Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Carina

The old opel can be seen outside Summerhill spares in the Coolock ind estate behind Tayto. There's a really nice opel record (berlina ?) sitting in a garden on Dundanniel rd near the oscar traynor road junction.

Kevin_Herron

mondymike wrote: »

Its an opel anyway, but any guesses, it has a summerhill spares sticker on the back and looks like an early rekord or commodore

Shes a Commodore, as far as I know he uses it everyday!

Hermy

Max_Damage wrote: »

I've seen that R4 around before. I believe it has 88-D plates on it.

Yep, spot on.
Can't remember the last time I saw one.
Back in the p&t days there seemed to be one on every street corner.

shawnee

Well done to TC 20 and to Merc Mad , this was a freudian slip, I inserted a pic of my friends w114 in error. However I did notice it afterwards but didn;t have time to change it, so decided I'd let it run and see what happened:D:D
For the record , here is the real dash in my 280ce.
As I said car is 100% original, and had one owner for 27 years. Have original unopened first aid kit, but think the second owner pinched the toolkit for another car. Would love to get one , if anyone knows where I might do.

carchaeologist

That is one clean interior,id say well wear,but that isnt really the right thing to say is it...:rolleyes:

Wishbone Ash

shawnee wrote:

That's an incredibly clean interior for a 30 year old car! Apart from the seat belt, it looks like it rolled off the production line yesterday. Well done and good luck with it.

CianDon

I saw this beetle down in Rochestown, Cork earlier today. She was in great nick.

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carchaeologist

CianDon wrote: »

I saw this beetle down in Rochestown, Cork earlier today. She was in great nick.

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^good spot,nice reg too:)

Camarague

Hermy wrote: »

Especially for Max Damamge another Fiesta, this one in Ranelagh.:p

A Mini in Cork Street.

And a Renault 4 in Drimnagh.
Sorry about the crap photo but I haven't seen one of these old vans for ages. Dublin used to be littered with them.

Can you post that picture of the Renault 4 again? The link is broken

shawnee

Thanks Wishbone and carchaeologist, I would say being a two door coupe owned by an older lady, it is quite possible that "nobody" ever sat in the rear seat. However it does show the quality in the material that it hasn't faded or deteriorated atall. The interior sold the car to me as I didn't particularily like the white. However most of the time I am on the inside so the interior is a huge bonus.:P:P

bugsntinas

CianDon wrote: »

I saw this beetle down in Rochestown, Cork earlier today. She was in great nick.

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lovely looking bug.puts mine to shame but then again all bugs put mine to shame:D

carchaeologist

bugsntinas wrote: »

lovely looking bug.puts mine to shame but then again all bugs put mine to shame:D

Ah now,dont be so hard on yourself,im sure this one doesnt....;):)

Lauder

A seemingly solid UNO in Clontarf

galwaytt

carchaeologist

Lauder wrote: »

A seemingly solid UNO in Clontarf

Ah,now thats quite rare these days...

biggus

Quick ... stick a cage in it and bring it to mondello.... Three door i hope !

bugsntinas

carchaeologist wrote: »

Ah now,dont be so hard on yourself,im sure this one doesnt....;):)

didn't think they made a one horse power bug:Dthere is one worse than mine yeeeh

Max_Damage

Lauder wrote: »

A seemingly solid UNO in Clontarf

That IS rare.

I recently saw an '88 Uno near Castlepollard in Co. Westmeath. Looked in good condition too.

dutchcat

carchaeologist wrote: »

Ah now,dont be so hard on yourself,im sure this one doesnt....;):)

its mule to see a 1302 ending its days like this,looked pretty hot too:pac::pac:

Lauder

Max_Damage wrote: »

That IS rare.

I recently saw an '88 Uno near Castlepollard in Co. Westmeath. Looked in good condition too.

Its abandoned too as far as i am aware, hasnt moved in 2years and tax/insurance/nct discs not present

MercMad

Wow an '86 Uno on calssics forum !!

Love that W123 interior, they really made those cars very well, its super looking !

The Escort Mexico is fab, looks like it is Irish reg'd ??

Max_Damage

MercMad wrote: »

Wow an '86 Uno on calssics forum !!

It's rarer than most old Merc's on the roads these days.

Kevin_Herron

So is a Subaru Justy!

Hermy

Here's a few I saw today.
The first Merc may be abandoned. It's parked up beside where the Irish Ferries Car Ferry berths - a 1987 SEC420 Auto according to Cartell - and never seems to go anywhere. The second was spotted in Richmond Road this afternoon.


And then just when I thought I'd not see another interesting car today,
this turns up - a Rover SD1! Sorry about the crap pictures - I was rushing.

Kevin_Herron

That car seems to be used, its usually parked on the opposite side!

Magnum

Magnum wrote: »

My Two Classics

The Escort is now for sale on Adverts.ie Click

junkyard

Some interesting ones from the Retromobile at the weekend.

carchaeologist

Great pics junkyard!:)

tc20

Good stuff junkyard,

thats the recently auctioned Bugatti isn't it? Looks like they gave it a bit of a dusting

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MercMad

Hey Junky, whats the craic with the Hot Rod, is it a famous one, or is it as it looks, i.e possibly the only original one left ??

tc20

MercMad wrote: »

Hey Junky, whats the craic with the Hot Rod, is it a famous one, or is it as it looks, i.e possibly the only original one left ??

the car in the last pic?

i thought it was a model car, as its displayed on an old suitcase...unless its a very big old suitcase, in which case . .

L-M

MercMad wrote: »

Hey Junky, whats the craic with the Hot Rod, is it a famous one, or is it as it looks, i.e possibly the only original one left ??

That is a model, isn't it?

MercMad

Limerick man wrote: »

That is a model, isn't it?

..........sorry yes it is of course a model, I took a quick look only. Obviously with Junkie's addiction to models it was appealing. I have seen this look before and the SoCal Speed Shop and Hildebrandt names are synonymous with Hot Rods.

L-M

MercMad wrote: »

..........sorry yes it is of course a model, I took a quick look only. Obviously with Junkie's addiction to models it was appealing. I have seen this look before and the SoCal Speed Shop and Hildebrandt names are synonymous with Hot Rods.

Lol, i was getting worried there. I was convincing myself it was the real thing:pac:

CianDon

Saw this in Douglas, Cork today. I'm not sure what it is. Sorry for the picture. I was on the bus and just before I took the pic that Renault pulled out in front of it.

tc20

CianDon wrote: »

I'm not sure what it is.

^ a late 60s Austin ?

Blue850

An Austin A40

junkyard

MercMad wrote: »

Hey Junky, whats the craic with the Hot Rod, is it a famous one, or is it as it looks, i.e possibly the only original one left ??

It's an art piece, you can see more at www.martin-heukeshoven.de amazing pieces of work but not cheap at around 15000 euros each!
Some more photos.

carchaeologist

That MK1 golf is f***ing sexy...:D

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

That MK1 golf is f***ing sexy...:D

+1

God i'd love to have a few hours to look around and drive the Golfs 1-6...

junkyard

The old ones, yes, but the newer ones are crap.

L-M

junkyard wrote: »

The old ones, yes, but the newer ones are crap.

:rolleyes:

junkyard

Limerick man wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Seriously, heaps of sh!te every one of them, as bad as Renaults, try working on them, even the local store man in the VW garage is starting to agree with me. Parts made out of sh!te plastic, overly complex and b@stards of things to work on.

L-M

junkyard wrote: »

Seriously, heaps of sh!te every one of them, as bad as Renaults, try working on them, even the local store man in the VW garage is starting to agree with me. Parts made out of sh!te plastic, overly complex and b@stards of things to work on.

I'm on my second Mk4. Big fan of them. although i can't not agree with you lol.:D

carchaeologist

I like the MK1 and 2 really,anything after is a bit bland,VW kind of lost their way a little,i drove a MK4 GTi recently and it didnt make any real impression on me.(sorry limerick man:o)

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

I like the MK1 and 2 really,anything after is a bit bland,VW kind of lost their way a little,i drove a MK4 GTi recently and it didnt make any real impression on me.(sorry limerick man:o)

I could guess who owns that:P

carchaeologist

Limerick man wrote: »

I could guess who owns that:P

No,wasnt his,the owner was small and blonde,bit of a difference!:p

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

No,wasnt his,the owner was small and blonde,bit of a difference!:p

Ahhh haha... I'm sure he'll come to defend himself:P

carchaeologist

Limerick man wrote: »

Ahhh haha... I'm sure he'll come to defend himself:P

No doubt....:p Il be looking down the barrel of an M3:eek:;)

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

No doubt....:p Il be looking down the barrel of an M3:eek:;)

:eek:

What what???