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

Duke O Smiley

Immaculate Mk3 Fiesta. Sorry about the poor pic, my camera is on zoom here as it was taking the corner and I wanted to catch the side of this. It was driven by an older gent, and it was clear he looked after it. It truly was gleaming

davycc

http://www.adverts.ie/car/fiat/tipo/1994-fiat-tipo/9607198


one of our regulars is up for sale

Duke O Smiley

davycc wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/car/fiat/tipo/1994-fiat-tipo/9607198


one of our regulars is up for sale

Spotted that (I actually have a pic of it there somewhere in this thread a few months back outside that very house).

It has moved only slightly up the road in the last few months. It used to live a few doors up from a friend of mine and when I saw a new car in the garden last September my heart sank! Delighted to see it hasn't fallen to the scrappage scheme

NickDunne

Duke O Smiley

davycc wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/car/fiat/tipo/1994-fiat-tipo/9607198


one of our regulars is up for sale

Looks like 450 would buy this. Must resist!

Have a cynos and Favorit pick up if anyone wants??

mayota

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

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

It's strange that there wasn't more xi's sold but it seemed to be all xli's. Xli's wouldn't have sunroof as standard. I dunno maybe the jap built were different to English.

Blue850

feargale wrote: »

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?

It wasn't that early, IE44 was issued in late 1906 / early 1907 to a new International car by a Mr John Bianconi in Co Clare, so I imagine IE75 is late 1907 or maybe 1908

selous

NickDunne wrote: »

When I was a youngster a woman near me drove on of them, I always wanted one since, 3.0 V6 made by Reliant, the same company that makes the Robin, the Del boy van, some difference between the two, eh?

Duke O Smiley

Ford's Essex V6 if I remember rightly.

I had a spin as a passenger in one two years ago. Lovely lovely cars and much cheaper than your equivalent Capri

Duke O Smiley

So I bought the Tipo..

davycc

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

So I bought the Tipo..

congrats again! noticed the seller had mysteriously withdrawn the ad:D

Duke O Smiley

Thanks davy. Sure drop down for a look at this one!

Sadly some degenerate tried to hotwire it so there is a wiring issue to be sorted but sure otherwise it will be ready to go back on the road. Updates to follow

Duke O Smiley

So anyway, I'm going to collect the Tipo at the weekend. I'm very excited for it as its a fantastic car. There are only 58 thousand miles on the clock and it has been owned by this gent since April 1999. It is totally original, he even had the original wheel trims in the boot. The owners manuals and service booklet etc is all there. Its a real time warp car

There are also loads of new parts, ball joints, tires etc. He maintained it himself, and I got the impression that he was quite mechanically minded but a local Fiat dealership have done some work on it in the past as recently as last year.

I'm very excited

veetwin

Best of luck with the Tipo Duke. My father bought about 6 new ones in a row in the nineties. One was a total lemon that Fiat replaced after a year. The others were great cars. Genuine comfort for 5 adults in a great value package.

selous

I had 3 of the Tipo's predecessors, the Ritmo, nippy buggers, and loads of trouble, but liked them, and then got the Tempra, a 1.4 petrol, thirsty yoke, but comfortable, Enjoy your trip back in time..

tc20

Tidy Vauxhall Nova, lowered and on nice BBS wheels.

The Merc is a daily driver and is a 95 200E

tc20

Nova pic didn't load for some reason in previous post

jayo26

tc20 wrote: »

Nova pic didn't load for some reason in previous post

That is tidy rare enough car too, I wanted a 2 door version a few year ago they are very rare tho

zurbfoundation

nice job done on this fourtrak

Duke O Smiley

Picked it up

jayo26

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Picked it up

They are a fresh looking car in fairness seen as it's 22 years old. The clear indicators suits them.

Duke O Smiley

It looks very well.

Just looking at the old NCT certs, it has done 70 miles since the last test. And has been averaging about 1k miles per year for the last few

jayo26

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

It looks very well.

Just looking at the old NCT certs, it has done 70 miles since the last test. And has been averaging about 1k miles per year for the last few

Would they suffer much from carbon build up on the valves in dublin?.

Duke O Smiley

jayo26 wrote: »

Would they suffer much from carbon build up on the valves in dublin?.

I wonder myself, but the emissions seem fine on the NCT certs. Never a fail

jayo26

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I wonder myself, but the emissions seem fine on the NCT certs. Never a fail

Ahh it be grand then It would of shown up.

Duke O Smiley

Also Spotted this @ lidl today

Duke O Smiley

Local Starlet belonging to a neighbour. Posted before but still going strong

fancy pigeon

Duke drop me a pm if you need parts, I have a few Tempra bits spare

Does it have that wonderful 1990's dealership smell when you open the door? Amazingly comfortable cars! :):)

Duke O Smiley

Thanks fp, everything is okay for now bar a busted steering lock but I'm getting by with a padlock and chain.

It smells of old inside, but is so very comfortable as you say. Class to drive too, very lively

Duke O Smiley

A coupe of local cars. The Herald is allegedly the car from the cover of the Beatles album 'Abbey Road'