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

ba_barabus

Passed a 60s Aston on the M50 earlier.

ba_barabus

ba_barabus wrote: »

Passed a 60s Aston on the M50 earlier.

Here we are




Sorry about the poor pictures

Big Nasty

That car has gotta be worth serious gold! :eek:

fancy pigeon

Saw a 1978 Mitsubishi Celeste (?) this morning on the M3

jayo26

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Saw a 1978 Mitsubishi Celeste (?) this morning on the M3

They are very rare a lovely car too, it's a coupe version of the 75 lancer.

b318isp

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Saw a 1978 Mitsubishi Celeste (?) this morning on the M3

Saw it too, lovely in black.

fancy pigeon

Scratch that, saw a black Morris Minor in Killester while on lunch. Also black, looked to be beautifully restored, driving about

Will anything older turn up like a turnip before the days out...?

joujoujou

It's the weather... :cool:

jca

Saw 2 nice yokes today, one of those spaceship shaped Citroens on a ZV plate and an early landrover with a Donegal number VIH, both on the N11, too chancy to risk taking a picture even with the cruise control on:p

joujoujou

N17 two days ago.

1959 MG - sorry for crappy photo off the dashcam footage.

Duke O Smiley

Missed a bloody 92 Micra Van on the Darndale roundabout earlier on today. White with a rear reflector on the bootlid and three piece spoiler..absolute dream machine

But Spotted these a short while later








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jayo26

That Bedford is lovely mid 80s?

nd

posted this ages ago but it was a tiny zoomed out pic

Duke O Smiley

jayo26 wrote: »

That Bedford is lovely mid 80s?

86 I believe it was Jayo

selous

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

86 I believe it was Jayo

I had a car with a reg KZV 941, so near that van reg, mine bit the dust many years ago though.:rolleyes:

Nekarsulm

Duke O Smiley

A few from today. The 106 was something to behold, it looks like it has spent it's entire life under a tree, and it sounded just as it looked! Do excuse the state of my Tipo too..

jca

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

A few from today. The 106 was something to behold, it looks like it has spent it's entire life under a tree, and it sounded just as it looked! Do excuse the state of my Tipo too..

What happened the Teapot? Is it the good quality 22 year old paint? They're a grand car in fairness mine was black with the earlier grille and clear indicators. The black definitely hid it's sins better although to be fair the girl who owned it before me looked after it very well.

Duke O Smiley

I'm afraid that is my half hashed attempt at stripping the paint on the bonnet before it gets resprayed. The lacquer had gone bad and was peeling, so it needed to be done. I started it one weekend but never got around to finishing I'll leave it to the professionals to finish though (my brother works in a bodyshop and everything, so there really is no excuse for it to be this bad!)

jca

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I'm afraid that is my half hashed attempt at stripping the paint on the bonnet before it gets resprayed. The lacquer had gone bad and was peeling, so it needed to be done. I started it one weekend but never got around to finishing I'll leave it to the professionals to finish though (my brother works in a bodyshop and everything, so there really is no excuse for it to be this bad!)

Oh lord I hate that... One of those jobs that looks simple enough and about 20 mins into the job and you get that sinking feeling......Why the fcuk did I start this:mad:

savagethegoat

spotted a 91LK Golf today still in regular use

jayo26

savagethegoat wrote: »

spotted a 91LK Golf today still in regular use

I seen a 90 lada riva this morning too it was also in regular use broke down on side of road you could say it was just like new.

colm_mcm

corks finest

colm_mcm wrote: »

Mine

Duke O Smiley

A Ford Spectron in Coolock industrial estate, 95-G-8027. Never knew such a thing existed. Couldn't get a picture but it was well cool

savagethegoat

probably a bit of badge engineering. Looks kind of Mazda to me

wiki says "The Bongo was redesigned in 1983 with new engines. It was also sold by Ford in Asia as the "Spectron" (passenger version) or as the "J80" (cargo model). In Australia, the Bongo was sold by Mazda as the E-series, with Ford also retailing the commercial version as the "Ford Econovan" and the passenger version as the "Ford Spectron" (1983–1990). From 1994 onwards, the Bongo was also sold by Nissan as the Vanette. In South Korea this was built as the Kia Wide Bongo."

Duke O Smiley

Been seeing this Corolla around locally. Very clean bar the wing. A friend of mine has the Punto, only 49k miles. Very very clean bar the door. Tempted to buy it as it's the same colour as my Tipo

Turtle-TM

Saw an 87 white Toyota starlet (?) on the M50 yesterday. Young lad driving it. Reckon he bought it for €100, won't tax insure or nct it and if the cops take it so be it. It was a wreck of a yoke.

Big Nasty

Turtle-TM wrote: »

Saw an 87 white Toyota starlet (?) on the M50 yesterday. Young lad driving it. Reckon he bought it for €100, won't tax insure or nct it and if the cops take it so be it. It was a wreck of a yoke.

Stick a set of superlites on it and you'd get four grand for it!

pablo128

Turtle-TM wrote: »

Saw an 87 white Toyota starlet (?) on the M50 yesterday. Young lad driving it. Reckon he bought it for €100, won't tax insure or nct it and if the cops take it so be it. It was a wreck of a yoke.

That's a harsh assumption. He's probably too broke after paying 4k on insurance to buy an 08 'for the chape tax'.