Thread: Around The World With Buadhai -- 1977

Originally Posted by The_Ghost_Of_The_Moog

I was born near Chagford. In 1977 I was at school near there.

Amazing? When did you leave the area? Excitement of country life get to you?

I was born in a small northern town in New zealand.bloody hell, it just goes to show you eh..

Whilst born in Newton Abbot, I went to school in the more chic seaside town of Teignmouth. I was in Chagford recently. I think its nice.

Originally Posted by The_Ghost_Of_The_Moog

Whilst born in Newton Abbot, I went to school in the more chic seaside town of Teignmouth. I was in Chagford recently. I think its nice.

I agree. I enjoyed that area immensely, or I wouldn't have stayed so long. I did manage to get down to Teignmouth a couple of times and, as I remember, we used to shop in Newton Abbot.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by Silent Ninja

white house next to the church

Church, what church ??

Do you mean the Market House ?

To the left of the church, above all the parked cars.

Excellent work Bud. Can't wait for the next installment

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

This is an excellent thread, great pictures.
Looking forward to the Turkish ones.
I spent 3 happy years there.

How is it possible to spend 3 happy years in Turkey? To me it's the land of fat women with to much clothes on, but of course people are nice there and the food is actually quite good if you know what to avoid.

Fantastic thread btw, makes me want to sell the house and go travelling again.

You can always look at the work-in-progress web site here:

Mike Newman's Round-The-World Slide Show

Originally Posted by Silent Ninja

makes me want to sell the house and go travelling again.

Me too....

How is it possible to spend 3 happy years in Turkey? To me it's the land of fat women with to much clothes on, but of course people are nice there and the food is actually quite good if you know what to avoid.

I disagree, pound for pound the women of Istanbul are amongst the prettiest in the World.
I married one from Izmir, but before we divorced her father told me he was going to shoot me with a gun.

Originally Posted by Silent Ninja

To the left of the church, above all the parked cars.

Try here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discoveri...arkethouse.jpg

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by buadhai

Can anyone identify the cool car at the bottom of the photo?

Too small to tell but could be a Fiat Topolino

I'll second that

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

How is it possible to spend 3 happy years in Turkey? To me it's the land of fat women with to much clothes on, but of course people are nice there and the food is actually quite good if you know what to avoid.

I disagree, pound for pound the women of Istanbul are amongst the prettiest in the World.
I married one from Izmir, but before we divorced her father told me he was going to shoot me with a gun.

why then did you marry a bint from Izmir if the ones from Costantinople were the prettiest, that's daft

...and where did it all get you? To Thailand?

(btw Effendi, the ones from Ürgüp are much better than Izmir, by far)

Originally Posted by RandomChances

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by buadhai

Can anyone identify the cool car at the bottom of the photo?

Too small to tell but could be a Fiat Topolino

I'll second that

Does this help at all?



The front end doesn't look right for a Topolino based on this Wiki page:

Fiat Topolino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by buadhai

That's the women's car.

Topolino it just might be BD, but where Thetyim said the red car was a 126 sorry to say, that is a 127 Fiat

this is a 126 and though they look very much the same



but the 127 isn't as small

Originally Posted by in4zip

that is a 127 Fiat

Yep, you're right
The rear air vent is on the other side on a 126

There were sevral body styles on the Topolino
I was thinking about this one

^
Wow. Looks like you've got it. I've been wondering about that for nearly 30 years....

I thought it was something out of the 1930's. When was that model of Topolino produced?

Originally Posted by buadhai

Wow. Looks like you've got it.

Not so fast. The windscreen in your piccy has more rounded corners.

There are a lot of cars that are of similar shape, Austin 8 comes to mind.
Really need a bigger piccy to get some more detail

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

How is it possible to spend 3 happy years in Turkey? To me it's the land of fat women with to much clothes on, but of course people are nice there and the food is actually quite good if you know what to avoid.

I disagree, pound for pound the women of Istanbul are amongst the prettiest in the World.
I married one from Izmir, but before we divorced her father told me he was going to shoot me with a gun.

Have been to Turkey a couple of times, but the pretty women seems to be hiding whenever I go there

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Originally Posted by Silent Ninja

To the left of the church, above all the parked cars.

Try here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/discoveri...arkethouse.jpg

OMG, is that a market house? I thought it was a church

Can I excuse myself by saying I have never been to that area?

Originally Posted by Silent Ninja

Can I excuse myself by saying I have never been to that area?

Yes, of course you can.

The only reason I knew it was a market was when I saw that picture and thought to myself
" Shit, it looks just like a church"

Originally Posted by Thetyim

The windscreen in your piccy has more rounded corners.

Good eye, but that's the best I can do. That's a high resolution scan of the original negative....

Originally Posted by buadhai

but that's the best I can do.

What about Google Earth ?
or do you think it is not parked there now

Originally Posted by Thetyim

or do you think it is not parked there now

When I took the photo I figured it had been there for 40 years already, so the chances are good. Let me get the coordinates....