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

MrRolex

w124man wrote: »

Why do you have to check if its British or Irish? If there are three letters without a Z or an I then its a Brit!

Or in this case Welsh.

SmartinMartin

red sean wrote: »

Long time since I've seen a Renault 6.

Haven't seen a 4 in a while either.

red sean

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Haven't seen a 4 in a while either.

Took a pic of an early '80's R4 daily driver in Portugal last year. Must look it up.

millington

MrRolex wrote: »

Or in this case Welsh.

Welsh is British...

MrRolex

millington wrote: »

Welsh is British...

In other news, water is wet.

MrRolex

MOD EDIT: Post moved to appropriate thread.

This thread is for posting classic cars you've seen and took a picture of, not cars you own and happen to have for sale.

Taken, not took.

SmartinMartin

Another spanish beauty;

imagen

26000 Elephants

This is fast becoming the "Today I saw a classic with a missing back light" thread...

Seweryn

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Superleggera editions!

The lack of rear bumper and side skirts makes it a lot lighter . It is a lovely one otherwise, looks like a 1970 or 1971 model. Unfortunately, the original body colour has been changed...

SmartinMartin

26000 Elephants wrote: »

This is fast becoming the "Today I saw a classic with a missing back light" thread...

It's in a garage. No front headlights either. It looks about a week away from being completely restored. The paint is perfect.

red sean

red sean wrote: »

Took a pic of an early '80's R4 daily driver in Portugal last year. Must look it up.

Found it!

RayM

Spotted this Astra/Kadett in Carrickmines today.

Silvera

Spotted a white 1987 Mercedes 230 today on the Stillorgan Bypass - c/w its original '87 D nnnn' plates.

Castle77

Any one seen any 87-d-12#### cars around yet? I wonder are people opting for the ZV plates on 87 imports?

Duke O Smiley

A couple of recent spots from this week on the North side.

w124man

Castle77 wrote: »

Any one seen any 87-d-12#### cars around yet? I wonder are people opting for the ZV plates on 87 imports?

Theres a few about and sure a ZV plate on an 87 car would be even dumber than an 87-D-12****

Dades

RayM wrote: »

Spotted this Astra/Kadett in Carrickmines today.

Must work up there - I posted that same car a while back!

welder

Dades wrote: »

Must work up there - I posted that same car a while back!

Lives on the road down to Dundrum, used to share a driveway with a few other classics and a LandRover

MrRolex

RayM wrote: »

Spotted this Astra/Kadett in Carrickmines today.

Lovely car, thanks for the picture.
Brings back memories of driving my friends one back in the mid '90's.
That and Cavalier SRI's.
The 1.8 8V engine was great in those cars. Rare to see a MK1 Astra GTE, I would love one myself.

tc20

(also posted in the "oldest car" thread - spotted in Greystones yesterday -

a fairly crusty '74 Volvo estate, and an MG at the other end of the condition scale, about to enter the great unknown (shonky camera phone pic!!)

winnie the schtink

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Another spanish beauty;

imagen

nice to see it being saved 02's were only made in 71,72

PaulK_CCI

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Kenmare again today. Unusual in that it has a foreign number (Dutch maybe?) but it's right hand drive.

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This is indeed an "old style" pre-1978 Dutch number plate and not a Portugese. Although the number/letter combinations are similar between the two countries the actual embossed numbers/letters are thinner and rounder on a Dutch plate (compare it with the letters on the yellow Renault 4 one page back). Pre-78 plates are white embossed letters on a dark blue plate (not black). After 78 the plates became the typical yellow.
The allocation of the letters was alphabetical, so 'licence plate buffs' can actually estimate roughly as to what year the plate was allocated. This one was allocated around 1974-1975 which means it was imported as by that time the MG's were impact bumpers. It was (and sometimes still is) quite fashionable to actually drive a RHD British classic.

PaulK_CCI

SmartinMartin wrote: »

A few spots in Nerja in Spain today:

imagen

It looks like a typical "Beacham" style restored Mk2, by looking at the modern door mirrors and upgraded interior. 
These were popular during the hayday of the Mk2 craze 20 odd years back. There were loads of specialist that would restore your Mk2 to almost any type of specification your wished, as long as your pockets were deep enough: ranging from better seats, to complete XJ-R spec engines and drivetrain, tv screens in the headrest etc etc etc...

SmartinMartin

Donegal town today;

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SmartinMartin

Another Donegal one;

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SmartinMartin

Glasnevin this evening;

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mikehn

Always thought Black was the best for these but that Blue is making me have second thoughts

Seweryn

The DS looks fantastic. From every angle...

SmartinMartin

Yup, I think they are one of the most beautiful cars ever made.

Duke O Smiley

The owner of those cars is living the dream!