Gozo Spots

[RetroMat]

I posted these on autoshite, but i'm sure there are people on here who will apreaciate them too!

A mate of mine just got back from a family holiday in Malta, before he went i told him to take pics of as much wibblepoo as he could and he has excelled himself!
It seems people hold on to there cars for a long time out there i'm also told it is very hard to import/export cars due to crazy v.a.t.
anyway here goes:
austin/morris 1100/1300

ke30 Toyota Corolla

mk1 Facelift Hyundai Pony!

mk1 escort

mk3 Cortina wagon + interest pickup

viva

Daihatsu Charade

sunny

mini

[RetroMat]

I think this is a U.S. spec escort?

Izuzu Gemini

Maruti Indian suzuki copy?

toyota CROWN cressida

Hillman hunter

alfa sud


austin 1100

mk2 honda civic

mk1 Escort

another Gemini

[RetroMat]

last lot
cool taxi 1 datsun cedric

cool taxi 2, another later cedric?

mitsubishi lancer?

Hyundai Stella

mk1 Marina

Mitsubishi Gallant Lancer

later Izuzu Gemini, behind which is my mates parents mk1 metro holiday car!

[Ether]

Malta is amazing for rot-free cars. Motoring standards are a touch more laissez faire than over here so they tend to get knocked and dinged to bug gery. Great spots

[Lankytim]

Those gemini things look like chevettes.

Loving that viva- no rust!!

[mk14dr]

I need to take a driving holiday to malta, it looks fappin' ace
daily mk1 escorts, mmmmm ;D

[autohausdolby]

Cool photos

[Marc]

Great photos, nice to see so many old motors in daily use!

[ahebron]

It looks to me like what they call here in NZ a Ford Laser which is a badge engineered Mazda 323

[Robinxr4i]

Good work! I really want to go to Malta it like a time warp awesome.

[Ether]

Do they still drag race down at the disused military base? I remember being caught up in one in a Corsa!

[stuyizz]

Malta is a quality tat heaven , I was there a couple of years ago and it's fapping ace for old clunker spotting, although as always I just end up getting in trouble for running down side streets to photograph some rusty old nail ;D

[Philip]

Just back myself, and can confirm that there's a huge amount of retro junk still being used out there - loads and loads of '70s and '80s Japanese stuff (lots of which you'll never see in the UK), Mk1 and 2 Escorts, Mk2 and Mk3 Cortinas, Anglias, Hillman Hunters, a few Huskies, Avengers, Marinas, Vivas, Victors, Austin 1100s and the like, Minis, Series 1 and 2 Land Rovers, Minors and so on. There are also lots and lots of old English trucks still being used - Bedford TJs and TKs, Guys, AECs and every variation of '70s and '80s Leyland you can think of.

Coincidentally noticed that I have pictures of the same Alfasud and red Mk1 Escort as above, taken in Victoria on Gozo - not that many pictures as the other half finds my enthusiasm for stalking clapped-out wrecks more than a little sad. ;D

Interesting place.

Phil

[dclane]

Malta's great, Gozo better. I recognise a couple of those cars from my last visit there.

[tonycocacola]

its about 17 years since ive been to malta.
the amount of cool old tat is staggering.
I loved going on the busses, great old 50s and 60s jobs, some of the ones we were on had no windows and most had a bit of string running the length of the bus to ring the bell when you want to get off.





great place, and I pulled a local bird when I was there, hehe. ;D