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

tc20

daily driver around Greystones, same chap has had it for donkeys. I'm sure it was red once, it's now that nice shade of Toyota pink

Duke O Smiley

That is an early one

tc20

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That is an early one

is the fog light an afterthought, or was that the original fit?

Duke O Smiley

tc20 wrote: »

is the fog light an afterthought, or was that the original fit?

Good question, I must look through my Toyota brochures later and see. I know that UK Ep80 Starlets got a foglight that on the bootlid as per regulations over there.

Duke O Smiley

A bit of what I saw today (through the lens of a rather mediocre dashcam!!)

cerastes

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Local car.

What is that? an import Sunny?? or a Mazda 323? its very clean looking from the picture.
I have seen a few approxiomately 93-86 Carina Es, recent one looked like a saloon (94).

Duke O Smiley

cerastes wrote: »

What is that? an import Sunny?? or a Mazda 323? its very clean looking from the picture.
I have seen a few approxiomately 93-86 Carina Es, recent one looked like a saloon (94).

Its an import Corolla. Was in excellent nick alright

jca

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Its an import Corolla. Was in excellent nick alright

Possibly the worst corolla ever made. The seats were dire and the headlights.....2 candles would give more light.

davycc

tc20 wrote: »

is the fog light an afterthought, or was that the original fit?

original fit id say every irish/uk rolla estate of that era ive seen has the same giant minging out of place, rear fog

jayo26

davycc wrote: »

original fit id say every irish/uk rolla estate of that era ive seen has the same giant minging out of place, rear fog

So did the model before terrible yoke.

Long Time Lurker

Passed me in traffic the other day. Apparently its an AC 428 Frua. I had no idea of this but my mate in the car impressively pegged it straight away.

Duke O Smiley

From today;







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And chalk n' cheese; my neighbours Volvo and my Tipo side by side

Nekarsulm

Anyone who ever bought "Street Machine" in the 80's might recognise this.

tc20

another daily driver around Greystones

Nekarsulm

Another daily driver from Generous Cavan.

Duke O Smiley

Fantastic, don't think I've ever seen one of those

Nekarsulm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Fantastic, don't think I've ever seen one of those

So that's a Pug van, a Mk2 Golf van, a Mk2 Golf four door, a Mk1 Jetta and a Charade, plus a couple of Mk2 Jetta's in village with about 200 inhabinates.
Plus there is a Ford Scorpio floating about locally.

selous

Emm how do I say this one....On the RTE news there's an interview with Frances Fitzgerald and over her shoulder an old Citroen DS drives by.. (must get out more)

tc20

an early(ish) Mk1 A4 Avant in bray today, I think these still look fresh, and this particular one looked to be well kept and unmolested - hard to believe they first came out over 20 years ago!

Duke O Smiley

A few from today. Ye'll have to excuse the terrible pics though, these were all taken from in the car and through my filthy windscreen. But nevertheless!

JDM SE Limited 'rolla...driven by an older gent and it looked immaculate (from the back!). Original wheel trims and all



And a few between Dun Laoirge and de Northside this evening

Nekarsulm

Love those Volvo wedges!

Duke O Smiley

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Love those Volvo wedges!

Yeah it looked great under the street lights with the pop up lamps, only wish a better picture could be got but my phone is getting on a bit now and the picture can be a bit iffy.

Credit does go to my rather very understanding passenger for that picture though

jca

That SE Limited Corolla looks fantastic, they were lovely in that gold.

jayo26

Is that a curado Duke?? Looks shiny.

Duke O Smiley

jayo26 wrote: »

Is that a curado Duke?? Looks shiny.

It is yeah, 96 last of the line model. Looked completely standard

jayo26

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

It is yeah, 96 last of the line model. Looked completely standard

They are a stunning car handle so well.

Duke O Smiley

Seen today, a 1.8 CD! Oap-piloted and it sounded great

Nekarsulm

Nice 1990 Volvo estate in Co Cavan yesterday. Hard to photo & drive (and salute!)

Nekarsulm

Also in Cavan, Vento, the ultimate farmers car.............

fancy pigeon

Quintessential Caaaavan there would love to have heard that conversation!!!