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

Type 17

allthedoyles wrote: »

Hey allthedoyles, where were these shots taken? - looks like a view worth a detour when in the area.

Duke O Smiley

ciarang85 wrote: »

Kylemore Abbey

Bonus XM in there too!

allthedoyles

Type 17 wrote: »

Hey allthedoyles, where were these shots taken? - looks like a view worth a detour when in the area.

Its certainly worth a detour . Its a place called the Nine Stones , and you can get there easily from either side of Bunclody Co Wexford or from Borris Co Carlow .

Type 17

allthedoyles wrote: »

Its certainly worth a detour . Its a place called the Nine Stones , and you can get there easily from either side of Bunclody Co Wexford or from Borris Co Carlow .

Great, thanks for that.

<adds details to satnav for next leisure spin>

hi5

Also simply known as Mount Leinster.
Back in the day you could drive all the way up to the transmission mast before they put the gates up.
I remember my dad had a mark 1 Cortina back in the early 70's and decided to drive all the way up to the top, grand until we turned around to come down with my mother and four kids on board and the old drum brakes gave in.
We just about made it down safely, we kids thought it was great crack altogether.

pryantcc

Anyone like Sierras?




Fella made it look like a boat. There was no evidence that he'd tried to make it float though.

Harry Palmr

hi5 wrote: »

Also simply known as Mount Leinster.
Back in the day you could drive all the way up to the transmission mast before they put the gates up.
I remember my dad had a mark 1 Cortina back in the early 70's and decided to drive all the way up to the top, grand until we turned around to come down with my mother and four kids on board and the old drum brakes gave in.
We just about made it down safely, we kids thought it was great crack altogether.

I did the same as a 10-11 year old to Mount Kippure in a Saab 96 (which back then - mid 70s - was not so much a classic as just a weird and rare sight esp in Ireland), free-wheel mode on and several minutes of excitement.

Hal1

That sierra would look class with the whale tail. Even if it only ever was an xr4i.

Duke O Smiley

Bray today

kev1.3s

LIGHTNING wrote: »

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I passed that in my BEAT a few weeks ago on the N11. Was talking at the lights to the driver. Should have asked him to stop at the next petrol station for a chat. Love those X19's

There's nothing like a nice slim bumperd X/19.

fancy pigeon

kev1.3s wrote: »

There's nothing like a nice slim bumperd X/19.

That'd be the 1.3, not going to lie I find it odd there's a sunroof on a targa top

Meanwhile in Granard

hi5

LIGHTNING wrote: »

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Really hate that modern trend of skinny tyre walls :pac:

The original 'run flat'.

Alan_Ganley

LIGHTNING wrote: »

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Really hate that modern trend of skinny tyre walls :pac:

Just being trendy. It'll pass :P

gammygils

Bentley in Tuam today

tc20

Immaculate W116 in Greystones recently. It's not the first time I've seen it around; looked & sounded fantastic.
It's coming up as a '79, so one of the later W116, iirc they changed to the W126 in 1980/81

sligojoek

A friend of mine used to own that. I posted a few pics of it here a while back. There's only about 10,000 miles on it.

w124man

tc20 wrote: »

Immaculate W116 in Greystones recently. It's not the first time I've seen it around; looked & sounded fantastic.
It's coming up as a '79, so one of the later W116, iirc they changed to the W126 in 1980/81

Yup, that's one of the last W116's. I have seen it about as well though not too often. Pity it has the wrong wheels fitted.

sligojoek

The original wheels were in the boot when my friend had it.

w124man

sligojoek wrote: »

The original wheels were in the boot when my friend had it.

Hope they are still with it! 15" Mexican hats?


I was driving south or Gorey today and spotted an Orange Lancia sticking its bum out ..........


Wonder where I have seen pics of that before ......

sligojoek

w124man wrote: »

Hope they are still with it! 15" Mexican hats?


I was driving south or Gorey today and spotted an Orange Lancia sticking its bum out ..........


Wonder where I have seen pics of that before ......

I'd say so. My friend only drove it about ten times. The longest drive was from the South of England over to here. It was kept in a warm building with a dustsheet over it for about 3 years. Whoever has it now got a really good low mileage car.

sligojoek

sligojoek

Silvera

Audi Coupe (1970's version) in Audi Wexford showroom today. No pics, just spotted it as I passed by. Red in colour.

Duke O Smiley

Spotted in Killester on Thursday or Friday..pics aren't great from the mobile

Miscreant

Spotted this Daimler Dart in Carrickmines on Sunday. Only way to describe it is "show condition".

Duke O Smiley

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Spotted in Killester on Thursday or Friday..pics aren't great from the mobile

Not sure if anyone is familiar with where this is parked, but I came out of the DART station across the road today and noticed two pretty shady looking lads peering into this. They looked up and saw me and a small number of others leaving and quickly took off.

Of course they could just be admirers but that wasn't my first impression.

I can't tell if the owner is local or parks up and uses the DART (its a very quiet area), I do hope its the former though.

jay28

2017-12-02_05-38-52 by Jason doyle, on Flickr

Spotted in gorey today.

kev1.3s

It's a daily driver, see it fairly regularly out and about. An old gentleman drives it and I don't think he sees it as a classic.

jay28

kev1.3s wrote: »

It's a daily driver, see it fairly regularly out and about. An old gentleman drives it and I don't think he sees it as a classic.

Yeah I've seen it around quiet a few times myself, lovely clean, straight, well minded car

w124man

kev1.3s wrote: »

It's a daily driver, see it fairly regularly out and about. An old gentleman drives it and I don't think he sees it as a classic.

Ive seen it loads of times too and usually with his wife (?) driving it. I saw it in Ferns on Thursday and last Saturday she was buying wiper blades in Tommy Hylands!