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

Fred Swanson

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Stella Virgo

dgt wrote: »

Saw this in the crapplegreen heading southbound on the M1 (stopped for cash and a toilet stop, no crap fuels thank you)

A fine example. 1982 Crusader, made my day :cool::cool::cool:

i think you mean cortina, not crusader......;)

shineon23

Stella Virgo wrote: »

i think you mean cortina, not crusader......;)

I think he means both. Ford Cortina: Crusader Model.

Odyssey 2005

joujoujou wrote: »

1963 Ford Consul Classic.

Friday morning, Collooney, co. Sligo.

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Dashcam photo, so quality not really great.

Sold a consul Capri once for


























£1.:mad::mad::mad:
And a good runner at that.

dgt

Stella Virgo wrote: »

i think you mean cortina, not crusader......;)

If you knew your Fords the Crusader was a run out model of the Cortina 80, hence Crusader and not just Cortina.

That's what I meant

nd

nd

this one wasn't in such good condition

Old diesel

Even allowing for their comeback with some of the younger lads - its amazing how well a lot of those starlets held up - even the model that replaced the one in the pics in NDs last two posts.

Toyota GENUINELY had a claim to been the best built cars in the world back then.

Unfortunatly Merc was still in its top quality era back then - and Volvo was still turning out stuff that would do 300k* miles without breaking sweat if all you did was maintain it well and drive it sensibly.

But certainly Toyotas of that Era - Carina II was in range at that time too - were far more worthy of a "best built cars in the world" tagline then the modern Auris and co

*but so would a well maintained Carina II - especially a diesel one

corktina

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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ah now, that's not quite right....most cars immediately prior to 1987 (and after) had plain white plates back and front and black and silver too in some case. Red rear plates died out a good bit before 86 in the main

corktina

dgt wrote: »

If you knew your Fords the Crusader was a run out model of the Cortina 80, hence Crusader and not just Cortina.

That's what I meant

Crusader was a UK only model using the masthead of the Daily Express. Here we had the Cashel, Tara and Corrib...broadly similar spec to the Crusader. Thus , it's an Import.

Old diesel

corktina wrote: »

ah now, that's not quite right....most cars immediately prior to 1987 (and after) had plain white plates back and front and black and silver too in some case. Red rear plates died out a good bit before 86 in the main

Think 82/83 era MAY have been a cut off point for red plates on the rear in Cork at least.

We had a Datsun Sunny here - a 1982 from what I recall - it the letters MPI on the reg plate - the rear plate was red from what I recall.

Someone also posted up a pic of an old Transit Ambulance they bought - which also had MPI on the plate - ie XXX MPI - back plate on that was red too.

Your right on the black and silver as well for the later plates - wasn't from what I recall a trend where you had black plates with brown letters and numbers - they were the same type of plate as the late post 87 plate except for the colour schemes and obviously having the older reg system - ie XXX TPI

We also had a Stanza here which had black plates front and rear but with cream??? numbers and letters - but it was an 83

ofcork

Someone at work had a 90 C merc 190 today.

Fred Swanson

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Greenmachine

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Ooh interesting my father had a green beetle when I was small. I think KZI 32. It was apparently the third beetle he owned. He ended up selling to his brother who eventually sold it onto someone else who allegedly put a porshe engine. Think that was a thing for a while or maybe an "illusion" of my childhood.

nd

ofcork

Saw a 77 C reg capri and a zv reg jag xj.

Kaiser D

1970 Morris Minor Van on UK plates. I was parked two cars up in the Wolseley, got a friendly wave
and beep of the horn from the owner as he passed a few minutes later.

colm_mcm

Saw an immaculate 1978 beige 2 door Escort getting petrol in Ennis today.
200AIE

ofcork

Think the good weather is bringing out all the older models.

Kaiser D

That reg is familiar Colm, pretty sure I've seen photos of it elsewhere.

colm_mcm

Kaiser D wrote: »

That reg is familiar Colm, pretty sure I've seen photos of it elsewhere.

Free check says its one owner.
My grandfather had a yellow 2 door which my grandmother sold (working) for £50 when he passed away in the 90s

Dord

I saw a beige Renault 18 earlier.

rovoagho

I saw a mk3 or mk4 Escort convertible yesterday in Youghal. Haven't seen one in years.

Sobanek

A Bentley T2 Mulliner. No idea what year.

L-M

ofcork wrote: »

Think the good weather is bringing out all the older models.

Indeed it is

dgt

I saw that epic 84 Sierra Cossie rep again today! :cool::cool::cool:

84 MH 15001

ba_barabus

I was in a nice Jag XJC today in white with a lovely red leather interior.

Kaiser D

colm_mcm wrote: »

Free check says its one owner.
My grandfather had a yellow 2 door which my grandmother sold (working) for £50 when he passed away in the 90s

Clare reg and all so it may well be an actual 1 owner car.

I can't find any photos of it, oddly. The reg does seem familiar.

Old diesel

nd wrote: »

Best caption I can come up for - for that pic is 3 cars - a Galaxy a Corolla AND a proper REAL car

Kaiser D

A side profile shot of the Escort and Corolla would have been nice to show how utterly cars, in this case family saloons, have gotten over an almost 40 year period.

In other news, today I saw the following:

1992 SAAB 900 4 door on Annesley Bridge this morning, which looked to be a daily driver for a young family.
Old Irish reg Triumph Herald on the Malahide road heading towards town.