Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

sogood

Driving alongside this today up the quays towards Heuston Station. The pic doesn't do it justice as the camera was set up wrong and I was driving a (empty) coach at the time. For the record, it was a spotless British Racing Green.Took the pic while stopped at the lights for anyone about to have a rant. The badge on the back said V12.
Pity there's no sound with the pic, lovely.............

Kevin_Herron

Love the webasto sunroof!

carchaeologist

Blue850 wrote: »

Is the silver/black car a Merc limo?

No,a 240 series volvo saloon.

carchaeologist

briana7214 wrote: »

Didnt know they still do that in Rosegreen, havent been over there in years, used to go there all the time in early/mid 90's. when do they run it????

They run bangers rarely enough these days,though racing is on most weekends during the summer,all info here..
http://www.tipperarymotorspeedway.ie/

Wishbone Ash

Golf GTI Cabrio (Mk I?) spotted in Lusk, Co Dublin.

G Luxel

carchaeologist wrote: »

This was also there,im not good with american motors,anyone know what it is?

It looks like a later Cadillac Fleetwood or Chevrolet Caprice from the late70s to late 80s.

carchaeologist

A selection of some of the older stuff from the Performance Vauxhall show two weeks ago.










This had a cosworth engine and a 6 speed sequential box

And a mini running two XE 16V engines





This was for sale for 2k sterling




And the strange car award goes to...

Lauder

A few original Irish spots from today;

Hermy

Today I saw 474UXU but I didn't get a pic.

I did get a pic of a Fordson tractor if anyone is interested.


I also spotted this French reg'd Renault in Clontarf last week.

G Luxel

saw these the other day.....

Kevin_Herron

G Luxel wrote: »

saw these the other day.....

That Cadillac isnt exactly parked in a spot you'd stumble across!

ji

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Not abandoned

carchaeologist

April 1976 Renault 12 in castleisland this morning,in reasonably good shape,it seems to be in everyday use,iv seen it before but havent been able to get a pic untill now.

ji

A rare sight nowadays...

carchaeologist

ji wrote: »

A rare sight nowadays...

Indeed,the apprentice with me thought i was nuts taking a pic of it.lol!

sogood

This little beauty was parked in Cobh today. Excellent condition inside and out, though not in original paint. Still, I wouldn't complain!

bugsntinas

carchaeologist wrote: »

April 1976 Renault 12 in castleisland this morning,in reasonably good shape,it seems to be in everyday use,iv seen it before but havent been able to get a pic untill now.

i had one of these when i was about 20.no good for street cred and it was whit:eek:

junkyard

sogood wrote: »

This little beauty was parked in Cobh today. Excellent condition inside and out, though not in original paint. Still, I wouldn't complain!

I painted it........ is there a problem?:eek:

Traumadoc

My Dad had one of them in the mid 80s, top speed 126 mph, 0-60 about 10 sec. It was still around a few years ago.

Hermy

A Vauxhall Viva in Whitehall yesterday.

CharlieCroker

junkyard wrote: »

I painted it........ is there a problem?:eek:

So your the dodgy bodyshop down in east Cork that I was told to avoid!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

junkyard

CharlieCroker wrote: »

So your the dodgy bodyshop down in east Cork that I was told to avoid!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

Dodgy bodyshop!!! Too honest for my own good, it's no wonder i'm broke!:(

G Luxel

carchaeologist wrote: »

so good that no one would steal it, given that passenger door isnt closed properly.

G Luxel

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

That Cadillac isnt exactly parked in a spot you'd stumble across!

well it used to have a Humber Pullman for company but it has since disappeared. This car appears not to have moved in a few years so it should have been put in the abandoned classics thread.

Kevin_Herron

G Luxel wrote: »

well it used to have a Humber Pullman for company but it has since disappeared. This car appears not to have moved in a few years so it should have been put in the abandoned classics thread.

The owner died last year. He had some fantastic American cars over the years.

Blue850

No camera but I saw a lhd Toyota Tercel in Galway today reg 507 YIM, similar to this one

sogood

junkyard wrote: »

I painted it........ is there a problem?:eek:

I'm saying nowt. if you painted it then you know how good a job you did. It was lovely IMHO. That wasnt you working on the VW camper by any chance?

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

so good that no one would steal it, given that passenger door isnt closed properly.

haha..i doubt it would have taken much to hotwire,id much prefer to find out the story behind the car though.
33 years on the road is a long time for one of those.

Cant be many original R12s left in the country now,i see irish vintage are doing a feature on one next month.

deckie27

on my fathers old R12 the key wasn't needed to unlock the doors the whole barrel would twist with out the key. the ignition was broke and he had a switched wired up to turn on the car.
These 2 features came in very handy when my Dad was out

carchaeologist

deckie27 wrote: »

These 2 features came in very handy when my Dad was out

Lol!!

G Luxel

I have an R12 estate, from 1979, originally lime green but now very dark mud green and also is original Irish regd. It needs restoration. It was last on the road in 1997. Rust is everywhere...:D

chave

Drove by me at 88mph then disappeared

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

I have an R12 estate, from 1979, originally lime green but now very dark mud green and also is original Irish regd. It needs restoration. It was last on the road in 1997. Rust is everywhere...:D

Any pics?

jozi

Seen a white 1965 SL 280. What a yummy car! Guy standing next to it wasn't terribly chatty, he was the mechanic and his cousin in-law owned the car.

Sorry, no pics. was just nipping down to the shop when I seen it, doubt the guy would have been to happy about it anyway

MercMad

jozi wrote: »

Seen a white 1965 SL 280. What a yummy car! Guy standing next to it wasn't terribly chatty, he was the mechanic and his cousin in-law owned the car.

Sorry, no pics. was just nipping down to the shop when I seen it, doubt the guy would have been to happy about it anyway

.............1965 would make it a 230SL.Where roughly was this BTW ?

jozi

Maybe it was a 230, not great with the merc naming system. It was just like this one:

I seen it in Drumcondra. The owner was a solicitor.

MercMad

Ohh I think I know the car.

They look almost identcial BTW, 230/250/280SL W113 are all the same to look at, only hub caps, mirrors, and lights are very slightly different, together with minor interior changes.

carchaeologist

Some shots from the show

carchaeologist

And some irish stuff

















Apologies for the phone pics..proper camera died..:o

Lauder

A few from my travels today;








vroom-vroom

manta mad

oooohhhh that monza is lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool:


spotted these this week , dunno what they are though ???????

first on e was on the kerry road out of limerick
looked like a mk2 scriocco , but it wasnt



this YOKE :rolleyes: havent a clue !!
spotted in kilcoole

carchaeologist

Lauder wrote: »

A few from my travels today;

Wheres that uno?Looks abandoned?They are all but gone these days.

Hermy

Lauder wrote: »

vroom-vroom

I like that Monza. I've seen a Senator parked there a lot in the past. Obviously an Opel fan.
The Uno has featured here before me thinks.

And you posted the 500 before me.:(


I also saw this Merc in the City Centre this afternoon.

jozi

Think I seen that 500 before. Picture of it in the thread somewhere with it parked up in Drumcondra with in-tow signs on the back. Someone said it broke down with engine trouble coming of the boat.

G Luxel

manta mad wrote: »

This is a kit car known as the Midas, I think it is out of production a long time.

This car is called a WiLL VI, a Toyota Yaris floorpan shared model and a Japan only model. The rear of the car looks like the rear of the Megane 02 hatchback but this is a saloon and quite a few of these have arrived here in the last year or so, first produced in 2000, later replaced by a Will Cypha.


The WILL brand also sells fridges, microwaves in addition to this car.

voteforpedro

i want.....

trevorbrady

why would anyone go to the trouble of building a kit car that ends up looking like any other 80's/90's hatchback? And then painting it navy?:rolleyes:

I just don't get it...

tc20

^ that Midas looks like a hybrid Escort - a Mk2 2000 nose grafted onto a Mk3 body. As trevorbrady says...why?

Didn't Midas make kit cars also based on a metro ? Seem to recall a grp bodied black coloured one around in the 80s (in a mag, never saw one in the flesh), awful panel gaps and a faux Lotus look to the bodykit.

@ manta mad - you get around a bit dont you ? just kidding - i live near kilcoole and often see that Will - its a rare thing for sure. There's also a Nissan Pau going around these parts as well, a more utilitarian mode of transport -

http://www.algysautos.com/pao_homepage.html

Ballykine43

Hi G Luxel and others. Are you sure that is a Midas? Looks a bit big to be Mini based. Couldn't find one like it on the Midas site . Looks more Escort size. Perhaps it wasn't popular and died the death with the enthusiasts club. http://www.midascars.net/

sogood

Saw this in a garage in Shannon. Nobody about so dont know anything about it except that its pretty ugly! Anyway, see for yourself. And I wasn't being cheeky insofar as the bonnet was already opened when I arrived, so I thought a pic of the engine was no harm. Hard to get a good one though, as it was parked awkwardly.