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

DeepBlue

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Where was that Sierra? Fook!

Parked outside Ballincollig Regional Park on Sat morning. I didn't have time to take any more photos and it was gone when I came back a couple of hours later.

Wishbone Ash

SmartinMartin wrote: »

Ballymun, rush hour. I'd hate to see his weekly fuel bill:eek:


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I see that Merc regularly parked near a friend's house in Seabury in Malahide.

DeepBlue

gammygils

1990 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 in Murrisk Co. Mayo at the foot of The Reek yesterday with bonus scenery

selous

Seen this old Morris Minor in Portlaoise yesterday

Dia1988

Another of these Xsaras. I won't ask this time what the community think of them in case people might not like opinions!

zurbfoundation

carina e estate



bad pic of a 1990 Volvo - but count the doors on that yoke.

Nekarsulm

Not so old, but getting quite rare all the same.
Lidl Cavan yesterday.

boombang

Trinity this afternoon

BonnieSituation

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Not so old, but getting quite rare all the same.
Lidl Cavan yesterday.

It's kinda depressing just how old that is now.

That the original focus is 20 is more depressing.

At that time scale the Mark II escort was out... And we're living in the Mark VI era. * vomits *

m17

Athlone

m17

The galway plaza

elperello

A very clean Tipperary Renault.
It's an import and I think it's quite rare being a two door model.
I only realised it was a two door after I pulled out into traffic so no side on pic.

Old diesel

elperello wrote: »

A very clean Tipperary Renault.
It's an import and I think it's quite rare being a two door model.
I only realised it was a two door after I pulled out into traffic so no side on pic.

Any kind of a Renault 19 is very rare now.

Can't remember when I last saw one in the flesh.

newmember2

Duke O Smiley

I've seen very little of interest over the last few weeks. 1 owner Mini Sprite underground off Abbey St a while back, Starlet with dreaded aftermarket sunroof in Santry today.

V8 Interceptor

Like that Dolly. What would the modern Sprint equivalent be? GTI?

BonnieSituation

Sligo this morning

elperello

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Like that Dolly. What would the modern Sprint equivalent be? GTI?

That's a rough Dolomite.
If it is a real Sprint someone tore off the vinyl roof. Not a good idea.

Modern equivalent? Good question, maybe Octavia VRS 230.

pablo128

elperello wrote: »

That's a rough Dolomite.
If it is a real Sprint someone tore off the vinyl roof. Not a good idea.

Modern equivalent? Good question, maybe Octavia VRS 230.

According to cartell.ie it's an 1850 HL automatic. Worth more than a 1300 but nowhere near a Sprint. It does have Sprint wheels though.

elperello

Snap!
I looked it up too.
They probably got the wheels off a dead Sprint a good while back.

I'd hazard a guess that there aren't that many rough Sprints around actually on the road.
Going up in price and a lovely car when done up properly.

gammygils

94 Supra 3.0L in Tuam today

tc20

recent Bray/Greystones sightings..
apologies for the slightly shaky pic of the Fiat.
I can't vouch for the provenance of the E36 whether or not its a real Alpina or just some 'badge engineering'. The wheels (sans centres) and exhaust look the part, however I'm not sure if the M3 wing mirrors were/are correct??

V8 Interceptor

^^
No offence but would it be possible for guys to upload the pictures rather than the links?

m17

Castlebar

tc20

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

^^
No offence but would it be possible for guys to upload the pictures rather than the links?

..I'm afraid I'm at the thick end of the technological wedge as it is - i'll get there some day

fancy pigeon

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

^^
No offence but would it be possible for guys to upload the pictures rather than the links?

tc20's images are wonderfully hi-res meaning there is a great amount of detail in the pictures, yet if they were to be hosted as per normal bb image hosting they would probably have their IMG tags removed so users with poor connections could continue to browse without experiencing extra lag (try using boards out near Summerhill for example!)

Personally, I see nothing wrong with just attachments. It gives the end user a chance to load up what they feel they want to see be it just one photo or all. But the attachments have also been renamed to what vehicle was spotted which is more than what most of us do!

I say keep up the fantastic spotting and posting, I always look forward to what's out on our roads from yesteryear

Interslice

sth_safal

elperello

Old diesel wrote: »

Any kind of a Renault 19 is very rare now.

Can't remember when I last saw one in the flesh.

Just an update if anyone was thinking of one as a starter/daily this might be worth a look.

http://classiccarsales.ie/ads/renault-19-rt-automatic/