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

AMKC

Seen a yellow Caterham 7 yesterday but not up close. Might get to see it again over the weekend and if I do will take pictures.
Also there is a 99 Toyota Landcruiser that's a regular around here too and seen a 98 Mitsubishi Pajero recently too.

beertons

wexfordman2 wrote: »

A friend if mine bought his current car (Honda civic) when he retired early at 52.


He still has it.

He is 86 now.

Have you got a picture of it?

I've had my car now since 2004, 2003 car. Might be waiting a while longer till my motor appears here.

gammygils

Super-Valu Tuam today

Cork City yesterday

Nekarsulm

What a beauty, and with the V8 too.
What any Conservative Prime Minister would be climbing into in the 1970's!

SmartinMartin

Probably my favourite machine of all time. A well known criminal financier in Dublin drove one for 35 years until his death a while ago. Wonder whatever happened to it.

BonnieSituation

A clearly well cared for Renault 5 getting a wash this afternoon in Kilmainham. Had to take ninja photos.

Duke O Smiley

97! That is quite late

BonnieSituation

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

97! That is quite late

I've seen a quite a few 97s around the place over the years.

1996 was scrappage deal time so probably Renault were getting rid of them at that stage on deals to run out.

Pinch Flat

Lovely little mgb bgt on a zv plate in front of me earlier. Driving in Castleknock west Dublin

BonnieSituation

Lovely Merc on Lower Bridge St.

Cartell says it's a "230", anyone shed further light? Light clusters seemed different and it sayt really high.

Bloody camera failed me trying to get a second one as it turned onto quays.

Old diesel

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Lovely Merc on Lower Bridge St.

Cartell says it's a "230", anyone shed further light? Light clusters seemed different and it sayt really high.

Bloody camera failed me trying to get a second one as it turned onto quays.

There WAS a 230 version of that model Merc so it's perfectly plausible.

I'm not sure a 230 sits particularly low on the road vs other W123s either.

Otherwise I'm not sure what the question mark is.

Nekarsulm

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Lovely Merc on Lower Bridge St.

Cartell says it's a "230", anyone shed further light? Light clusters seemed different and it sayt really high.

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They came with two distinctively different headlight styles.
Somehow those ones always seem "Americian market" looking to me.

BonnieSituation

Nekarsulm wrote: »

They came with two distinctively different headlight styles.
Somehow those ones always seem "Americian market" looking to me.

Aye that's it. You'd always see Mercs in movies and they'd look different and you'd be wondering why.

Busterie

I win 70 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (or Cloud) near Enfield

Nekarsulm

In Arva, Co. Cavan this afternoon.
Remarkable how quickly these vanished.

Old diesel

From 1st year of production too.....

I can't make out how early in 1993 the car was registered from the plate as I don't know how Longford registrations played out over the year.

In Cork the really early reg Mondeos were in the 93 C 4xxx or 93 C 5xxx type arena from memory.

BrianD3

That's nice. Strangely I seem to be developing a fetish for mk1 Mondeos. Not many left but seem to be much better protected against rust than Escorts and Fiestas. And now only 4 years away from being a "vintage" car :eek:

Co. Cavan seems to be a decent spotting location for this thread. Saw a 1990 light metallic blue Rover 200 in Cavan town the other day.

BrianD3

Old diesel wrote: »

From 1st year of production too.....

I can't make out how early in 1993 the car was registered from the plate as I don't know how Longford registrations played out over the year.

NCT due date is August - that would seem about right as a month of first registration for the 731st car registered in Longford in 93.

Nekarsulm

Old diesel wrote: »

From 1st year of production too.....

I can't make out how early in 1993 the car was registered from the plate as I don't know how Longford registrations played out over the year.


In Cork the really early reg Mondeos were in the 93 C 4xxx or 93 C 5xxx type arena from memory.

I think from memory, counties like Cavan, Longford, Leitrim etc rarely made it over 1000 new cars in a year back then.
I had a black diesel one, 94 CN 470 and it was june or july, I think.

sligojoek

BrianD3 wrote: »

That's nice. Strangely I seem to be developing a fetish for mk1 Mondeos. Not many left but seem to be much better protected against rust than Escorts and Fiestas. And now only 4 years away from being a "vintage" car :eek:

Co. Cavan seems to be a decent spotting location for this thread. Saw a 1990 light metallic blue Rover 200 in Cavan town the other day.

If it's the one I'm thinking of it was featured here last year. It was owned by my neighbours father who lived in Redhill, Cavan. He brought it over from London a few years ago when he retired. He died recently but I guess the family are still using it.

BrianD3

sligojoek wrote: »

If it's the one I'm thinking of it was featured here last year. It was owned by my neighbours father who lived in Redhill, Cavan. He brought it over from London a few years ago when he retired. He died recently but I guess the family are still using it.

I think the car I saw had a registration in the 2000s. That would tally with it being an import. It must be your neighbour's late father's car, how many other light blue 1990 Rover 200s are there left in the country let alone in a much smaller area like Cavan.

Sad that the man died but at least his car is still in use. BTW I saw it in the retail park where Argos and a garden centre are located.

There was also a 1990 Renault 19 around Cavan that I saw a couple of times but I think it is probably gone now as it was in sh*t and the owner was also old

sligojoek

BrianD3 wrote: »

I think the car I saw had a registration in the 2000s. That would tally with it being an import. It must be your neighbour's late father's car, how many other light blue 1990 Rover 200s are there left in the country let alone in a much smaller area like Cavan.

Sad that the man died but at least his car is still in use. BTW I saw it in the retail park where Argos and a garden centre are located.

There was also a 1990 Renault 19 around Cavan that I saw a couple of times but I think it is probably gone now as it was in sh*t and the owner was also old

Definitely it so. Him and his wife were avid gardeners. I don't think she drives but I'd guess the son or daughter are using it. Poor divil was diagnosed with spinal cancer and died 6 weeks later at 72.

sligojoek

Update; was just chatting to his daughter/my neighbour there now. Her sister's husband is using it now and he works in that retail park.

Duke O Smiley

BrianD3 wrote: »

There was also a 1990 Renault 19 around Cavan that I saw a couple of times but I think it is probably gone now as it was in sh*t and the owner was also old

I remember seeing that car on my way through Cavan town once, after seeing it a good number of times on this thread. A real sight to behold, 90-CN-21 was it reg. It is indeed scrapped now

AMKC

Nekarsulm wrote: »

In Arva, Co. Cavan this afternoon.
Remarkable how quickly these vanished.

Time has not been kind to the MK1 Mondeo It has aged badly. Also I can see why they were called Ford Mondens.

I always hated them to be honest

tc20

To echo a couple of recent posts, am currently on hols (portugal) and the amount of 80's/90's cars (and older) in regular daily service is great to see - no number plate snobbery it would appear, as a Pug 205, Astra E or Citroen AX will happily sit beside a new E- class or 911..
I may be in trouble for taking more snaps of cars than the family and i'll post 'em up on my return.
One thing i haven't seen, refreshingingly so; is hordes of bloody Tuscons!

BonnieSituation

Old diesel wrote: »

From 1st year of production too.....

I can't make out how early in 1993 the car was registered from the plate as I don't know how Longford registrations played out over the year.

In Cork the really early reg Mondeos were in the 93 C 4xxx or 93 C 5xxx type arena from memory.

At 731... I would guess March...

Checked NCT... AUGUST!

m17

Cloghlan co offaly