Saipa Automotive Iran

[soufle]

thinking about the dreaded demise of LHM low pressure return octopus in a Xantia and where to buy a factory replacement, Saipa sprung up as a possibility, I can't help imagining that they might be sitting on shelves in Iran, has anyone looked at this idea to source parts at all? It could be a novel solution perhaps. But some net searching didn't get me far!

Steven

[CitroJim]

Now that's an interesting thought Steven...

Depends if the Iranian ones are a faithful reproduction of the French version or if they have a substantial 'local' content as say, the French and Slough-built Traction Avant had...

How much is the same on a Pekyan and a Hillman Hunter for instance?

I don't think the Iranians ever made the Activa...

[chinkostu]

a trip to iran may be in order

[CitroJim]

a trip to iran may be in order

Be an adventure!

You're up early this morning Mr. Chinkostu

[chinkostu]

Sorry missed your reply! It's a little further away than i'm used to adventuring though

Up very early, sleeping patterns all to pot, and the wife and dog stole most of the bed so i came online

[CitroJim]

wife and dog stole most of the bed so i came online

Good idea!

My girls used to do the same thing when they were babies No Internet in those days so I used to get up and read the teletext..

That ages me

[chinkostu]

wife and dog stole most of the bed so i came online

Good idea!

My girls used to do the same thing when they were babies No Internet in those days so I used to get up and read the teletext..

That ages me

by the time I was old enough to understand teletext we got ITVdigital (now freeview!)

i grew up in the CD era

[Stickyfinger]

The Persian's were "re-styling" it in 2009

http://www.citroenet.org.uk/foreign/ira ... aipa2.html

funny, Google translate fails
http://www.saipacorp.com/fa/1

[CitroJim]

That's a new meaning of the word 'style' I was not previously familiar with Alasdair

[Stickyfinger]

Yep, you could say they Mullah'ed it

[old-un77]

Wot! no Burqua?

[CitroJim]

Wot! no Burqua?

[soufle]

phase 2's after 2000 produced according to some light googling. Which means there are parts floating around unless they've been ferreted to the rear if the medina. There's an Itanian guy on Aussiefrogs, I'll suss him out. I could end up with a sedition charge though I guess...

[Stickyfinger]

worry about parts that go around and around quickly

[van ordinaire]

Yup, the Govt. have now given us the all clear to go to Iran - but t'internet might be easier! In the same way as 2CV parts come from S. America, Renault from Romania & Fiat from Poland (mind you, so did my replacement door mirror!).

As for Pekyans, I'd always understood they were CKD Hunters, so would've had little local content AND the few Iranian Dyanes over here are, as far as I know, are maintained with French parts - or pattern replacements of same - which suggests total interchangeability.

On the other hand, the last Hindustan Ambassadors had very little on common with the original Morris Oxford, beyond the body panels, as by then they'd (amazingly) introduced a "Classic" model that reverted to even more closely resembling the original.