burning classics

G Luxel

Well not sure but what are they? taken yesterday in Teheran..... and no, im not there to persuade the people to stop burning old cars like Hillman Hunters and the pre-1979 cars that continue to dominate the landscape there.

quattro777

To them they are not classics I would think,
The Hunter was made there until 2005 and was replaced by the Peugeot 405.
I don't know what the car on the left is, VW Santana possibly?

Thinkingaboutit

Wouldn't most of them be Peykans and the like, which were made until recently, and not the Hillman originals?

Anan1

The one on the left is an E21 BMW 3 series.

carchaeologist

Given the previous answers i suppose it would be like us buring mondeos or the like over here?

Run_to_da_hills

There should be preservation orders on all cars over 30 years.

I think its worse when classics get destroyed in movie making. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_117392-Volkswagen-Bus-Typ-2-T2.html

unkel

Anan1 wrote: »

The one on the left is an E21 BMW 3 series.

Well spotted!

G Luxel

quattro777 wrote: »

To them they are not classics I would think,
The Hunter was made there until 2005 and was replaced by the Samand.
I don't know what the car on the left is, VW Santana possibly?

The Hunter is going to be built in the Sudan. All the production machinery was shipped over there last year. It will be the same as before. There is a really nice car badge for the car in the shape of a horse and chariot and arabic script.

They still make a pickup on the same car. Most of the cars on the road were sold before 1979, after which the only other cars available were Mercedes, Kia Pride saloons and Renault 5 Mark 1's. Hopefully these demonstrations will achieve something positive, unless they go to the Shah's Palace and set fire to the huge (2000 +) cars that the shah owned.

another image from yesterday, amazed how this forecourt didnt just explode into obvilion.

Thinkingaboutit

The Shah's collection is in a warehouse/museum outside Teheran, some on display, most gathering dust as the foundation that now controls the collection is rather short of money, and won't sell any of them. I think it unlikely that the present disturbances there will affect them.

G Luxel

The foundation did sell one car, a 1969 Lamborghini Miura Roadster, which was a one-off and was sold for x million dollars to Nicholas Cage. It would be interesting to know what cars were pushed into the water,as stated on their website, and the MPV that was made by Mercedes, Porsche for the shah.