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

2cv

G Luxel wrote: »

Is the car on the left an 80s import? Was the blue car sold here new in LHD? And a nice Renault Floride/Caravelle in the background :-)

Don't really know the story.. All i know is that one is LHD and the other is RHD

Ali Babba

The lighter blue one used to be around Cork city in the 80's, it used to be owned by the owner of CP Autos in Beasley street, I remember the other one too for somewhere. There's also some Polish guy buying up classic cars on donedeal for export too as far as I know.http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1526202 Maybe it's the same fella, it's a pity if our classics start leaving the country just as things were getting good. A lot of people I know have sold off their classic as they can't afford to keep them anymore.

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

Is the car on the left an 80s import? Was the blue car sold here new in LHD? And a nice Renault Floride/Caravelle in the background :-)

892MPI is a mid '82 Number Cork City.
828HZB is mid 1981 Cork County.
So that makes them both imports.

2cv

Spotted in Midleton...

kasper

i doesnt look the worst from the neglect ,its solid looking

2cv

kasper wrote: »

i doesnt look the worst from the neglect ,its solid looking

quite a bit of the interior has been ripped out though....

Max_Damage

^ Did you happen to catch the name of motor dealer written on the bottom of the plate?

kasper

try zooming in

Max_Damage

kasper wrote: »

try zooming in

It's blurred.

Reason I ask because I suspect it's the same dealer my own Escort Mk3 came from (plate font is uniquely the same, Can't remember the name of the dealer now. Some place in Yougal).

Ali Babba

2cv wrote: »

Spotted in Midleton...

Where in Midleton?

alastair

Ali Babba wrote: »

Where in Midleton?

The exif data on the photo's suggests here

2cv

alastair wrote: »

The exif data on the photo's suggests here

Correct!

Now, tell me, how the f*** did you do that? LOL

carchaeologist

I tried to make my brain understand it but it hurt too much...:pac:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format

Thats a pretty mad notion how thats possible now though i guess its only high end cameras that would have it at the moment?

Soon it seems we will have little tags on us all so everyone will know where everyone else is...

Watch this space...:eek:

kasper

should have got a tracking device for junkyard he remains on the missing list

2cv

carchaeologist wrote: »

I tried to make my brain understand it but it hurt too much...:pac:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format

Thats a pretty mad notion how thats possible now though i guess its only high end cameras that would have it at the moment?

Soon it seems we will have little tags on us all so everyone will know where everyone else is...

Watch this space...:eek:

Makes sense now... Pics were taken with my iPhone and apparently the GPS location is linked to the pic

carchaeologist

2cv wrote: »

Makes sense now... Pics were taken with my iPhone and apparently the GPS location is linked to the pic

I was thinking as such,my brother has one and he said this is how it can be done. Pretty mental.
I think big brother is out of a job!

G Luxel

saw this Renault 5 in a field, been there a while.....

2cv

G Luxel wrote: »

saw this Renault 5 in a field, been there a while.....

I'm on it :-)

Do-more

Just down the road from me a 2002 going back to nature.



and 3 more Beemers wait their turn....

manta mad

shame to see those bmws end up like that

ronaneire

Do-more wrote: »

Just down the road from me a 2002 going back to nature.



and 3 more Beemers wait their turn....

Where abouts would they be found?

G Luxel

Those Bmws must be in Eastern Europe as those buildings dont look like anything at home.........

2cv

G Luxel wrote: »

Those Bmws must be in Eastern Europe as those buildings dont look like anything at home.........

I'm guessing Sweden

Do-more

2cv wrote: »

I'm guessing Sweden

Just look at the sig < 50 miles from Malmö!

You can even see them on Google maps!

carchaeologist

As spotted on another forum.. Did anyone on here have anything to do with this,and was it on a ZF plate? I think pictures of this were posted on here before.






FORD CUSTOMLINE V8 LINKY

Bitten & Hisses

Here you go, including a very prophetic post by your good self!

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=60051339&highlight=ford+customline#post60051339

carchaeologist

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

Here you go, including a very prophetic post by your good self!
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=60051339&highlight=ford+customline#post60051339

I knew it wwas mentioned before,i just couldnt be arsed looking back through all the posts.. I guess i could have used the search function..but even that was too much hassle...:D

Kevin_Herron

carchaeologist wrote: »

I knew it wwas mentioned before,i just couldnt be arsed looking back through all the posts.. I guess i could have used the search function..but even that was too much hassle...:D

I did, yes. ZF4431 and had was last taxed in '62.
I obtained permission to remove the car from the solicitor handling the estate and along with a few friends we cut it up and dragged it out all in the space of a few hours.
And put the fairytale of the famous Customline V8 in Killester to bed once and for all

carchaeologist

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

I did, yes. ZF4431 and had was last taxed in '62.
I obtained permission to remove the car from the solicitor handling the estate and along with a few friends we cut it up and dragged it out all in the space of a few hours.
And put the fairytale of the famous Customline V8 in Killester to bed once and for all

G'wan the kev..! What state was the engine in? Surely only for parts?

gav240z

G Luxel wrote: »

No, not in Ireland but in a suburb called Jouy-en-Josas, south of Paris. Its called appropriately enough 'Long term parking' and took 6 years to build by a sculptor called Arman. It was unveiled in I982 and consists of 59 cars in I800 tonnes of concrete. It used to be polished every day but has fallen into decay in recent years and apparently the people in the area didnt know it existed as it isn't on any tourist guide. Its in the grounds of the Cartier Foundation.

Oh man, there is a Honda S600 in there. Very rare and very hard to find parts for. Also extremely collectible now.