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

elperello

Nice VW.
I never saw the year and make put on the plates like that before.
Nice touch leaving the UK plate on rear shelf.

sligojoek

Ya. I just got talking to the owner when someone he knew came over to talk to him so I never got to find out any more. He's local so might get to talk to him again

My late father was a huge Beetle enthusiast. He did a lovely restoration job on one just before he died. I'll see if I can root out a few pics of it. My mother sold it soon after he died as there were too many bad memories.

sligojoek

Here we go. Taken in 95/96.

SmartinMartin

kev1.3s wrote: »

First two outside wetherby mansions?

Earls court square, not far.

sligojoek

I called to see an old friend for the first time in 3 years,yesterday. He opened the garage and gave me a quick look at these

TrailerBob

sligojoek wrote: »

Here we go. Taken in 95/96.

Got goosebumps when I saw the reg.... we have it since 2005.. I'll pm you...

Tommyboy40

Dades wrote: »

I'm really starting to come around to MB 190s!

Maybe it's the daily commute in the classic. Are they good for a daily driver? What kind of issues are "avoid"? NCT pinch points?

While I do like the standard model, I would go for the slightly spicier look with some BBS alloys or similar.

This looks tasty, if a little 'young'.

http://www.mandmautomotive.co.uk/used-car/mercedes/w201-190e-auto/automatic-2-6-litre/for-sale-in-lymington-hampshire/aetv55181092/

Sorry to resurrect an old post but you were looking for something with BBS Dades


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SmartinMartin

A few from this week. Tipp, Dublin, Fermoy and the bike was in Bucharest;

Dades

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

Sorry to resurrect an old post but you were looking for something with BBS Dades


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Oooh, yes, they are nice on Mercs.

SmartinMartin

Glasnevin this evening;

tc20

Merc spotted in Cornelscourt - I didn't see the reg plate, but it was definitely a diesel - I think these were US market only.
The Roller (or maybe a Bentley) was in Enniskerry

Nekarsulm

Looks like US bumpers anyway.

elperello

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Glasnevin this evening;

Not just any Granada but a Coleman Milne Minster.
With a German reg. must be as rare as hen's teeth.

tc20

^ I've heard of Coleman Milne before (not for a long time though) - what would they have done above and beyond the standard Granada?
Would it be just extra interior refinements, or would they also have added armour plating etc?

Nekarsulm

I think they added about a foot or 18 inches in lenght. Back doors are longer, probably have flip down rear facing seats for 2 extra passengers.

tc20

^ ahhh...looking again, those rear doors do look to be longer than standard. Cheers!

BionicRasher

Spotted last weekend in the Peak District in a small town about 45 mins outside Manchester

Duke O Smiley

Palas de Rei & Melide

w124man

I might be wrong but I think that Merc is a USA version and has been up on the for sale sites a few times in the last years. If it is the one I think it is, its a turbo diesel!

jozi

I couldn't get a pic of it and not sure what it was other than that it was a E class merc etstate, late 80's I'm guessing, foreign reg and it was diesel from memory and what I could see it said 5.0 DED or something? 5L diesel lump?

Agricola

520i in New Ross today.

26000 Elephants

tc20 wrote: »

^ I've heard of Coleman Milne before (not for a long time though) - what would they have done above and beyond the standard Granada?
Would it be just extra interior refinements, or would they also have added armour plating etc?

Their conversions are very popular. People are dying to get into them.



(I'll get my coat....)

elperello

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Their conversions are very popular. People are dying to get into them.



(I'll get my coat....)

About the only way most of us will get a spin in one:)

SmartinMartin

Kildare and Killarney;

What is with those wheels!

Duke O Smiley

V12 XJS in Trinners

SmartinMartin

I'd say he can't wait for 2020.😀

tc20

In Bray yesterday

fancy pigeon

Met this yesterday:

Zoo4m8

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=447817&stc=1&d=1523366433

Em,

Zoo4m8

I was so surprised that I managed to post the link that I didn’t include any background,.... we were going to a motor event up north on Sat and stopped for breakfast at the service area on the north side , near Lusk I think, came across these lads heading to a show at the Maze.
Turned out to be a mostly Wicklow based club and we knew a couple of them, I’m still kicking myself that I forgot to take a pic of the Beetle with the Rover V8 sticking out of the engine bay!!