Well I just got back from a lovely HOT week long break in Gran canaria,.. I decided while i was over there to try and make sure i take photos of the older cars over there,.. of which i was suprised to find there were quite a few (I add that Gran canaria is clearly in dire need of a good body shop...)
so here's the beasties that I found over there, the good, the bad, the ugly, and there's even something in here for the hardcore van lovers (of which i'm particularly fond myself!) Here we go:
crusty opel nova found hiding in a side street, had a bit of a bump up front i think:
nasty photo of a terribly repaired fiesta, full of filler (check out the bonnet) and badly sprayed in tipex by the looks of things lol.
Lovely little Seat 127 (related to a very similar fiat at all?) was a great looking car and idled like a sewing machine wrapped in pillows and soft shizz. beautiful motor.
No badges on this Seat... styling is a bit meh.. but potential somewhere i'm sure
Tonnes of these flying around! - along with the Citroen visa vans... I give you, the Renault 'thingammybobbin'
There were two of these beasts and i LOVE this car! such a great slab of french coolness, awesomes!
Hard as nails Landcruiser,.. few of these by the docks.
This opel was in great nick, nice alloys, good ride height, all in all a very tidy looking car i think.
forget your splitties, this is a monster camper, big engine too! what a whale! looks great imo, all aboard the WINbus!
cheeky little moke round the back of a market.
Epic mercedes Ice cream van.
Golf looking a bit sorry for itself, but sounded pretty good when it moved
This Vanette ticks every single box possible for me, awesome little thing,.. just a great great looking vanette. Stunner.
Very tidy marbella, funny little thing, quite rare to see them in the uk so i was pretty glad to see one in G.C.
Wonderful unmolested renault 5. 'nuff said.
Jetta saloon, saw a few of these, all a bit ratty really.
Epic lancer, the only Mk i like of the lancer.
Finish off with another Awesome Van. Totally radical.
So there you go! hope you enjoyed them!
so here's the beasties that I found over there, the good, the bad, the ugly, and there's even something in here for the hardcore van lovers (of which i'm particularly fond myself!) Here we go:
crusty opel nova found hiding in a side street, had a bit of a bump up front i think:
nasty photo of a terribly repaired fiesta, full of filler (check out the bonnet) and badly sprayed in tipex by the looks of things lol.
Lovely little Seat 127 (related to a very similar fiat at all?) was a great looking car and idled like a sewing machine wrapped in pillows and soft shizz. beautiful motor.
No badges on this Seat... styling is a bit meh.. but potential somewhere i'm sure
Tonnes of these flying around! - along with the Citroen visa vans... I give you, the Renault 'thingammybobbin'
There were two of these beasts and i LOVE this car! such a great slab of french coolness, awesomes!
Hard as nails Landcruiser,.. few of these by the docks.
This opel was in great nick, nice alloys, good ride height, all in all a very tidy looking car i think.
forget your splitties, this is a monster camper, big engine too! what a whale! looks great imo, all aboard the WINbus!
cheeky little moke round the back of a market.
Epic mercedes Ice cream van.
Golf looking a bit sorry for itself, but sounded pretty good when it moved
This Vanette ticks every single box possible for me, awesome little thing,.. just a great great looking vanette. Stunner.
Very tidy marbella, funny little thing, quite rare to see them in the uk so i was pretty glad to see one in G.C.
Wonderful unmolested renault 5. 'nuff said.
Jetta saloon, saw a few of these, all a bit ratty really.
Epic lancer, the only Mk i like of the lancer.
Finish off with another Awesome Van. Totally radical.
So there you go! hope you enjoyed them!