Today I saw an abandoned classic and took a pic thread!

macautos

Only a couple were snapped by myself . A few taken off the net but the rest mainly friends and lads i know . Ya cant beat driving along looking over ditches

Redrocket

the poor escorts! and the rest of them too

carchaeologist

Excelent shots macautos,reminds me of the old days 10/15 years ago when every scrapper had cars like that in them,almost all of those cars are original irish,i see limerick,cork and tipp south regs there.Thats a lot of MK2escorts in the one place!!
That cressida is well rusted,id love a roadworty one of them with an old irish number.Incidentally theres a mint k30 same as the one below in green in macroom in cork owned by an old boy,is always garaged,im sure anyone living down there would know of it.

Its a late 1980 kilkenny number on this one,must be one of the last,or maybe twas an imported one??There used to be loads of these around,hardly none now.:(

I love the extreme rust on this KP61,Just goes to show how badly they rotted!!This one must have beem imported too as OIV is very late 86 limerick county issue(the last old style reg issued as it finished up at the changeover at OIV520 on 12/12/86)So the reg makes this car number 46 from the end..man i need to get out more...:D

Gary ITR

carchaeologist wrote: »

man i need to get out more...:D

No no.. you stay in and keep being our reg Yoda

carchaeologist

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

That has to be the tallest roof I have ever seen on a Granada hearse.
Look at how tall the windscreen is!

All the woodhall nicholson hearses had windscreens raised like this,id love to know what the screen was off.Most of the other coachbuilders(duffy etc)didnt bother raising the roof,just extended the floor,i presume they were alot cheaper too though:D.While on the subject,i thought this was a hilarious shot...E-type hearse anyone!!


Oh yeah,i apologise in advance to junkyard!!:)

Gary ITR

macautos wrote: »

Love those old Hiace and Liteace vans. Would love to get my hands on that Hiace bus, Jesus the old brown leatherette interior.

carchaeologist

This is definatly automotive art!!:DIs there a single one of these cressidas left on the road with an old irish reg??This one is/was a mid 78 south tipp car.
And thats a fiat 131 beside it if im not mistaken.....

Max_Damage

I saw a similar Hiace van to that just the other day. Pity I didn't get a picture of it.

Gary ITR

That Hiace must have been in use until recently, or maybe still is cos it's still appearing on cartell

carchaeologist

Onkle wrote: »

That Hiace must have been in use until recently, or maybe still is cos it's still appearing on cartell

To the best of my knowledge it will show on cartell if its been on the road at any time after 1993,records went computerised then,and any car not on the old system wasnt put on the new system.

Max_Damage

Onkle wrote: »

That Hiace must have been in use until recently, or maybe still is cos it's still appearing on cartell

That Starlet that's on its side and rotting with rust also comes up on Cartell.

Gary ITR

carchaeologist wrote: »

To the best of my knowledge it will show on cartell if its been on the road at any time after 1993,records went computerised then,and any car not on the old system wasnt put on the new system.

Oh right, I thought it had to be taxed in the last 3/4 years for it to appear on cartell

S.I.R

Onkle wrote: »

Love those old Hiace and Liteace vans. Would love to get my hands on that Hiace bus, Jesus the old brown leatherette interior.

that leatherette interior is Big pimping back in the day also yeah, would love one, Know many a lad who had one and jesus, they only could be destroyed by rust !!! the mosgt evil of all things on gods green earth ( and yeah, even worse then them chuck norris jokes you hear over and over again. )

Gary ITR

I remember my gaa team (20/22 of us, + manager, coach and driver) all packed into one of them on a Saturday morning

macautos

@redrocket . Ya them escorts are a shame laid up .But are not to be parted with so im told .
@onkle . No i scrapped a few Toyota's in '00/'01 and they still show on cartell . So id agree with carchaeologist.
@carchaeologist. Ya that ke30 is a rare site now even in scrappies . Bloody scrappage scheme saw to the death of some fine machines :mad:.
I was actually offered a ke30 in 1999 for 50 pounds just like the one pictured above and i turned it down . God id love it now .!!!!! Most of the pics above are Tipp/Cork/Limk reg alright and thats mainly still where they lay up . That Cressida is in Tipp here well rotten due for crushing anyday now ,oh and that is a 131 beside it .

Redrocket

i imagine so, nothing would last that close to the side of the road for that long if it was possible to buy them and restore them! what a shame..... see my posts on page 7 about the capris some aul lad is restoring these people should be fined for some form of car crime

MercMad

Seems to me that someone was stockpiling Mk2 Escorts and RWD Starlets.........a rally fan maybe !!

Redrocket

a true fan wouldnd leave them outside to rot away into nothing :-(

carchaeologist

macautos wrote: »

That Cressida is in Tipp here well rotten due for crushing anyday quote]
Crushing sounds a little optimistic i reckon,twouldnt take much.....:D

Gary ITR

Crushing sounds a little optimistic i reckon,twouldnt take much.....:D

another few weeks and it'll disintigrate

carchaeologist

macautos wrote: »

Most of the pics above are Tipp/Cork/Limk reg alright and thats mainly still where they lay up . That Cressida is in Tipp here well rotten due for crushing anyday now

You should try pull the plates off some of them,some nice original ones there:)

Blue850

carchaeologist wrote: »

This is definatly automotive art!!:DIs there a single one of these cressidas left on the road with an old irish reg??This one is/was a mid 78 south tipp car.
And thats a fiat 131 beside it if im not mistaken.....

Theres a Cressida still on the road in Galway PI 25 is the reg, (would have been a great reg for a Triumph 2.5 PI), and I think the 131 in the photo might be a Fiat Argenta.

gfwd

Looks more like a Fiat 128?

MercMad

Nah I'd say its a Supermirifiori !!

carchaeologist

Blue850 wrote: »

Theres a Cressida still on the road in Galway PI 25 is the reg, (would have been a great reg for a Triumph 2.5 PI), and I think the 131 in the photo might be a Fiat Argenta.

I doubt its PI 25 as thats a 1904 cork city issue,and even if it was reallocated as was possible pre 87 i dont think the 1904 number would have been around to transfer,though nothing surprises me in this country:)..its more than likely 25PI as thats a march 1976 registration more in keeping with the age of the car...id love to see a pic of the car though,long time since iv seen a cressida on the road!!

Im sure thats a 131 as it has the 1300CL badge on the rear quarter,i dont think argentas had engines that small or were badged that way?Though i could be wrong?

Max_Damage

I remember seeing loads of Cressida's back in the early 90's. I always loved there 'American' boxy looks (the 80's models anyway).

They are still plentiful over in America.

Blue850

carchaeologist wrote: »

I doubt its PI 25 as thats a 1904 cork city issue,and even if it was reallocated as was possible pre 87 i dont think the 1904 number would have been around to transfer,though nothing surprises me in this country:)..its more than likely 25PI as thats a march 1976 registration more in keeping with the age of the car...id love to see a pic of the car though,long time since iv seen a cressida on the road!!

Im sure thats a 131 as it has the 1300CL badge on the rear quarter,i dont think argentas had engines that small or were badged that way?Though i could be wrong?

PI25 is on a blue Cressida, Cartell says its a blue Cressida and I know the man who owns it and its definitley a BLUE CRESSIDA.:P

carchaeologist

Blue850 wrote: »

PI25 is on a blue Cressida, Cartell says its a blue Cressida and I know the man who owns it and its definitley a BLUE CRESSIDA.:P

Ok,cant argue with that!:D:D

G Luxel

I used to see a Volvo 66 (formerly a Daf product) with the reg PI 7 but I dont know where it is now......

Wishbone Ash