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

SmartinMartin

Fiesta?

Duke O Smiley

Thats a Mk5 Fiesta from 00 onwards, so doubtful he lost it in 1997 :P

elperello

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Thats a Mk5 Fiesta from 00 onwards, so doubtful he lost it in 1997 :P

That pic is credited to Getty so it's probably a stock image.
Standards slipping at the paper of record.

Isambard

elperello wrote: »

That pic is credited to Getty so it's probably a stock image.
Standards slipping at the paper of record.

yes, I think I saw the story elsewhere and it was something like a COrolla pictured

Isambard

elperello wrote: »

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.

the Devon and Somerset were a non-Farina style though I think. My headmistress had a Farina and it always intrigued me that it had a badge on it declaring "four wheel brakes"

PukkaStukka

Vintage Irish car porn at it's finest. Pour yourself a beer before watching this.

http://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21213067-motor-show/

davycc

Thanks for the link that grey uno turbo is pure sex wee!
I first went rds car show in 98 got evo 5 brochures, Toyota brochures price lists too I must try find them for this thread. Pictures of rally cars too.

Wibbs

Cool vid, though it show for me how far we've come in cars. Well as far as your basic "family car" goes. We've always had very cool cars at the high end, either just out of reach or madly out of reach, but average cars back then were nearly to a car horribly boxy affairs that looks like style was purposely removed. Yeah we have some horrid looking average cars today(Roomster *shudder*), but in general they just look far better. We also have much more in the way of average power these days too. Yer man in the video going on about how the Honda Accord felt like a "formula racing" car that would take a saint to not speed in. What did they have 130 brake horsies? Then again back then much above 100 BHP was considered pretty "powerful" and of course cars were generally lighter, sometimes much, but still.

elperello

Isambard wrote: »

yes, I think I saw the story elsewhere and it was something like a COrolla pictured

Yes here it is.

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/motors/2017/1117/920842-parked-car/

Duke O Smiley

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Vintage Irish car porn at it's finest. Pour yourself a beer before watching this.

http://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21213067-motor-show/

That is an absolute gem; thanks for posting!

Duke O Smiley

Its a day for campers; 83 T25 in Coolock and 94 Hiace in Howth

Duke O Smiley

Wibbs wrote: »

Cool vid, though it show for me how far we've come in cars. Well as far as your basic "family car" goes. We've always had very cool cars at the high end, either just out of reach or madly out of reach, but average cars back then were nearly to a car horribly boxy affairs that looks like style was purposely removed. Yeah we have some horrid looking average cars today(Roomster *shudder*), but in general they just look far better. We also have much more in the way of average power these days too. Yer man in the video going on about how the Honda Accord felt like a "formula racing" car that would take a saint to not speed in. What did they have 130 brake horsies? Then again back then much above 100 BHP was considered pretty "powerful" and of course cars were generally lighter, sometimes much, but still.

Interesting to note that even in 1986 we were still being ****ed over on VRT. IR£11K vs £7k gbp for the Uno Turbo, Accord £5k cheaper up the North etc.

PukkaStukka

davycc wrote: »

Thanks for the link that grey uno turbo is pure sex wee!
I first went rds car show in 98 got evo 5 brochures, Toyota brochures price lists too I must try find them for this thread. Pictures of rally cars too.

Those Uno's were obscenely fast cars for their time, and if memory serves me right, they were slightly faster than the R5 Turbo which many considered to be the benchmark pocket-rocket of the day.

Sadly the Uno's generally weren't blessed with the best reliability or crash-worthiness, and some even had a propensity to catch fire from poor electrics.

As for the Honda Civic 1.5i, I had a Jap import one like that a few years later and it was a fabulous car. A twin cam 1.6 was added to the range which I had the "pleasure " of driving and it went like stink.

pablo128

Isambard wrote: »

yes, I think I saw the story elsewhere and it was something like a COrolla pictured

Apparently it was a VW Passat.

emeldc

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Vintage Irish car porn at it's finest. Pour yourself a beer before watching this.

http://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21213067-motor-show/

Great find
IR£30k for a 21mpg Granada 30 years ago :eek:

Duke O Smiley

A familiar face in Clontarf

Esel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

A familiar face in Clontarf

Tasty.

Duke O Smiley

Esel wrote: »

Tasty.

My parents used to own it. Its no looker, but I have many happy memories and it was genuinely a really great set up.

We recommissioned it earlier in the year after five years off the road and it sailed through the DOE. Used it for a few stints up and down the country and had a blast. I'd buy it back in a heart beat.

elperello

That's lovely, who built it originally?

Phil.x

Sorry but that's just cringeworthy.

Duke O Smiley

I'm not sure who built it.

My parents brought it in a long time ago as a much cheaper alternative to a motorhome.

I don't think they were overly concerned with its uniqueness. It was cheap and could carry all of us.

Strangely, its licenced to carry 5 people. Three in front and two in back. However there are no seatbelts or forward facing seats in the back. A bit dangerous looking back..but never done us any harm etc.

I suspect someone just wanted a modern (in 1992) take on the VW Gypsy

bladespin

Pristine Morris Minor driving up the M8 today, looked great and belting along at a good rate.

Mean Laqueefa

Taken a couple of weeks ago, never got around to posting. Broadstairs in Kent UK, the owners school car for his 13 year old boy

https://image.ibb.co/fdUzsm/IMG_0191.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/euMJk6/IMG_0192.jpg

tc20

a couple of 24 yr olds around north Wicklow recently, and a bonus '79 Merc S-Class

Ciano35

Isambard

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I'm not sure who built it.

My parents brought it in a long time ago as a much cheaper alternative to a motorhome.

I don't think they were overly concerned with its uniqueness. It was cheap and could carry all of us.

Strangely, its licenced to carry 5 people. Three in front and two in back. However there are no seatbelts or forward facing seats in the back. A bit dangerous looking back..but never done us any harm etc.

I suspect someone just wanted a modern (in 1992) take on the VW Gypsy

how can you tell how many a vehicle is licensed to carry? Mine has four seats in the back and can have two or three in the front.... I assumed you could only carry passengers in the front.

Duke O Smiley

Isambard wrote: »

how can you tell how many a vehicle is licensed to carry? Mine has four seats in the back and can have two or three in the front.... I assumed you could only carry passengers in the front.

It'll say so on the logbook

Arthur Daley

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Vintage Irish car porn at it's finest. Pour yourself a beer before watching this.

http://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21213067-motor-show/

Very good to get some rte archive stuff up there. Ford fiesta mkII was best selling car at the time. Bit surprised, I think Car magazine called it a washing machine on wheels. Remember from this time Opels were everywhere, Ford on the wane from their 70s dominance and both Nissan and Toyota coming up to what looked like really dominant positions in the market. Garrett in telling everyone things were on the up, typical politician. Things were really bad in 86 and 87 in the economy. Signs of turning the corner only came in during 88 I recall.

Ominous signs for Lancia that they hadn't bothered importing the Delta in 85, they were already on the slide. If we had those price differentials to the north now there would be rioting. At least rte were pointing out the situation throughout the programne to hammer home the point we still had a lot of protectionism and we were being screwed by revenue really.

Mean Laqueefa

Another just outside the gaff, i love it.

https://preview.ibb.co/mWF8sm/IMG_0605.jpg
https://image.ibb.co/kki056/IMG_0606.jpg

Muckie

My first car was a Mini Clubman, similar to that, even had dished wheels!
Ah memories eh!