More Sri Lankan Toss

[Brian Damage]

Greetings!  Inspired by Ghosty's recent thread on SL shite, I thought it was time I pulled my finger out and uploaded some more of mine for your delectation.

First up is this embarrassing VW thing seen in Negombo

 

Next up is this Ford, which I mistook for a Mk 2 Astra at first.  Wonder why we never got these in Blighty?

 

I saw this in Kandy.  Looked quite smart.

 

The flying plughole is still alive and kicking over here.  The buses over here are either Leyland or Tata and are pretty no-nonsense tough-as-old-boots things which are generally packed solid with people hanging from the sides as well...

 

Somewhat ropey Marina, one of a handful that seemed to make their way over here.  70s Leyland stuff's a bit thin on the ground, except for Minis.  I've seen one Austin 1300 but bugger all Allegros, Maxis etc.

 

This Hunter was pretty fucked but was owned by a dreamer who said he'd restore it.  There was also an A35 and a completely shagged Minor in his yard.

 

This Pug looked OK from a distance.  When you got closer, it looked like David Blunkett had applied the filler and paint...using his dog as the brush.

 

Welcome to 'What the Fuck is This?' Corner!  Answers on a postcard please.  

 

This beauty was in Gampola.  Rougher than a bears arse, it was...

 

Sri Lanka's full of trucks like this.  Wood-panelled Tata things based on ancient Merc designs.

 

Most Minors here are 4-door ones but here's a nice Traveller seen in Galle.  Are they Micra wheels?

 

Wouldn't mind a ride in this...

 

This Ponton Merc was in for a complete retrim.  It had had the body sorted recently and looked nice but they were asking silly money for it.

 

 

Nice Prefect, which was up for sale, but again, he wanted the equivalent of 10k for it.  Yeah, right.

 

Considering the mental drivers here, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.

 

This Wyvern had apparently been in the owner's family since new and he couldn't possibly even dream of selling it, he told me, before, in the next breath, telling me it could be mine for 5 bags.....

 

 

Sorry for the appalling pic quality.  Taken on a Chinese Nokia...This is the only one of these I've seen here.

 

Another crappy bus.

 

Here's that Montego again, just to show it's great* bodywork.

 

Here's that A35 I mentioned from the same yard as the Hunter.

 

Sri Lankans have a sense of humour...

 

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this hideous POS.  I had to be quick snapping it as the owner was behind the car and was none-too-impressed with me.

 

 

Sherpa mobile* shop.  The cab was filled with shite, plus the fact it was on 3 wheels meant it's not exactly mobile these days...

 

Nice old Morris van.

 

I hope you enjoy these!  TTFN!

 

 

 

[Bucketeer]

Cracking shots BD.

I'm really going to have to up my game.

 

LOTZ MOAR PRITTEE PLZ.

[skattrd]

Quality chod spotting.

[Skizzer]

Welcome to 'What the Fuck is This?' Corner!  Answers on a postcard please.  

 

 

 

Toyota Corona EXiV, I think.

 

A very fine assortment 

[catsinthewelder]

Ace spots BD

 

Love the Morris LD,  I went to look at an Austin version a while back but it was too far gone.

[Morgan84]

Nice to see a Montego over there; wasn't expecting that

 

 

That's got me singing Montego Bay now !!

[Junkman]

Sri Lanka's full of trucks like this.  Wood-panelled Tata things based on ancient Merc designs.

However, in this case, you spotted the exception. This is a mutilated MAN Rundhauber.

 

 

[alf892]

Junk fella I usually trust ya but you need to turn your seeing aid up a bit! The only similarity there is they is both trucks.

[Ghosty]

That Ford is a Festiva - an Asia/US only model joint developed with Kia. It was the second Festiva model - over there, it replaced the car that we know as the Kia Pride - it was sold with Ford badges outside Europe.

 

We didn't get the pictured one, because they just kept selling old shape Kia Prides over here until 2000ish.

[overrun]

That shagged Minor, wasn't this fellas, was it?

Who knows where he is living, these days.

 

[TRW]

I bet that Montego has better rear arches than the ones attatched* to mine!

[KruJoe]

Ghosty beat me to it on the Festiva thing. In other parts of Asia, it was a Ford Aspire. (Almost as ironic as a Mitsubishi Charisma.)

 

Welcome to AS Brian.

In SL on your hols/expat/other?

Anyway, that's a pleasing selection you've papped there... some regular Asian porn with a few BL hotties thrown in for good measure. What else could a man want?

I particularly enjoyed the three wheeled Sherpa taxi office:

 

WEDDING CAR / VAN / LORRY / BUS / BOOM TRUCK

Fucking LOL!

[tooSavvy]

 

Hmmm..... SAVVY are 4x100 but are 14"??

 

 

 

TS

[Brian Damage]

Hello!  I've been living over here for some time now.  I'm an English teacher here and last year, I got married to a gorgeous Sri Lankan girl so life's pretty good!

 

I haven't got much left car-wise to share with you all so here are the last ones I have, including some non-shite related stuff.

 

I know these have been on here before but to me, they look like one and a half Micras welded together.

 

 

Some of you may recall I posted some shots from a dealer's premises in Mawanella.  He gets old classics, does them up then sells them on.  He has some good stuff, such as this Opel Kapitan

 

Here's some more tat from that very same yard.  Austin Somerset

 

Devon and Minor

 

More Devons

 

Lowlight Minor saloon awaiting the welder.

 

Minx and Oxford

 

Big old Austin with heroic welding.  There's an old guy who makes all the repair panels and does all the welding.  He's damn good at it, too

 

 

 

 

Toyota saloon thing.

 

Ropey customised Minor.  Remember the pics of the lowlight convertible I posted?  This was in the same yard, as was this

 

And this

 

Willys Jeep

 

This horrible POS.

 

There are still a few bullock hackeries around over here, like this one:

 

Now.  A few non-car snaps.  Slightly inappropriate slogan, I'd say...

 

Sri Dalada Maligawa (the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy) in lights.  Looked fantastic.

 

Pronounce this!  The language at the top is Sinhala, the second one is Tamil.  Both are a bugger to learn but I can get by in Sinhala.

 

Every August there's the Perahera in Kandy.  10 days of religious pageantry and more elephants than you could shake a stick at.  Here are three of the buggers

 

One of my old classes from when I was in Nuwara Eliya

 

Copyright means fuck all here:

 

 

 

Feeling peckish?

 

Final one.  Before you pay out for a sign, get someone to check your English....

 

 

Thanks for all the positive comments, guys!

[trigger]

That Micra Estate looks fugly.

 

Welcome along and thanks for sharing your photos Brain.

[Ghosty]

I think Old Man has some pics of that Austin, or another one of them. It's sitting under a tarp with all the panels in place but not bolted on.

[Albert Ross]

Morris LD 1.5 Ton. I'm in the middle of a deal to bag a set of those type split rims....!