What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

Nekarsulm · 22-07-2015 5:11pm

Lovely old Bluebird "90 SO 2001" arrived in local scrap metal yard today. In really straight condition.
Pic. too large, will post it when I get it resized.

davycc · 22-07-2015 6:37pm

no camera with me but seen a real old 4dr car like a shrunken morris minor, drove past me but looked like a 1950s car.

also seen a 70s white rolls royce and the fiat 128cp very local

Duke O Smiley · 22-07-2015 9:12pm

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This evening. Apologies for the rather awkward photos, I was jogging, I didn't really stop. HLI (Westmeath?) reg on the Minor, I have seen it around the village a few times. The Golfs seem to be new(ish) arrivals, I noticed the gold one a few weeks ago driving past but not the yellow one. No idea what reg either is

nd · 22-07-2015 10:30pm

was getting a bit dark

km991148 · 22-07-2015 10:38pm

Old Starlet the other day - good condition from Murphy and Gunn Tallaght

Duke O Smiley · 22-07-2015 11:08pm

km991148 wrote: »

Old Starlet the other day - good condition from Murphy and Gunn Tallaght

Oh brilliant spot! Exactly what this thread is about.

Look at those old plates...want!

km991148 · 23-07-2015 11:31am

yer woman driving looked as if she could have bought it new - nice and tidy inside - well looked after by someone who cares about things..

bygone days etc etc!

dodzy · 23-07-2015 11:49am

A ripe old 80yrs.

Nekarsulm · 23-07-2015 12:36pm

Pic of the bluebird, from yesterday.

ba_barabus · 23-07-2015 12:38pm

Sad picture as you can see its faith awaiting it up ahead

Old diesel · 23-07-2015 11:35pm

ba_barabus wrote: »

Sad picture as you can see its faith awaiting it up ahead

So long car

can often be the fate of even the best of em (cars)

24-07-2015 2:00am

A friend of mine owns a very well known metal recycling plant here in Limerick. It breaks his heart whenever a car like that comes in. Nothing he can do about it either. Once that end of life cert is issued its bye bye birdy.

Foxhole Norman · 27-07-2015 12:37pm

Love this!

hi5 · 27-07-2015 1:12pm

^^ US spec?

Foxhole Norman · 27-07-2015 1:13pm

hi5 wrote: »

^^ US spec?

Seemed to be the Euro one to me, no massive US bumpers on it anyway, think it had an Alpina lip or bumper.

Nekarsulm · 27-07-2015 5:25pm

Fairly straight Audi 100 today in Cavan town.

KCAccidental · 28-07-2015 12:17am

I'm in love.

josip · 28-07-2015 10:28am

^^^^^^^^^
Beauty. How does it get a 40009 reg for 1979?
Could there have been that many back registered?
If not, then why is 40009 a significant number for a Capri?

Sh1tbag OToole · 28-07-2015 10:39am

josip wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^
Beauty. How does it get a 40009 reg for 1979?
Could there have been that many back registered?
If not, then why is 40009 a significant number for a Capri?

Import reg. In Cork they start at 40,000 with registering imports every year, 120k in Dublin

This was change was lobbied for by SIMI a few years ago to in an attempt to discourage people importing their own cars

Old diesel · 28-07-2015 12:47pm

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Import reg. In Cork they start at 40,000 with registering imports every year, 120k in Dublin

This was change was lobbied for by SIMI a few years ago to in an attempt to discourage people importing their own cars

SIMI must be loving the insurance situation

I thought this thing on the reg numbers was because during a system change in 2010/11 records got lost - so they weren't able to go with the last number in a given year.

But as a solution had a policy where the HIGHEST ever number in a country was allocated.

Ie the 40,000 in Cork and 120,000 in Dublin represent the highest number in a particular year the reg numbers had ever got up to.

Max Headroom · 28-07-2015 1:06pm

Saw a little old dear in a spotless 88d Starlet..probly on her way to mass....

Going Strong · 28-07-2015 4:17pm

Two from yesterday. An Austin Cambridge Estate - rather tatty and looked to be very original - LHD as well - "No to Nuclear Power" stickers in the back window that looked like they'd been there for forty years. On ZV plates.

It surprised me how small and narrow it looked next to today's cars as the family across the road from us had a couple of the saloon versions back in the day and they always seemed to be huge to my eyes.

Same two-tone colour scheme as this one.

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Later I spotted a Golf convertible - 85 C. Again, very original looking.

Old diesel · 29-07-2015 4:44pm

Friend of my brothers has a LHD Austin Cambridge Estate - don't recall it been tatty though* - and I forget what colour the roof was.

*one mans tatty is anothers perfectly mint I guess

Duke O Smiley · 29-07-2015 4:48pm

Where would a left hand drive Austin have been sold originally?

Old diesel · 29-07-2015 6:55pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Where would a left hand drive Austin have been sold originally?

Would they have been sold in places like France????

Duke O Smiley · 29-07-2015 7:07pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Would they have been sold in places like France????

Now that you mention it, I have seen a few Bmc 1100/ 1300s in France.

You wonder what true Frenchman would buy an Oxford though when the Peugeot 404 was being offered there too :P

quadrifoglio verde · 29-07-2015 8:03pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Now that you mention it, I have seen a few Bmc 1100/ 1300s in France.

You wonder what true Frenchman would buy an Oxford though when the Peugeot 404 was being offered there too :P

An east Brit :P

Old diesel · 29-07-2015 9:37pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Now that you mention it, I have seen a few Bmc 1100/ 1300s in France.

You wonder what true Frenchman would buy an Oxford though when the Peugeot 404 was being offered there too :P

Have seen French reg Japanese cars before

silver Bluebird and brown N14 Sunny diesel hatch - actually an SLX too bizarrely in Lourdes.

85/86 era Mazda 323 in Tralee funny enough - oh and a P10 Primera diesel.

So its surprising what the French will drive

Going Strong · 30-07-2015 8:49am

Old diesel wrote: »

Would they have been sold in places like France????

I was thinking it was from Canada myself at first as I know a lot of BMC stuff was sold there up to the 1970's. But the anti-nuclear stickers would fit with the whole 1970's "Move to West Cork" vibe that so many French, German and Dutch people did at the time.

nd · 30-07-2015 11:04am

Old diesel · 30-07-2015 9:41pm

That Mazda looks lovely and original

zurbfoundation · 31-07-2015 11:01am

a few i spotted while walking the dog this morning, all toyotas

Corolla van looks well on the TSW Stealths

Nekarsulm · 31-07-2015 9:17pm

Volvo looks semi permanent. 300 GE in great condition.

Duke O Smiley · 31-07-2015 10:05pm

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Saw (and subsequently) bought this 19 down the end of a car lot in Dublin. Goes great with my hatch

Duke O Smiley · 31-07-2015 10:05pm

Saw (and subsequently) bought this 19 down the end of a car lot in Dublin. Goes great with my hatch

gammygils · 01-08-2015 2:08am

A 45 year old Mini

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johndaman66 · 01-08-2015 9:55am

^^I would have thought the Mini is in fact 45 years old

zurbfoundation · 01-08-2015 2:33pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

[IMG]Saw (and subsequently) bought this 19 down the end of a car lot in Dublin. Goes great with my hatch [/img]

fair play, i used to love the 19s in saloon format

this one was a bit away from me so a bit grainy but its a 1989 Nissan Patrol -

quadrifoglio verde · 01-08-2015 2:51pm

Didn't get a snap but had an opel monza overtake me on the n4 last night. Class looking car

gingernut79 · 01-08-2015 3:06pm

I saw a little Fiesta Mark 1 or 2 BLI something with a little old lady in it about a week ago. She's probably owned it forever. Very sweet!

Duke O Smiley · 01-08-2015 3:29pm

gingernut79 wrote: »

I saw a little Fiesta Mark 1 or 2 BLI something with a little old lady in it about a week ago. She's probably owned it forever. Very sweet!

Was it this?

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This is driven by an old lady since new around Westmeath. Its NCTed every year, used all year round and has been with her since day 1. Its an absolute time capsule, I love seeing it

Mainly because the reg is so similar to my Fiesta

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gingernut79 · 01-08-2015 3:35pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Was it this?

This is driven by an old lady since new around Westmeath. Its NCTed every year, used all year round and has been with her since day 1. Its an absolute time capsule, I love seeing it.

Yes! Couldn't remember where I was but I was in mullingar around then. You'd just know by it she owned it for years. Lovely story

Nekarsulm · 01-08-2015 3:39pm

Our local scrapyard had a Mk1 in last year. immaculate condition, and a real shame to see it there.
A Ghia as well.
Sat into it for old times sake (I had one once, 82 CN 1) and was amazed at how basic it was. we were tougher in those days!

nd · 02-08-2015 3:41pm

Old diesel · 02-08-2015 9:05pm

Todays spottings

Merc 190 - may have been a 1991 model

Land Rover Defender 1996

Golf Mk 2 1990

Toyota Corolla - the later facelift model of the 83 to 87 model on pre 87 plates

That Westmeath Fiesta is class

Autosport · 02-08-2015 9:50pm

Saw loads at the vintage Rally in Instigoue

joujoujou · 03-08-2015 12:34pm

1990 Honda Prelude, immaculate condition.

PukkaStukka · 03-08-2015 12:58pm

Saw a late '80s Isuzu Gemini hatchback near Malahide recently. Raging I didn't snap it but it looked well!

Duke O Smiley · 03-08-2015 7:54pm

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Saw a late '80s Isuzu Gemini hatchback near Malahide recently. Raging I didn't snap it but it looked well!

This one?

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pablo128 · 03-08-2015 7:58pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

This one?

I remember them when they came out. Available with a 1.3 petrol or 1.5 Isuzu diesel. They weren't a bad car actually, but For some reason they weren't too popular.

What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

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