Reims-Gueux

 

My dear friend Seth and his famous wagon on their recent trip to France. Check out his fantastic photos and his write up in this thread.
Reims-Gueux was a triangular motor racing road course near Reims, France, which hosted 14 French Grands Prix.

Paykan Overload#44

Greenest Grass

A green Hillman Hunter GLS on a green grass on a misty morning, what a majestic sight!... :)

Kid with a Camera

These photos were taken by a twelve or so year old me in the IranKhodro booth at the Tehran International Fair . Yes my Paykan obsession goes way back! ;)

Old Tramline

Chester City, UK. Photo by: 24082CH

Tea Break

Photo by me taken yesterday in Tajrish, Tehran.

Blue With Envy Revisited

Couple of more shots from that Blue With Envy Hillman Hunter GLS.
Photos from JohnBurke 

Frozen Arrows

Photo by me taken last week near Darabad, Tehran.

Amphibious

Yet another proof of Arrows versatility! ;)

Abbas' 50

I was walking near Tajrish the other night when I spotted this car across the street, I just had to talk to the man behind the wheel. His name is Abbas and this is his 1350 (1971) Paykan. He has driven Paykans all his life and uses this car daily as a main source of income to support his family.

To my amazement Abbas knew a lot about Rootes and other Arrow series models, he has collected many parts through the years and he is a purist! He doesn't like lowering his cars or using non original parts. We had a lovely chat that night, and since he had no other passenger he dropped me off and gave me a set of "Paykan" door badges as a gift! :) We exchanged numbers I wanted to set up a time so that I could take photos of his car in daylight, which we subsequently did in a rainy day.

These days you just don't see these early Paykan with wooden-dash in a daily-use like this, I mean for goodness sake the car is almost 42 year old and is running like a clock, incredible really! Can your delicate Dolomite do this? can your frail Barchetta do this? furthermore can your feeble SD1 do this? Of-course not, they can't hold a candle to the mighty Arrow series! ;)

Special Thanks to Abbas for his time!...

Ilfracombe

Photo was taken in 1975 from the Ilfracombe Railway Station in North Davon, UK. That is peter.brabham's father's red Hillman Hunter.

Count The Paykans#66

Village near Damavand, photo from Tehran24.com

Abandoned Arrow#4

Another great shot by NZ Car Freak.

Paykan Lowrider#78

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Stills from the 1974 Christmas special episode of the British TV series Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? featuring a Hillman Minx as a taxi. You can check out the episode here and here. Special Thanks to my friend Guy for the links, he is also a fellow Rootes' Arrow enthusiasts! ;)