MrRegieRitmo Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 I still have loads more pictures to put up but considering I'm returning to Malta next week (with the potential for alot more spots, this time hopefully fresh blood in a new area of the country (such as it is) ) I may as well hold back & then return with a double/combined assault of pictures post Malta Pt II holiday! Although I will make sure it's obvious what was seen on which holiday, especially if I happen to come across something I saw previously. In the meantime here are some interesting links for you to peruse I came across running along the same theme.... http://website.lineone.net/~alan.c.edwards/mtdairy.html this bit's of most interest; http://website.lineone.net/~wendyedwards/mtmilkvancont.html (I did actually spot one of those Dodge 50 fridge vans which you'll see eventually on here) a gallery of cars & trucks in Malta; http://www.searchmalta.com/cgi-local/photos/main.cgi?genreid=19&type=6&brand=0&sentemail=&sentname= lots more shots showing cars, even just in the background, amongst all of these general Malta pictures by town / area; http://www.searchmalta.com/malta/ Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Is that a Jersey snapshot as well? If so, is the Daf wrecker still around? Possibly! But the late Marina and P100 are probably long gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 some good links there, pain to get around there no next buttons would love a go in this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Can we use this over on http://www.flickr.com/groups/ad016/ please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Feel free! Glad it's deemed worthy of inclusion! (the picture that is....)Thanks for dragging this thread kicking & screaming back into the forefront of my conciousness, it really really needs updating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Feel free! Glad it's deemed worthy of inclusion! (the picture that is....)Many thanks.http://www.flickr.com/photos/14271680@N ... pool-ad016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 As promised ...... These were taken immediately following the last ones I put up in the autumn A slightly mistimed Regata from the bus on the way into Sliema; The following 3 were seen from the comfort of a seafront café in Sliema; Seat Terra van Fiat Uno MkI Montego Daihatsu Charade MkI (phase 1). These were surprisingly ubiquitous! Peugeot 305 phase 1. 305's were much less common, only saw a handful in the fortnight, this the only early one I can recall seeing... Anyone for a Cappuccino?? I don't think I'd get one leg in it! For Pogweasel....it's Metro time! That Montego again with alongside what I always thought looked like a Datsun Violet saloon from the rear but was an Isuzu Diesel according to the badging. An early Gemini? and from the front.... One of those Chevette based things? Right, I'm off out. Definitely more soon. Tomorrow in fact. Promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Defo a Gemini.OH HAI M8, CAN I AVE UR BAK AXEL etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 first thing i spotted was the english writing on the foreign plated transit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 It's Malta, they speak English there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 shows what i know i though they spoke spanish lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfetta Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 yep they all speak english though the native maltese is a sort of mixture of Sicilian, italian and arabic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 On the seafront side of the Gemini in the last picture we have... MkIII Escort & a lovely pink Seat Marbella in front of that an SDCPTC (sun dried cat piss tarp challenge) Another Seat Marbella & a lovely beige Mazda 323 MkII saloon (just realised what a closely resembled front grille / light arrangement they have!) A proper white Fiat Panda Mk II (or Mk I facelift!?). Spot the MkI Uno & Hyundai Stella in the background! A 4x4 no less! The Uno & Stella as mentioned That's it for the Sliema chapter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 My mistake, that wasn't the last of Sliema, it's just the pictures were out of sequence. Still on the 19th Aug & this time walking along the other direction of the seafront... Daihatsu Applause One of those ugly 323s & an attractive 205 sandwich a dull K11 Isuzu Gemini saloon Vauxhall Cavalier MkII saloon. All Cavaliers / Asconas were thin on the ground. Although unsurprisingly more plentiful than over here now! Honda Civic Mk III (?) & Daihatsu Charade MkI Snazzy late original style Panda Daewoo Racer Right that's definitely the end of that Sliema section! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Guess what? We're still in Sliema & it's still the 19th Aug! Another Isuzu Gemini saloon Maruti Gypsy Just caught this 305 van on the move They put a lot of effort into their ice cream vans over there! They're often fully fledged lorries like this Ford Cargo Dare I say it? The end of Sliema this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Only saw two R18s in Malta, this one during the first holiday in August & one other during the second holiday in November.This one was seen earlier in the thread / holiday when I spotted it from on high & took a picture on full zoom looking down onto it from above on the high road. We got the boat back across from Sliema to Valletta & I was delighted when I realised that the boat pulls in to a jetty right next to where the R18 was parked so I was able to get some proper close ups of it! It's a delightfully ratty early example.... This humble 70s BL style Mini was just nearby too. My favourite kind is like this with the smaller rear lights minus reverse light Just across the way was this R21 saloon, the R18's successor. I can't recall seeing many, if any, more of these either to be honest! From on our way up to the top road... Maruti Omni & Fiat Uno Another basic Mini & another lovely beige 323 MkII A tip of a Tipo! Ibiza A Maltese chav has ruined this Sierra estate. Very picture worthy though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Nice clean looking early (swallow tail?) MkI Golf. Another car in it's pre reversing light form! It's 80s supermini alley! Much to Pogweasel's expected disgust, the MG Metro appears to be the best of the bunch! MkI Fiesta with patches & MkII rear lights & Fiat Uno with mismatched tailgate Probably the cleanest MkI Daihatsu Charade of the holiday! Another MkI Golf in the same colour in the centre of the city These things seemed to be the fashionable (lazy) way to get around Valletta. But then with a lot of narrow, congested, not to mention steep roads around the centre it's probably quite sensible! Rare single rear door C15 van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 great spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Thanks Mr VW good to know someone appreciates my efforts! Here, especially for you have some more.... Maruti 800 along with a self indulgent Alfa 146 Nice 760 GLE with added "Oh cheers Love!" Back in Valletta bus station Back in Vittoriosa Just got this Estelle. Nice wide roads in Vittoriosa Peugeot 305 estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 I'm going to rattle through these now or I'll be back in Malta before I've finished! There was this particular road not far from where we were staying which appeared to have a few quality specimens so I took a detour down it to check them out. It was a no through road & it seems most of the vehicles on the street belonged to a sort of Maltese version of Mr Bickle! Smart Datsun pickup - King Cab?? At the bottom of the road; Yugo 45 & Favorit Another Skoda Favorit & Lada Riva estate Looking back up the road, we have a 'supercharged' Fiesta MkII, something interesting under the tarp, a Ford A Series beavertail with something on the back that I can't remember, a Renault Dodge 50 or 75 recovery vehicle & Maltese Bickle himself who upon taking this picture I realised had appeared from his house & was watching me like a hawk! He looked like someone you wouldn't want to mess with, a sort of triad warrior type, completely bald apart from a long black pony tail! I made my way back up the road pretending not to notice, all innocent looking, he said to me: "You want to buy?", me imagining trying to squeeze some ratty MkII Fiesta into my suitcase..."Oh no thanks, just browsing!" Fortunately that was that! This MkII Capri further up the street was the stand out vehicle for me! Some of his other vehicles across the road From the other side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Yup, Datsun is a King Cab, though looks like it’s a 2wd whereas we only got 4wd (and some with blanked-in rear side window, maybe for tax reasons?).Some interesting stuff there, like you I find the Capri Mk2 quite appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Do like that Capri very much. I'm not normally into buses tbh but I've just noticed your pics of Valletta bus station - OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Some Asian minibus thing that reminded me of an Iveco Daily KE70 Corolla for uncle silvia Long range Mini van This seems to be the next picture, on the way back to the apartment, the Tata pickup has been joined by a Mazda E2000 front shot of that smart MkI Golf diesel MkIII Escort estate Later that evening in the bar, late pov spec Alfa 33 Maltese chav spec Escort MkIV Cabriolet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Yup, Datsun is a King Cab, though looks like it’s a 2wd whereas we only got 4wdPerhaps it was freshly painted, strange it had no licence plates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 I'm not normally into buses tbh but I've just noticed your pics of Valletta bus station - OMG Plenty more on the previous pages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 New day:- The more interesting of these tankers was the other one, an ERF but unfortunately there were people stood right by it & I chickened out! Korando Now back across the water in Valletta! A ratty MkI Golf in the true non scene sense on the word... Toyota Dyna Series III (?) with Italian plates Nice clean MkI VW T3 & Renegade CJ-7 Jeep (?) Suzuki SJ with England badge on the bonnet & W123 Merc Shitiest of the lot! Only 1 horsepower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Astra MkI estate One of the very few R5 MkI's I saw For Hirst (although I didn't know it at the time!)MkI Accord coupe / 3 door Another Riva estate 305 van 'under load' The ubiquitous Marina very fetching BL brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Shitey Skoda Rapide Toyota Starlet MkI The roof rack brigade! The out & out shitiest car of the holiday was a Toyota Starlet seen when we went to Gozo, unfortunately I didn't manage to get a pic but the thing was barely moving & it was so sunken on it's back axle I bet it wouldn't have made it over a speed hump which thankfully the islands don't have! It was incredibly rough & scruffy looking, it was one of those cars you had to see to believe! Civic MkII Daewoo Racer Kia Avella More high powered transport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 B11 Sunny estate MkV Cortina nother Charade MkI Freight Rover Sherpa Disused MkI Jetta MkI Accord saloon Old boy cleaning his pride & joy MkI Quite happy for me to take a picture, prob quite chuffed a youngster like me was showing an interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 top spotssure the daewoo isn't a astra/kadett i dont remember daewoo using the astra/kadett lighting set-up, i thought they changed these, makes you wonder though?? does have daewoo door handles though.did they do the same with the cavalier (espero or whatever it was called) ??strangly i'll take the rapid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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