Event IRAN'S ARROW (Paykan Documentary UK Premiere)

[PaykanHunter]

 

Hello Everyone! 

I am pleased to bring Paykan back to UK. Announcing the premiere of Iran's Arrow: The Rise and Fall of Paykan 

 

For tickets please visit: 

http://www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com/london-festival

 

Cheers,

Shahin Armin 

[Stanky]

Thanks for sharing, I'll not be able to make the festival but is the film available more widely as it looks like interesting subject matter?

[Uncle Jimmy]

Shirley the film should be premiered in a leaky shed at Ryton or Linwood, not that London place.

[Rod/b]

I hope you don’t fall foul of Trump’s new sanctions against Iran’s automotive sector.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I happen to be familiar with Mill Hill School - strikes me as an impossibly grand place to host a film about a humble everyday car....

[PaykanHunter]

Thanks for sharing, I'll not be able to make the festival but is the film available more widely as it looks like interesting subject matter?

We are looking for distributor. The film is not released yet.  Thank you for your interest. 

[PaykanHunter]

I hope you don’t fall foul of Trump’s new sanctions against Iran’s automotive sector.

You can't sanction Paykan! It has seen it ALL.  

[PaykanHunter]

Shirley the film should be premiered in a leaky shed at Ryton or Linwood, not that London place.

LOL!.... Totally agree!... 

[Lord Sterling]

Bah! Can't make it. Flying back to UK by then. Good luck though!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

You can't sanction Paykan! It has seen it ALL.

 

Were any Paykans built in right hand drive after production began in Iran?

[PaykanHunter]

Bah! Can't make it. Flying back to UK by then. Good luck though!

Thank You. 

[PaykanHunter]

Were any Paykans built in right hand drive after production began in Iran?

No. No evidence of any RHD model made in Iran. Interestingly for years the Iranians  were thinking that the windshield wipers weren't converted for the Iranians LHD market, and for the last 5-6 year of production, and all the Paykan-Pickup after that, the fools in IranKhodro actually tooled-up new windshield wipers and made them RHD! Idiots!... 

[holbeck]

Sorry, I can't make it. But I would like to see your film.  

 

BTW I miss your website, I used to enjoy the regular Peykan updates.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

….the fools in IranKhodro actually tooled-up new windshield wipers and made them RHD! Idiots!... 

 

Farsi-cal. 

[loserone]

Would be very interested in a copy of this once you've sorted distribution.  Welcome back!

[PaykanHunter]

Sorry, I can't make it. But I would like to see your film.  

 

BTW I miss your website, I used to enjoy the regular Peykan updates.

Thank you. I will keep you guys posted on further development, hopefully I an find a good distributor for the film. As for www.PaykanHunter.com yes it has been neglected, but I will fire it up hopefully soon.  Thank you!

[PaykanHunter]

Would be very interested in a copy of this once you've sorted distribution.  Welcome back!

Thank you! Would love to share this film with all of you here, will keep you guys posted on further development. 

 

Meanwhile you can check out the trailer on the previous Festival it was screened at:

 

https://www.iranian-filmfestival.com/irans-arrow-the-rise-fall-of-paykan-2/

[AlabamaShrimp]

Coventry motor museum. They've got a Hunter... Er no they haven't.

 

 

This was on Monday

[PaykanHunter]

Coventry motor museum. They've got a Hunter... Er no they haven't.

 

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This was on Monday

Yes that is an actual Paykan they got. I don't know actually how they got! It is either a 1981 or 1982 model. It was right around that time that they were fitted with the Avenger 1600cc engine. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Yes that is an actual Paykan they got. I don't know actually how they got!...

 

Maybe some sort of goodwill gesture involving Iran Khodro and PSA, given that Talbot/Peugeot had their plant not that far away in Ryton?

[PaykanHunter]

Maybe some sort of goodwill gesture involving Iran Khodro and PSA, given that Talbot/Peugeot had their plant not that far away in Ryton?

 

 

Don't think so, but you might be right. It has an official Iranian export plate though. 

[Des]

We are looking for distributor. The film is not released yet.  Thank you for your interest. 

About 20 or so years ago I struggled to find a Hunter distributor, bloody lobes had worn away to near nothing broke my heart trying to get any kind of a gap at the points,  these days it would be a simple matter of dropping in the electronic doodar.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Maybe some sort of goodwill gesture involving Iran Khodro and PSA, given that Talbot/Peugeot had their plant not that far away in Ryton?

Well it was right opposite these

 

 

Saying how they were built near by so it might have been.

[ChinaTom]

Iranian embassy car maybe? The general staff and families don’t all get S class Mercedes do they?

 

 

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[warren t claim]

Iranian embassy car maybe? The general staff and families don’t all get S class Mercedes do they?

 

 

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For obvious reasons there's plenty of TV footage of the Iranian embassy back in 1980 and I've never seen one in the background.

[AMC Rebel]

http://www.paykanhunter.com/2010/08/paykan-in-coventry.html

[warren t claim]

The surprising thing is how modern the Hunter was when it was first licensed out to Paykan. After Billy Roots fucked up his VW Beetle decision it shows a surprising amount of foresight.

[warren t claim]

Is this a sister car to the Insignia? After having both a Hunter and Insignia I know which one I'd rather have.

[warren t claim]

The irony is the British Embassy in Tehran, located in Bobby Sands Street, used Maxi's on diplomatic plates while running around escapees from the American embassy in 1979. A fact ignored in the film Argo.

[PaykanHunter]

Iranian embassy car maybe? The general staff and families don’t all get S class Mercedes do they?

 

 

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Perhaps. Someone needs to ask where did they get that car at the museum.