Greek Island Shitorama

[nebuchenezer]

Just back from a week in Kefalonia and rather than start a new thread for the pics of the shite I saw I thought I'd re-use this one if that's OK with you all.

 

No probs

[nebuchenezer]

Pretty poor pickings this time - most old stuff has been replaced by generic smol things of newness

 

Saw this which brought back fond memories of being scared utterly shitless in standing water due to fucked suspension:

 

 

Freshlygrown Santorinian toms with ouzo - just lush:

 

 

Shite excavator cleaning* the beach at Kamari:

 

 

But this.... Just OOOOOOOFF!

 

[CortinaDave]

i think the greeks have had a chod crackdown. I have pics from 2003-5 of a chodarama of mk3-5 cortinas , datsuns, 70s toyotas etc on most streets, but sadly it seems most are gone now

[busmansholiday]

Here's a few pics from Crete.

 

The owner of this said it was totally legal in Greece.

 

 

Nice.

Perhaps not.

 

Something British.

[busmansholiday]

I always wondered what twats stood for!

How far off road will you get before the windows fall out ?

This only ever comes out after dark.

[busmansholiday]

I'll stand correction on this but it's rhd and looks like a WWII Bedford QL.

Belmont anybody.

Even the transfer coaches aren't that new.

[busmansholiday]

Shagged 205.

Buy a rotovator, remove blades and attach a trailor.

Mazda

[busmansholiday]

A fucked old tractor and a 4x4 New Holland.

If only easyJets baggage allowance was bigger...

This Zundapp was inside a shop, sadly closed when I found it.

[busmansholiday]

An old MAN still earning it's keep.

Twingo needing some sill bits.

And no matter how you try to camouflage it, owning a Tiguan is fucking embarrassing.

[chaseracer]

 

 

[Kringle]

Very enjoyable thread, and some nice spots.

[puddlethumper]

I'll stand correction on this but it's rhd and looks like a WWII Bedford QL.

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Belmont anybody.

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Even the transfer coaches aren't that new.

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Stand corrected sir, It's a short wheelbase Ford Canada. I owned one in Portugal for a few years. Used all over the world during WW2.

[STUNO]

I remember those WW2 trucks, they were very common here in the 50's. They were a generic design and wore the badge of whichever maker had built it. A lot here were either Chevrolet or Ford. The forestry contractors loved them. IIRC many were 4wd.

 

EDIT: memory is failing ? It seems they were all Chevvys and called the "Canadian Military Pattern".

 

 

[puddlethumper]

I remember those WW2 trucks, they were very common here in the 50's. They were a generic design and wore the badge of whichever maker had built it. A lot here were either Chevrolet or Ford. The forestry contractors loved them. IIRC many were 4wd.

 

EDIT: memory is failing ? It seems they were all Chevvys and called the "Canadian Military Pattern".

 

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That's a nice short wheel base one. I had a long wheel base ,that I bought from the Fire Brigade For 1000 Euro paper. 

If any one's interested I  could drone on about these trucks for a bit. I'm not sure when production started but my one was from 1938, so not just made for the war. The Chevy engined one was built in America and the Ford engined in Canada. 

The one I had had been bought by the Portuguese Army, along with several others, in the early 50's. Then given to the fire brigade who had it until it got shunted to the back and shown the door.

Might put a bit more up if anyone IS interested but I'm off to bed coz of getting up shit.

[puddlethumper]

^^ They were a 4 pot petrol, generally, but Chevroulette did a 6. A 2 litre 4 pot and a 3.5 litre 6, I seem to remember, but could be wrong. As far as I know they were all 4x4's.

The winches were brilliant. There were roller guides front and back and it worked off the gearbox, so all 4 wheels drove in conjunction with the winch. As long as there was a convenient tree within reach you were sorted. A bit of a challenge in North Africa during the war, I suppose.

Performance was somewhat limited. The one I had had been converted to a 6 pot Perkins. Maximum speed a teeth jarring, bone shaking 35mph. It might have been possible to get to 40 but I didn't dare. Unassisted everything, brakes, clutch, steering. The gearbox was, of course, of the crash selection method. Standing still you couldn't turn the steering wheel. The guy's who drove these things, for possibly hours, must have had arms and legs like Popeye, and a big fat ass would've helped a lot. It had a bucket seat that could originally have been a bucket. Metal and the most uncomfortable I've ever sat in. Respect to WW2 drivers.

Had mine for a couple of years, coincidently very dry ones, and made a bit of dosh transporting 3500 litres of water to various people who had run out, for veg plots and gardens, and flogged it for 2000 eurios.

[nebuchenezer]

New Island,

 

New Chod.

 

i give you Samos........

 

 

Lots of these around:

 

Have not seen one of these for many a year...

 

Needs some work though

 

Boat shite:

 

erif enigne shite:

 

Stationary shite:

[busmansholiday]

Shame that engine wouldn't fit in your hand luggage.

[nebuchenezer]

Shame that engine wouldn't fit in your hand luggage.

I know, I need to invent some sort of Tardis style luggage

[jon.k]

^^ They were a 4 pot petrol, generally, but Chevroulette did a 6. A 2 litre 4 pot and a 3.5 litre 6, I seem to remember, but could be wrong. As far as I know they were all 4x4's.

The winches were brilliant. There were roller guides front and back and it worked off the gearbox, so all 4 wheels drove in conjunction with the winch. As long as there was a convenient tree within reach you were sorted. A bit of a challenge in North Africa during the war, I suppose.

Performance was somewhat limited. The one I had had been converted to a 6 pot Perkins. Maximum speed a teeth jarring, bone shaking 35mph. It might have been possible to get to 40 but I didn't dare. Unassisted everything, brakes, clutch, steering. The gearbox was, of course, of the crash selection method. Standing still you couldn't turn the steering wheel. The guy's who drove these things, for possibly hours, must have had arms and legs like Popeye, and a big fat ass would've helped a lot. It had a bucket seat that could originally have been a bucket. Metal and the most uncomfortable I've ever sat in. Respect to WW2 drivers.

Had mine for a couple of years, coincidently very dry ones, and made a bit of dosh transporting 3500 litres of water to various people who had run out, for veg plots and gardens, and flogged it for 2000 eurios.

Got any photos please?

[martc]

The one I had had been bought by the Portuguese Army, along with several others, in the early 50's. Then given to the fire brigade who had it until it got shunted to the back and shown the door.

Might put a bit more up if anyone IS interested but I'm off to bed coz of getting up shit.

 

Are you kidding?

[chadders]

Just in Crete and saw a Renault Clio with what looks like a large sheet of clear Plexiglas in the roof, surrounded by a wall of filler,trowelled on, about 2" high holding it in. I wish I could have taken a pic as it's the grossest bodge I have ever seen.

[busmansholiday]

So the 2019 holiday season is here. It's time to post your holiday pics, so let's start with what I've managed to see in Corfu during the last week 

Next door to Mrs BMHs mates villa (taken over the fence).

 

Hiding in the undergrowth

Still in use.

[busmansholiday]

Seen better days.

 

This was here two years ago.

A yard full of shite.

 

 

[busmansholiday]

I'm at that age where these should be painted two shades of green, have a slightly flatter radiator and little Waffen SS flags on the flagpoles on the wings.

 

 

Fancy something heavier duty to rescue?

 

Come on down ..

 

Just behind this was this.

 

Living the dream.

 

That boys and girls is all I managed during my early May trip to Corfu.

 

 

[Bradders59]

When we went to Kefalonia, around 1990, the luggage was transported from the plane to the "terminal building" (shed) by a tractor with a big trailer attached. It was piled really high and looked precarious, but nothing ever seemed to fall off.

Its a lovely place, and one of the few I would like to revisit. Hope tourism hasn't spoilt it in the intervening years.

Locals favourite method of transporting goods was a small van type thing at the back and what looked like a rotovator at the front, with a wheel where the blades should be.

[busmansholiday]

Further up the page are pics of Kefaloni last year. There were still those rotavator things. Haven't seen one in Corfu.

[crapcarcollector]

Currently holidaying in Thassos with Mrs Crapcarcollector. The shite is strong here, should be out and about by scooter tomorrow so hope to pap some more but in the meantime, have few Greek shitters.

[bunglebus]

Surprised that MK1 hasn't been re-patriated! I'll have the Beetle too please

[crapcarcollector]

Stroll into town reveals.....



Made my evening!

[bunglebus]

On 5/10/2018 at 12:43 PM, busmansholiday said:

 

 

Whilst behind that was this Ford.

 

 

 

 

 

That is a seriously rare beast in Europe - Taunus coupe. Available in MK3-5 flavours, and I want one.