Went to Fuengirola this year. On the way to the airport, I spotted a clean Mk1 Marina coupe heading east towards Bridgend and once past Bridgend I saw an early-ish FIAT 127 heading west towards Bridgend, closely followed by a low 'patina'd' Prefect 100E moving pretty quickly in the same direction.
For the first couple of days, I was beginning to think that that was it retro-wise, then I saw this SEAT 600, probably the cleanest one I'd seen.
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It's quite an early one (note suicide doors), and those badges on the front are Owner's club ones.
The SEAT 600 seems to have acquired icon status in Spain. As you come into Fuengirola, from Benelmadena, there's a bronze sculpture of one in the middle of the roundabout. This was unveiled in May as part of a weekend of celebration of the SEAT 600.
Later on I spotted this Bay window double cab pickup.
There's quite a few Harleys there, and this one had come down from Holland.
This Hyosung has got to be the ultimate Harley clone.
Judging by the colour, this Fiesta's got to be one of the earliest left, note the Twingo in front.
And here's another one.
The Spanish don't appear to be too precious about old commercials, here's a T25 still being used for its intended purpose.
Renault 4s are still around, this one was quite straight.
Wherever you go in the world you'll see a W123!
Anyway, while out on a shopping trip, my son wanders off and shouts out "Hey Dad, what's this?"
Can you tell what it is yet?
Yup, it's another SEAT 600.This one still had the SEAT dealer's sticker in the back screen, and those perished tyres are cross-plies. Apart from some rust bubbles around the back screen, it looks pretty save-able.
Alongside it were another (less complete and much rustier) 600 and this Citroen Mehari.
On the other side of a pillar was this FIAT 600 (identifiable by the sunroof, the SEATS were all tin-tops.
It's then that I noticed that this was the customer's parking lot behind the Fuengirola Citroen dealer. I tried to find a way into the yard without success, so apologies for the quality of these next pics as they were taken through a combination of bars and mesh..............
There's a 2CV, CXs , a GSA and a chrome bumper GS there (badged as a GTi).
Due to the climate in Spain, many cars which have long since dissolved over here, are still around, like this Simca 1100.
And this Alpine (badged as a 150GT)
This goes to show that when you're retro-spotting in Spain, always keep your camera handy. To prove my point, apart from the SEAT 600 sculpture, here's some of the stuff I missed and couldn't photograph.
A Seat 131, a nice Marina Blue Beetle on whitewalls, a very straight UK-registered T25 in beige (also on whitewalls), an Innocenti Mini, a Lancia Beta coupe and a Renault 4 van (not an F6) still being used to deliver ice to restaurants.
But the one I'm kicking myself over the most was an immaculate Ford Modal A,and a Citroen Traction Avant traveling in convoy through Fuengirola on a Sunday evening!
For the first couple of days, I was beginning to think that that was it retro-wise, then I saw this SEAT 600, probably the cleanest one I'd seen.
.It's quite an early one (note suicide doors), and those badges on the front are Owner's club ones.
The SEAT 600 seems to have acquired icon status in Spain. As you come into Fuengirola, from Benelmadena, there's a bronze sculpture of one in the middle of the roundabout. This was unveiled in May as part of a weekend of celebration of the SEAT 600.
Later on I spotted this Bay window double cab pickup.
There's quite a few Harleys there, and this one had come down from Holland.
This Hyosung has got to be the ultimate Harley clone.
Judging by the colour, this Fiesta's got to be one of the earliest left, note the Twingo in front.
And here's another one.
The Spanish don't appear to be too precious about old commercials, here's a T25 still being used for its intended purpose.
Renault 4s are still around, this one was quite straight.
Wherever you go in the world you'll see a W123!
Anyway, while out on a shopping trip, my son wanders off and shouts out "Hey Dad, what's this?"
Can you tell what it is yet?
Yup, it's another SEAT 600.This one still had the SEAT dealer's sticker in the back screen, and those perished tyres are cross-plies. Apart from some rust bubbles around the back screen, it looks pretty save-able.
Alongside it were another (less complete and much rustier) 600 and this Citroen Mehari.
On the other side of a pillar was this FIAT 600 (identifiable by the sunroof, the SEATS were all tin-tops.
It's then that I noticed that this was the customer's parking lot behind the Fuengirola Citroen dealer. I tried to find a way into the yard without success, so apologies for the quality of these next pics as they were taken through a combination of bars and mesh..............
There's a 2CV, CXs , a GSA and a chrome bumper GS there (badged as a GTi).
Due to the climate in Spain, many cars which have long since dissolved over here, are still around, like this Simca 1100.
And this Alpine (badged as a 150GT)
This goes to show that when you're retro-spotting in Spain, always keep your camera handy. To prove my point, apart from the SEAT 600 sculpture, here's some of the stuff I missed and couldn't photograph.
A Seat 131, a nice Marina Blue Beetle on whitewalls, a very straight UK-registered T25 in beige (also on whitewalls), an Innocenti Mini, a Lancia Beta coupe and a Renault 4 van (not an F6) still being used to deliver ice to restaurants.
But the one I'm kicking myself over the most was an immaculate Ford Modal A,and a Citroen Traction Avant traveling in convoy through Fuengirola on a Sunday evening!
