Anyway -I'd want the Compagno first!

[hairnet]

need to go there.....

[Junkman]

I want that starred pontoon. When I was a lad (and quite a lad I was) I had a 1958 180D with 490k miles on the first engine and gearbox. Four pals and I once loaded it up with 50 gallons of beer, five thoothbrushes and an inflatable dingy and went on holidays to Corsica, averaging 38 OMGMPG. Car of the century that was.

[michiel]

Cant bite sadly -I can barely drive 10 miles right now.

 

Anyway -I'd want the Compagno first!

I don't 'like' the first bit, but I like that your enthusiasm for oddball vehicles is still as big as it always was.

 

Is the Berkeley back on the road yet so I can buy it for a nice price? (I wonder how long I'll survive without testicles if I really buy another 'old car')