RedSparrow Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Great work!That Kia Avella thing is also sold in Australia as a Ford Festiva.Fascinating eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiel Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Nice early-ish square lights Charade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallondrunk Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 wonder if their was a GTE/GSi 16v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 It's not easy to imagine a 'dumped' car in Malta, I can't see that it happens very often, as far as cars & what's driven goes there's so much an attitude of 'anything goes' or rather 'anything that can go, goes!' Well, I stumbled across this oddity in a back road of Valletta - a dumped car complete with notice of impending removal for unroadworthiness! Incredible! Judging by plenty of other things, looks perfectly usable to me! Hillman Hunter estate not long for this world.. MkI Mazda 323 Renault Dodge chiller van Nice Harvest Gold colour mini. Had a friend whose parent's had one just like this when we were at infants school (there's that thread link again!) A sort of 'bus station' if you like! Roll Royce (Silver Cloud??) posh shite - just enough roughness around the edges to be included! Well sod it if it's not, I find it interesting! One of the very few cars I actually felt comfortable photographing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Superb spots - I'm amazed that so many interesting old motors are still in daily use over there.Brown Marina for me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I'd love that silver cloud.. need scraping down a couple more walls mind.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author 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 Plenty of Daewoo Racers on the previous pages both of the Vauxhall Astra MkII / Opel Kadett E and Nexia varieties. I'm taking it GM farmed out the design to Daewoo who based their original 'Racer' car on it before modifying it to give themselves the body shell of the Nexia which I think they still called the Racer initially (or in certain markets) before it became the Nexia as we know it.I didn't see any Esperos that I can recall but a handful of Vauxhall Cavalier MkIIs & Ascona Cs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Great work!That Kia Avella thing is also sold in Australia as a Ford Festiva.Fascinating eh?Yes there's a few of them documented on the previous pages, a bit of an oddity, can't say it's a shame we didn't get them really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Nice early-ish square lights Charade!Which? The blue one is in the best shape, prob the best of the bunch but the greeny one is much shitier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 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 Plenty of Daewoo Racers on the previous pages both of the Vauxhall Astra MkII / Opel Kadett E and Nexia varieties. I'm taking it GM farmed out the design to Daewoo who based their original 'Racer' car on it before modifying it to give themselves the body shell of the Nexia which I think they still called the Racer initially (or in certain markets) before it became the Nexia as we know it.I didn't see any Esperos that I can recall but a handful of Vauxhall Cavalier MkIIs & Ascona Cs.did they still carry the GM lump too do you know ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrRegieRitmo Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Bit of a Fiat bonanza coming up! Bear in mind every single picture is in the order in which I saw them... 126 Uno & Panda Regata A bit of a rogue, non Fiat like Astra and back to Fiat again, Tempra Another Stellar effort! MkI Golf, Opel Kadett D Civic saloon. Weren't these Ballades to us?? (and Rover 200) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Overlooking the bus station & surrounding area from the gardens above Front angle of the Golf & Kadett Another MkI Golf GLD Nice MkI Civic Nice blue Metro for Pog Mercedes 308D(?) Ropey Regata This snazzy Alfa 33 is a bit of a pussy magnet Saw a few instances of 'lazy' rear light replacement on cars like this 740 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Just noticed the appropriate licence plate on the Ovlov! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 By this time light was fading & some of the narrow inner city roads were getting quite dark & shadowy. I can imagine that if you were that way inclined you could even find Valletta quite an eerie place after dark once the crowds have gone home & all the shops have shut. There appeared to be very few late bars or night venues, it's not that sort of place. It's too traditional to have any sort of night life, you'll find that along the coast at Sliema, St Julians & Paceville but not Valletta. Anyway, the labyrinth of ancient maze like streets away from the centre can be very dark in the shadow of the tall and high sided buildings even in daytime & the streets although usually very straight vary dramatically in steepness. Once nightfall descends, off the main streets the only sound you'll usually hear is the odd stray cat, a child playing in the street, or as the Maltese like to do, sit on the step with the TV set positioned outside on a chair or table (obviously a social thing! The weather helps!). Now I've set the scene, on with the show! Some of the K10 Micras over there are slightly different with recessed headlamps & rear lights that don't have a reverse segment! Old skool Hyacinth Bucket Rover 200! Another Freight Rover Mega cool early metal bumper Fiat 126 covered in bird shit Jazzy Subaru Sumo mini van thing Rare booted Opel Kadett D (saloon?) Another MkIII Escort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Is it just me or do the side windows of the blue Regata look a lot smaller than those of the white one?Did they chane them mid-way through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 I did check out what you were saying but couldn't detect anything, not that that means anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 MkI Charade Thought this Viva HC looked the business! It was marked with Barracuda decals Alfa 155 Darkness was really beginning to set in by now. It was getting to the stage where only the cars in well lit areas were actually coming out ok & were worth snapping. MkII Cortina For Keef - a very dusty ADO16 One of those Rivas with the bigger grille like a Vanden Plas Allegro! Did it signify anything?? MkI Escort estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Zaz Tavria Wondered what on earth I'd stumbled across when I saw this, it looked to me like Lada Samara crossed with Renault 14, crossed with Citroen Visa, crossed with Renault Fuego! It turned out to be nothing of the sort - Lada was the closest guess! E30 is surely more up Pogweasel's street! Merc W123 This was my final picture that evening in Valletta as I had to get to the bus station to make sure I didn't miss the last bus back which was about 9:30-10:00pm. These shots were then taken once back in Vittoriosa. I was quite dedicated to the cause that day, think this was the time I picked up most of my blisters! Riva KE70 Corolla MkI Escort Very cool Mercedes 200 pickup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Bit of a Marina session coming up! Stunning Marina van! Yet another MkI Escort A Plaxton coach caps that little bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 FSO 125p Early E30 126 MkII Transit Dacia 1310 estate That appears to be it for that batch, I must have finally decided enough was enough & called it a night, just like I'm going to do again now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 For Keef - a very dusty ADO16Thanks.They do have their fair share of dust out there don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 A break from Malta to slip in the Bromley stuff then back to Malta afterwards! I followed this into the ground back in 05 with the R14 Not sure why this was amongst all the vee dubs but was very nice all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Never seen one of these before but it's pretty cool though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 They had a go at flogging that Fiat truck on E-bay when it was still in Italy. Still probably a lot of coin though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrRegieRitmo Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Not sure if the Rover 25 BRM was intended as an exhibit or not, but I like them so I acknowledged it anyway. That end of the field gets a bit diluted with cars which you're not sure whether are being shown or just parked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 One of my 'cars of the show' I'd dearly love it But... I think I'll pass! Pity. Never heard of a Cheetah. Must be pretty special, you can nearly get 2 Lotus' for that & I know which I'd prefer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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