What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

PukkaStukka

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That Beetle hasn't moved in a good few years. Theres an old Isuzu Gemini around the corner from it too

I'd be half tempted to buy an old Gemini if I could get one. Was looking at a jap import one offered by an exporter near Tokyo and they wanted something like €€4,500 for a 1989 one. Needless to say, I wasn't interested...:D

Duke O Smiley

This was a surprise - Coolock today!

darg

1991 Opel Kadett in great condition pity i didnt take a pic

Big Nasty

That Lancia looks very like a Primera from the back.

SmartinMartin

And an Octavia from the front.

Top Dog

Big Nasty wrote: »

That Lancia looks very like a Primera from the back.

Thought the exact same - just that the lights are a little squarer

Duke O Smiley

A few recents out of Bray and Clontarf

FUBO

used to own a 1993 lancia dedra turbo went like a rocket

Esel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That guy *really* didn't want his picture taken!

Duke O Smiley

Who?

Esel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Who?

Zoom in on the driver's seat...

Duke O Smiley

I don't see it!

Esel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I don't see it!

It's a black guy sliding down in the seat with his arm up and a scared look on his face.

Duke O Smiley

I really don't see it I spent a good few minutes looking at the car too

emeldc

Esel wrote: »

It's a black guy sliding down in the seat with his arm up and a scared look on his face.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I really don't see it I spent a good few minutes looking at the car too

Nope, I don’t see it either

Esel

I'm using a phone, but just above the mirror I see an eye and a nose of a black face (maybe peeping around the driver's seat). Maybe it's an illusion, but I'm definitely seeing it!

SmartinMartin

Eeeeeh......

No.

fancy pigeon

Will someone see older...?

ezra_

Was behind a 1991 Jetta this morning

Not an attractive car!

gammygils

Claregalway today. Nearly 60 years old. Austin A35/A40?

Nekarsulm

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Will someone see older...?

Did you get a look around his garage across the road?

Zoo4m8

gammygils wrote: »

Claregalway today. Nearly 60 years old. Austin A35/A40?

A35

Ubbquittious

Baraics Pollox

^^ It always interests me how small cars from the 80's/90's look compared to their millennial counterparts.

I know its a bit of a "small...far away" illusion in that image however :P

Nekarsulm

I saw a new Rav4 in the local Toyota dealers the other day, and its huge.
Far bigger than either the original series Landcruiser or the 70 series.

Same with the Golf. Put a new Golf beside a Mk1, and it's a tank of a yoke!

SmartinMartin

No, you're 100% right. I was looking at an 84 granada parked in Kildare recently. I remember these as a huge car but the mondeo beside it dwarfed it. I'm also constantly surprised when my carina is hidden when parked beside modern hatchbacks.

vectra

gammygils wrote: »

Claregalway today. Nearly 60 years old. Austin A35/A40?

A35

The A40 was ( Dare I say it )
a Hatchback

fancy pigeon

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Did you get a look around his garage across the road?

There was a quare thick fella standing at the door, the kind of man I could picture eating raw out of season records with cast iron delf, in decade old cords

elperello

vectra wrote: »

A35

The A40 was ( Dare I say it )
a Hatchback

Not being smart or anything but not all A40 Farinas were hatchbacks. Only the Countryman had the opening rear window.
There was also the A40 Devon and A40 Somerset in production from late 1940's to mid 1950's.

Nekarsulm

Off topic a bit, but it amused me anyway!

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/man-finds-car-20-years-after-forgetting-where-he-parked-it-1.3295670?mode=amp