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

Diabhalta

few hours ago (Little Island, Cork)

Dades

Some brave soul about to brave the Rock Road traffic this morning:

Duke O Smiley

Oh wow, that's an excellent spot! My 96 was 76-WW-517, I wonder if it's a massive coincidence or what...?

Capri

Some brave soul about to brave the Rock Road traffic this morning

Maybe he was going back up Mt Merrion Ave, traffic at a crawl on the Rock Rd most days, you'd need a well tuned engine there or it could be embarrasing

Duke O Smiley

Capri wrote: »

Maybe he was going back up Mt Merrion Ave, traffic at a crawl on the Rock Rd most days, you'd need a well tuned engine there or it could be embarrasing

Lol. I couldn't trust mine to sit in traffic for too long. At the last show in Terenure she died on me a few feet from the entrance....quite embarassing
My Accord on the other hand, she'll sit for hours in rush hour :cool:

I know I just got a pretty bad example of a 96, but it was an unreliable POS

Dades

I used to commute the Rock Road in my old Fiat Spider which had a handy manual fan switch. That thing was a lifesaver. You could see the temp drop out of the red before your eyes when it was switched on.

jimgoose

Dades wrote: »

I used to commute the Rock Road in my old Fiat Spider which had a handy manual fan switch. That thing was a lifesaver. You could see the temp drop out of the red before your eyes when it was switched on.

Had them on a couple of distressing old motorbikes in Elder Days. While there is a certain sense of accomplishment I still think they're rather better on a 'stat. :pac:

Trollhättan

Dades wrote: »

Some brave soul about to brave the Rock Road traffic this morning:

That's in great nick and in use daily. The owner is into his Saabs....I bought my 900 carlsson off him a few years back.

hamburg

Trollhättan wrote: »

That's in great nick and in use daily. The owner is into his Saabs....I bought my 900 carlsson off him a few years back.

are these 2 stroke?

rugbyman

Wow, thata some pic of TR2 , ZY 200.. i am

from Louth and have never seen this car , in real life or on the web. Would love to hear who owned it new

Duke O Smiley

hamburg wrote: »

are these 2 stroke?

Early ones are, this is v4

Diabhalta

just like an hour ago, Little Island again

The Big Red Fella

rugbyman wrote: »

Wow, thata some pic of TR2 , ZY 200.. i am

from Louth and have never seen this car , in real life or on the web. Would love to hear who owned it new

Could be a UK car re-regd in the early 80s when ya could re-reg an old number for the princley sum of cuig punts?

Arthur Daley

I think a plate like zy (might be something similar) was applied in 1986 after they got to yzy 999 and before the year county system was introduced in january 1987?

Arthur Daley

I think a plate like zy (might be something similar) was applied in 1986 after they got to yzy 999 and before the year county system was introduced in january 1987?

Arthur Daley

I think a plate like zy (might be something similar) was applied in 1986 after they got to yzy 999 and before the year county system was introduced in january 1987?

mb1725

Arthur Daley wrote: »

I think a plate like zy (might be something similar) was applied in 1986 after they got to yzy 999 and before the year county system was introduced in january 1987?

ZY was Louth, ZY 1 was first issued in May 1954

Diabhalta

Kinsale

bonzodog2

No bumpers at all on the MGB!

Silvera

bonzodog2 wrote: »

No bumpers at all on the MGB!

De-chromed

sblythe

Looks a bit awkward if you ask me.

Like the headlight covers, very Jag d-type-esque

bonzodog2

Silvera wrote: »

De-chromed

A 1977 MGB wouldn't have chrome bumpers. Just sayin'.

Diabhalta

It looks good... put a roll cage in it, big block with a blower and it will be perfect.

gctest50

Kenny Logins wrote: »

They're excellent photos. Where did they come from?

sorry - missed your question


don't hammer it with download managers, wget -r's etc -

Total items catalogued so far 24784

Currently its on a HP server doing other work so can be slow

if you go rootin around you'll find some more

http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/

http://www.collection.archivist.info/searchv13.php?searchv4page=28&searchstr=Lucas

http://www.collection.archivist.info/searchv13.php?searchstr=WD

was looking for gearboxy stuff and found that

rugbyman

ARTHUR, ZY WAS INDEED RE USED IN 86, BUT IT WAS AFTER THE NUMBERS E, G, 1234 ZY. oops numbers lock on. A few years ago i enquired on here about the ZY TR3 that has been pictured many times on Boards, I contacted the owner who p.m.ed me the history of the car. It was from Drogheda and I am from the other end of the county. On seeing this ZY200, I googled it and found a piece from the MG club how ZY 3147 (guess) had driven to Cork to get photogra9hed with ZY200. I cannot just recall the owner of Zy3147 , Niall perhaps.
It may yet happen that someone on here will identify the original owner, my guess is G.O'R or L.G., I am just putting initials in as 7 dont want to make an eejit of myself. I was fourvyears old when ZY 200 was registered, but both of the men whose initials I posted had TR's. I am off to ask my b.i. l. Who is older than me, about their cars

Capri

That B GT was parked in Rathmines last December AFIR

Dades

bonzodog2 wrote: »

A 1977 MGB wouldn't have chrome bumpers. Just sayin'.

Indeed - nobody's going to remove chrome bumpers from an MG... but plenty of people want rid of the big rubber ones.

Duke O Smiley

I'd prefer a rubber bumper GT or Midget to a chromeie

nightster1

seen in Co.Cork last week

gammygils

Spotted this in London recently