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Thetyim · 22-09-2006, 02:26 PM

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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

RandomChances · 22-09-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Thetyim

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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

in4zip · 22-09-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

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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)

buadhai · 22-09-2006, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RandomChances

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Originally Posted by Thetyim

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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

in4zip · 22-09-2006, 04:13 PM

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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

Thetyim · 22-09-2006, 04:27 PM

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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

Thetyim · 22-09-2006, 08:11 PM

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

buadhai · 22-09-2006, 08:18 PM

^
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?

Thetyim · 22-09-2006, 08:27 PM

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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

Silent Ninja · 22-09-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

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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

Silent Ninja · 22-09-2006, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Thetyim

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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?

Thetyim · 22-09-2006, 09:42 PM

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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"

buadhai · 22-09-2006, 09:53 PM

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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....

Thetyim · 22-09-2006, 09:56 PM

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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

buadhai · 22-09-2006, 09:58 PM

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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....

buadhai · 23-09-2006, 11:23 AM

In the 70's there were quite a few firms offering bargain trips with various degrees of comfort between Europe and Asia. The most common route was between London and Kathmandu as it was possible then to do this entire trip overland. (This is before Russia invaded Afghanistan and before the Shah fell in Iran.)

Some people chose to do this route on their own, many using Tony Wheeler's first two books: "Across Asia on the Cheap" and "Southeast Asia on a Shoestring".

Some travel agents would book rail and bus tickets in advance and send you on your way. (I never understood the advantage of this.)

The company I chose (Exodus) offered the least luxurious all-inclusive trip: a converted Bedford van, simple self-cooked meals, and tents for camping out. Other companies towed a trailer behind the van to haul more stuff and more provisions. Some companies did the trip using luxury coaches. Comfortable, but they had to stick to the main highways and well on the beaten path.

The two drivers that came with us were both knowledgeable and experienced. They seemed to have been given plenty of leeway as to both route and schedule. They often persuaded us to make interesting detours and to skip some of the less interesting spots. We spent much more time than planned on the coast of Turkey and made a fascinating detour to Ladakh in Kashmir.

One of the first purchases they made, when we were crossing the channel, was about 30 bottles of Red Label. They had each of us put one bottle in our under-seat lockers (for customs purposes) and squirreled the rest away in various spots on the van. This stash would prove invaluable later on when crossing borders, passing through checkpoints and getting out of various other troublesome situations. I believe they sold what was left a handsome profit in Pakistan.

hunter · 23-09-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by buadhai

In the 70's there were quite a few firms offering bargain trips with various degrees of comfort between Europe and Asia. The most common route was between London and Kathmandu as it was possible then to do this entire trip overland. (This is before Russia invaded Afghanistan and before the Shah fell in Iran.)

Some people chose to do this route on their own, many using Tony Wheeler's first two books: "Across Asia on the Cheap" and "Southeast Asia on a Shoestring".

Some travel agents would book rail and bus tickets in advance and send you on your way. (I never understood the advantage of this.)

The company I chose (Exodus) offered the least luxurious all-inclusive trip: a converted Bedford van, simple self-cooked meals, and tents for camping out. Other companies towed a trailer behind the van to haul more stuff and more provisions. Some companies did the trip using luxury coaches. Comfortable, but they had to stick to the main highways and well on the beaten path.

The two drivers that came with us were both knowledgeable and experienced. They seemed to have been given plenty of leeway as to both route and schedule. They often persuaded us to make interesting detours and to skip some of the less interesting spots. We spent much more time than planned on the coast of Turkey and made a fascinating detour to Ladakh in Kashmir.

One of the first purchases they made, when we were crossing the channel, was about 30 bottles of Red Label. They had each of us put one bottle in our under-seat lockers (for customs purposes) and squirreled the rest away in various spots on the van. This stash would prove invaluable later on when crossing borders, passing through checkpoints and getting out of various other troublesome situations. I believe they sold what was left a handsome profit in Pakistan.

thought Pakistan was an alcohol free Muslim State

Thetyim · 23-09-2006, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hunter

thought Pakistan was an alcohol free Muslim State

Correct.
They were getting their alcohol free

buadhai · 24-09-2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Thetyim

Too small to tell but could be a Fiat Topolino

I just discovered that HRH lost his eye in an accident he had while driving a Topolino....

Wiki:

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On October 4, 1948, while [HRH] was driving a Fiat Topolino on the Geneva-Lausanne highway, he collided into the rear of a braking truck.

buadhai · 25-09-2006, 08:01 AM

After a night in Greece we drove straight into Turkey and stopped at a campsite (Londra Camping) just outside of Istanbul. Our drivers had talked us into taking a short detour along the Mediterranean coast rather than driving straight through the center of the country. Here's the route map:

We spent a few days in Istanbul to see the main sites and get our last taste of Europe.

The Topkapi museum has some cools stuff. The Maltese Falcon?

A nice rose garden.

And some early Christian relics.

It used to be a palace.

23-09-2006, 11:23 AM	#76 (permalink)
buadhai Elite Member Last Online: 27-11-2006 09:00 AM Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,972	Overland Asia In the 70's there were quite a few firms offering bargain trips with various degrees of comfort between Europe and Asia. The most common route was between London and Kathmandu as it was possible then to do this entire trip overland. (This is before Russia invaded Afghanistan and before the Shah fell in Iran.) Some people chose to do this route on their own, many using Tony Wheeler's first two books: "Across Asia on the Cheap" and "Southeast Asia on a Shoestring". Some travel agents would book rail and bus tickets in advance and send you on your way. (I never understood the advantage of this.) The company I chose (Exodus) offered the least luxurious all-inclusive trip: a converted Bedford van, simple self-cooked meals, and tents for camping out. Other companies towed a trailer behind the van to haul more stuff and more provisions. Some companies did the trip using luxury coaches. Comfortable, but they had to stick to the main highways and well on the beaten path. The two drivers that came with us were both knowledgeable and experienced. They seemed to have been given plenty of leeway as to both route and schedule. They often persuaded us to make interesting detours and to skip some of the less interesting spots. We spent much more time than planned on the coast of Turkey and made a fascinating detour to Ladakh in Kashmir. One of the first purchases they made, when we were crossing the channel, was about 30 bottles of Red Label. They had each of us put one bottle in our under-seat lockers (for customs purposes) and squirreled the rest away in various spots on the van. This stash would prove invaluable later on when crossing borders, passing through checkpoints and getting out of various other troublesome situations. I believe they sold what was left a handsome profit in Pakistan.

22-09-2006, 08:11 PM	#67 (permalink)
Thetyim Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phrae Posts: 12,210	There were sevral body styles on the Topolino I was thinking about this one

22-09-2006, 08:18 PM	#68 (permalink)
buadhai Elite Member Last Online: 27-11-2006 09:00 AM Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,972	^ 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?