Turkish Delight, Retro Style

[akku]

I happened to be in Istanbul for a week, and I managed to get myself to a couple of very nice museums and also saw a small amount of interesting stuff on the streets.

So lets start with the Anadol collection in the Rahmi Koc Museum...

Ive always had a thing about these, this is the first of these in saloon form I have seen in person!















ANd then there was a facelifted one right next to it...







And the third series as an estate car







They also had an Anadol A6 Bug








And my second favourite after the Series 1 saloon is the coupe










There was also a Tofas

No, not a Lada...



i saw a couple of these on the streets as well as the ones based on later Fiat designs like the 131 and Regata. Pics later

[pedalcarjoe]

the A6 Bug looks interesting

[akku]

Apr 9, 2023 18:09:56 GMT pedalcarjoe said:

the A6 Bug looks interesting

Its a 1300 Ford crossflow, RWD thing. They made 100+ of them, not that many, but the survival rate is apparently pretty high

[akku]

So in Turkey they had a knock-off version of Knightrider where the hero car is a Tofas called "GITT"

I wouldn't make this up.






It had pride of place in the main collection hall at the Rahmi M Koc, and it was hard to get photos it was very popular!




They had a screen showing the TV show. I assume its a TV show it may have been a movie.

There was also a cutaway Fiat Punto and a wankel engine you can crank to see how it works

[Waxoyling Lyrical]

Hehe, it all looks like a right old load of "arcelik"!

[braaap]

Apr 9, 2023 21:43:38 GMT Waxoyling Lyrical said:

Hehe, it all looks like a right old load of "arcelik"!

Does it mean anything other than being a brand name amongst manymany others in the Koc group?

[Seth]

I quite like the shape of that first red saloon. Quite a hint of Marina about the 4 door.

[Darkspeed]

[akku]

^^^^ This is pretty much Turkish TV.

I think this is satire, but I really couldn't say for sure.

[akku]

Some of the collection is absolutely the nuts....
















lots of models and pedal cars and whatnot













plus trains, planes, trams, boats, ship and a submarine



And an Amphicar

[akku]

Apr 10, 2023 10:08:30 GMT Seth said:

I quite like the shape of that first red saloon. Quite a hint of Marina about the 4 door.

I also thought that. There is a Mark 4 which looks like an attempt at a Volvo 244 but on the same body/platform

[akku]

So here's what I did see on the street... A few more Tofas than I could photo, a few based on the Fiat 131 still about. Also spotted a couple of slammed E30 / E36 type rides and so on.

[misteralz]

Ace. Is the Anadol a slightly reworked Taunus? Looks really similar.

[braaap]

Apr 10, 2023 19:26:53 GMT misteralz said:

Is the Anadol a slightly reworked Taunus?

Not all, but some:

Ford Otosan

Check also the german version of that article with more pics.

[braaap]

Apr 10, 2023 19:20:34 GMT akku said:

That's probably a renault broadway, a turkish built renault 9, quoting english wiki (broadway name found on german wiki):

production continued in other countries, with the end finally coming after nearly twenty years when production in Turkey was discontinued in 2000.

[akku]

Apr 10, 2023 19:26:53 GMT misteralz said:

Ace. Is the Anadol a slightly reworked Taunus? Looks really similar.

No. I'll grant they look super similar but it was actually developed here in the UK by Reliant and the styling is by Ogle Design (who penned the Scimitar SE4). It uses a Ford crossflow engine and most of the mechanical stuff is out of the Ford parts bin too. But thats Ford GB not Ford DE and the 2 were quite different then.

[akku]

Apr 11, 2023 6:52:36 GMT braaap said:

Apr 10, 2023 19:26:53 GMT misteralz said:

Is the Anadol a slightly reworked Taunus?

Not all, but some:

Ford Otosan

Check also the german version of that article with more pics.

Trying to keep up with which companies are owned by whom in Turkey isn't my suit but I'm sure Anadol and Otosan are/were different companies?

EDIT: Google tells me Anadol was 100% owned by Koc Group and Otosan was/is a joint venture between Ford and Koc Group.

[akku]

Whilst in Turkey I did find anther car museum, this was a straight up car collection (plus bikes and models) It features a mock 50s diner as a centre piece













































Entry price was less than a quid. Amazing collection, all in 100 point condition and some with very interesting histories