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

zetecescort

salamander27 wrote: »

Spotted in Gort today. 79 Reg.

not up on Land Rovers but surely the exhaust won't last long off road like that.

jmreire

zetecescort wrote: »

not up on Land Rovers but surely the exhaust won't last long off road like that.

Looks a bit on the low side OK, but they were build as a multi- use vehicle, and indeed were used for many purposes This one is Red Cross badged, but not the white color, so not humanitarian. And with a blue roof light fitted on the roof. So civilian use? Looks in great condition, so maybe a restored version, and now retired??

salamander27

http://www.classiccarshq.co.uk/ads/sale-land-rover-series-iii-military-ambulance-1979/

Not the same Landy but a bit of info regarding the colour and the body.

Garzard

In Howth yesterday - should actually have taken it at another angle as it's blending into the silver Nissan behind it :P

sligojoek

sligojoek wrote: »

jmreire wrote: »

And a great car they were too.

My father ran a small garage. When I was young, our family cars came and went but he kept the audi for over 8 years.

jmreire

salamander27 wrote: »

http://www.classiccarshq.co.uk/ads/sale-land-rover-series-iii-military-ambulance-1979/

Not the same Landy but a bit of info regarding the colour and the body.

Yes, I'd say that you are dead right , Salamander. Would have been original military green, and then painted for the desert. A company I used to work for had a LWB one, with crane mounted on it for vehicle recovery. I once towed a damaged fully loaded ( 12'000 Litres ) milk tanker with it. No problem. A great workhorse, for sure but was a pig of a thing to drive,,,there was never any danger of falling asleep at the wheel while driving them

hoodie6029

Garzard wrote: »

In Howth yesterday - should actually have taken it at another angle as it's blending into the silver Nissan behind it :P

Those Primeras are rare sight now too so no harm having a picture of one preserved :pac:

Sir Galahad

zetecescort wrote: »

not up on Land Rovers but surely the exhaust won't last long off road like that.

A mate has done Africa on motorbike and 4WD. He says "Those who talk about doing it use Landrover & those who have use Land Cruiser" :D

jmreire

Sir Galahad wrote: »

A mate has done Africa on motorbike and 4WD. He says "Those who talk about doing it use Landrover & those who have use Land Cruiser" :D

There was a standing joke about heading into the desert in a Landrover, but coming back out in a Landcruiser..... And it's not for nothing that the UN and other relief Agencies vehicle of choice is the Landcruiser.. D:D:D

kaizersoze

Garzard wrote: »

In Howth yesterday - should actually have taken it at another angle as it's blending into the silver Nissan behind it :P

You weren't the only one to spot it. From another FB group

Garzard

Merrion Road earlier. Pity about the bollard yoke in the way.

pablo128

Garzard wrote: »

Merrion Road earlier. Pity about the bollard yoke in the way.

'69 Porsche 912. 1.6 4 cylinder. Originally green with 40 odd thousand miles. Lovely car.

Sir Galahad

pablo128 wrote: »

'69 Porsche 912. 1.6 4 cylinder. Originally green with 40 odd thousand miles. Lovely car.

How can you tell all that from the picture ? :D:D:D:D

pablo128

Sir Galahad wrote: »

How can you tell all that from the picture ? :D:D:D:D

An mot history check for starters. Its mot only ran out in April. Then I looked up what spec a 912 was. It's worth about 60k Sterling as well.

IrishPlayer

Clonsilla, Dublin 15

JabbaTheHut

That Mini looks tidy. And that spotlight reverse light..........

Many moons ago, one night my father was driving home and came behind a Hunter with one of those spotlight/reverse light on the back, and the driver decided that the fathers lights were on main beam. So on went the "reverse" light. So, when the father got blinded by the light, he then switched on his mains to show that he was on dipped beams. Now whether pig headedness got to the Hunter driver or not, he decided to turn the lamp off for a sec, and then back on, and left it on.

So began the battle of the blinders.

unkel

The Mini used to live in my little estate in Lucan. They moved house a few years ago. It's a lovely wee car.

jmreire

unkel wrote: »

The Mini used to live in my little estate in Lucan. They moved house a few years ago. It's a lovely wee car.

They were and still are a lovely car, but every time I see one, it brings back memories of fitting fan belt's on them, especially on the side of the road on a dark wet night, with a flash light ( old style battery type that you fit on a bicycle ) and feeding the belt through the multiple blades on the fan, with the resultant skinned knuckles.:cool:

pablo128

jmreire wrote: »

They were and still are a lovely car, but every time I see one, it brings back memories of fitting fan belt's on them, especially on the side of the road on a dark wet night, with a flash light ( old style battery type that you fit on a bicycle ) and feeding the belt through the multiple blades on the fan, with the resultant skinned knuckles.:cool:

I know them inside out(not that there's much to them in the first place) from working on them and restoring a few in work years ago. Swapping subframes, engines, disc brake conversions, centre exit exhausts etc. I've no love for them myself but I can see the attraction of them.

jmreire

pablo128 wrote: »

I know them inside out(not that there's much to them in the first place) from working on them and restoring a few in work years ago. Swapping subframes, engines, disc brake conversions, centre exit exhausts etc. I've no love for them myself but I can see the attraction of them.

I used to work in a BMC dealership, thats where I got to know them. Back in 1959 when they made their first appearance, they were "The Latest Thing" and quickly made a name for them selves, especially when they started to win Rallys around the world.It was a pretty revolutionary design by Alec Issigonis in its day. And now 50, years later they are still going strong !!

antodeco

I've 2 minis myself. A 1976 clubman and a 1980 1275GT. They've cost me alot of money over the last few years and they are both a pain in the balls but that's part of their charm!

jmreire

antodeco wrote: »

I've 2 minis myself. A 1976 clubman and a 1980 1275GT. They've cost me alot of money over the last few years and they are both a pain in the balls but that's part of their charm!

Even the present day, the 1275GT, would be more than capable of holding it's own in the speed and handling stakes. I had a Cooper for awhile, a good few year's ago, was a fantastic car back then. Yes, like all cars of that era, maintenance was problematic.....one reason every town and village had its own garage, and in most places, several of them !!!

sligojoek

My father always kept 2 or 3 Minis. He won a good few trophies from the Birr motor club back in the day for manoeuvring around cones on tarmac or concrete. When the first Fiestas came out 76/77 he put one of them through its paces and reckoned it had a lot of improving to do to come anywhere close to the Mini. He called it the "Ford Fiasco"

elperello

sligojoek wrote: »

My father always kept 2 or 3 Minis. He won a good few trophies from the Birr motor club back in the day for manoeuvring around cones on tarmac or concrete. When the first Fiestas came out 76/77 he put one of them through its paces and reckoned it had a lot of improving to do to come anywhere close to the Mini. He called it the "Ford Fiasco"

That would be Autotesting.

The Mini was very nimble at it. Some were cut down as Specials with all the bodywork behind the windscreen cut away and a reinforced platform welded in it's place.

There was also a class for MG Midgets/Austin Healy Sprites.
I haven't heard anything about it lately, I wonder is it still going?

jmreire

sligojoek wrote: »

My father always kept 2 or 3 Minis. He won a good few trophies from the Birr motor club back in the day for manoeuvring around cones on tarmac or concrete. When the first Fiestas came out 76/77 he put one of them through its paces and reckoned it had a lot of improving to do to come anywhere close to the Mini. He called it the "Ford Fiasco"

Hard to get anything to beat a mini for road holding, small wheels, low centre of gravity, and all the weight on the drive wheels. "NIMBLE" was its middle name. Fiesta would not even come close.

w124man

The 1275GT was a limp wristed cost cutting exercise by British Leyland as it was then. Wasn't a patch on the Mini Cooper that went before it and got worse as the years went on. No brake servo, 12" wheels and of course the quality was rubbish as well. I used to assemble them in Longbridge when I worked there as an Engineering Student and when the first Fiesta S came on site we all knew that was the end of the Mini

Autotesting is alive and well

SmartinMartin

Finglas today:

IrishPlayer

Dublin 15

scannerd

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Finglas today:

my old motor, great to see is still in as nice a shape,

raehogan

Yesterday in Howth