Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

maidhc · 05-02-2009 10:29am

MercMad wrote: »

Thats a lovely car Maidhc, looks very straight. The W201's are just a lovely quality motor and the 2.6 is very smooth indeed.

Not to be pedantic but the Sportline does not have the "Cosworth" suspension. It DOES have the same anti roll bars and its features lower ride height springs and uprated shocks, but the Cosworth has many different parts including bigger bushings and a complete self levelling rear suspension set up with LSD. The steering boxes are the same and this makes the Sportline much nicer to drive.

Well wear and best of luck.

Indeed! I'm learning all the time. Focus feels like it is made of tinfoil in comparison.

tc20 · 05-02-2009 10:56am

Congrats maidhc on your new wheels!

IMO they're an under appreciated car that have traditional MB qualities - that hewn from granite 'feel', dependable, the satisfying thunk when you close the door, and that solidity that lets you know if you look after this car, its just gonna keep on going..
Plenty of go in that 2.6 engine as well

Is the chrome surround on the rear screen a Sportline fitment ? Can't say i've noticed it on other W201s before, although you don't see too many 2.6s around

maidhc · 05-02-2009 12:13pm

tc20 wrote: »

Is the chrome surround on the rear screen a Sportline fitment ? Can't say i've noticed it on other W201s before, although you don't see too many 2.6s around

It is more a "smoked" silver than chrome. It runs from the back corners of the bonnet, along the roof rails and then around the rear windown. The rear quarter light has the same stuff. No idea if it is an extra or where it came from.

MercMad · 05-02-2009 4:56pm

maidhc wrote: »

It is more a "smoked" silver than chrome. It runs from the back corners of the bonnet, along the roof rails and then around the rear windown. The rear quarter light has the same stuff. No idea if it is an extra or where it came from.

..............most of them have it except the basic early version. its the same with the W124's all the Coupe, Cabs and later cars have it. Its actually a smokey bronze kinda colour and looks very well.

Its amazing how many W201's survive in apparantly excellent condition. Certainly you would struggle to find W202's that look as good.

A friend of mine bought one in 2007 for €400 off a farm in Cavan. I nearly got sick when I saw it. It was absolutely concours after he washed and polished it, nice antelope gold colour with auto trans. it was a basic car but he got a set of alloys, like the ones above, repainted them and had the interior professionally valeted.

Unbelieveable !

shawnee · 05-02-2009 7:40pm

Keeping on the Merc theme, This is a pic of my first classic for a number of years. It is a 1978 Merc 280ce. A friend and I recently travelled to Southampton and drove back this purchase. It had just two owners , one a lady doctor had it for 27 years. It has a good bit of history and has just 85k on the clock which I believe to be genuine. Drives very well, and as you can see the interior is exceptionally good, with the rear seat hardly ever used.
I have a bit of work to do on the rear arches and one door , but when I get round to that it should be a beauty. But so far I am enjoying driving it with (with the 48 tax) too much to get any work done on it.:D:rolleyes:

mike65 · 05-02-2009 7:54pm

My old 1990 model 190e has the smoked bronze detailing, front, back and along the roof.

L-M · 05-02-2009 11:52pm

What did you trade it for Mike?

Well wear other Maidhc lol:D

maidhc · 06-02-2009 1:49am

shawnee wrote: »

I have a bit of work to do on the rear arches and one door , but when I get round to that it should be a beauty. But so far I am enjoying driving it with (with the 48 tax) too much to get any work done on it.:D:rolleyes:

I know the feeling. I need to do work on my capri, but I know if i take it off the road it will be off for a few years, and I don't like the idea of that.

Stunning car btw!

mike65 · 06-02-2009 1:06pm

Limerick man, sold it and got a 1996 Audi A6 SE (was looking for a w124 but I couldn't find the right mix of price/spec/condition).

tc20 · 06-02-2009 2:38pm

shawnee wrote: »

Keeping on the Merc theme, This is a pic of my first classic for a number of years. It is a 1978 Merc 280ce. A friend and I recently travelled to Southampton and drove back this purchase. It had just two owners , one a lady doctor had it for 27 years. It has a good bit of history and has just 85k on the clock which I believe to be genuine. Drives very well, and as you can see the interior is exceptionally good, with the rear seat hardly ever used.

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/122453/72155.jpg

Looks very tidy shawnee, well done.
I know its an early W123 coupe you have, but the dash and central console look like they're from a W114

MercMad · 06-02-2009 3:14pm

tc20 wrote: »

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/122453/72155.jpg

Looks very tidy shawnee, well done.
I know its an early W123 coupe you have, but the dash and central console look like they're from a W114

................yeah definitely NOT a W123 dash !

Hermy · 06-02-2009 4:31pm

Especially for Max Damamge another Fiesta, this one in Ranelagh.:p

A Mini in Cork Street.

And a Renault 4 in Drimnagh.
Sorry about the crap photo but I haven't seen one of these old vans for ages. Dublin used to be littered with them.

MercMad · 06-02-2009 5:01pm

Hermy wrote: »

Especially for Max Damamge another Fiesta, this one in Ranelagh.:p

..............havent seen one in a long time. That is a 1981 Dublin reg'd Fiesta "Festival", special edition. It had the black bumpers and wheels with emeblishers (now missing) which were 1/2" wider than standard. It had a side rubbing strip, fron headrests, radio, rear wash wipe and "Festival" badging on the back.

My mother got a new one in 1981, 353 FZL bought from Esmonde in Stillorgan for the princely sum of IR£3,825.00 including metallic paint (Aztec Bronze)and this was the first car I really drove on the roads both legally and otherwise.

I rebuilt the engine in 1987 and we passed this car on in 1989 to my cousin. I rebbuilt it a few years later and it was passed to family friends.

Never heard what happened to it after that !

mondymike · 06-02-2009 5:21pm

Its an opel anyway, but any guesses, it has a summerhill spares sticker on the back and looks like an early rekord or commodore

Hermy · 06-02-2009 6:27pm

Where did you see the Opel mondy?

mondymike · 06-02-2009 6:34pm

on the clarehall malahide road turning into the petrol station after the lights at #''#' cemetary

Hermy · 06-02-2009 7:24pm

Not too far from home - I'll keep an eye out for it so.

carchaeologist · 06-02-2009 7:50pm

MercMad wrote: »

Hermy wrote: »

..............havent seen one in a long time. That is a 1981 Dublin reg'd Fiesta "Festival", special edition. It had the black bumpers and wheels with emeblishers (now missing) which were 1/2" wider than standard. It had a side rubbing strip, fron headrests, radio, rear wash wipe and "Festival" badging on the back.

Ford really knew how to do it didnt they!!Good to see a MK1 in reasonable shape!

This mini looks 10 years old not 30!!:pVery tidy!

Max_Damage · 06-02-2009 8:00pm

Hermy wrote: »

And a Renault 4 in Drimnagh.
Sorry about the crap photo but I haven't seen one of these old vans for ages. Dublin used to be littered with them.

I've seen that R4 around before. I believe it has 88-D plates on it.

L-M · 06-02-2009 8:00pm

Aye very clean looking little Mini:D

Carina · 06-02-2009 8:26pm

The old opel can be seen outside Summerhill spares in the Coolock ind estate behind Tayto. There's a really nice opel record (berlina ?) sitting in a garden on Dundanniel rd near the oscar traynor road junction.

Kevin_Herron · 06-02-2009 8:32pm

mondymike wrote: »

Its an opel anyway, but any guesses, it has a summerhill spares sticker on the back and looks like an early rekord or commodore

Shes a Commodore, as far as I know he uses it everyday!

Hermy · 06-02-2009 8:57pm

Max_Damage wrote: »

I've seen that R4 around before. I believe it has 88-D plates on it.

Yep, spot on.
Can't remember the last time I saw one.
Back in the p&t days there seemed to be one on every street corner.

shawnee · 06-02-2009 9:50pm

Well done to TC 20 and to Merc Mad , this was a freudian slip, I inserted a pic of my friends w114 in error. However I did notice it afterwards but didn;t have time to change it, so decided I'd let it run and see what happened:D:D
For the record , here is the real dash in my 280ce.
As I said car is 100% original, and had one owner for 27 years. Have original unopened first aid kit, but think the second owner pinched the toolkit for another car. Would love to get one , if anyone knows where I might do.

carchaeologist · 06-02-2009 10:26pm

That is one clean interior,id say well wear,but that isnt really the right thing to say is it...:rolleyes:

Wishbone Ash · 07-02-2009 12:56am

shawnee wrote:

That's an incredibly clean interior for a 30 year old car! Apart from the seat belt, it looks like it rolled off the production line yesterday. Well done and good luck with it.

CianDon · 07-02-2009 1:03am

I saw this beetle down in Rochestown, Cork earlier today. She was in great nick.

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carchaeologist · 07-02-2009 1:04am

CianDon wrote: »

I saw this beetle down in Rochestown, Cork earlier today. She was in great nick.

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^good spot,nice reg too:)

Camarague · 07-02-2009 2:46am

Hermy wrote: »

Especially for Max Damamge another Fiesta, this one in Ranelagh.:p

A Mini in Cork Street.

And a Renault 4 in Drimnagh.
Sorry about the crap photo but I haven't seen one of these old vans for ages. Dublin used to be littered with them.

Can you post that picture of the Renault 4 again? The link is broken

shawnee · 07-02-2009 12:32pm

Thanks Wishbone and carchaeologist, I would say being a two door coupe owned by an older lady, it is quite possible that "nobody" ever sat in the rear seat. However it does show the quality in the material that it hasn't faded or deteriorated atall. The interior sold the car to me as I didn't particularily like the white. However most of the time I am on the inside so the interior is a huge bonus.:P:P

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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