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

Old diesel

Can I safely assume the reg on the silver Volvo 240 posted by duke o smiley has a low enough number on the reg to make it an original irish car.

Duke O Smiley

Old diesel wrote: »

Can I safely assume the reg on the silver Volvo 240 posted by duke o smiley has a low enough number on the reg to make it an original irish car.

It looks like it's been on the car for years too. Those IRL identifier plates weren't introduced until 1992 though but I'd say they're on since then.

johndaman66

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Here it is, in all its 1000cc glory!

1043 even. The extra 43 do make motor tax a bit of a b!tch

CJ Haughey

This is what i say

gammygils

89 Fiesta. Great to see it still on the road. Passenger door mirror held together with masking tape.

nd

Old diesel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

It looks like it's been on the car for years too. Those IRL identifier plates weren't introduced until 1992 though but I'd say they're on since then.

I thought it was 1991 that these plates came out???

Duke O Smiley

Old diesel wrote: »

I thought it was 1991 that these plates came out???

I might be wrong, but it might be 1991 indeed.

dgt

Seen a 1992 Escort RS1800, quite original and looking well!

nd wrote: »

http://i.imgur.com/pa7oM4n.jpg

Nice! It's an 86 westmeath reg, wonder if it's imported...

davycc

dgt wrote: »

Seen a 1992 Escort RS1800, quite original and looking well!



Nice! It's an 86 westmeath reg, wonder if it's imported...

Fiesta rs1800 or a escort rs2000 if it's a 1992 ;-)

dgt

My mistake, I'm away with the fairies, it was a 1992 XR3

ofcork

That SEC posted by nd is a stunner even today!

mayota

gammygils wrote: »

89 Fiesta. Great to see it still on the road. Passenger door mirror held together with masking tape.

I thought it was a Union Jack mirror.

nd

ofcork wrote: »

That SEC posted by nd is a stunner even today!

Yeah was thinking to myself you'd never think it was whatever age it is(don't know the old number plates by heart). Lovely looking thing.

Duke O Smiley

My Fiesta was 211 ALI 1983, that'd be 86ish maybe?

Basil Fawlty

nd wrote: »

1991 SEC using a logbook and plates from a vintage W123 240D :rolleyes:

davycc

Basil Fawlty wrote: »

1991 SEC using a logbook and plates from a vintage W123 240D :rolleyes:

Another elephant in the room?
Never a cop or a customs man about when they are actually needed

Duke O Smiley

davycc wrote: »

Another elephant in the room?
Never a cop or a customs man about when they are actually needed

I'd be quite surprised if a cop of customs man even copped it. I find Guards never bother with pre-87 regs. My Mk1 Fiesta was a proper (road legal, sort of) shed but I used to be waved through check points like it was nothing

pablo128

It should be a 1977 grey diesel saloon.

nd

Foxhole Norman

Do you live in the past nd? :pac:

nd

haha I saw a 92 I think sierra and an 89 bmw too but my phone had gone dead.

Old diesel

Red (with some faded paint) 1999 Mk 1 Fiat Punto 3 door

Odyssey 2005

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Do you live in the past nd? :pac:

Sure aren't we all trying to hang onto that:):)

Junior Jacon Jeese Jurger

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I'd be quite surprised if a cop of customs man even copped it. I find Guards never bother with pre-87 regs. My Mk1 Fiesta was a proper (road legal, sort of) shed but I used to be waved through check points like it was nothing

I've seen quite a few 1st gen LR Discoverys (first built in 89) with classic plates. Chancers

Old diesel

Junior Jacon Jeese Jurger wrote: »

I've seen quite a few 1st gen LR Discoverys (first built in 89) with classic plates. Chancers

Discovery body on a Range Rover chassis - with the reg coming off the Range Rover bit?????

Old diesel

People shouldn't be registering a 91 Merc as a 1977 example - BUT

Maybe if we didn't have such a bonkers tax system in this country - the SEC might have been registered properly as a 1991 car and be completely legit.

Member of my family got caught with a car supposed to be 2 litre - but was in fact a larger engined car - it was a UK car originally - but had being registered wrongly when put on Southern plates.

This kind of nonsense happens when you've got ridiculous tax rates.

dgt

pablo128 wrote: »

It should be a 1977 grey diesel saloon.

GLI is 1986 westmeath.

I should know, years ago we had a 1986 regd car that ended with GLI

vandriver

I saw an 83 Ford Cortina in Rathmines this morning.

PurvesGrundy

Old diesel wrote: »

People shouldn't be registering a 91 Merc as a 1977 example - BUT

Maybe if we didn't have such a bonkers tax system in this country - the SEC might have been registered properly as a 1991 car and be completely legit.

Member of my family got caught with a car supposed to be 2 litre - but was in fact a larger engined car - it was a UK car originally - but had being registered wrongly when put on Southern plates.

This kind of nonsense happens when you've got ridiculous tax rates.

Exactly!!!