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

elperello

2OOO is right.
The last of them were a bit up market with alloys and fog lights.

the_syco

Nice little classic Porsche 911.

Duke O Smiley

Tidy(ish) 93 320i in Howth

jayo26

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Escorts were manufactured long after the focus was released. I think they stopped production in 2000

elperello wrote: »

2OOO is right.
The last of them were a bit up market with alloys and fog lights.

Yep my dad had a 99 escort gti they had skirts, spoiler, front fogs and all electrics with white dials too. His was the 1.6 I think handled really well for an escort too.

SmartinMartin

Killarney;



If the mazda owner would only change that plate!

elperello

jayo26 wrote: »

Yep my dad had a 99 escort gti they had skirts, spoiler, front fogs and all electrics with white dials too. His was the 1.6 I think handled really well for an escort too.

Here is a low mileage 2000 one for small money if anyone has the itch.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2000-ford-escort-1-4-petrol-50k-miles/17912477

Means Of Escape

A Jap n 2 Germans

Isambard

elperello wrote: »

2OOO is right.
The last of them were a bit up market with alloys and fog lights.

that's right , this was mine

ELM327

vectra wrote: »

Spotted this in a local shopping car park today
(Escort Saloon photo)

Hmm.
That's a strange one as the earlier years of that same model (the saloon version of the escort) were badged as "Orion". I had a '94 one a while back and it was exactly the same as that car. I wonder when the naming changed as mine was a '94, that's a '97 and the focus replaced the escort around '99-'00.

Isambard

ELM327 wrote: »

Hmm.
That's a strange one as the earlier years of that same model (the saloon version of the escort) were badged as "Orion". I had a '94 one a while back and it was exactly the same as that car. I wonder when the naming changed as mine was a '94, that's a '97 and the focus replaced the escort around '99-'00.

September 1993 so yours must have been quite elderly when new. Saloon version of the Escort. There also was a saloon Fiesta but we didn't get that

The Focus came out in 99 and the escort finished in 2000, quite correct. Saloon finished in 98.

Nekarsulm

Another farmer's Corolla today in Cavan.

Duke O Smiley

A few bits from the show centre car park today

beertons

beertons

Had to follow this guy into a caravan park, to get a side shot.

SmartinMartin

Rover P4?

Nekarsulm

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Rover P4?

Yes. Looks like the smallest of the straight six, the 90 model.

JohnBoy26

ELM327 wrote: »

Hmm.
That's a strange one as the earlier years of that same model (the saloon version of the escort) were badged as "Orion". I had a '94 one a while back and it was exactly the same as that car. I wonder when the naming changed as mine was a '94, that's a '97 and the focus replaced the escort around '99-'00.

The focus was released in 1998 and the escort continued for another 2 years until 2000 when production finally ended. The escort van continued until 2002.

JohnBoy26

elperello wrote: »

Here is a low mileage 2000 one for small money if anyone has the itch.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2000-ford-escort-1-4-petrol-50k-miles/17912477

I wouldn't anyway. Never liked them. Always found them horrible to drive. The interior also isn't a nice place to be and the seats very uncomfortable.

jayo26

Crap pic it doesnt do it justice

SmartinMartin

Kenmare. A home made soft top, I'd say;



Dunno what this is, a TVR maybe?

elperello

The yellow VW looks like a Wizard.
http://www.wizardroadster.com/about-the-wizard/

Duke O Smiley

And the white yoke is possibly a Quantum?

davycc

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

And the white yoke is possibly a Quantum?

Fiesta or escort based kit car if I recall correctly

elperello

That exhaust moulding in the rear skirt has me stumped.

Ubbquittious

Grand hilux

tc20

M50 over the weekend, regular driver

SmartinMartin

elperello wrote: »

The yellow VW looks like a Wizard.
http://www.wizardroadster.com/about-the-wizard/

I think you nailed it there. You learn something new every day.
It's listed as a beetle though. Were they based on a beetle chassis, or was everything built from new?

Nekarsulm

Yes, based on a Beetle donor vehicle.

SmartinMartin

The old corollas are doing well in the kingdom. Kenmare, 3 within 2 minutes;





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And a distant Sierra;

Borderfox

Down in Corofin on Sunday, great nick