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

MrCostington

tc20 wrote: »

the Fiat is a regular driver.

Fantastic! Love the colour too and great to see it in such use!

Isambard

MrCostington wrote: »

@cortinacrazy - we are all confused by the ? you placed at the end there.

Can you confirm that this is your Cortina?

And if so, it's lovely. Did you show it at Swords last year or the year before?

Yes it's his, one of the best known and most traveled Cortinas around.

johndaman66

Isambard wrote: »

Yes it's his, one of the best known and most traveled Cortinas around.

That clears it up.
cortinacrazy - it looks to be a beauty.

mrmoonlight

I don't really know much about old cars but I saw this earlier.. thought it looked interesting the make on the back says "Hunter"

BonnieSituation

mrmoonlight wrote: »

I don't really know much about old cars but I saw this earlier.. thought it looked interesting the make on the back says "Hunter"

Hillman Hunter

BonnieSituation

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Hillman Hunter

Interesting it's coming up on cartell as follows:

235 BHI
Massey Ferguson

285 BHI
Not Found

295 BHI
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Garzard

Clapped out old Punto in SuperValu Knocklyon this evening. :cool:

Marlow

Not technically on the road ... but



/M

Duke O Smiley

That Punto is class, one of the first I think being 95. Amazing that it is still on the road, you hardly even see Mk2 Puntos on the road today never mind Mk1.

Jetta is class too. That grille!

Marlow

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Jetta is class too. That grille!

That grille used to be a Hella upgrade kit, if I remember right. They were very popular in Scandinavia. It has not aged well .. that's for sure.

/M

Garzard

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That Punto is class, one of the first I think being 95. Amazing that it is still on the road, you hardly even see Mk2 Puntos on the road today never mind Mk1.

Jetta is class too. That grille!

That's by far the oldest I've seen lately. I just so happened to drive behind it on my way out, young enough guy at the wheel. Car definitely seemed to be struggling and was smoking a fair bit. An old workhorse which is hopefully given a bit of work to keep it on the road. Least it deserves after 25 years.

ba_barabus

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

That Punto is class, one of the first I think being 95. Amazing that it is still on the road, you hardly even see Mk2 Puntos on the road today never mind Mk1.

Jetta is class too. That grille!

1995 is early but the earliest would have been 1994. I remembering seeing my first. They looked amazing in a metallic yellow colour and came well specced.

I Was VB

Garzard wrote: »

Clapped out old Punto in SuperValu Knocklyon this evening. :cool:

Always remember the vertical rear lights was a huge talking point on these and the 850 estate

sligojoek

A friend of mine used to swear by the Punto. He had 5 of them over 7 years,

Big Nasty

sligojoek wrote: »

A friend of mine used to swear by the Punto. He had 5 of them over 7 years,

Sounds quare reliable so! :pac:

RobAMerc

we had one of those punto's for a while. Still dont get all the crap thrown at them. Compared to the contemporary Yaris or Micras they were a cracking little car to drive ( although still not a Peugeot 106 etc ) not a biscuit tin on wheels like the Jap stuff.

pablo128

RobAMerc wrote: »

we had one of those punto's for a while. Still dont get all the crap thrown at them. Compared to the contemporary Yaris or Micras they were a cracking little car to drive ( although still not a Peugeot 106 etc ) not a biscuit tin on wheels like the Jap stuff.

I had a 3 year old mk1 and my missus passed her test in a 10 yr old mk2. However I replaced head gaskets and clutches on puntos almost on a daily basis when I worked as a mechanic. The mk2 was a worse car in some ways as the electric steering was prone to failure and wasn't a diy job.

m17

Limerick

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Limerick

johndaman66

Thar 4 door E30 is at the Childers road retail park at least every Saturday. Presumably it belongs to someone who works in the grounds.

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Mullingar

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Sorry for 2 posts it wouldn't let me load it to 1..
Car is spotless

tom petty

johndaman66 wrote: »

Thar 4 door E30 is at the Childers road retail park at least every Saturday. Presumably it belongs to someone who works in the grounds.

Mmmm...... I have a classic and a 20 year old estate that I use for 6 months of the year but I' m not so sure if they ended up on here that I'd like the world to know where either were parked on a daily or regular basis.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

johndaman66 wrote: »

Thar 4 door E30 is at the Childers road retail park at least every Saturday. Presumably it belongs to someone who works in the grounds.

Belongs to a girl, her boyfriend owns the black e30 estate on BBS rims, also has a 2door e30 coupe and at least 5 or 6 more e30's that are currently off the road.

Marlow

tom petty wrote: »

Mmmm...... I have a classic and a 20 year old estate that I use for 6 months of the year but I' m not so sure if they ended up on here that I'd like the world to know where either were parked on a daily or regular basis.

The only way to avoid that is to tuck them away somewhere, where nobody can see them. Or get the government to ban camera phones.

Somebody, somewhere, will post that on some forum or social media, if they like it. If you take them out in public, you risk of having photos taking of them. It's not illegal.

You'd be amazed how often I get tagged or pointed to posts with pictures of my classic/vintage vehicles.

/M

BonnieSituation

m17 wrote: »

Limerick

This is really highlights just how much bigger cars have gotten over the years eh...

BonnieSituation

m17 wrote: »

Limerick

As does this.

Marlow

BonnieSituation wrote: »

This is really highlights just how much bigger cars have gotten over the years eh...

Yep ... and the size of the parking spots has not increased

/M

johndaman66

tom petty wrote: »

Mmmm...... I have a classic and a 20 year old estate that I use for 6 months of the year but I' m not so sure if they ended up on here that I'd like the world to know where either were parked on a daily or regular basis.

Yeah. Chances are a lot of people living locally will be able to deduce the location from them photographs anyway. I'm sure that more than one not so savoury character has already walked past that car where it is parked...On a daily basis even.

tc20

weekend spots around Greystones.
The Volvo is a regular (if not daily) driver, and I'm sure I've seen the 924 plenty of times too..