quattro777's GLS

I am so pleased to talk about another Hunter GLS here, this one belongs to my good friend quattro777. After years of searching for a GLS he finally came across this 1973 yellow beauty. The car is now stripped to the shell and welding has begun! Wish you all the luck mate, I am so proud of what you are doing to this car, and can't wait to see it all done! Keep us posted on the progress!

Naser Plastic

Spotted today.

More Gentle Touch

A 1976 Hillman Hutner MKIV in these scenes from The Gentle Touch TV Series, 1980-1984  Ep. 3.02. Images are from the almighty IMCDb. There was also a Hunter GLS featured in this series check it out in my other post.

Vehicle details for NRA 820P are:
Date of Liability 01/08/1984
Date of First Registration 01/05/1976
Year of Manufacture 1976
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1725cc
Fuel Type PETROL
Vehicle Colour BRONZE

Padillac

Blue Machine Update#1

I've been wanting to post an update on Duncan's Blue Machine. He is been busy stripping and welding the beast, what an amazing undertaking! I personally can't wait to see the finished product.

Wish you all the luck mate! Please post more photos and keep up to date on the progress.

Paykan Overload#40

Photo taken by me in Niavaran.

Excellentes Caractéristique

1967 Sunbeam Minx French brochure, which was the exported version of the Hillman Minx outside of the UK.

Paykan Lowrider#71

I spotted this couple of weeks ago, what a shame really! ;( You idiots out there watch where you going!!! ;@

Sprite Caravan

Lovely set of photos from GTRdaan showing L registered (1 August 1972 – 31 July 1973) Hillman Hunter De Luxe (1496cc, 64 gross bhp) which succeeded the Hillman Minx model, next to a Sprite Caravan.

Tehran Has No More Pomegrenates

My friend bought me a copy of the 2007 docudrama / musical / experimental Tehran Has No More Pomegrenates by Massoud Bakhshi. It is the story of Tehran from the Qajar time (middle of 19th century) to today, during this time Tehran has become a metropolis from a small village. You can watch it in its entirely here. 

Among the vintage footage I spotted the very rare and interesting Paykan with the Hunter MKI / Minx front-end and of-course the infamous Peugeot RD.  

BMW Power!

Holy S***!!!... This must be a rocket!... Although I wished it was done as a genuine GLS with its magnificent Holbay engine, but it is hard to argue with more HP!...

Count The Paykans#63

Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran during 1970s.

Sandown

A Hillman Minx spotted in a photo taken in Sandown, Isle of Wight in 1980 by a 12 year old then geccove

Morteza

Apologies for lack of posts recently. As some of you know I am in Tehran at the moment! What an amazing city!... There is so much happening here, it has changed so much since my last visit years ago. I have done a lot already, taken loads of photos including Paykans ofcourse! ;) Be patient while I be uploading them here and up on Flickr in the upcoming weeks.

Last week I was in the west-side trying to figure out how to get home, was going to catch a bus or something when I saw a Paykan Taxi yelling for passengers, I hired him as "Darbast" (closed-doors) that is when you negotiate a price with the driver to your final destination, cause taxis here work like a bus they pick up other passengers along the way. Morteza was a hard working middle aged man, after checking the radiator we took off. He works between 8-10 hours daily with his Paykan and I can not begin to tell you how grueling that is in the unbearable Tehran traffic! We had a lovely chat along the way, obviously he was very surprised to know that I do own one of these creatures myself, I gave him my card, he was going to ask his son to look up my blog, he was not internet savvy.

Morteza told me that they are going to decommission all Paykan taxis in the near future, so catch one now before it is too late! :(

Oh Dear...

Taken in New Zealand by NZ Car Freak