Today I saw an abandoned classic and took a pic thread!

carchaeologist

mb1725 wrote: »

68-69 reg?

AZU1-999 was issued in just a few days in mid April 1969 in Dublin City.

Capri

carchaeologist wrote: »

AZU1-999 was issued in just a few days in mid April 1969 in Dublin City.

Fleet reg -Dublin Corp / CIE / Gardai ???

carchaeologist

Capri wrote: »

Fleet reg -Dublin Corp / CIE / Gardai ???

Probably not, Dublin went through issues pretty fast even in those days.

walshe

took these a couple of weeks ago near Athy.

rugbyman

Volvo F86, commonly known in its day as a "bubble", not too common in the South as I recall, North had plenty of them.(note , that one is an import)
even its replacement the F7 is extinct now

Strange its there still because the exporters would have snapped it up.

Regards ,Rugbyman

Hermy

walshe wrote: »

Wiggins Teape were based in Eastwall.

hi5

Theres some interesting pictures in this Flicker account.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eamonnmcgee/sets/72157610609303500/with/5354792711/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eamonnmcgee/5355471184/in/photostream/

aujopimur

The ZZ export plate on the Mustang is interesting, maybe it never made it to the ferry.

68deville

hi5 wrote: »

Theres some interesting pictures in this Flicker account.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eamonnmcgee/sets/72157610609303500/with/5354792711/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eamonnmcgee/5355471184/in/photostream/[/QUOTE]

some real interesting stuff there!!an e-type jag,maybe original irish
and a 62 buick invicta on an old irish plate!!maybe kevin knows the history of it??:)

Grimreaper666

And a field full of hearses.........:eek:

Capri

aujopimur wrote: »

The ZZ export plate on the Mustang is interesting, maybe it never made it to the ferry.

That ZZ Mustang was in the Honda dealers in Swords, wasn't for sale AT THAT TIME - wonder where it is now?

The Chevy SS in Ballyhaigue, bet Kevin is chartering a chopper as we speak :D

Interesting photos, you don't normally come upon 'collections', maybe his work takes him to interesting places:cool:

hi5

Capri wrote: »

That ZZ Mustang was in the Honda dealers in Swords, wasn't for sale AT THAT TIME - wonder where it is now?

The Chevy SS in Ballyhaigue, bet Kevin is chartering a chopper as we speak :D

Interesting photos, you don't normally come upon 'collections', maybe his work takes him to interesting places:cool:

The Chevy ss was removed from that resting place a few years ago and moved to the midlands, it was fairly bad, I doubt it will ever see the road again:(

It's only a six cylinder anyway:D

Pdfile

found a lovely renault 4 van yesterday, no badge on the front hut its definitely generic early 90's Renault van...

pics to come later/torrow when i go back to buy it...

just two questions for you folks if you dont mind...

1) will it accept the 19 turbo running gear/engine ??

2) where can i buy 19 turbo running gear and or engine :P

Capri

Pdfile wrote: »

found a lovely renault 4 van yesterday, no badge on the front hut its definitely generic early 90's Renault van...

pics to come later/torrow when i go back to buy it...

just two questions for you folks if you dont mind...

1) will it accept the 19 turbo running gear/engine ??

2) where can i buy 19 turbo running gear and or engine :P

MAYBE R5Gordini running gear might be better, R19 was transverse engine, R4/5/6 mounted lengthwise - the block/mountings would be a straight swop (?) whereas amore 'ambitious' project would have you off the road for a long time

The C family (for the Cléon factory where it was produced, also referred to as Sierra in early variants) was a major evolution of the B type, being also a cast-iron overhead valve inline-4 but now with a 5-bearing crankshaft, designed in the early 1960s for the Renault 8. An extremely sturdy, low-cost design, it was continuously refined over its 35-year career and was used in every supermini and compact Renault type up to and including the 1992 Twingo:

C1C (689): 956cc (65x72); 32 kW
C1E (688): 1108cc (70x72); 28-34 kW
C1G: 1237cc (71,5x77); 40 kW
C3G: 1239cc (74x72); 40 kW; monopoint injection
810: 1289cc (73x77; out of production before alphanumeric codes were introduced); 32-47 kW
C3J: 1390cc (75,8x77); 43 kW; monopoint injection.
C1J/C2J (847): 1397cc (76x77); 43-52 kW normal aspiration / 77-88 kW Turbo
C6J (840): 1397cc (76x77 with hemispherical head); 68 kW normal aspiration, 79-116 kW Turbo
C7K: 1430cc (76x79

This what you're intending to do ?
http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://quatrelle.online.fr/images/r4_turbo_face.jpg&imgrefurl=http://quatrelle.online.fr/3imagessf6.html&h=600&w=450&sz=63&tbnid=Tn3I3-Vj-ZObUM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=68&prev=/search%3Fq%3Drenault%2B4%2Bturbo%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=renault+4+turbo&usg=__ZHZfVB9GfCyP31BLYzdW3LrjS50=&docid=BZzDcagCAcFuLM&sa=X&ei=FCD5T6nwE8awhAeyw53YBg&ved=0CHUQ9QEwBQ&dur=2688

http://media.photobucket.com/image/r4+turbo+/maxi16000/Mes%20realisations/Redimensionner4LMaxiTurbo16.jpg

:eek::eek:


NCTS ain't a bad idea considering what's let on the roads elsewhere - http://hooniverse.com/2012/07/07/hooniverse-weekend-edition-an-unsafe-pinto-really/#more-100309

aujopimur

:eek::eek:


NCTS ain't a bad idea considering what's let on the roads elsewhere - http://hooniverse.com/2012/07/07/hooniverse-weekend-edition-an-unsafe-pinto-really/#more-100309[/QUOTE]
A friend of mine had a Bedford CF chip van in the 70's, on a regular basis he would stick the hose from the LPG bottle into the carb when he ran out of petrol.
He became very good at controlling the flow of gas using his fingers to sqeeze the hose.

DarenO

found local to me

Capri

DarenO wrote: »

found local to me

Flat tyre at rear ?? Parked up ?

DarenO

Capri wrote: »

DarenO wrote: »

found local to me

Flat tyre at rear ?? Parked up ?

Been there a long time just never had time to put it online

trevorbrady

found in explorations of the local by-ways...







picture quality from the clockwork phone is dreadful, apologies. The Passat has a 123-SZO reg, so Dublin '82 or so, the Golf has IIC-123, Carlow reg of unknown date, as of yet. DIdn't spot the reg on the Landy

Carazy

DarenO wrote: »

found local to me

DarenO wrote: »

Been there a long time just never had time to put it online

It won't be there for much longer

€675

carchaeologist

trevorbrady wrote: »

found in explorations of the local by-ways...


the Golf has IIC-123, Carlow reg of unknown date, as of yet.

IIC*** was issued from Jan 74- Jan75, making that one seriously early Golf!

trevorbrady

carchaeologist wrote: »

IIC*** was issued from Jan 74- Jan75, making that one seriously early Golf!

must go back for a closer look to make sure it's not "TIC"

colm_mcm

Kinda looks like TIC

Is it a van, when did they come out?

macplaxton

Those Golf rear lights are Mk 1.5, from 1980-on.

Looks like TIC to me

Grimreaper666

That Golf is 1982 or newer, that model only came out in 1982 iirc.

carchaeologist

TIC*** is, or was Feb 1981 to November 1981. Agreed, it does look like TIC, you will have to invest in a new phone Trevor!

squonk

My first look at the plate, TIC jumped out at me there. IIRC the earlier golfs had banded rear lights, ie indicator, brake etc all one light placed alongside each other. Later came the style shown here.

Anan1

squonk wrote: »

IIRC the earlier golfs had banded rear lights, ie indicator, brake etc all one light placed alongside each other. Later came the style shown here.

I think the facelift came in 1981, which would fit with the TIC reg.

trevorbrady

confirmed, it's "TIC" and the Passat is PZO, not SZO as I recalled wrongly. fail on both counts

the landy is on a UK "H" reg...

Sids Not

Havnt seen one of these in a looong time,,,in vgc too.....