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

Nekarsulm

Love the Hunter!
My neighbour had one that exact shade of pink.
(It left the factory red!)

jayo26

Nice spot Duke.

Going Strong

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Love the Hunter!
My neighbour had one that exact shade of pink.
(It left the factory red!)

My uncle had two of them. An estate that was supposed to be dark blue but the paint faded to a dull patina almost immediately and a saloon in classic 1970's "Hearing Aid Beige."

feargale

Hi,
I asked here some months ago about the year of registration of IE75. A poster very kindly volunteered 1903/1904, but registration began in 1903 and I doubt that 75 cars were registered in County Clare in the first year of registration. Any comments, please?

jayo26

feargale wrote: »

Hi,
I asked here some months ago about the year of registrtion of IE75. A poster very kindly volunteered 1903/1904, but registration began in 1903 and I doubt that 75 cars were registered in County Clare in the first year of registration. Any comments, please?

Would the ie be for all of Ireland maybe they didn't narrow it down to counties straight away??

feargale

jayo26 wrote: »

Would the ie be for all of Ireland maybe they didn't narrow it down to counties straight away??

No, IE = Clare. The registration marks for individual counties were assigned in 1903. Furthermore, this car was registered to a man resident in Clare.

Sh1tbag OToole

feargale wrote: »

Hi,
I asked here some months ago about the year of registrtion of IE75. A poster very kindly volunteered 1903/1904, but registration began in 1903 and I doubt that 75 cars were registered in County Clare in the first year of registration. Any comments, please?

They came up with the number with two rolls of a 10-sided dice

Duke O Smiley

1992 Toyota price list, might be of interest to some. Sorry about the poor quality, still meaning to scan these and others in. Will gladly get clearer photos of various bits if anyone is interested..

Duke O Smiley

And commercial, only two pages

Duke O Smiley

I got brochures for the Starlet and Cressida too but will upload them when I scan them in. Original Lancia Delta 1300/1500 brochure too and Volvo, Ford & Nissan 1987 brochures and price lists

selous

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Love the Hunter!
My neighbour had one that exact shade of pink.
(It left the factory red!)

My Dad had a Maroon Hunter estate in the late 70's, still remember the reg, RZU 185.

Duke O Smiley

Recent from the midlands

Nekarsulm

That Metro must be a rare survivor!

Here is a pic of a German reg. 124 Estate in Cavan town yesterday .1995ish?
Nice 320 engined version.

jayo26

First two not so old mid 90s but pretty clean examples



Vaux corsa only an LS model but someone has changed interior in it as it has the 99 corsa viva seats and door trims and also has electric mirrors and windows.



318is e36 needs a bit of a wash and polish but its in great shape

and to finish off



A nice workhorse of a 305 gld estate think its 85 or 86 on ZV Dublin plates?????


Edit: dont know what i did wrong they all came out sideways this time..

Duke O Smiley

Very nice. I absolutely love the 305. Old diesel Peugeots as the cliché goes, will go forever. The ZV plate is an import (no letter in front) but it seems to be Rhd, so from England presumably?

jayo26

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Very nice. I absolutely love the 305. Old diesel Peugeots as the cliché goes, will go forever. The ZV plate is an import (no letter in front) but it seems to be Rhd, so from England presumably?

I thought zv was 85 dublin ohh well. Yhh it was rhd. I liked the 305 too my best mate had a 305 gti years ago it was a beauty and a very very rare car in ireland.

mayota

Duke do you know anything about the Xi carina, a lot cheaper than the Xli. I never heard of them. Great list, I'd like a liteace and a supra.

jayo26

mayota wrote: »

Duke do you know anything about the Xi carina, a lot cheaper than the Xli. I never heard of them. Great list, I'd like a liteace and a supra.

The Xi was the very basic entry level carina they both had same 1.6 engine just the Xli had colour coded bumpers and mirrors and the added bits in the interior where as the Xi had black bumpers and basic seats ect.

johndaman66

jayo26 wrote: »

The Xi was the very basic entry level carina they both had same 1.6 engine just the Xli had colour coded bumpers and mirrors and the added bits in the interior where as the Xi had black bumpers and basic seats ect.

No doubt the XI would have been the default choice for farmers

jayo26

johndaman66 wrote: »

No doubt the XI would have been the default choice for farmers

Id say they had the diesel variant of it, there is an awful lot of carina e still on the road in the country and they can be seen pulling some fairly large contraptions of horse boxes.

jayo26

Looking at that list it just makes you realise how boring cars have got. Maybe I'm wrong but does any manufacturer have a lineup now that would include rivals for the mr2 and the supra models and Carlos sainze edition celica they were all mighty fine cars.

Duke O Smiley

jayo26 wrote: »

Looking at that list it just makes you realise how boring cars have got. Maybe I'm wrong but does any manufacturer have a lineup now that would include rivals for the mr2 and the supra models and Carlos sainze edition celica they were all mighty fine cars.

Or the Carina GTI

Remember the days when mid size family saloons were 1.8 or 2.0 petrol? No such thing these days for the most part

jayo26

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Or the Carina GTI

Remember the days when mid size family saloons were 1.8 or 2.0 petrol? No such thing these days for the most part

Ahh stop wasn't only Toyota sure the Renault 19 16v what a car ha the cavalier Sri the ford's for fek sake. Cars now are restricted because of tax and emissions and so on.

mayota

jayo26 wrote: »

The Xi was the very basic entry level carina they both had same 1.6 engine just the Xli had colour coded bumpers and mirrors and the added bits in the interior where as the Xi had black bumpers and basic seats ect.

Hmm, Im curious now, saw plenty of black bumper models and all were Xli. Never saw or heard of an xi.

jayo26

mayota wrote: »

Hmm, Im curious now, saw plenty of black bumper models and all were Xli. Never saw or heard of an xi.

Ha well im wrong on that end of it then. It has to be a base model eitherway. I thought at first it was an 8 valve engine compaired to the 16 valve but I think all the Carina e came with the Leanburn engine.

Duke O Smiley

Well,

In October 92 the XLi is listed with alarm & immobiliser and electric tilt & slide sunroof as standard over the Xi which had nothing (sunroof not available)

No automatic transmission available, though air con, alloys, CD, and spoiler(!) are optional

Nekarsulm

Met a cream1972 Citroen DS near Dolphins Barn in Dublin today. Looked an everyday driver. Nice to see a 44 year old mixing it in modern traffic and horrible weather.

Saw this drop dead georgous Mercedes 6.3 parked near the RDS.

Duke O Smiley

I know that very Merc. I used to pass it regularly last year when my then-girlfriend's mother lived up the road.

Was the DS a 72-D reg by chance? I used to see a white/cream one that was by no means pristine near there too.

Nekarsulm

Yep, 72 D 784 , or 847 , something like that. Rubbing strip missing on right hand side.

Duke O Smiley

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Yep, 72 D 784 , or 847 , something like that. Rubbing strip missing on right hand side.