This weeks Classic Irish bargains that i'm not buying

RobAMerc

shawnee wrote: »

Mother in law on the bonnet... place to hang on to

who wants to be in the drivers seat with your MIL in that position ? jaysus

Frankie Lee

Reasonably priced Humber Sceptre for anyone who is into them sort of things
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3199809

carchaeologist

Always liked Sceptres, real classy looking car both inside and out. I have a front and rear screen for one in the stores. Massive heavy glass!

red sean

carchaeologist wrote: »

Always liked Sceptres, real classy looking car both inside and out. I have a front and rear screen for one in the stores. Massive heavy glass!

Always loved them too. I remember a neighbour returning from England for the summer holidays back in the 60's with one. Was so luxurious compared to my dads Anglia!
Anyway dream over!
The paint seems to be gone flat on that one. Would I be right in thinking a respray would be very expensive due to all the chrome that has to be removed and replaced?

Tommyboy40

Hifive wrote: »

And yet again for the bargain price of £10k sterling and now wrongly billed as an M6:(
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-BMW-M635-CSI-RED-HIGHLINE-EDITION-6-SERIES-CLASSIC-/260995224622
Same car F50 AFY was the UK reg on it when I imported it in 2007

Sensible car for the uk with annual road tax of approx £210 as opposed to our lunatic figure

Sam Russell

Hermy wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the 'handles' on the front are for? Have wondered about them since I was a kid.

They are cheap Renault over-riders.

kev1.3s

red sean wrote: »

carchaeologist wrote: »

Always liked Sceptres, real classy looking car both inside and out. I have a front and rear screen for one in the stores. Massive heavy glass!

Always loved them too. I remember a neighbour returning from England for the summer holidays back in the 60's with one. Was so luxurious compared to my dads Anglia!
Anyway dream over!
The paint seems to be gone flat on that one. Would I be right in thinking a respray would be very expensive due to all the chrome that has to be removed and replaced?

Someone I know sent two admittedly large bumpers to the UK for a quote on re chroming and I couldn't belive the quote, about £2000 stg.

Blue850

NCT'd 190 €450




W126 €500

2cv

Maybe not a bargain, but this car is identical to the one i owned as when i was 18

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2060228

johnos1984

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1976-ROVER-3500-SD1-restored-and-ready-go-white-/180854928761#ht_754wt_1270

Capri

Viva la (original Irish) Viva,nice with a V8 fitted in the big engine bay
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/2871486

Bit of work required here, but it'd sell well to Japan
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3212354

944T

bijapos wrote: »

Nice car by the looks of it, Alpine alloys and the Highline spec to boot, but the fact that the NCT is out at the end of the month and there seems to be no NCT report doesn't bode well for it IMO.

Still a true 80's classic, although being built since 76-77 there are a few around that are entitled to a ZV number and subsequent cheap tax.

The reg is 89-W-1994, that would annoy me just a tiny bit that its not 89-W-1989 .

Hi If it registered 89W1989 I would be un happy as I am the owner of that number, it sits on my 944.

944T

Sorry about the pigeon English It was edited and sent in error before it was finished. Anyway the six series looks good so don't worry about the number.

a_v525

Looks very original and seems in good nick. nice price too @ €695. Always loved early 90s Hondas

Koshea

Well folks, I'm on the lookout for something cheap/cheerful/easy to work on to get me started in classic cars (spending all day behind a computer does not agree with me unless I've something to go home and fix/work on at the end of the day!) Not my cup of tea and it looks like too much work for my first but I'll pop this up:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3229799

(not mine, just thought this counted as a classic bargain, albeit with a bit of work needed)

kev1.3s

Koshea wrote: »

Well folks, I'm on the lookout for something cheap/cheerful/easy to work on to get me started in classic cars (spending all day behind a computer does not agree with me unless I've something to go home and fix/work on at the end of the day!) Not my cup of tea and it looks like too much work for my first but I'll pop this up:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3229799

(not mine, just thought this counted as a classic bargain, albeit with a bit of work needed)

Take it from me the body work is shot on that and is going to cost a small fortune to put right. I'm currently restoring a fulvia and am having to spend far in excess of my budget to fix the bodywork, in my opinion when looking for a project body condition is the most important aspect I'd rather a non runner with a good body than a runner that is rotten from the bumpers down.

Koshea

kev1.3s wrote: »

Take it from me the body work is shot on that and is going to cost a small fortune to put right. I'm currently restoring a fulvia and am having to spend far in excess of my budget to fix the bodywork, in my opinion when looking for a project body condition is the most important aspect I'd rather a non runner with a good body than a runner that is rotten from the bumpers down.

Sound, much appreciated Kev1.3s

Capri

Pick up a Merc pick up

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3243010

'different' but not my cup of tea

This is me

http://assets.speedtv.com/images/easy_gallery/925121/72036_front_3-4_m.jpg :cool:

or

http://www.rightcar.govt.nz/gfx/vehicles/rb/FORD/FORD0211.jpg :eek:

but more likely have to settle for

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/Daishag/100_0594.jpg :P

red sean

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3244072
Co Cavan reg.

Hermy

Capri wrote: »

I like it.

bijapos

Hermy wrote: »

I like it.

I like it too, I wonder if it's based on a former hearse?

No idea how it got through the NCT with those exhausts. If you wanted to take it out of the country you'd need to change them.

Carazy

red sean wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3244072
Co Cavan reg.

No it's a Dublin reg, a cavan reg would be ID.

f4fay

Hermy wrote: »

I like it.

Why ??

f4fay

Hermy wrote: »

I like it.

Why would you need to change the exhaust's ??

f4fay

bijapos wrote: »

I like it too, I wonder if it's based on a former hearse?

No idea how it got through the NCT with those exhausts. If you wanted to take it out of the country you'd need to change them.

Sorry Why would you have to change the exhausts ??

MidlandsM

bijapos wrote: »

No idea how it got through the NCT with those exhausts..

I'd say he DOE'd it, and there'd be no issues there.

carchaeologist

bijapos wrote: »

I like it too, I wonder if it's based on a former hearse?

No idea how it got through the NCT with those exhausts. If you wanted to take it out of the country you'd need to change them.

It wasn't a hearse, it's pretty nasty IMO.

bijapos

f4fay wrote: »

Sorry Why would you have to change the exhausts ??

No heat shields around them. The top of the exhaust is also too low. At that height smoke or a bit of burning soot can easily fly out of it into someones face.

A lot of EU countries ban them, the exception being on trucks where it's not possible to change them without major work such as on imported US trucks or on some tipper and construction related trucks where its not good to have a low standard exhaust.

You'd get pulled quick enough in a lot of countries with those exhausts, easier to change them over before you leave here.

MidlandsM wrote: »

I'd say he DOE'd it, and there'd be no issues there.

Yes, it should have a DOE instead of an NCT.

NCT or DOE, it's insane the amount of things that get through the tests here, mostly I presume with the help of a few notes. I test drove a W124 Merc yesterday with an NCT issued on Wednesday, it pulled so far to the left that my right arm was gettting sore after 15km, broken rear light too and judging by the dirt in it, it's been broken for some time.

Bigus

300 SEL 6.3 already in Ireland 17000 no bargain i thought it was 10k when i saw it first .
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C293022



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/mercedes/2695497.jpg

MrFoxman360

carchaeologist wrote: »

It wasn't a hearse, it's pretty nasty IMO.

Thats what I thought when I first saw it, very ugly looking in my opinion :rolleyes: