Greetings from Gozo!

[Mat.T]

So i'm currently staying with friends on the Islands of Gozo nr Malta. The island although tiny is full of old cars, cheap beer/wine!

thursday was my first full day here, I was tipped off about a scrap yard on the island by a Maltese chap off the jnc forums, so we went hunting! Our transport with my host:


the yard was of corse closed as the island was having one of many public holidays

Mazda 929 coupe in the distance some transits in the foreground


any one id this?:



2.1d!





corolla and 626


walking around the island
mini van

[Mat.T]

general spottings:

for hirst







lots of these charades here apparently exhire cars

[Mat.T]

more jdm yo hilux

violet

toyota 1000

[Mat.T]

I got to drive the metro! no sincro on 2nd or 3rd and we got a puncture. 1euro gets it fixed because all the cars here are running inner tubes!


mazda 1000 wagon


escort


marina


hunter


busses


ford laser ka!


celica

120y coupe drive by


323


hilux and colt


cabstar

[Mat.T]

racey cherry


120y


mazdawagon2


excellent to see this still in service as a taxi!


120coupe walkby


isuzu kb


and an earlier one



my hiace!


and another


corolla


another hirst mobile


and a suzuki jeep getting a nice wash - from the sea! + small dog


another one getting a salt water wash


escort





estelle


transit


cortina


miafiori


estelle mini


504


supermiafiori

[Mat.T]

this was the wolsey version

[HillmanImp]

Whats this? Its cool as milk.

[dollywobbler]

Wow. I went to Malta/Gozo in 2003. Don't think I saw half that many retros! (Certainly didn't capture as many on camera...)

I do remember seeing quite a few cars driving around sans headlamps at night, just relying on hazards! It's got to the shite-spotting heaven really.

Thanks for the pics!

[pompei]

Any pics of the hot women?

That rusty 132 in the yard belies the myth that it never rains in the Med and that Italian steel only rusts in the UK.

I went to Malta in about 1991 and it was amazing then too. The first thing I saw upon exiting the airport glass door was a Zephyr 4 taxi.

[retrogeezer]

Wow - what an amazing amount of spots - cheers for taking the time to upload them.

Whats the red Fiat is this pic? A Punto we don't get here? (at least, I don't recall seeing that rear end)



And the purple thing in this pic?



Loving that pale yellow Mk1 escort and some of the alloys are really cool.

[Milford Cubicle]

Amazing, looks like a real sanctuary for old grot.
I like the Granada 2.1D, it's been upgraded to a turbo via a marker pen.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Mat.T: Some lovely pictures there, and truly excellent shite-spotting skills !!!

From a tourist point of view, Gozo is everything that Malta should have been. And, as you have proven, it's an autoshitter's paradise too ! I have to disagree with you regarding the hot women, though... Not much to write home about, unless middle eastern women are your thing.


retrogeezer : The red Fiat is a Palio. It's supposed to be a 'world car' sort of concept, designed for disadvantaged/developing countries (...like Malta ?!?!).

The purple thing is a Kia Avella, designed for disadvantaged American college students and the occasional greedy European rent-a-car company.

[Mat.T]

Well i found another scrap yard this morning much bigger than the previous one i found. No photos as the owner didnt want me to take any, he did let me wander round though. the place was full of 60/70 british stuff and the odd bit of j-tin. Sadly due to eu regulations the goverment has ordered the owner to close and clear the yard. As you can imagine he wasnt very happy about this explaining the Gozo people will now have to go to malta to a central modern brakers.

GrumpyOldMan :I went to a concert on the island on friday (which was very good pink floyd cover band and small local band) Most of the girls there had a more Italian look about them especially the lead singer for one of the bands. Stunning!

I've been driving the metro around today driving here is quite frightening: right of way is given to the biggest vehcles but new cars on the island will give way to scruffy rusty ones!

HillmanImp: Gold thing is a toyota 1000

[Pillock]

The purple thing is a Kia Avella, designed for disadvantaged American college students and the occasional greedy European rent-a-car company.

LOLZathon!
"I'm so poor, when I went to college mummy and daddy only bought me a Kia."

I had to buy my own stinking pushbike at uni!

[Richard]

You had a pushbike? Bloody luxury etc.