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

sligojoek

Not sure where to put this. It wasn't today or yesterday. I was looking through family pics and it surfaced.

I've no idea what the car is. I think I took it in 1991. The owner, on the left, is a first cousin of Charlie Swan. His mother was a very good friend of my parents. The man on the right is my father. He was well known for his driving abilities. **** brought the car over from England for the summer. The old man took it away for an hour and had great fun with it. Minis were his specialty. God knows what he got up to in that yoke.

johndaman66

H3llR4iser wrote: »

No tax band returned - just says it's 95 Euro. So it's either classed as a Taxi...or a schoolbus!!!

Don't mind the grinds. Running a Mercedes E220 limo as a school bus after school is away more lucrative.:pac:

sligojoek

johndaman66 wrote: »

Don't mind the grinds. Running a Mercedes E220 limo as a school bus after school is away more lucrative.:pac:

There's an 83 one of them being pulled out of a shed at the minute. Bought from an undertaker 7 or 8 yrs ago, Used once and Put away. Hopefully get a few pics tomorrow fortnight.

Duke O Smiley

sligojoek wrote: »

Not sure where to put this. It wasn't today or yesterday. I was looking through family pics and it surfaced.

I've no idea what the car is. I think I took it in 1991. The owner, on the left, is a first cousin of Charlie Swan. His mother was a very good friend of my parents. The man on the right is my father. He was well known for his driving abilities. **** brought the car over from England for the summer. The old man took it away for an hour and had great fun with it. Minis were his specialty. God knows what he got up to in that yoke.

Is that grille off a Singer Gazelle?

Interesting looking yoke. Something about the tyre size and exhaust makes me think it was running something bigger than the usual Pinto or whatever else went into most kit cars.

tc20

^ or a Fraser Nash??
There's a whiff of 1930s BMW off that grill.
can't embed pics at present

SmartinMartin

It has the smack of a merlin kit car off it. The thing is though, the 70s, 80s and early 90s were the heyday of kit car manufacturing in the UK. Every back street had one, and every car made was individual, with an infinite choice of engines/grilles etc, so as a result it's very difficult to pin a car like that down. There are various kitcar clubs in the UK, I think there's a big one in Kent, they could probably steer you in the right direction.

GeneHunt

Spotted this Golf the other day, very clean...

Duke O Smiley

My niece very kindly took these photos for me in Coolock the other day





I spoke to the owner of this a few years ago, a tidy low mileage example but well used everyday.

BonnieSituation

A couple of fine spots in Islandbridge Wednesday morning:





I'm sure that Capri is one of the most photographed on here.

MR2 has been sitting a while. First time I had a chance to take a photo of it though.

Nekarsulm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Is that grille off a Singer Gazelle?

Interesting looking yoke. Something about the tyre size and exhaust makes me think it was running something bigger than the usual Pinto or whatever else went into most kit cars.

I think they were a " Cougar" if I remember right.
Sold in the late 80's and early 90's, usually designed to have Jaguar running gear.

Duke O Smiley

Nekarsulm wrote: »

I think they were a " Cougar" if I remember right.
Sold in the late 80's and early 90's, usually designed to have Jaguar running gear.

Jaguar running gear is exactly what I was thinking

AMKC

GeneHunt wrote: »

Spotted this Golf the other day, very clean...

The VW badge on the back is upside down lol and in a weird spot.

beertons

AMKC wrote: »

The VW badge on the back is upside down lol and in a weird spot.

Did that spell out something a while back, there's three other holes beside it.

Brian Scan

sligojoek wrote: »

Not sure where to put this. It wasn't today or yesterday. I was looking through family pics and it surfaced.

I've no idea what the car is. I think I took it in 1991. The owner, on the left, is a first cousin of Charlie Swan. His mother was a very good friend of my parents. The man on the right is my father. He was well known for his driving abilities. **** brought the car over from England for the summer. The old man took it away for an hour and had great fun with it. Minis were his specialty. God knows what he got up to in that yoke.

https://www.conceptcarz.com/z21101/Jaguar-Kougar.aspx

Might be one of these, as Nekarsulm suggested.

Larbre34

Yep its a Kougar. The 'F' plate is bang on period also.

What an interesting thing!

sligojoek

From the other side.

AMKC

beertons wrote: »

Did that spell out something a while back, there's three other holes beside it.

Must have and there is two holes the other side too.

SmartinMartin

Well SNY3F comes up as a green jaguar, so that fits.
Looks like it was crashed in 93 and extensively repaired in 2004. No record since.

Top Dog

beertons wrote: »

Did that spell out something a while back, there's three other holes beside it.

Usually VOLKSWAGEN on the left and GOLF and spec (CL, GTI etc), on the right i think. Round badge should be on the extreme left.

Ubbquittious

AMKC wrote: »

The VW badge on the back is upside down lol and in a weird spot.

So when they flip it after driving into a ditch after a feed of pints it will be the right way around

Duke O Smiley

Bought a couple of "investments" recently with my father, and one of them was this early Boxster. Registered 1st of August 97.

AMKC

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Bought a couple of "investments" recently with my father, and one of them was this early Boxster. Registered 1st of August 97.

Nice.

Large bottle small glass

Another south Tipp regular

tc20

recently in north Wicklow..
these Meganes are really thinning out

tc20

posted these in the Classics section but thought they are worth seeing here too -

AMKC

tc20 wrote: »

recently in north Wicklow..
these Meganes are really thinning out



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A classic that. We had ours in blue RT spec. 15 thousand pounds it cost. I hope/wish someone would store one or two away. They will be a classic in 6 years time.

Looks in decent condition that one. Just missing some hupcaps.

BrianD3

AMKC wrote: »

A classic that. We had ours in blue RT spec. 15 thousand pounds it cost. I hope/wish someone would store one or two away. They will be a classic in 6 years time.

Looks in decent condition that one. Just missing some hupcaps.

There was a very low mileage one for sale in Westmeath recently. Looked in super condition outwardly but based on some comments in this forum it may not have been as good as it looked.

I have not seen a mk1, phase 1 Megane on the road for at least 2 years and the phase 2 is disappearing fast now too. These cars are very rust resistant, much better than a Focus in that regard, engines and gearboxes last well too. They get scrapped because of age, poor maintenance and because nobody gives a sh*t about them while Corollas, Focii, Golfs, Civics etc. all have a following. Hardly a day goes by when I don't see a 97-01 Corolla on the roads, some days I'd see several.

Garzard

Supervalu Knocklyon this evening

AMKC

BrianD3 wrote: »

There was a very low mileage one for sale in Westmeath recently. Looked in super condition outwardly but based on some comments in this forum it may not have been as good as it looked.

I have not seen a mk1, phase 1 Megane on the road for at least 2 years and the phase 2 is disappearing fast now too. These cars are very rust resistant, much better than a Focus in that regard, engines and gearboxes last well too. They get scrapped because of age, poor maintenance and because nobody gives a sh*t about them while Corollas, Focii, Golfs, Civics etc. all have a following. Hardly a day goes by when I don't see a 97-01 Corolla on the roads, some days I'd see several.

I doubt it is because nobody cares I would say it is more the reputation that people have heard that Toyota's and Honda's last and not heard that of the Megane unfortunately. Not that many MK I Focus on the roads now either.

crosstownk

tc20 wrote: »

posted these in the Classics section but thought they are worth seeing here too -

That Alfa GT is beautiful.