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Is that last one a Humber...?

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Is that last one a Humber...?

Yes it is!

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Is that last one a Humber...?

Yes it is!

I have no life...

 

Snipe/Super Snipe?

 

 

EDIT: Super Snipe...

 

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[eddyramrod]

 

Whoa there horsey! Hold the phone! You can't tell me that's a Hillman Hunter! Some pretty hardcore hotrodding gone on there if it is...

[PaykanHunter]

Whoa there horsey! Hold the phone! You can't tell me that's a Hillman Hunter! Some pretty hardcore hotrodding gone on there if it is...

How Dare you suggest that?!... Not a chance mate, I have no idea what is underneath it, and I probably don't want know!

[eddyramrod]

Bodykit for an MR2 or an X1/9, perhaps?

[PaykanHunter]

Perhaps, but you should really ask this: How many Unibrows can you fit in a Paykan?!...

 

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Get a Bloody Paykan!!!...

 

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Shite Attack!...

 

 

 

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IMG_0818 by ebright, on Flickr

 

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Wrooom by Libano*, on Flickr

 

IRAN. by Phantomas, on Flickr

 

Car on Car by SherlockMac, on Flickr

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[Inspector Morose]

Bloody hell! Welcome back Paykan! Nice to see you haven't abandoned the place!

[ProgRocker]

Hello Paykan. I concur with the above post.

[Felly Magic]

Welcome back fella

[PaykanHunter]

Bloody hell! Welcome back Paykan! Nice to see you haven't abandoned the place!

 

Hello Paykan. I concur with the above post.

 

Welcome back fella

 

Thank You Guys!!!!..... I won't abandon AutoShite ever!...  

[PaykanHunter]

(March 10th, 2015) there was a ceremony at IranKhdoro Tabriz, located northwest of Iran. Almost 48 years after the Paykan production started at IranNational (IranKhodro) on the outskirts ofTehran, the last Paykan pickup was rolled off the assembly line.

The Paykan pickup (known inside Iran as Paykan Vanet) was produced four years after the Paykan sedan production started back in 1967. This humble pickup during the last 4 decades did so much for Iran. It was the primary source of income for so many families, merchants and sellers. Today there are thousands and thousands of them are still running around Iran; without them the country's commerce will come to a stand still. It is an ugly creature with dreadful ride quality and cramped interior but for all its faults, I can't bring myself to hate it. I actually quite like it, perhaps because it was Made In Iran only. Yes I know, there were those Dodge Husky versions in South Africa but as far as the impact and production volumes goes, the Husky can't hold a candle to the mighty Paykan Vanet! I also admire it because inadvertently carried the Rootes Arrow's legacy all the way to the year 2015; for almost half a century!

Although the Paykan Pickup went through a lot of modifications and the later models were offered with ABS brakes and fuel injected version of the Hillman Avenger 1600cc engine and a lot more changes, but I believe they were the ultimate proof that the Arrow platform was one robust piece of engineering and tough as nails! Pun intended.

Paykan pickup was a nation builder, it carried goods from snowy mountain ranges of Alborz to scorching hot deserts of Iran, and now it might help out a neighbor too. There are reports that production will continue for export models to Iraq! We shall see if that actually happens though.

Now if you think this is the last chapter for Paykan in Iran you are in for a surprise my dear readers. Take a look at the replacement Pickup above. It is called Arisun, it is the pickup version of the facelifted Peugeot 405 body with the Paykan pickup underpinning and drive-train underneath. So in reality the soul of Paykan pickup still lives on and most likely for many many more years to come!... Making Rootes Brothers very proud indeed!

 

http://www.paykanhunter.com/2015/03/nation-builder.html

 

 

 

 

[Inspector Morose]

Bloody hell a RWD 405 pickup. There's so much want for one of those. Imagine one of those fitted with an XUD? Just about the ideal shiters vehicle right there.

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Green, with 20 rials stuck in the handbrake...

[PaykanHunter]

Bloody hell a RWD 405 pickup. There's so much want for one of those. Imagine one of those fitted with an XUD? Just about the ideal shiters vehicle right there.

Well. It looks like to be Euro-4 compliance, don't ask me how. But technically you could buy one of these here in Iran and have it exported to EU?...

[eddyramrod]

Seems to me you might have a nice little sideline exporting those!  Let us know when you have a UK agent, won't you?  These could be the replacement we've all been waiting for, for the beloved Marina and Caro pickups!

[PaykanHunter]

Seems to me you might have a nice little sideline exporting those!  Let us know when you have a UK agent, won't you?  These could be the replacement we've all been waiting for, for the beloved Marina and Caro pickups!

Alrighty then! I'm taking orders as of now.