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

m17

Birdhill

cocoman

Spotted in Moylough today.

Nekarsulm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Wow, that Carlton is some find!

It is, would always have had a hankering for an Opel Monza...

Duke O Smiley

Tidy old thing advertising Nissan's scrapple scheme in Bray. I wonder if this will actually be scrapped when they're done with it though, their values have absolutely plummeted...its definitely not worth the €5/6/7k they used to command

colm_mcm

Lovely old XM. Insignia included to show how big cars have become.

CoBo55

colm_mcm wrote: »

Lovely old XM. Insignia included to show how big cars have become.

Can't see the insignia lasting until 2034.. The XM will be still with us.

colm_mcm

Double whammy here, 1974ish Renault 16 being towed by a 90s Daihatsu Fourtrak

colm_mcm

CoBo55 wrote: »

Can't see the insignia lasting until 2034.. The XM will be still with us.

The only reason that XM still exists (like most classic cars in Ireland) is because it spent most of its life in the UK.

gammygils

Spotted these in The Claddagh Galway today

Nekarsulm

Very nice 300D in Cavan town today.

Nekarsulm

Perhaps should be in the Classics thread, but serms well used and "serviceable" rather than a "show queen".
In a filling station in Ballinalee, Co Longford.
It seemed to have a VW grill, with a NSU badge covering the VW roundall.
Would a late NSU not be more likely to be in the Audi stable?







PS, being rural Co. Longford, the owner thought nothing of going into the shop for a few minutes while leaving the door open and the keys in the ignition!

vectra

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Perhaps should be in the Classics thread, but serms well used and "serviceable" rather than a "show queen".
In a filling station in Ballinalee, Co Longford.
It seemed to have a VW grill, with a NSU badge covering the VW roundall.
Would a late NSU not be more likely to be in the Audi stable?

https://i.imgur.com/J7fB7n5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vQdMncK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PzWHdY4.jpg

Wow.! :eek:
It has been a while since I saw one of those. Good spot :cool:

sligojoek

Very like an Audi shape in the first pic.

Duke O Smiley

Spot of the year there!!

gammygils

Super-Valu carpark Tuam today. I also posted this in The Classic Thread

SmartinMartin

Ballymote:





Longford:



Carrickonshannon:

sligojoek

Keeping in theme with Toyotas. We were stuck behind this lad for 20 minutes at 40Kmph

CoBo55

colm_mcm wrote: »

The only reason that XM still exists (like most classic cars in Ireland) is because it spent most of its life in the UK.

What's that got to do with anything?

tc20

re the NSU posted by Nekarsulm, the grille "re-badging" is odd, it certainly looks like an NSU badge has been placed over the VW badge.
The K70 was developed by NSU, but sold as a VW after they acquired NSU.
Are there any NSU heads on here who know more of the model history?
Definitely hints of Audi off the shape as well, and in any case a rare and wonderful spot.

few recent spots -
the Merc is a regular if not daily driver
the old Corolla & VW were in Galway

tc20

meant to post these also -

the Roller was in Galway, it must be 1930/40s?
the ice cream van was in Bray

freshpopcorn

Ghia Mondeo full leather!

Duke O Smiley

And uncracked bumpers!

antodeco

And no peeling paint as per standard of that colour!

elperello

tc20 wrote: »

re the NSU posted by Nekarsulm, the grille "re-badging" is odd, it certainly looks like an NSU badge has been placed over the VW badge.
The K70 was developed by NSU, but sold as a VW after they acquired NSU.
Are there any NSU heads on here who know more of the model history?
Definitely hints of Audi off the shape as well, and in any case a rare and wonderful spot.

few recent spots -
the Merc is a regular if not daily driver
the old Corolla & VW were in Galway

That "NSU" is listed on Motorcheck as a Volkswagen.
That's correct for the year. The K70 would be a VW in 1972.
I don't think the K70 was ever actually marketed as an NSU though it was developed by them.

Perhaps an NSU fan added the badging to celebrate the cars heritage.
Until we hear from the owner we can only speculate.
Rare, wonderful and intriguing.

Means Of Escape

IM reg Audi on same street as a 91 Corolla

Means Of Escape

Means Of Escape wrote: »

IM reg Audi on same street as a 91 Corolla

1990 Corolla with nice number

Nekarsulm

elperello wrote: »

That "NSU" is listed on Motorcheck as a Volkswagen.
That's correct for the year. The K70 would be a VW in 1972.
I don't think the K70 was ever actually marketed as an NSU though it was developed by them.

Perhaps an NSU fan added the badging to celebrate the cars heritage.
Until we hear from the owner we can only speculate.
Rare, wonderful and intriguing.

There were "NSU club of Ireland" stickers on tbe rear window, all right.

crosstownk

I saw this yesterday afternoon. It’s a pity I couldn’t get a pic with the roof down.

gammygils

Tuam :

Means Of Escape

Rare Nissan Terrano Turbo (auto)