Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

245 wrote: »

Yep - I've a '77 245 7 seater in what's best described as nappy cack yellow

Have you a pic,these were a tough as boots old car!:)

Love it,is it irish or an import?Theres a guy in tralee thats diving a black one of these with an ****IN reg,its well battered but still going strong.

Limerick-man wrote: »

Fair play to anyone who gets it, even with car tell it requires a bit of searching lol:D

It also appears in www.mycarcheck.com. Is that normal?

Limerick-man wrote: »

Just checked there. If you type an english reg into the irish section on cartell it redirects to the uk reg checker. Car's english.

Ah, I see! Thanks.

(I knew it was a UK reg but was wondering why it appeared in cartell.ie. Now I know. )

A few of the cars on display at a show today.

carchaeologist wrote: »

I likes that!!:)

+1 (Looks weird in LHD).

+2 Classic trannies are a thing of beauty allright. I saw a ton of them last xmas in Morocco, must've been 20+ of them in one village.

superboy wrote: »

Practical Performance Car magazine are doing a mustang v8 Transit mk1. Its an ex-German fire service van. Sweet!!

Wow must keep an aye out for that sounds like the Ford supervan.

Isn't there two M1s in Ireland the mondello one and the BMW dealership one.

I vaguely recall something about that BMW M1 crash. My uncle worked at Ford in Stillorgan at the time and was involved with the Motor Show that year. I think the M1 had something to do with the Show and was crashed by an employee.

Actually perhaps it IS the Frank Keane one, he may have had to buy it instead of making a claim and upsetting BMW.

Just a thought, could be totally wrong, but hey...........

I also love the Mk1 Transit, havent seen one for so long. I know the early ones were V4's, I assume you could get the V6 aswell, I seem to recall a few Ambulances were v6 petrols. Many were transformed into rally crew vehicles.

That blue Escort Mk2 is stunning, as are the Alitalia colours.

MercMad wrote: »

I also love the Mk1 Transit, havent seen one for so long. I know the early ones were V4's, I assume you could get the V6 aswell, I seem to recall a few Ambulances were v6 petrols. Many were transformed into rally crew vehicles.

Yep Transits also came with the 3 litre Ford Essex V6. Not sure if they ever moved on to the cologne engine or not.

And then there is of course the other supervan!

http://showtrux.com/showvans/supervan/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SU6jae9FZo

http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:eiTLwC5fHQEJ:www.barris.com/gallery_cars/TV_MovieCars/gallery_supervan.html+barris+supervan&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ie





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The ultimate Transit? XJ220 powered:D

niceirishfella wrote: »

Ok, so, hoods up anoraks - - Whats this?:D

and no cheating - no checking cartell!

It says on cartell(yep i cheated:p) its a plymouth,so after further investigation it seems to be Plymouth buisiness coupe,as below(Closest i could get to it anyway!?

English plates and geman country plate,wonder will it have irish plates soon!!

That Transit was the TWR development mule for the XJ220, it can actually accelerate quicker than the car, it was used as a works delivery van etc
click for more here

Yes it must have been as the 70's RR's were all two door cars !