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

jayo26

Toyota celica.

Armitage shanks pearl white.

Cavity block.

kev1.3s

Mk 4 Celica, hard to come by now.

ConorTimelord

Love Triumph cars!

This has been here at least 4 years.

SmartinMartin

Sicily today, poor things :

Wishbone Ash

Naul, Co Dublin.

kaizersoze

Outside a garage in Co. Galway. Been there a while.

Lotus? Ferrari?

kev1.3s

Looks like a lotus elite to me, not the most desired lotus but still a shame to see it there, in fact I could hazard a guess that it's the same one that was for sale in kilpedder a few years ago and if it is it was very ropey back then.
I couldn't drive it because the drive shaft had pulled from the hubs.

jamesC.

Toyota Sprinter E90 by James C, on Flickr
Toyota Sprinter E90 by James C, on Flickr
Last taxed in 2009. Looks like it would be easily saved.

jamesC.

firstcarmark wrote: »

Anyone know where this is and if it’s still around. It’s not too far from me and I’d love to go and have a look at it

Odelay

jamesC. wrote: »

Toyota Sprinter E90 by James C, on Flickr
Toyota Sprinter E90 by James C, on Flickr
Last taxed in 2009. Looks like it would be easily saved.

They were a truly gorgeous looking car. Were they unique to ireland and uk? Have looked for videos of them online but can't find any.

jamesC.

Odelay wrote: »

They were a truly gorgeous looking car. Were they unique to ireland and uk? Have looked for videos of them online but can't find any.

No I think they were sold everywhere that the standard corolla was. They were called the Toyota Sprinter in Japan though.

IrishPlayer

Howth on Friday,have not been to the transport museum in years,it was closed so i looked around the outside.





I remember someone posting these on here being transported to the museum.

_Brian

Spotted these at an abandoned Opel dealership near enough Nantes in France.

It’s like they were on The forecourt when it closed.

https://ibb.co/n4mTJ9
https://ibb.co/cYaDJ9

SmartinMartin

Halting site at Ballymun nct Centre ;





Looks like they've been dragged out of a field.

Duke O Smiley

I must go up for a look!

They're alright up there, I've bought a few oddities/oldies in the past from them

gammygils

Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia in Tuam today. Hardly a classic I know but these were top of the range.
I owned one for years & loved it. Laden with extras.

sligojoek

^^^^^^^^^^^^

It's like an undercover Garda car of that era except for the sunroof.

Dades

That's been one long stakeout.

Duke O Smiley

Mk3 Transit in the driveway looking similarly forlorn too.

alpahaeagle

Saw this in two mile the other month.....

Testacalda

Was in Howth a few weeks back and took a stroll out to see if the Transport Museum was open, it wasn't, but all the gates and the yard was, and as well as a few restored items on display outside, I saw these trucks and vans out the back.

The Yellow truck on the left seems to have some sort of telescopic / extendible platform on the back, the equivalent of today's cherry pickers, I think its a mid '50s Ford / Fordson Thames ET6 truck.

The red truck on the right I assume was ex fire service, I think another Fordson truck, a 7V maybe


https://photos.app.goo.gl/NxQgsZH61idPSu7B8

https://photos.app.goo.gl/mcWJztw164EN287c8

Not sure about the identity of the two vans on the lowloader

I cant seem to image link the pictures :mad:

bonzodog2

Testacalda wrote: »

Not sure about the identity of the two vans on the lowloader

The blue one is a Commer Walkthru

w124man

The other one is an electric bread delivery van

Wishbone Ash

Spotted in a farmyard in Carnaross, Co Meath this morning. 'IZO' - late 1981 Dublin reg.

elperello

That's a 4 digit number followed by ZO.
It would be 1973 Dublin.
Could be a few salvageable parts there.

Wishbone Ash

elperello wrote: »

That's a 4 digit number followed by ZO.
It would be 1973 Dublin....

Ah, I thought the reg was a bit late for the car alright.

Bus Boy

elperello wrote: »

That's a 4 digit number followed by ZO.
It would be 1973 Dublin.
Could be a few salvageable parts there.

Our Land Cruiser is 1981 and the reg is ***LZO. The father inlaw bought it new in 1981 too. That's gas that 'ZO' on its own was nearly 8 years previous. Funny the way the plates went back then.

Type 17

There would be four instances of most reg combinations:

ZO nnnn (Not sure, but probably pre-war in Dublin)

IZO nnn (late '68 or early '69 in Dublin)

nnnn ZO ('73 in Dublin, like the Escort above)

nnn IZO ('81 in Dublin, like Bus Boy's (gorgeous!) Land Cruiser)

Bus Boy

Type 17 wrote: »

There would be four instances of most reg combinations:

ZO nnnn (Not sure, but probably pre-war in Dublin)

IZO nnn (late '68 or early '69 in Dublin)

nnnn ZO ('73 in Dublin, like the Escort above)

nnn IZO ('81 in Dublin, like Bus Boy's (gorgeous!) Land Cruiser)

Thanks for that @Type 17.