Cars in 1980's Ireland !

Silvera

Hi Alfasudcrazy,

Your 504 looks great alright !
I never liked them, but it is still great to see a 70's car in such good nick.

Is VRT costly on such a car ?

Do you have any pics of the Sud ? ......... I always liked those !!

Alfasudcrazy

Here is my sud - I bought it off Ebay recently - part of my plan to increase my classics to 4 cars. It cost me STG£1,600. I see another Alfasud on Ebay at the moment (admittedly pristine) that's heading for STG£1,900 and there is still 5 days to go on the auction. :eek:
Mine is 99% rust free but it was idle for 10 years and so has to be checked out. It drives OK but I want Gerry Cambell of Ti autos in Dublin to give it the once over and have it booked in with him for January. :rolleyes:
The sound of it is so exotic it gives me goose pimples just listening to it. :cool:

Alfasudcrazy

What about the Corrado - the one 80's car I always wanted but never had. :rolleyes: Its hard to get an original one now as they have been got to by the modders

Quatre Mains

best car I remember was the BMW M1...it was never 'on the roads' but passed it every weekend on the Naas Road tucked up in the showroom when I was a kid.

Silvera

I saw that car on the Naas Rd a couple of years ago.

AFAIK, it was owned by BMW distributors, Motor Import Irl which is now Frank Keane (Naas Rd) BMW.
He has/had a collection of various classic BMW's. The BMW Club Ireland often meet there during the summer - at least they did when Motor Import was there.

Cool car !


Anybody got any pics of an Irish reg Opel Manta (any year) or Kadett SR (80-84 model) ?

$lash

Here are a few of my favourites ... In no particular order as that requires too much thought!

VW Golf GTi MK1 & MK2 16v
BMW E30 M3 & 325i Sport
Toyota Corolla GT Coupe RWD (Twincam)
Peugeot 205 GTi 1.6 & 1.9
Ford Escort RS Turbo Series 1 & Series 2
Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000
Ford Escort XR3i
Ford Fiesta Mk1 & Mk2 XR2
Opel Manta 400 & GTE
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Fiat Uno Turbo
Lotus Sunbeam
Mazda RX7
Vauxhall Nova SR, SRi, GTE & GSi
Opel Kadett GTE & GSi
Toyota Supra
Toyota Celica ST165 & ST185 GT Four
Honda Prelude
Honda CRX Vtec
Ford Sierra Cosworth & Sapphire Cosworth
Lancia Delta Integerale
Audi Quattro Turbo

Im sure theres lots more but you get the idea!

Silvera

Quite a list there slash

Good choices too !

Do you recall the Kadett 1.3 and 1.6 SR ?
(They were usually black in colour, or yellow with black arches.)

unkel

Silvera wrote:

Do you recall the Kadett 1.3 and 1.6 SR ?

Yup with nice 80s alloys

Within the blue collar range of hottish hatches, I was in the Kadett camp at the time as opposed to Golf and Escort