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

GavFitz

tc20 wrote: »

a rare sight indeed - what does the "58" sticker refer too??

Marco Simoncelli was Number 58 and died in a crash, he was an Italian professional motorcycle racer

Wishbone Ash

Aungier Street this afternoon (appropriately enough parked outside an antiques shop).

tc20

spotted over the Christmas break around nth Wicklow/sth Dublin

tc20

..and a few more.. i'll hazard a guess at the unknown car - is it a Ford Pop?

Nekarsulm

Austin A35 would be my guess.

Dacia1300

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Austin A35 would be my guess.

Definitely either an A30 or A35

macplaxton

It's an A35

The clue is in the rear window I think. The A30 has a tiny one.

SmartinMartin

Phoenix Park :



88, so highly importable now, if it wasn't for the 7 litre beast under the bonnet:D

PauloMN

macplaxton wrote: »

It's an A35

The clue is in the rear window I think. The A30 has a tiny one.

I'd defo have gone with the parking sensors option pack on that A30.

unfit2006

I think it may have a pair fitted.

SmartinMartin

Blanchardstown:

SmartinMartin

1931 A7 in Rosslare Harbour at the weekend, some lucky sod just imported her.

Diabhalta

Cork

m17

Lanesbrough co Longford

mikehn

A few pics from Citroen Classicque garage last month in Amsterdam. Was there with my brother when he was getting a DS he bought checked out before driving back to Ireland

elperello

Lovely.
Nice cars, cool garage.

welder

m17 wrote: »

Lanesbrough co Longford

Thats my old 240d auto, jap import. Thanks for sharing !

Duke O Smiley

Speaking of white '123s

This was in Coolock this morning

SmartinMartin

You do some amount of shopping in lidl and Tesco out there.

fancy pigeon

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Speaking of white '123s

This was in Coolock this morning

If you moved the camera to the right, you'd have got a pic of me gawking at that car as I walked out of the shop

unkel

Another good quality classic going back to the UK?

911s

fancy pigeon wrote: »

If you moved the camera to the right, you'd have got a pic of me gawking at that car as I walked out of the shop

Small world, another few degrees to right of FP and you would have caught me sitting in car behind fence in petrol station ,watching it pass by. May not be
going for export as I have seen that truck working out of a car dealers on the estate.
As an aside it wasn't any of you gentlemen that stopped to offer help when I ran out of diesel near Darndale roundabout on Sunday?

unkel

911s wrote: »

As an aside it wasn't any of you gentlemen that stopped to offer help when I ran out of diesel near Darndale roundabout on Sunday?

Diesel in a 911s? :eek:

RobAMerc

elperello wrote: »

Lovely.
Nice cars, cool garage.

What kind of contraption is that used to work on the underside of the car ?

Is this a widely available solution or a roll you own bit of ingenuity from the guys ?

I love it btw, I am sure its much more accessible to home mechanics than a lift !

swarlb

RobAMerc wrote: »

What kind of contraption is that used to work on the underside of the car ?

Is this a widely available solution or a roll you own bit of ingenuity from the guys ?

I love it btw, I am sure its much more accessible to home mechanics than a lift !

It's not that unusual. Make's it easier to repair floor sections than having the car on a ramp, as in you are 'facing' your work.
Maybe the one they have is 'home made', as many of them are, but they can be bought in various guises easily enough.
https://www.rolloverjigs.com/

hi5

RobAMerc wrote: »

What kind of contraption is that used to work on the underside of the car ?

Is this a widely available solution or a roll you own bit of ingenuity from the guys ?

I love it btw, I am sure its much more accessible to home mechanics than a lift !

That's a chassis tilter...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TILTER-CAR-ROLLER-CHASSIS-TILTER-TILT-CAR-LIFT-CJAUTOS-CT01-4-Stud-/332833867397

elperello

I saw one of them at a classic car show in Manchester.
The guy demonstrating had a car on it and even allowing for the fact that he was well practiced it seemed like a handy piece of equipment.

MrCostington

Those tilters are news to me!

Obviously you would have to remove all fluids before?

The one in the video seems to support the car via the hub - would that not do damage. Suspension is designed to take loads in one direction only, and this is putting all the weight of the car, on one side, at right angles to the designed for path?

Type 17

Hard cornering can generate over 1G laterally, so the suspension has no trouble handing a static side-load like that.
However, driving like that all the time would definitely wear things out very quickly - I wonder what the wheel bearings look like on the vehicles used for "Arab Drifting"?:



Fluids would mostly be fine - engine oil, coolant and gearbox are sealed (unless a particular engine layout might mean engine oil flowing back up the breather pipe and into the air filter when tilted), and if you replace the brake fluid cap with one without a breather hole you should be fine. You'd also need to be sure that your battery was the sealed type :eek:

m17

Tuam Co galway