What you've got and why

RobAMerc

I am going to start a thread about what people have and why they went for that car.
I know there is something like it in the main motors section but I think the classic car section may have be a tad more intriguing.

If this is repeat please remove.

To kick off.......

I have a 74' 280ce in dark blue with cream MBTex.
I bought it for 3 reasons.

My Dad also had one for some time when I was a kid, so theres some nostalgia there.

I wanted a classic and despite loving Italian cars previous experience has left me less than enthusiastic about owning another.

Lastly the average naughties Euro box is only now getting to the levels of refinement this thing has. ( The level of engineering stuns me every time I go near it or drive it )

Rob

ds20prefecture

Good idea for a thread.

I have a 1972 Citroën DS 20.

I got sick of paying for depreciation, road tax and benefit in kind so I decided I would try the classic route.

I cast about for a bit, but nothing really grabbed me. I went to the Terenure show, and there was plenty of eye candy, but nothing that I could see myself loving. Then I spotted a nice pale blue DS tucked away in the corner of the field. I sat in the back, and that was it - it had to be the DS.

I bought mine initially based purely on the looks of the car - to my eyes they are the most beautiful, elegant saloon car ever made. It has a sculpted feel that is very rare - it doesn't look like it is made from metal.

Since owning it, the sheer brilliance of the car has won over the looks. The level of engineering excellence and innovation is amazing now, absolutely unbelievable when you consider the car was launched in 1955. I've had the car 3 years, and the ownership experience gets better with each passing month. Every journey has a sense of occasion, and I use my car about 4 days a week.

JohnBoy

I have a 1964 Land Rover Series IIA 109 utility

ie a long wheelbase land rover with no windows in the back.

I bought it with the great idea of having a capable tow vehicle that wasn't going to cost the earth in tax and insurance. that was two and a half years ago now. I'm still restoring and modernizing and tweaking it to be just so.

hoping to actually get it on the road soon

there's pics on www.johnlanigan.com

Dades

Great thread indeed!

Old cars just rock! Had to be a roadster for me - was always going to be a convertible. Always liked the look of the Fiat 124 Spider, even though I'd never actually seen one in real life. Reseach showed with eBay you can find any part you ever needed, and that the old Fiat blocks ran forever if treated like one of the family.

When my old car 'retired' in December 2004 I had the perfect excuse to take advantage of the financial advantages. Found a 72 Spider (best year for a number of reasons) on a Fiat/Lancia enthusiasts website and spent 3 months getting her in from Canada.

Old cars are the perfect distraction, whether in them, under them, fixing them, upgrading them, polishing them or just avoiding household jobs in general!

69 mustang

I've a 1969 Ford Mustang 351 sportsroof v8 and a 1972 Reliant Scimitar 3.0 v6 estate.

Always loved the sound and shape of the mustang, at first was looking at getting a 68 fastback but then saw the 69 and knew that was the car for me with its shark front and scooped boot.
So bought the first blue manual I could find.:)

Don't know why I bought the Scimitar

RoundyMooney

I had a TR7... PITA for maintenance, and rapidly became a money pit. As well as that, leaving it outside was a big no no as they just will not stand up to the elements. Rustproofing will not cure the problem, as with many old machines, the problem lies in poor bodyshell design. I now have a lovely E30, and I'm in the process of making it 100%. Happily that won't take long, and I can leave it outside without cringing everytime I see a grey cloud in the sky.

Not a classic yet of course, but they're getting rare, and for some reason, you never see a dog, well almost never at least. Most E30s are in tip top state, although I saw an absolutely disgusting E36 today in the southside of Cork, modified to within an inch if its life...badly.

I want a mustang too though...

manta mad

my dad worked for a garage in carlow & they sold opels, so every now & then he would bring home a manta . it was love at first sight.
he would bring us for a spin & that was it i said when i grew up id get one,
so now i have 5:D
this garage also had a black pontiac which i also fell in love with, but their is still time to get one of those i suppose.
my dads every day car was a 74 morris minor so the manta was something special those days:)

dubtom

Toasty wrote:

I've got a GT Shelby Mustang!
When I saw gone in 60 seconds i knew i had to have a shelby

Got to show us a pic of that Toasty.
I've got a 72 351 coupe Mustang. I had always loved the sound of a V8 engine and last year decided that I was gonna get me one. A pre 70's Mustang would have been my choice but I had scoured the net and mags for a few months and a decent looking ones where out of my price range. In the summer I decided to just get a yank, any yank, and traveled over to Spurr classics in the UK for a look. I had seen an Oldsmobile delta royal 88 on their web site and liked the look of it and it was cheap. It had I think a 427 V8 and looked like something out of Kojak .http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/323/indexdscf00049nc.jpg

When I had a look at the car it turned out to be fairly ratty and huge, so big in fact it wouldn't have fit in my drive way. I spotted the Mustang while I was there and he gave me a drive and although it was above what I wanted to pay I just could resist. IT wasn't pre 70's or a fast back but it had a 5.8 V8 and gave me a tingly feeling in my underpants, it still does.

corktina

cant afford a Mustang, so I make do with lesser fords.......mind you if I sold them all just maybe I could afford one......theres a thought........

el tel

Does this steed belong to any of you guys? I usually see it at the weekends, parked at the end of my street.

alfarocks

I've a 1971 Alfa 2000 GTV.

Met all my criteria..

o- Classy looks (if you're a fan of Italian styling)
o- Not overly complex mechanically
o- Lots of spares and knowledge available
o- Practical to drive in today's traffic, happy driving at 5mph or 70mph
o- Kinda reminds me of the Toyata Mark II Corona's we had at home (any of these still alive ??)
o- Available in red
o- And most of all, a whole lot of fun to drive

mustang68

1968 289 Coupe Ford Mustang:

Always liked the shape. First time I remember thinking of one was when there was a cartoon on TV called Pole Position, think the girl in it drove a 64/65 conv. Then I spotted one for sale, was going through my "you only live once" phase and bought it. Really happy with it, lots of little jobs to do, but its in great condition, only upgrades left really.

I have another american/irish car in mind yet, but its not classic until 2011

Toasty, so you have a real GT, not a clone, which is about $90,000 (in or around) and are insured to drive it, were "inspired" by gone in 60 seconds and you're still in school and doing your leaving cert this year???! Hmmmmmm...

Henry Ford III

1979 Ford Escort MkII RS2000 (base model).

My late father worked for Ford for over 20 years in Dagenham. The brand is in the blood therefore.

The RS2000 was the Cosworth of it's time, and I always lusted after one. When I was playing rugby I got a lift home after training one night from the local Ford Dealer, who rallied successfully, and who scared me ****less.

As he careered off I said to myself "I'll have one of them some day".

It took quite a while, but I got one eventually. 2 owners, low miles and rust and rot free.

It gets some spirited use and has done numerous trackdays in the UK.

dubtom

Toasty, so you have a real GT, not a clone, which is about $90,000 (in or around) and are insured to drive it, were "inspired" by gone in 60 seconds and you're still in school and doing your leaving cert this year???! Hmmmmmm...

Jolly good work there Holmes:D

corktina

a lot of Fords around...how about a Ford club? ansd waht about that show in cork at easter?

Henry Ford III

No interest in a club. There's already an Irish RS board, and some good UK based ones.

The Cork show might work however.

corktina

Henry Ford III wrote:

No interest in a club. There's already an Irish RS board, and some good UK based ones.

The Cork show might work however.

got an addy for the Irish RS baord?

Henry Ford III

corktina wrote:

got an addy for the Irish RS baord?

http://www.bovc.co.uk/BB/index.php?sid=de246d4b31af285e108580c67211cbde

Squirrel

Not strictly a classic, but it is in my eyes, a '93 Toyots MR2, my dad saw these parked outside a Toyota garage in France in the early nineties, and said then he would get one, and he did, about 4/5 years ago now

camarobill

most of u know my camaro,but i bought that 1972 chrysler new yorker that was on ebay.ie;) big old girl,7.2 litre 440 big block.they dont make them like that anymore:D

corktina

Henry Ford III wrote:

http://www.bovc.co.uk/BB/index.php?sid=de246d4b31af285e108580c67211cbde

thanks Henry....:)

corktina

ds20prefecture wrote:

Way to hijack a thread Toasty. Shouldn't you be studying for the leaving?

junior maybe:)

Alfasudcrazy

Alfasud Sprint – never thought id be able to find an original chrome bumper one – but it shows that all things come to men who try.


Golf Gti – A magical little piece of metal from the Germans. Why – because it’s a drivers dream.

Alfasud – another one of my adolescent fantasies fulfilled – its here to stay.


TR6 – my first classic – I want to be buried with this car.


GT – always wanted a new Alfa and what better new Alfa than this.


Daimler – nice British luxo barge – always wanted one – for sale now though.


Peugeot 504 – nice French luxo barge – always wanted one – for sale now though.


Escort Mk II – bought it for no good reason and now I want rid of it.


My Rig – for towing cars and I find the van handy for hacking around in.

Redrocket

someone likes red

Squirrel

stevenk wrote:

someone likes red

Out of the 2 he most likely got to pick, one of them is black and all. You got a classic stevenk?

Redrocket

not until i finish college, then pay back the bank the money i owe them for going to college. but ill be lurking here and on ebay motors till then!

Squirrel

stevenk wrote:

not until i finish college, then pay back the bank the money i owe them for going to college. but ill be lurking here and on ebay motors till then!

Cool, I only have to wait until I'm at least 25 or so, only 9 years to go

Redrocket

3 till im 25, but not being able to drive a classic doesnt mean you cant save for or own one, or even admire one..

Squirrel

stevenk wrote:

3 till im 25, but not being able to drive a classic doesnt mean you cant save for or own one, or even admire one..

Oh I know

Alfasudcrazy

On another of my favourite forums they have what's called the 'egg nog' test (named after the guy who invented it) You have to write your user id on a piece of paper and stick it over the gear lever and then post a pic of it.

I was asked to do it for my Golf Gti before they would believe me - but usually its guys who pretend to have Ferrari's etc that get caught out.:D

corktina

if i owned a car like that I would have a couple of dozen pics in my pc and i would have them posted up like yesterday.....:)

gs39t

Alfasudcrazy wrote:

On another of my favourite forums they have what's called the 'egg nog' test (named after the guy who invented it) You have to write your user id on a piece of paper and stick it over the gear lever and then post a pic of it.

I was asked to do it for my Golf Gti before they would believe me - but usually its guys who pretend to have Ferrari's etc that get caught out.:D

Some people are very good with photoshop

Of course, ive a spare shifter handle i could sell toasty that he could use to prove it that way...

Alfasudcrazy

Sorry Jemi - but you have to admit your imagination does get a bit carried away now and again.
I would probably have been the same if the internet existed when I was your age - what I used to do was visit car showrooms all over the place pretending to be a serious buyer in order to get test drives in nice cars when I did not have a penny.:rolleyes:

Some examples of Jemiah's antics.

Aug 05 – What radio for his new 5 series.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=293776

Sep 05 – Rock bursts sump on his BMW 330 Ci (I hate it when that happens)
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=305574

Nov 05 – To buy Alfa 156 (second hand):cool:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054848269

Nov 05 – looking for boot lid struts for his Mazda in scrap yards in case it falls on his hand.:v:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054847449

Jan 06 – BMW 5 M Sport ?? ordered!
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054872237

... and not a pic in sight.

Dades

PaulK_CCI wrote:

It's hard to make pictures of your proud, pride possession when you're busy studying for your leaving, and it's also hard to catch 'daydreams' on a camera, digital or otherwise so I'll be sharing the picture with you all of the car that my Dutch Mustang specialist is expecting in the next couple of weeks....



as mentioned in my other post, the retail price will be 46k, :eek: ouch...

Was that the sort of money you spent on yours, Toasty ?

Was that car part of a documentary on Discovery about the history of the Mustang? It looks identical to one they upgraded with a 1000hp engine.

gs39t

dubtom wrote:

GS. did ya sell the car, are all the parts for the same model as you had.

Not sold yet. But now i understand why people put "no timewasters" in ads :rolleyes:

(most parts i have are 67/8, if your looking for anything send me a PM and ill see what ive got; a lot of it is generic stuff too. )

PaulK_CCI

The Atheist wrote:

Was that car part of a documentary on Discovery about the history of the Mustang? It looks identical to one they upgraded with a 1000hp engine.

I haven't seen the documentary, but when you mention it had 1000bhp than I'm sure it's not the one. The car arriving at my specialists place is going to have a tuned Cobra-Jet big block with all the trimmings and 5 speed manual, so I'd say a total of just over 400 bhp which is still pretty impressive. The car in the picture is not the actual car itself. It's the 'show car' of the company that makes these 'Eleanor/Elanor' clone/lookalikes, but the car is going to look almost identical.
Essentially all Eleanor conversion are going to look very similar, as the car in the movie they are trying to replicate, is in fact allready a copy of the original. It's a 'bling-bling'ed' up version of Shelby GT500KR.
They're several crowds in the States now that have jumped on the bandwagon, and have started churning out Eleanor/Elanor clones/lookalikes. Some more advanced than others. It's not that hard to do, since the Mustang is such a popular car, and there is a massive scene of specialists, custom builders, restoration crowds, dealers and enthousiasts around the world, so there isn't a screw, spring or modification that isn't available anywhere in the world.
You've got conversions that purely adapt the body of the car with a special body kit, and respray the car in its grey metallic colour. Add the bells and whistles, and you've a basic clone. Other cars go as far as reaching back to the original and upgrade it to Shelby GT500KR spec, including engine, suspension and gearbox tweaks and upgrades. And, according to Atheist, it seems they've even created a 1000bhp version of it well !!!!

dubtom

46 K isn't really that much for a shelby clone, you can buy them direct from Shelby for 120k, no doubt those ones would vertually new everything, apart from the shell. I've been very surprised recently to discover just how much us available for the Mustang and how cheaply a lot of parts can be. 69 gave me this link http://www.npdlink.com/modules.php?name=Mustang_Catalog&file=index&func=download
and I bought some stuff from them and virtually every nut and bolt that goes on the car can be got. Unfortunatly for me the 351 Cleveland engine parts are not as easily available as say the 289 or 302 which seem to have a lot of kits cheap.I would guess if someone had a tatty old fastback with a good engine and body an elanor lookalike would be very reasonable cost wise to achieve, I say reasonable compared to 40 odd K,I'm not trying to do you out of buisness btw paul.

Abelloid

Here's a video clip of my two favourite cars-early Mustang and VW Beetle- on the strip together,
and this might help to explain why I got into vDubs in the first place, enjoy

http://media.putfile.com/wheels-up-cab

Borzoi

Toasty wrote:

ha ha ur funny!!
twat

Normally I'd ban you for personal abuse right away - but I won't provided your next post contains a verifiable picture of you (or your brother) standing beside your 'stang. If it isn't then it's permanent Goodbye:)

Damn your reactions Mike

mike65

I'm going to try to tidy this thread up ie get rid of toasty and comments relating to.

Borzoi, ha!

Okay we are toasty free. The thread might read strange but its better for it.

Mike.

RobAMerc

Wow,

Seemed like a simple and good idea.....

threads dead baby, threads dead.

Alfasudcrazy

No its not - get your classics posted up guys - and remember the 'why' bit.:)

qz

Not mine, it's my Dads - '69 MGC Roadster
Reason? - impulse!

Gary ITR

qz wrote:

Not mine, it's my Dads - '69 MGC Roadster
Reason? - impulse!

Nice parking job...

phoenix_nights

Not sure if it counts but used to own (2 years ago) a 1973 Mercedes 230CE coupe when i was living in australia. Was always amazed with the car as had power steering, vacum central locking and electic sunroof.
Beautiful blue colour with tan leather. Had no centre pillar so with all the windows down it looked so good. Cost me 4000 dollars which was about 3000 euros and about 200 bucks to insure. Drove it everyday to work. Drank fuel quite a bit so much that i ran out of fuel 3 times. (3 gear auto leaded petrol) . Even thought about converting it to LPG.

Left it out too much in the winter rain so that the chassis rusted thru ('73 was a bad year for mercs) and just got p***ed off so much with it (found about the rust after paying 2500 dollars to get the steering fixed and the transmission overhauled) that i left the council impound it when it ran out of insurance.

Kinda regretted that one. (more money than sense)

But still into mercs and now have a W124 Estate. Last of the true mercs.

RobAMerc

phoenix_nights wrote:

the car as had power steering, vacum central locking and electic sunroof.
Beautiful blue colour with tan leather. Had no centre pillar so with all the windows down it looked so good.

Sounds just like mine , dunno if the picture us quite right though, thats a w123
Rob

qz

Onkle51 wrote:

Nice parking job...

It's the entrance a Jag dealership. Which was closed (barrier and all), so we wasn't blocking anything. I swear!

spidersonmars

Hi, I got a 1974 Rover P6 2200SC a forthnight ago. I was looking for a DS but the ones I looked at in Ireland and the UK were rubbish for the money they were asking for so I went for the p6 instead. The car will look a lot different in time as I am getting 1970's reconditioned minilite alloy wheels etc to give it the 70 street-rod look. Another reason I got it is that the car is the same colour with the same wheel trim as the one driven by Vinnie Jones in the film Lock stock. All I need now is a sidekick and two shotguns. The amount of helpful classic rovers owners and the help and parts they have given me has surprised me so far. They have all been great. I may be hooked already. For the price I paid the car is serious value for money and pulls like a train. Stops Like one too!!!


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MercMad

Ohh I like the MGC........................looks great !

In 1973 that Merc would have been a 250CE W114 chassis, or possibly a 280CE. The 230CE didn't arrive until the W123 in about 1997, though Australia couldv'e been different too !

Nice cars all but you are right about the rust on the '73 ish cars !

Daxklynsmith

21 years of age and I saw my first BMW E9 CS Coupe. It took 25 years before I could find one that was'nt a Rust Bucket and that I could afford.
I now have 2, a 69 2800 CS in South Africa that took 4 years to rebuild and I have just used as a holiday car, touring 2800 kms in 3 weeks, mostly at way above the speed limits and a 74 3.0 CS that I am rebuilding in Galway

And

Regards
Dax

RobAMerc

I am headed a bit off topic but:

Daxklynsmith wrote:

I now have 2, a 69 2800 CS in South Africa that took 4 years to rebuild and I have just used as a holiday car, touring 2800 kms in 3 weeks, mostly at way above the speed limits

Spent some time in SA in 04 touring and wow what beautifull roads, I'll bet doing it in the CS was fun, I also never once got stuck behind anyone, I noticed everyone pulled in as you approached despite there being no oncomming traffic.:)

Your CS looks great btw