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

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  • #842
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    unkel wrote: »
    Are you sure about that / did you check that against the NCT testing guide in the charter?

    Not my car. Just a lad I was talking to. He said it went down as a visual defect


  • #843
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,008 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    380 SL appears to be abandoned on Beach Road, Sandymount (Dublin).

    MercedesBenzSLC38081D2085.jpg


  • #844
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    ^ That's been there for at least 2 years now, it hasn't moved an inch as far as I've seen. That's the Merc that has the diesel badge on the back of it or something (SLD or something similar).


  • #845
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,008 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    ^ That's been there for at least 2 years now
    :eek: (I don't grace Dublin 4 with my presence much so it all new to me!)
    Max_Damage wrote:
    That's the Merc that has the diesel badge on the back of it or something (SLD or something similar).
    SLC? (Coupe?)


  • #846
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Jeez,pity that seems abandoned,im sure theres lads out there that would love one of them?


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  • #847
    Wishbone Ash
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    It's on Cartell - does that mean it's 'taxed'?


  • #848
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    It's on Cartell - does that mean it's 'taxed'?
    No,just that its on the system.


  • #849
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    SLC? (Coupe?)

    I'm nearly sure it's 'D', not 'C'. I'll have to double check the next time I pass it.


  • #850
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    SLC aren't worth much tbh, even if it was an SL in this condition it would only be worth a couple of grand tops.


  • #851
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    junkyard wrote: »
    SLC aren't worth much tbh, even if it was an SL in this condition it would only be worth a couple of grand tops.
    Ah,ok,i dont know much about mercs,except that the coupes seem to carry a premium and mechanically old mercs seem to be very similar across the board?


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  • #852
    L-M
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    Are they wheels off a modern E class.... Anyone passing again soon??:P


  • #853
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Are they wheels off a modern E class.... Anyone passing again soon??:P

    They look like it alright.


  • #854
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    junkyard wrote: »
    They look like it alright.

    So that means if definitly not there since pre 02, lol, we're getting some where.


  • #855
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    Somebody might just have changed the wheels.:)


  • #856
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    junkyard wrote: »
    Somebody might just have changed the wheels.:)

    LOl, i've heard of people robbing wheels, but robbing them and putting on new one's, well, that's a sign of the time's lol!


  • #857
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,008 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    I'll have to double check the next time I pass it.
    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Anyone passing again soon??:P

    Now I regret that I didn't spend more time ther! I took a quick pic and hurried on my way up Sean Moore Road.

    .......and it's unlikely that I'll be in the area anytime soon! It's up to you Max Damage! :)


  • #858
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    .......and it's unlikely that I'll be in the area anytime soon! It's up to you Max Damage! :)

    Will do. :)


  • #859
    Blue850
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,565 ✭✭✭Blue850


    I saw that red SLC at a show in Celbridge a few years, it was pretty rough and had been fitted with a diesel engine, from a 300D I think.


  • #860
    MercMad
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    Blue850 wrote: »
    I saw that red SLC at a show in Celbridge a few years, it was pretty rough and had been fitted with a diesel engine, from a 300D I think.

    ..........yeah I remember seeing it at a show too, but I used to pass there regularly and I recall it being used. It had the original wheels on it then.

    It hasn't moved in more like 3-4 years.

    The badge does say SLD, it was originally a 380SLC, one of the early ones, which suffered from timing chain failure, probably why it got a diesel fitted.

    The SLC's are probably the worst Mercedes when it comes to holding their value, and that one has been a rust bucket for many years now.


  • #861
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Will do. :)

    Wheel each so? :P


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  • #862
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Not sure about it being a classic... I never liked these when they were on the road... Tin-worm seems to have got the better of this one..

    peugeotaq4.th.jpgthpix.gif


  • #863
    S.I.R
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    380 SL appears to be abandoned on Beach Road, Sandymount (Dublin).

    MercedesBenzSLC38081D2085.jpg

    i know the fella who owns that wreak... another one bites the dust...


  • #864
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    S.I.R wrote: »
    i know the fella who owns that wreak... another one bites the dust...

    Is it he giving it away:D

    Edit: Lads forget about the wheels:D


  • #865
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    bbam wrote: »
    Not sure about it being a classic... I never liked these when they were on the road... Tin-worm seems to have got the better of this one..

    peugeotaq4.th.jpgthpix.gif

    Haven't seen a Peugeot 305 on the roads in years! Weatmeath reg. if I'm not mistaken?


  • #866
    JohnH1099
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭JohnH1099


    S.I.R wrote: »
    i know the fella who owns that wreak... another one bites the dust...
    That's been there quite a while, has it grown roots yet? :D


  • #867
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Haven't seen a Peugeot 305 on the roads in years! Weatmeath reg. if I'm not mistaken?
    8287LI,Yep,your dead right,around 1982 or so.The old 305 is a rare bus these days,the van version used to be very common.


  • #868
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    Was up around Sligo at the weekend and saw this, a shame really, nice 2 door Morris Minor, briars growing up inside it aswell. Perhaps carchaeologist can throw a year on it, Mayo reg, mid to late 60's maybe?

    Moggie1.jpg


  • #869
    VWPowered
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭VWPowered


    great pics keep em coming :D


  • #870
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    DannyBuoy wrote: »
    Was up around Sligo at the weekend and saw this, a shame really, nice 2 door Morris Minor, briars growing up inside it aswell. Perhaps carchaeologist can throw a year on it, Mayo reg, mid to late 60's maybe?
    Yep.mayo indeed, though a bit earlier than you think,its late 1954 or early 1955.Is it an early minor 1000,when did they discontinue the splitscreen ones thought they were made untill the later 50s?Looks like its been there for awhile,nice shot!!:)


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  • #871
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    Yep.mayo indeed, though a bit earlier than you think,its late 1954 or early 1955.Is it an early minor 1000,when did they discontinue the splitscreen ones thought they were made untill the later 50s?Looks like its been there for awhile,nice shot!!:)

    1956 according to Wiki, was the end of the split screen so maybe this one is the first of the next series, it also said the semiphore indicators were discontinued in '61 and replaced with the flasher side lights, which this has, so dont know where that leaves us. Regardless I did sigh a little when I saw it, a real pity. Always had a soft spot for the Moggies.


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