Post a picture of your classic car;

Redrocket

that is cool, the alloys are bit flash for me but the profile of the tyres and height is awesome sleeper or cruiser?

no1beemerfan

That Audi is gorgeous. Was it the one featured in Irish Vintage a year or so ago?

trevorbrady

Redrocket wrote: »

that is cool, the alloys are bit flash for me but the profile of the tyres and height is awesome sleeper or cruiser?

cruiser, 1.8 carb engine on 4 speed box. It's no speed machine!!

no1beemerfan wrote: »

That Audi is gorgeous. Was it the one featured in Irish Vintage a year or so ago?

it's in the current issue of the Irish Vintage Scene "Retro Classics" quarterly magazine. It was in last months Golf+ magazine too (UK publication for VAG enthusiasts)

probably a bit cheeky mentioning it here but I've decided to move it on to make way for the next project. If anyone's interested, PM me for details

no1beemerfan

I thought it was longer ago! I'd love to be able to take it off you but funds and space say otherwise

Dades

Redrocket wrote: »

that is cool, the alloys are bit flash for me

That is an understatement - what were you thinking Trevor?

Gorgeous car, though!

carchaeologist

I think they suit the car, and I'm not usually a fan of flash wheels.

hi5

I think the wheels look great too:)

f4fay

My New 504 TI.

trevorbrady

Dades wrote: »

That is an understatement - what were you thinking Trevor?

Gorgeous car, though!

theyre polished Porsche Fuchs replicas. What I was thinking was everything else on the outside of the car is either black or polished alu/stainless trim and bumpers so painted silver wheels werent going to cut it. I was always going to up the rim diameter from 13" to 15" with low profile tyres and to me Fuchs were the obvious solution. There was never any other choice.

I love 'em and I think they suit the style of the car down to the ground if you'll pardon the pun You're never going to please everyone so there's no point in even trying. I pleased myself. I ran Renault wheels on my last car and it raised an eyebrow or two amongst the Renault afficionados. Didn't bother me though.





thanks for the nice comments guys

phoenix_nights2

Love the audi...i see what you were tyring to do with the wheels but i dont think it works.

But +1 for the Rat car. Big fan of that trend at the moment. rat-look.com is a favourite hangout for me. You should put ur car up there.

You could rat the audi. That would get some interesting comments

carchaeologist

Whatever happened to that Derby Trevor?
I saw it in The junction one year, a proper rat.

trevorbrady

I sold it to a local chap here in Laois to partially fund the paintjob on the Audi! I still see it around from time to time, it's still going strong. He's repainted it and put his own stamp on it, wheels, interior etc.

Anan1

f4fay wrote: »

My New 504 TI.

Would you believe, i've been watching that car for more than a year. It looks like a wonderful example, well wear! Oh, and more pics would be good!

Albion

Keyzer wrote: »

That is a truly beautiful car....

Hoiy God!

phoenix_nights2

89 and 88 Diesel Surfs



And 95 V6 3L 605

quattro777

About 5 minutes after swearing I wouldn't buy another car this happened

1979 Audi 100 Avant CD 5E. 1 owner with 20,000 miles, apart from a few months in 2008 has been in a garage since 1981.

carchaeologist

^ I likes that!!

antodeco

After a bit of a clean!

Marlow

quattro777 wrote: »

About 5 minutes after swearing I wouldn't buy another car this happened

1979 Audi 100 Avant CD 5E. 1 owner with 20,000 miles, apart from a few months in 2008 has been in a garage since 1981.

Very nice find. Of course you couldn't let that go.

I've had a '77 of those. Absolutely brilliant.

/M

phoenix_nights2

My 3 Trucks.

johnrcgt4

Heres my celica, not a classic in some senses i suppose, but getting rare i think.
Its a jap import carlos sainz model

maidhc

corktina wrote: »

about 48 of the 60 or so cars Ive owned since 1999

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150242734757161.319597.630552160&l=b8fa666bb9

Surely you deserve a prize from Uncle Henry for outstanding service to the Ford Motor Company!

I love them!

cortinacrazy

My 1975 mk3 Cortina 2000E

dryadssaddle

carchaeologist

That's clean, the only thing I would suggest is to ditch the euro plates and get a set of plain black on whites, euros didn't come out untill Jan 1991.

dryadssaddle

carchaeologist wrote: »

That's clean, the only thing I would suggest is to ditch the euro plates and get a set of plain black on whites, euros didn't come out untill Jan 1991.

ya, I actually changed the plates on it a few months back. I got the silver on black. Here it is after a bath.

bijapos

dryadssaddle wrote: »

Very nice, my neighbour has one, she'll said sell it to me when she can no longer drive it as her adult kids are embarrassed about it, but that will be a good few years yet! Its an 88 and in perfect nick, still gets serviced with a Toyota dealer, it has about 160,000 miles on it, she has it from new. I liked them when they came out first, very simple but clean and timeless lines. it still doesnt look out of place in todays traffic.

Btw where was that photo taken?

dryadssaddle wrote: »

ya, I actually changed the plates on it a few months back. I got the silver on black. Here it is after a bath.

I'm not sure they are 1990 style either, silver on black was pre-87. I think Charchy means something like the style on the Ibiza in his photo here. I'm sure he can get you a better photo seeing as he owns it.

no1beemerfan

I agree with the others, plain white plates would set off the car perfectly. Personally I don't think the black/silver plates do anything for the car. My brother and sister had a silver one of these for a few years, you couldn't kill it!

Big Nasty

Sorry for the OT but what's the story with the Iberia(?) plane rotting away in the background?

dryadssaddle

bijapos wrote: »

Very nice, my neighbour has one, she'll said sell it to me when she can no longer drive it as her adult kids are embarrassed about it, but that will be a good few years yet! Its an 88 and in perfect nick, still gets serviced with a Toyota dealer, it has about 160,000 miles on it, she has it from new. I liked them when they came out first, very simple but clean and timeless lines. it still doesnt look out of place in todays traffic.

Btw where was that photo taken?

ya, they're great fun to drive too. They're like a little go kart. That photo was taken at Shannon Airport.

I wouldn't be in anyway knowledgable about plates. All i know is that i liked the black ones and thought the suited it, ha. Thanks for the info though.

There's a few things i'd need to get for it to be perfect such as a partial shelf (as the one in it is off a newer shape starlet, i think), i also would get better speakers and perhaps new carpets and seat if i were to be extremely picky. perhaps some toyota alloys of that period but i'm not really sure if these starlets other than the ep71. can anyone enlighten me?