Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

L1011

carchaeologist wrote: »

thats why you some times see a small 1 or 2 in the corner of the plate,which means its either the first of second replacement.

I overtook a car with a little 7 on the dash on the Ring Utrecht. I have to wonder how bad an area they live in to have lost 6 plates!

245

TRNIALL wrote: »

There was a problem with the cover but off course it will be sorted,when the engine went back in they put 2 shims between the engine and mounts as the sump was sitting on the rack so this dont help, but think there is enough adjustment in the bonnet to clear the rocker cover.The other option is to buy a SAH cover off ebay thats the angled one at each end but they go for mighty bucks,the last one that i saw went for 335 squid:eek:.Also the original metal type is not as deep as the alloy one so that is also an option.

The original metal one looks great if painted properly. Chroming is another option but it might look too 'bling' and it'll probably discolour from the heat. Speaking if underbonnet temperatures - is the manifold ceramic coated or just painted?

okistag

245 wrote: »

The original metal one looks great if painted properly. Chroming is another option but it might look too 'bling' and it'll probably discolour from the heat. Speaking if underbonnet temperatures - is the manifold ceramic coated or just painted?

I can remember years back, I chromed my rocker cover and yes after a while they yellowed as such, personally I would go with the original, but I would say Alan will come up with something. It will be interesting to see what.

I think the manifold is painted in high temp, but again I am not sure. Maybe Alan or Niall would be able to answer that one.

Anyhow here is a short video clip, of the body and bonnet going on, it has music on it but sometimes youtube blank sound due to copy rights etc, so hope it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytCb6zRQk10

PaulK_CCI

carchaeologist wrote: »

Dutch?

Definitely not Dutch.

Normal Dutch plates are Yellow with black letters, but classic cars can carry 'old style' Dark Blue plates with white letters.

We do have White license plates, but only for cars destined for Export with a 14 day temporary plate or trailers. So it could have a car exported from Holland, but as was pointed out, there's only one hyphen between the digits, but the biggest giveaway is that the script/typeface is distinctly different.

I suspect this is either a Chech or Hungarian or Romanian license plate, somewhere in that region... (althought they would normally always have a small national flag or symbol... )

maidhc

I reckon it is Portuguese:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_car_number_plates

macnab

Heres a Volvo 1800 ES (Not a Reliant Scimitar, thanks gfwd) in Meath, i dont think it has been moved for years.

gfwd

That's not a Scimitar, it's a Volvo 1800ES. Nice cars.

macnab

gfwd wrote: »

That's not a Scimitar, it's a Volvo 1800ES. Nice cars.

my bad, thanks gfwd, i edited my post accordingly.

Lauder

Saw this beautiful W180 merc 220S on Clontarf road this afternoon

carchaeologist

Saw this MK5 cortina estste today..anyone else see whats wrong with this pic..

unkel

maidhc wrote: »

I reckon it is Portuguese:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_car_number_plates

My guess is Portuguese too. I remember from that huge barn find a few years ago that Dutch and Portuguese plates can look very similar, so Dutch wasn't a bad guess in the first place. Here's a good site with license plates.

Or maybe we will just have to wait until Silvera reads this and tells us for definite what it is

zilog_jones

carchaeologist wrote: »

Saw this MK5 cortina estste today..anyone else see whats wrong with this pic..

Left light cluster is from a Ghia? Looks like it has two indicator lights on it too

quinevere

Saw my favourites car in the world in a stunning colour as well

carchaeologist

quinevere wrote: »

Saw my favourites car in the world in a stunning colour as well

Irish and all nice!!

DarenO

Pity it's not the real thing but a Beetle chassis used to pretend it's a Porsche

L-M

Two from a spin today. Friend of mines newly painted mk1 Golf diesel.



And the four cars lined up

carchaeologist

^Nice golf,kerry reg too.

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

kerry reg too.

Aye, so he keeps saying :P 1.6 diesel, completely origional inside and out (except for the colour) 144 km's on it, (can't rememeber the story, but it has km clocks and reading) with a full service history from the day it let the factory. Great little car.

Hermy

This evening [yesterday now] I saw a 09 D Mk I Golf.
What's all that about?

L-M

Hermy wrote: »

This evening [yesterday now] I saw a 09 D Mk I Golf.
What's all that about?

They're African imports IIRC, either that or Brazilian. The MK1 shape is still being sold new, although it has a modern interior etc. There was one for sale on carzone for around 11k up until recently. There is a name for them, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

It wasn't by any chance red?

kona

Hermy wrote: »

This evening [yesterday now] I saw a 09 D Mk I Golf.
What's all that about?

south african or brazillian import, they still make em down there. If its a R/H drive its a South african. If its a black one around the malahide area its the one i saw too.

too late!

PanhardPL

PaulK_CCI wrote: »

Definitely not Dutch.

Normal Dutch plates are Yellow with black letters, but classic cars can carry 'old style' Dark Blue plates with white letters.

We do have White license plates, but only for cars destined for Export with a 14 day temporary plate or trailers. So it could have a car exported from Holland, but as was pointed out, there's only one hyphen between the digits, but the biggest giveaway is that the script/typeface is distinctly different.

I suspect this is either a Chech or Hungarian or Romanian license plate, somewhere in that region... (althought they would normally always have a small national flag or symbol... )

I have checked my Interpol Guide to Vehicle Registration Plates and the only country that shows 2 sets of digits and numbers is Holland, so its possible the guy has made up his own plates. Any of the above mentioned countries, do not use two sets of double digits and a number.

PaulK_CCI

if it is a dutch plate, then it's pretty illegal in two ways,
- for one it should be a yellow plate with black letters and not a white plate. Only export plates are white, and they carry 5 digit registration numbers with a completely different notation alltogether (2 digits, one letter and two more digits).
- if it's a self made plate from an existing dutch license number, a quick check with the Dutch equivalent of cartell reveals that this reg number ain't registered anymore: so the license number would be invalid!

If it were a dutch reg, this particular letter combination would place the car as being 1st registered in Holland in november 1993. The car itself is from somewhere late seventies-mid eighties, and clearly a US import.

cvisser

Limerick man wrote: »

They're African imports IIRC, either that or Brazilian. The MK1 shape is still being sold new, although it has a modern interior etc. There was one for sale on carzone for around 11k up until recently. There is a name for them, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

It wasn't by any chance red?

heres the lovely lady in red Guys!


http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/23/35153923.html

L-M

cvisser wrote: »

heres the lovely lady in red Guys!


http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/23/35153923.html

It was on carzone up until recently! Wouldn't be a bad car for the money:D

Bondvillain

Limerick man wrote: »

They're African imports IIRC. There is a name for them, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

Its the VW Citi. (& that particular model is the Citi Rox 1.4). The forecourt price in South Africa is about €8,500.

245

carchaeologist wrote: »

Saw this MK5 cortina estste today..anyone else see whats wrong with this pic..

The registration/car combination maybe?

The foglight's on the wrong side for RHD but I think that its just because the RHS one got removed

eljono

Hey Limerick Man, were those photos taken in Twomilegate? Think I recognise it...


Spotted these last week (not irish). sorry about photo quality for the Porsche but my phone was on the blink

Have never seen one of these before. Is it a 356?





Nice Rolls, don't know what model it is though

Hermy

kona wrote: »

If its a black one around the malahide area its the one i saw too.

Yep, I'd say that's the same one I saw too.
Thanks for the replies lads.

carchaeologist

245 wrote: »

The registration/car combination maybe?

Yup..:p

Hermy

Following on from the previous Corolla I snapped in Clonliffe Road here's another one I spotted in Drumcondra today [yesterday].

okistag

Limerick man wrote: »

They're African imports IIRC, either that or Brazilian. The MK1 shape is still being sold new, although it has a modern interior etc. There was one for sale on carzone for around 11k up until recently. There is a name for them, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

It wasn't by any chance red?

When lived in South Africa for a few years they were called "City Golf" 1.3 up to 1.8 injection. every college over there is full of them a very common college students car.

jrar

Rover spotted in Punchestown recently



Land Rover seen in Schull

jrar

PanhardPL wrote: »

I have checked my Interpol Guide to Vehicle Registration Plates and the only country that shows 2 sets of digits and numbers is Holland, so its possible the guy has made up his own plates. Any of the above mentioned countries, do not use two sets of double digits and a number.

If the hyphen between the letter combinations is deliberate, then my money is on this being a home-made German plate i.e. no euroband, no seals, not using normal German plate fonts etc. - as earlier poster mentioned, this would make it a Bremen plate (HB = Hansestadt Bremen)

zilog_jones

okistag wrote: »

When lived in South Africa for a few years they were called "City Golf" 1.3 up to 1.8 injection. every college over there is full of them a very common college students car.

Yeah they used to be called Citi Golf but recently changed to just Citi. Apparently tooling came from the US plant in 1984 and the current interior is mostly from the Skoda Fabia.

I don't think they were ever made in Brazil (as some others suggested) as they have the Gol down there. It was built in Mexico as the Caribe (with gammy US-style square headlights) until 1987.

PanhardPL

jrar wrote: »

If the hyphen between the letter combinations is deliberate, then my money is on this being a home-made German plate i.e. no euroband, no seals, not using normal German plate fonts etc. - as earlier poster mentioned, this would make it a Bremen plate (HB = Hansestadt Bremen)

Having checked the guide again, I am inclined to agree with you, as this could possibly have been a personalized plate that would have been purchased.
The Interpol Guide to Vehicle Registrations.

PaulK_CCI

eljono wrote: »

Have never seen one of these before. Is it a 356?



Nice Rolls, don't know what model it is though

Yes, a Porsche 356, and a pretty rare model too: the distinctly different Karmann Hardtop Coupe. Most 356 were built by Reuter, but Karmann built these Coupes with a higher roofline between 62-64.

eljono

PaulK_CCI wrote: »

Yes, a Porsche 356, and a pretty rare model too: the distinctly different Karmann Hardtop Coupe. Most 356 were built by Reuter, but Karmann built these Coupes with a higher roofline between 62-64.

Ya, I thought the roof was a bit high and upright alright. Cheers for the info Paul!

mountain

nice red escort seen in west cork, about 2 weeks ago.

Hermy

Here's a few I saw today...



Cartell doesn't give a year for the Merc.
It identifies the steam engine as a 'Ransome'.



I suppose the Cossie is on it's way to a good home.




There was also an old ice-cream van on the back of another trailer but I didn't get to take a pic.

VolvoMan

There was an Irish registered Tatra T613 I saw in Rathmines about two weeks ago. I would've taken a picture only I don't carry a camera around with me.

245

Hermy wrote: »

Here's a few I saw today...



Cartell doesn't give a year for the Merc.
It identifies the steam engine as a 'Ransome'.

The Merc's an '85 reg.

My Dad has an old Ransomes cylinder lawn mower (petrol, not steam engined :rolleyes:) - looks like they diversified before they ran out of, ahem, steam.

Kevin_Herron

VolvoMan wrote: »

There was an Irish registered Tatra T613 I saw in Rathmines about two weeks ago. I would've taken a picture only I don't carry a camera around with me.

I presume it was 89 D 47992?

I havent seen that car in a long time. I always liked Tatra's.

VolvoMan

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

I presume it was 89 D 47992?

I havent seen that car in a long time. I always liked Tatra's.

I think that's the one. It was either '88 or '89, I can't remember.

Do you know anything about it?

Lauder

A few spots from today, all around Clontarf.

Stumbled upon this this lot while out canvassing tonight (72' MGB Roadster, late '80's Rubber Bumper Roadster, and a Pagoda i believe which was very rotten and looked like it was painted with a brush). I do not know whether or not they are abandoned, but sure have not moved in while.




A nice Mini Cooper and a VW Camper




A modern classic (Vauxhall VX220)


Another 'modern classic' VW Polo 'V8' GTi Mongol Rally edition (my mongol rally car.



And finally, I spotted this while on a jaunt to Rome last week;
The Original Popemobile, gold plated everything. Havent a clue what make.

carchaeologist

Seems canvassing does show up good results after all.....:p

Wishbone Ash

Lauder wrote: »

Stumbled upon this this lot while out canvassing tonigh

You can't leave us in this agony!........which party?

Lauder

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

You can't leave us in this agony!........which party?

Ah the good old Blueshirts.

tc20

saw a gorgeous W114 coupe yesterday evening on Stillorgan Park Road (link road between N11 and Carysford Ave), LHD, lovely green colour, on ZV plates. Anyone on here? I gave the thumbs up as i passed in my W123

thegen

Not quite a classic yet.[IMG]http://F:\Tonys Folder\Personal\Car Photos[/IMG]