Mothers Iranian holiday 2008

[fotorabia]

Mother announced she was off to tour Iran..so she was under strict Autoshite instructions to photograph any Persian shite she came across..now that ive had access to her messy photo folders..i can share what she saw..may be able to find some others shes got..later..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[michiel]

Peykan iirc... Cool pics, adventurous holiday choice!

[morris_ital_lover]

Hillman Hunter made up until 2/3 years ago and still pretty common across Iran, a sort of Iranian Dacia!

 

m0rris

[Station]

Your mum did well!! A rare glimpse into the world of far eastern shite.

[fotorabia]

she asked me what to look for..so i told her..anything that looks like a Hillman Hunter!..shes going to Syria in Sept. so will get her to file a report on there..

[Lord Sterling]

..shes going to Syria in Sept. so will get her to file a report on there..

She'll probably be spending alot of time photographing shite. My old mans originally Syrian and we spent alot of time there. The Taxis are pure gold shite, often carpeted with load of decorations hanging off.

 

Heres a taster:

 

 

Yes, they really do still use these types of Taxis until now.

 

These Yank Taxis are often used to take people on long journeys, often to the Lebanese/Jordanian borders:

 

 

One of my uncles is a Taxi driver in Syria. Next time I go, I'll snap a pic of his car.

[CreepingJesus]

Brilliant pics. All those old classics...the warm, dry weather...hmmm. Wonder what the practicalities are of exporting an old Merc (I'm thinking of that green 609) from Iran? Any idea?

I mean, it's driveable, if you'd got a couple of months spare!

[M'coli]

Hirst Cabs' Syrian division?

[ChinaTom]

Excellent photos. Particularly loving the Simca 1307 taillights on the Pekyan

[seth]

Your mum!

 

err, has great spotting capabilities. D'you think she'd be able to get some Peykan spares over to the UK next time

 

What's the point of those wiper covers

[fotorabia]

Me n mum reckon the wiper jackets are for sand n dust....mebbe to prevent scratching of the windscreen,,but she l ask one of her iranian friends to specify...im also considering going to to Damascus on my way back to New Zealand as ive got a friend there ..it looks like shite heaven..perhaps we could drive semi newish cheap shite from here and swappsie for ancient when we get their..anybody up for it..

[dollywobbler]

Wow! A Citroen Jyane! That's Iranian for Lion apparently - the Jyane being a locally produced Dyane. They made crazy pick up conversions too.

 

What superb spotting.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I cant believe your mum did not snap one of these mythical rwd Pug 405/Peykan hybrid things (a real hybrid, not a poncy eco-effort). I want to see one of these, including gratuitous rear axle footage. Tell your mum to pull her socks up before the Syria trip.

 

My Mrs was mad for a trip to Iran, she seems to have gone a bit quiet about it since this story popped up of the woman sentenced to 'death by stoning' for publicly eating a mars bar or whatever it was though.

[fotorabia]

ok Bollox..ill tell her..anyway...ive always been one for being stoned in public..so i dont know what the problem is..

[AnthonyG]

Virtually everything sold in Iran is prime shite, not just the Peykan.

 

I'd love a pic of the Peugeot Pars (a 405 with a 406 type front end grafted on ) or a Samand - the new 'national' car.

 

P.S I'm impressed your mum knows/remembers what a Hillman Hunter looks like!

 

I reckon the plastic covering on the wipers is an anti-theft device.

[Mr Lobster]

Not often you here the words 'Iran' and 'holiday' in the same sentance is it?

 

Is that some sort of booted Peugeot 206 saloon in the third pic (with the back of the bus)?

[Richard]

After much searching I managed to find this.

 

http://www.carpictures.com/photo/full_s ... 550036939A

 

and some leaf spring action here.

 

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

DRIFT WEAPON

[Tayne]

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[PaykanHunter]

Well... Hello To ALL!!!....

 

Just signed up to this wonderful Forum! I got a healthy dose of Shite for you don't worry!... please visit my Blog: www.PaykanHunter.com Its all about Rootes Arrow series and its Iranian version the notorious PAYKAN!...

 

Enjoy!

 

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[lovejoy]

Hale shoma chetoreh, Paykanhunter !! and WELCOME to Hotel Autoshite !!! (you can czech in, but you can NEVER leave...)

where in US are you living now ??

merci, & khoda hafez !

[fotorabia]

I should note that my Mums super impressed with the reaction to her commisioned photographs..she was also under instructions to photo-shite in Syria..but only got 4 images cos she spent most of the time going backwards on a camel..

[VWPowered]

 

thats a class picture that