Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread! Part 2

tuborg_man

Ye mine is a 69..

Was behind a lovely e30.. Nice to see one without pretending to be a 325i sport, terrible photo but Chinese phone and lights about to go green will do that.

ht9zni1gs28crp

Citroen BX diesel van.

jozi

My sister sent me these last week from Madrid, she didn't know what the occasion was.



Anyone know what the purple one is? Modified?

jozi

jozi

Last ones:

fancy pigeon

Alonzo Old-fashioned Planet wrote: »

Citroen BX diesel van.

I gotta keep an eye out for that! Round the corner of there is usually a CL500

Not too far up the road I spotted this


The white Merc may well end up in here at some stage too

tuborg_man

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I gotta keep an eye out for that! Round the corner of there is usually a CL500

cl500 is gone,, he replaced that with a aston dbs, live beside it myself but never seen the citroen around

ht9zni1gs28crp

tuborg_man wrote: »

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I gotta keep an eye out for that! Round the corner of there is usually a CL500

cl500 is gone,, he replaced that with a aston dbs, live beside it myself but never seen the citroen around

Yeah the DBS certainly makes for a nice viewing when popping in for cakes at Annavilles

ht9zni1gs28crp

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I gotta keep an eye out for that! Round the corner of there is usually a CL500

Not too far up the road I spotted this


The white Merc may well end up in here at some stage too

Have I seen this white Merc around? I think you and I have and a mutual wave one day....I was in an old red BMW 5 series....

fancy pigeon

tuborg_man wrote: »

cl500 is gone,, he replaced that with a aston dbs, live beside it myself but never seen the citroen around

Alonzo Old-fashioned Planet wrote: »

Yeah the DBS certainly makes for a nice viewing when popping in for cakes at Annavilles

I thought it was the other way round, used to see a DBS before the CL500!

Unless the owner owns both... Or I've gone bananas :eek:

Alonzo Old-fashioned Planet wrote: »

Have I seen this white Merc around? I think I have and a mutual wave one day....I was in an old red BMW 5 series....

That probably was the white Merc, possibly the only white 202 in the locality used as a daily driver

Cinnabar red E34 or 85 E28 M535i? Only 2 I can think of!

ht9zni1gs28crp

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Cinnabar red E34 or 85 E28 M535i? Only 2 I can think of!

E28

BionicRasher

gitzy16v

BionicRasher wrote: »

Is it just me or does the number plate ruin the look of the car.
Imo modern plates just don't look good on classics.

Type 17

gitzy16v wrote: »

Is it just me or does the number plate ruin the look of the car.
Imo modern plates just don't look good on classics.

Not just the Europlates, but the pre-2011 import five-digit (six in Dublin) serial numbers are vile on classics also.

elperello

jozi wrote: »

My sister sent me these last week from Madrid, she didn't know what the occasion was.



Anyone know what the purple one is? Modified?

That was good of her. Some lovely cars there.
The purple one you asked about is a Cord. Not modified that's how they built them in the 1930's. You won't see too many of them!

tc20

nice little MGB in Bray the other day, nifty reg - 79ZD.

Isambard

yeah I agree, here's my take on modern plates, the difference is small but I think mine look better

gitzy16v

Isambard wrote: »

yeah I agree, here's my take on modern plates, the difference is small but I think mine look better

A million times nicer.
Gorgeous car too.

BionicRasher

Isambard wrote: »

yeah I agree, here's my take on modern plates, the difference is small but I think mine look better

Much better looking
Question - are those plates legal? Is it a requirement to have the full EU and county stuff on them?

Arthur Daley

Nice look for the Capri, that plate makes a world of difference. Red plate on the back to round off the look? That P5 is just crying out for a suitably toned down red back plate.

Isambard

BionicRasher wrote: »

Much better looking
Question - are those plates legal? Is it a requirement to have the full EU and county stuff on them?

they are the plates that would have been current in 1979. Strict interpretation of the regs could leave you to believe all imports including used ones should wear europlates. I don't subscribe to this (and my Camper on 87 plates identical passed the CVRT today)

Type 17

Isambard wrote: »

...strict interpretation of the regs could leave you to believe all imports including used ones should wear europlates...

There's no real issue with this - the exact text (which I used to have in a printed leaflet from Revenue) said "vehicles first registered on or after 1/1/92" must use Europlates, but their text doesn't specify between vehicles first registered in RoI or first registered anywhere.

This means that, because it doesn't specifically say "vehicles first registered in The State on or after 1/1/92" then legally, it means first registered anywhere.

Anyway, if it didn't, that would mean that a 1920's Model T imported to RoI in 1994 would have to use Euro plates, but an identical Model T imported in 1990 would not, which would be almost impossible to enforce (even if anyone could be bothered to try).

80sDiesel

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80sDiesel

Seen today. 89 60 series Landcruiser. Love these things.

Duke O Smiley

Thats lovely.

1 faithful owner from new!

80sDiesel

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Thats lovely.

1 faithful owner from new!

Do you know it?

fancy pigeon

Maynooth

Duke O Smiley

Signage on the truck doesn't look good

w124man

Isambard wrote: »

they are the plates that would have been current in 1979.

Eh what? Those plates didn't come into ply until 1987!

Type 17

w124man wrote: »

Eh what? Those plates didn't come into play until 1987!

Presumably, he meant the non-Europlate black-on-white aspects, rather than the actual digits.