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

Kaiser D · 2013-10-19 22:30:02

Been out and about today and came across a rather quiet housing estate with some incredible examples of auto****e in almost every garden and I started thinking to myself you just don't seem to see many older cars on the roads these days. I even notice 96 reg cars are thinning out on the roads today, I'll always take notice…

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#4472 26-02-2019 7:10pm
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1975 450SE Diesel

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#4473 26-02-2019 8:11pm
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^^^^^^^^^^

Is that Nenagh?

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#4474 26-02-2019 8:29pm
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It is

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#4475 26-02-2019 8:44pm
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sligojoek wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^

Is that Nenagh?

Yes that’s Pearse Street Nenagh

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#4476 27-02-2019 12:22am
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That Limerick reg Merc I posted earlier says it's a diesel at the rear but thinking about on the way home I don't believe they ever made a 450SE diesel for RHD/European market.

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#4477 27-02-2019 12:55am
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Going by the plate I'd say the mayor of Limerick was the first owner. It would have been a fairly expensive motor, even back then.

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#4478 27-02-2019 12:57am
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It most likely had a diesel conversion in the 80s or 90s, when such practices were all the rage. Dublin once upon a time, and until only about 12/15 years ago had loads of W126 taxis running Nissan diesel engines

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#4479 27-02-2019 1:01am
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This is what shows up on a site I tried.

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#4480 27-02-2019 1:02am
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She is a Limerick County reg. from 1975.
The counties didn't have a Mayor then just Chairman of the council and they didn't get an official car.

You are right it must have been very expensive.

Maybe someone converted it to diesel and stuck the badge on.

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#4481 27-02-2019 1:32am
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elperello wrote: »

She is a Limerick County reg. from 1975.
The counties didn't have a Mayor then just Chairman of the council and they didn't get an official car.

You are right it must have been very expensive.

Maybe someone converted it to diesel and stuck the badge on.

Sorry, you're right. TI was the city.

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#4482 27-02-2019 10:42pm
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sligojoek wrote: »

It would have been a fairly expensive motor, even back then.

I went to the archives today but I didn't find the price for 1975 in Ireland but I did manage to find the UK prices.

If it is a 280se with the six cylinder 2746cc engine it cost 7,775 pounds sterling.
If it is a 450 se with the V8 4520cc engine the price was 9,692 pounds sterling.

Cars were more expensive in Ireland so it is safe to say that you could have bought quite a nice house in County Limerick for the price of that car.

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#4483 27-02-2019 10:53pm
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1962 Fiat 500 soft top. Spotless.

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#4484 28-02-2019 3:32pm
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One for ELM327: a 1993 Carina E which what looks to be in daily use

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#4485 28-02-2019 7:39pm
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e36.

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#4486 28-02-2019 8:19pm
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MTBD wrote: »

1962 Fiat 500 soft top. Spotless.

Pretty certain I saw that same car entering the Cork-Mallow road around 5.30pm yesterday evening - that be possible?

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#4487 28-02-2019 8:59pm
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Top Dog wrote: »

Pretty certain I saw that same car entering the Cork-Mallow road around 5.30pm yesterday evening - that be possible?

Thats the one. I took that photo in the car park of Co-op Superstores at around 5.

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#4488 01-03-2019 11:16am
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1994 Mark I Mondeo on the Con Colbert Road, Dublin.

Hard to believe how rare they are given they were like a rash.

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#4489 01-03-2019 12:19pm
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M9. One sexy machine.

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#4490 03-03-2019 3:23am
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93 200TE estate on Hume St.

Seen it a few times. Always a big fan of them.

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#4491 03-03-2019 8:35am
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Sunny

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Sunny

Nah, it's pi$$ing rain down here all morning.

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#4493 03-03-2019 6:05pm
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Hyundai (Getz?)

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#4494 03-03-2019 6:20pm
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Atoz

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Cavan town, getting rarer now, but some still soldiering on on farms.
Farm kid Learner driver mode...

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That Fourtrak looks about as good as you'd find these days! Always liked those machines... Good underestimated workhorse.

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#4497 04-03-2019 1:37am
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Oops! wrote: »

That Fourtrak looks about as good as you'd find these days! Always liked those machines... Good underestimated workhorse.

Yeah, I had 3 of them, and apart from the head of the fuel filter/primer giving up on one, snd a starter motor on an other, they were 100% reliable mechanically.

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Anybody having trouble up;oading pics?

I'm trying to upload a few pics of an 80s merc but I keep getting this message.

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#4499 04-03-2019 3:03am
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1990 Corolla Aldi Knocknacarra

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88 Starlet Nenagh

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