Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

DarenO

1959 Merc spotted today, absolutely immaculate

TRNIALL

DarenO wrote: »

1959 Merc spotted today, absolutely immaculate

Thats the one that towed Gerry Lees VW camper home the night we were out on a run and Gerrys camper caught fire,it was like a scene out of Wallace and Grommit, oh so funny.

Dades

Slightly ratty looking 924 (S?) from last night...
(UK plates and big dent in passenger door)

Dodgy pics taken from car!

briana7214

this followed me home today !!!!

kev1.3s

nice plate!! best of luck with it

carchaeologist

briana7214 wrote: »

this followed me home today !!!!

Niiice!!Great to see its irish too,and very original by the looks of it too.

manta mad

ooohhh very nice & irish too !!!!

best of luck with it !

dutchcat

lovely bus good luck with it,looks like it has a webasto roof as well

brosnadog

Spotted for sale in the midlands, dosent look quite as good in the flesh, but a nice little car all the same.

carchaeologist

Lovely bug eye starlet,that shape is my favourite of those,spose it was up for huge money?

brosnadog

carchaeologist wrote: »

Lovely bug eye starlet,that shape is my favourite of those,spose it was up for huge money?

have to say i like that shape too
not sure what kinda money, but can find out if anyone is interested.

G Luxel

Shouldnt those bug-eyed starlets have the mirrors mounted on the doors? It looks like a hybrid of the bug-eye and the later type that had the aerial on the passenger front wing........

zilog_jones

How old would that Starlet be? I believe the square headlight facelift was introduced in Japan in May 1980 but not sure when it arrived here. Were KP60s assembled in Ireland?

Looks pretty good except for the off-colour driver's door and rust behind the number plate. Unmolested examples are getting very rare these days...

Edit: The door mirrors do seem unusual, see these for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StarletP6.jpg
http://www.tacn.nl/Meetings/ITT2005/KP60Blauwtype2.JPG <- Post-facelift with same, but maybe LHD models never got the more modern looking mirrors?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikishots_1115_1280a.jpg <- USDM model
http://www.tacn.nl/Meetings/ITT2005/StarletKP60blauw.JPG <- OK I'm confused now
http://www.toyotaoldies.de/galp6.html
http://www.tacn.nl/Meetings/Battice%20Classic%202008/DSC02049.JPG

Maybe only higher spec post-facelift models had the integrated mirrors, and a lot of older Starlets have either had the front doors replaced by ones off newer examples or the mirrors upgraded?

RichyX

zilog_jones wrote: »

How old would that Starlet be? I believe the square headlight facelift was introduced in Japan in May 1980 but not sure when it arrived here. Were KP60s assembled in Ireland?

Looks pretty good except for the off-colour driver's door and rust behind the number plate. Unmolested examples are getting very rare these days...

Edit: The door mirrors do seem unusual, see these for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StarletP6.jpg
http://www.tacn.nl/Meetings/ITT2005/KP60Blauwtype2.JPG <- Post-facelift with same, but maybe LHD models never got the more modern looking mirrors?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikishots_1115_1280a.jpg <- USDM model
http://www.tacn.nl/Meetings/ITT2005/StarletKP60blauw.JPG <- OK I'm confused now
http://www.toyotaoldies.de/galp6.html
http://www.tacn.nl/Meetings/Battice%20Classic%202008/DSC02049.JPG

Maybe only higher spec post-facelift models had the integrated mirrors, and a lot of older Starlets have either had the front doors replaced by ones off newer examples or the mirrors upgraded?

That's a lot of effort to go to for such a rubbish car

carchaeologist

zilog_jones wrote: »

How old would that Starlet be? I believe the square headlight facelift was introduced in Japan in May 1980 but not sure when it arrived here

The plate is cork county,april 1980.so it fits in with the older version.

That's a lot of effort to go to for such a rubbish car

lol..they are not that bad a car?

Esel

RichyX wrote: »

That's a lot of effort to go to for such a rubbish car

+1! Get an anorak!

carchaeologist wrote: »

Lovely bug eye starlet,that shape is my favourite of those,spose it was up for huge money?

carchaeologist wrote: »

lol..they are not that bad a car?

Dunno, what would you consider to be 'huge money' in this case? Three figures? :eek:

Max_Damage

^ Those old Starlet's are RWD, making them popular with the 'drifting' crowd, thus pushing up the price of them to a couple of grand.

Tomebagel

i know these are the later model but still...

€4000
€5500
€2600 for a project!
€1650 for another project
€5000

serious money!

2cv

Tomebagel wrote: »

i know these are the later model but still...

€4000
€5500
€2600 for a project!
€1650 for another project
€5000

serious money!

That's more then what they cost new... Surely NO toyota is worth that kinda money :pac:

VolvoMan

I'm sorry, but prices of those RWD Starlet's really are kept artificially high. Their real value should be no more than a grand or so as quite simply, they are a lump of sh1te!:p

2cv

VolvoMan wrote: »

I'm sorry, but prices of those RWD Starlet's really are kept artificially high. Their real value should be no more than a grand or so as quite simply, they are a lump of sh1te!:p

+1

G Luxel

Its not so long ago that I saw an import LHD Starlet Estate, a picture of which was featured in the Irish brochure but never sold here.

zilog_jones

Max_Damage wrote: »

^ Those old Starlet's are RWD, making them popular with the 'drifting' crowd, thus pushing up the price of them to a couple of grand.

Popular for rallying too, so prices are also inflated like with Mk. II Escorts, Mantas, etc. There must be some fun to be had out of such a small and light RWD car, can't think of anything similar except even rarer cars like the Chrysler/Talbot Sunbeam.

sogood

Spotted these today, Dolly was a bit rough with rust in all the usual places. Sierra was..................a Sierra!

Max_Damage

^ That Sierra is an automatic according to Cartell!

walshe

where was the sierra? do you know is it for sale? looks like its been parked a while

sogood

walshe wrote: »

where was the sierra? do you know is it for sale? looks like its been parked a while

Yes it looked like it. Its in Dublin, northside, Drumcondra.Where are you?

kasper

the auto box must not be working in the sierra i see it has an improvised hank brake

sogood

kasper wrote: »

the auto box must not be working in the sierra i see it has an improvised hank brake

Maybe just left the handbrake off while it was lying up, to prevent it from seizing. Recommended!

kasper

a bit dangerous kick the blocks away kids see it as fun if the auto box is working park should hold it

245

Note the little black spoilers at the edge of the Sierra rear quarter windows to keep the car in a straight line at speed. The early cars didn't have them and were prone to involuntary lane changes as the aerodynamics were a little dodgy :eek:

'87 Dublin regs topped off at just under 28,000 so it was imported at some stage

3nero

Par72 wrote: »

Saw this on Bray seafront this evening.

Thats mine

I always wondered what people did with the pics after they took them and now i know :cool:

here's a better pic

245

A rare sight these days - will it be in Fermoy this weekend?

3nero

No
i got stopped for no tax last night :rolleyes:
so now i have to spend the fuel money on road tax instead

It's my daily driver so i better keep it legal

Max_Damage

Spotted this Mercedes in Camden Row earlier today:



Not a 500SL either :

Registration 83D4367
Make MERCEDES BENZ
Model 280
Description SL AUTO
Fuel Type PETROL

245

Max_Damage wrote: »

Not a 500SL either :

Registration 83D4367
Make MERCEDES BENZ
Model 280
Description SL AUTO
Fuel Type PETROL

Sad sad sad... Has the owner no self respect? - even if it was bought misbadged why perpetuate the lie?

Max_Damage

Spotted another SL today in Blackrock Shopping Centre. Didn't see which engine size it was though:



Registration 85D7571
Make MERCEDES BENZ
Model UNKNOWN
Description Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL

Wishbone Ash

kasper

seen in mullingar ths morning a nice volkswagon and a daily drivermerc 004.jpg

Max_Damage

Spotted a Lada Samara (remember them?) on the M50 earlier today. Hadn't seen one of them in years!

3nero

For MantaMad....

this is the only manta i have pics of

atlantean

That looks like a very clean A

Max_Damage

Maybe not a classic as such, but I spotted this '90 Rover Metro in Cornelscourt Shopping Centre earlier today. I haven't seen one of these in ages!

artic

Max_Damage wrote: »

Maybe not a classic as such, but I spotted this '90 Rover Metro in Cornelscourt Shopping Centre earlier today. I haven't seen one of these in ages!

Nice parking

Max_Damage

artic wrote: »

Nice parking

It was an old couple who owned it!

alias no.9

Max_Damage wrote: »

Maybe not a classic as such, but I spotted this '90 Rover Metro in Cornelscourt Shopping Centre earlier today. I haven't seen one of these in ages!

Interesting to see it beside the current model Fiesta, in the 1980's they would have been class competitors.

edit, sorry at a second glance, it looks more like an A class.

Tomebagel

alias no.9 wrote: »

Interesting to see it beside the current model Fiesta, in the 1980's they would have been class competitors.

edit, sorry at a second glance, it looks more like an A class.

yep,an A

G Luxel

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

with his face blanked out and you hiding in your car:D, this is getting to be Motoring Papparazzi.........:) ironic that the green minor is getting apple green petrol....

3nero

I had a little road trip today and spoted a few cars on the way

so here they are

Dastun just outside Athy (ballynan side)




and these 3 on the Dublin side of Athy
all in the same yard






Not may of those pug vans left now :cool:

Max_Damage

Saw one of those Peugeot vans only recently here in Dublin, a very faded blue one.