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

Nekarsulm

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 wrote: »

Someone please save the Jag's wheels.

Don't actually know what size they are,but I do know they'll fit nothing I own.
Only went in to get two wheel studs for my Ciroen Picasso, and left with the drivers seat of that Mercedes mini-bus as well.

Bumpstop

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 wrote: »

Someone please save the Jag's wheels.

They are called Dimples I bought a set Yonks ago.

The square bumper reflectors mean it's a straight six car 3.2 or 4 Litre.
The black door trims means it's a sport.
A low specced model to try to attract a younger buyer.

Probably the Most reliable XJ6 as Ford were heavily involved in its production.
I had one that exact colour.

Useless info, just reminiscing.:)

Nekarsulm

It must be a 3.2 then, I lifted the bonnet and thought it said 3.4 on the rocket. Very clean and straight inside and out.
Owner would have been lucky to get €250 over the weighbridge, and €5 a wheel deduction for the cost of recycling the tyres....

sligojoek

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Hard working Starlet in Cavan town today



And out the road in the local scrap metal dealers a Jag-u-are faces its final destination...

Jag-it-was.

Duke O Smiley

Nekarsulm wrote: »

...in the local scrap metal dealers a Jag-u-are faces its final destination...

What a shame, that looks lovely. Would they bale stuff like that immediately or break them for a while?

I bought a beautiful 3.2 sport a few years ago for €250, 97-LK-1 was the reg. I sold it to a Syrian fella who said he was exporting it to Damascus!

Nekarsulm

If bits are selling, it'll hang around a while, if not they'll drain the fluids, pull off the wheels and tyres, and the Senneboggen will rip out the engine and gearbox, and any alloy suspension bits that might be there, and they will go into the furnace for smelting.
RIP out as much of the wiring loom as possible with the digger and a rotating grab, fr the copper content.
Just bale the rest.
It's in a precarious position, just inside the gate.
They are getting so much stuff in they are getting it hard to keep space cleared to operate, socouldbe gone in days to keep the place flowing.

selectamatic

Did anything ever go off that old vanette or did it all get the claw?

Nekarsulm

selectamatic wrote: »

Did anything ever go off that old vanette or did it all get the claw?

The axle went, the rest got the squeeze.

selectamatic

Nekarsulm wrote: »

The axle went, the rest got the squeeze.

It's spirit will live on at many a crossroad for years to come so :pac:

Nekarsulm

selectamatic wrote: »

It's spirit will live on at many a crossroad for years to come so :pac:

Doing the "Twin Cam quick-step" !!

appledrop

Black Mercedes Benz 500, 1982.

It had a strange reg number which I managed to look up on Motor Check that's to heads up on this form!

gammygils

Recent spots around Tuam town

SmartinMartin

Cashel



Whitehall



Rosslare harbour



Ballymun

dougm1970

elperello wrote: »

Nice looking estate.

What are the chances, you park your 23 year old in front of another 23 year old?

nice seeing cars like this getting positive comments.
mate of mine has a 60s land rover in use every day here (no seat belts...legally seemingly)...i must take a photo for here next time hes round.

AMKC

Nekarsulm wrote: »

And out the road in the local scrap metal dealers a Jag-u-are faces its final destination...

Someone save it. It will be a classic in 5 years. There must be someone who could afford to run a drive or enough untill then. Looks lovely.

Mean Laqueefa

Nephilim Wolf

I saw a 1968 or 1969 Black Dodge Charger exactly like the one in Bullitt. The engine had a really nice burble to it.

Duke O Smiley

Mean Laqueefa wrote: »

Used to see that around a lot when I had my Tipo. I mentioned it here before but there’s something like 250k miles on the clock on that one

Lurching

Applegreen, Cullenmore

ba_barabus

That Extra is/was on dd

BonnieSituation

BonnieSituation wrote: »

In the Decathlon car park today. Interior was spotless. Sure it's been up here before.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

There’s something like 250,000 miles on the clock on that Tipo

Mean Laqueefa wrote: »

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Used to see that around a lot when I had my Tipo. I mentioned it here before but there’s something like 250k miles on the clock on that one

There she is in Decathlon in Sept last year.

BonnieSituation

dougm1970 wrote: »

nice seeing cars like this getting positive comments.
mate of mine has a 60s land rover in use every day here (no seat belts...legally seemingly)...i must take a photo for here next time hes round.

You've come to right thread. We all have problems.

Vittu

Co Cavan

Vittu

Co Cavan

Vittu

Micra not too old at 2001 but worth a look I thought

the_syco

A few from the past week, or so...


563EIP 1971 Ford Escort


ZV12119 1980 LandRover Series III 4CYL 3DR


zv10798 1983 Merc 380 (in GOLD)


243HZL 1981 VW (no info on model)

m17

Galway

m17

Nenagh

SmartinMartin

A couple more around Dublin. The 323f is spotless.

the_syco

1997 BMW 535 I E28



Should really renew their NCT...