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

jca

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Land rover springs so cheap, that was probably a "get me down off the hill" temporary fix.

And bring me to a "vintage" show and bring me to the shop to get my fags and bring me to the pub for my Sunday morning before dinner pints and bring the kids to school....ah shur tis only a temporary fix its grand as long as de wheels don't leave de ground.........shur who'll be lookin...shur she's grand.. only ordinary gob****es need an NCT or CVT or whatever it's called nowadays..

Diabhalta

jca wrote: »

And bring me to a "vintage" show and bring me to the shop to get my fags and bring me to the pub for my Sunday morning before dinner pints and bring the kids to school....ah shur tis only a temporary fix its grand as long as de wheels don't leave de ground.........shur who'll be lookin...shur she's grand.. only ordinary gob****es need an NCT or CVT or whatever it's called nowadays..

take me to the shop and take me to the school in 3,5L V8? every day?

I don't think so.

there must be like one car in this condition for every 50 classic cars that are out there. And as you can see they drive them to the show and back and that's it. Even if it's a more economical car than that Land Rover I don't think people would drive them every day/week. It's a rare occurence. No need for NCT for classics because of handful of neglected vehicles.

Duke O Smiley

Diabhalta wrote: »

take me to the shop and take me to the school in 3,5L V8? every day?

I don't think so.

there must be like one car in this condition for every 50 classic cars that are out there. And as you can see they drive them to the show and back and that's it. Even if it's a more economical car than that Land Rover I don't think people would drive them every day/week. It's a rare occurence. No need for NCT for classics because of handful of neglected vehicles.

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you there. You could argue this in the case of NCT on non-classics too. We all want to be safe on the road and if it means taking, frankly, **** heaps, off the road then so be it.

I am all for keeping a classic car on the road but there is only so far you can go in doing so. And a basic road worthiness test will do nobody but owners of dangerous cars no harm.

The sooner NCT is brought in for classics, the better, imo.

Just my 2c anyway

w124man

Diabhalta wrote: »

It's a rare occurence. No need for NCT for classics because of handful of neglected vehicles.

Will you change your mind when one of those 'handful of neglected vehicles' wipes out your entire family?

Nekarsulm

I initially thought that 90 had a broken spring, but looking at it again, not so. As some one said, more than likely to retain spring under extreme articulation. Not a safety related mod. at all.

26000 Elephants

w124man wrote: »

Will you change your mind when one of those 'handful of neglected vehicles' wipes out your entire family?

For gods sake, will SOMEBODY think of the children!!:eek:

power pants

I mentioned this the other week and most people disagreed with my point

I think it is ridiculous that there is no nct for "classic cars"

kev1.3s

power pants wrote: »

I mentioned this the other week and most people disagreed with my point

I think it is ridiculous that there is no nct for "classic cars"

I'm all for some sort of safety test but with all the taxes we have to pay now another tax which the NCT essentially is doesn't sit well with me.
Why not forgo the tax and charge the 50 odd quid to get people to go to a bi-annual simple safety test, say tyres suspension electrics and brakes. Nobody is going to get excited about giving the government more money.

w124man

26000 Elephants wrote: »

For gods sake, will SOMEBODY think of the children!!:eek:

Sod the kids ..... its the 26 year old blond I'm married to that I'm thinking about

alastair

power pants wrote: »

I mentioned this the other week and most people disagreed with my point

I think it is ridiculous that there is no nct for "classic cars"

Scare quotes are a nice touch.

The social benefits of testing classic cars are demonstrably minor, when weighed against the practical considerations of trying to adapt the standard test to cars which don't adhere to modern standards, even if they're operating entirely as designed. The reality is that classic cars (even the minority of "death traps" that undoubtedly turn up at shows/meets) have not proven to be any great danger to either their drivers or the broader public, primarily because they're on the roads a lot less than NCT tested cars. As mentioned before, tractors and motorbikes are far more common, on the roads much more often, and also aren't expected to be tested.

Thinkingaboutit

The NCT is just a stupid tax and a bit of make work for the 'motor industry'.

Grimreaper666

If the NCT was fair and sensible it would be a good thing but when you see some of the rubbish they come up with under the excuse for safety you have to question the whole system. If the motor tax money was put back into roads as it was originally intended instead of the banks or Irish Water, we probably wouldn't even need this test as 52% of cars are failing the test due to suspension related faults alone as a direct result of poorly maintained roads.(According to statistics from the NCT website.)

kaizersoze

kfog

Gordon Bennett Rally, Kildare town stopover this weekend

kfog

Slideshow

Duke O Smiley

Irish Allegro, love it!

26000 Elephants

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Irish Allegro, love it!

That was the stand out one for me too!!

They are so anti-cool. That one looks great, but a bit too much '80's black plastic on the front.

Duke O Smiley

Dades

kfog wrote: »

Gordon Bennett Rally, Kildare town stopover this weekend

That E-Type passed by as I was puffing up towards Kilternan on a spin last Sunday!

That Bugatti looks the business.

Greg81

420SL Sandyford

tc20

A couple of recent spots around Bray/Greystones.
The Fiat gets regular use.
And although the other two images are not cars, it is a classic racer, and not something you see everyday

ba_barabus

Tc what's that strange mark in the bottom right of the pictures?

tc20

ba_barabus wrote: »

Tc what's that strange mark in the bottom right of the pictures?

It's a little speck that appears in the lens now and again ba. Even my phone is an almost classic :-) it's an old Nokia with an almighty 2 megapixels. I'm not up with the kids and their new fangled gadgets.

ba_barabus

tc20 wrote: »

It's a little speck that appears in the lens now and again ba. Even my phone is an almost classic :-) it's an old Nokia with an almighty 2 megapixels. I'm not up with the kids and their new fangled gadgets.

The pic quality is fine so who cares

Donie75

tc20,
What boat is that? I'm guessing that's Chris Allens yard in Bray.

tc20

Donie75 wrote: »

tc20,
What boat is that? I'm guessing that's Chris Allens yard in Bray.

Hi Donie, its in Bray alright, but about a mile from the sea. Pic was taken in the business park where I work, one of the neighbours was getting his recently refurbished classic racing yacht loaded onto the trailer. I'm guessing the boat yard you refer to is down at Bray harbour??

A couple of recent spots. The G wagen was down in Limerick, old Wicklow reg MNI.

Duke O Smiley

Just sorting through a few of my shots from this year's show at Mosney. It wasn't a bad show, all told. The turn out was was quite something and as always and the content was excellent. I heard of the Mk1 Golf that was vandalised leaving the show and that was somewhat disheartening. I would think twice before bringing a car of my own next year as a result.

Anyway, I generally just point my camera at whatever interests me at these shows.

Duke O Smiley

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