Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread! Part 2

gipi

Spotted in Blanchardstown yesterday. A beauty!

robie5

https://photos.app.goo.gl/nDRZHGmKdDkhc8Zq6 Hope this works. S class just past Navan. Took out an E class and put this in. Gone since Wednesday

SmartinMartin

Richmond Rd



And the Holy Grail in Glasnevin

Ish66

A very rare Lancia Thesis. Lancia's first attempt at an Executive type car.
This one is a 2.4 turbo straight 5 engine and is a daily driver. They were not sold here or the UK. Lovely leather interior and looks and drives mint. I love the look of it. Front reminds me of early Hyundai Sonata.

Kenny Logins

Speedline wrote: »

Zv plate in the window and tax and insurance discs. So why the UK plates?

Maybe it's a well-known car for some reason? Famous previous owner, TV appearance... ?

Duke O Smiley

That Lancia is an incredible spot

Car99

SmartinMartin wrote: »

And the Holy Grail in Glasnevin

1991 late M3 always liked them in white .

Miscreant

Ish66 wrote: »

A very rare Lancia Thesis. Lancia's first attempt at an Executive type car.
This one is a 2.4 turbo straight 5 engine and is a daily driver. They were not sold here or the UK. Lovely leather interior and looks and drives mint. I love the look of it. Front reminds me of early Hyundai Sonata.

For some reason I am reminded of the 1990s Ford Granada/Scorpio from looking at those pictures. Were the Lancias a "badge engineered" car that borrowed from Ford?

Ish66

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Lancia Gamma: "Am I a joke to you?"

(Also Aurelia, Beta berlina, Thema, Kappa)

;-)

Hardly a Merc, 5 series type of thing above, Are they ? Beta, Really

Lurching

Miscreant wrote: »

For some reason I am reminded of the 1990s Ford Granada/Scorpio from looking at those pictures. Were the Lancias a "badge engineered" car that borrowed from Ford?

Nope. Didn't even share it's chassis with any other Fiats / Lancias.

Garzard

Probably been posted here plenty of times already, but yesterday was the first time I managed to catch a decent pic of the old MG on Clanbrassil Street. It's been there years I think.

Jeff2

I'd say that's been there 20 years or more.

Ish66

This is sitting here years.

MrCostington

Ish66 wrote: »

This is sitting here years.

This has been posted a few times, including by myself, and the van too. Very sad to see the state of them, getting worse each time I pass them. More stuff rusting away in the garden too. The Lancia looks even worse from the other side and it was in lovely condition years ago.

EDIT just noticed your Lancia Thesis pics from a doors down!

kadman

About time some of you classic car buffs up there saved this little beauty:)

MrCostington

True kadman! It's beyond my skills, but not yours! Any room in the inn

Car99

Jeff2 wrote: »

I'd say that's been there 20 years or more.

Is it abandoned?

Duke O Smiley

Car99 wrote: »

Is it abandoned?

No, its in use

IrishPlayer

Dublin 15

Duke O Smiley

Ish66 wrote: »

This is sitting here years.

He showed up in that Lancia to view a Saab 96 I was selling a few years ago. Nice guy, eccentric for sure.

kadman

MrCostington wrote: »

True kadman! It's beyond my skills, but not yours! Any room in the inn

I would say there are plenty of able bodies here to tackle that.
Its way too far out in the boonies here for it:)

And you know well Covid rules forbid me to open the inn at the moment:p

Garzard

This Alfa was inside Bill Sheehan's Mitsubishi in Terenure tonight on the way back from work, and couldn't resist stopping by. They must have brought it in recently - looks lovely.

unkel

Ish66 wrote: »

This is sitting here years.

Is that owned by a former regular on boards, Chris / Audi Chris? I remember him buying one about a decade ago and trying to get it to run, but then he disappeared off the forum

tc20

recent D4 sightings

SmartinMartin

A few around Dublin ;











The last one is in a sorry state, but we'll worth saving an original Irish reg 2000e.

Garzard

Might have actually seen that gold Merc in Clontarf earlier, was it a red reg at the back?

MrCostington

Beaumont, Dublin this morning.



BTW re the Lancia, Just a few doors around the corner is a '93 (IIRC) Prelude, looking very sad for itself, been there years too. Don't like taking pics in gardens so here is what seems an old Streetview.

SmartinMartin

Garzard wrote: »

Might have actually seen that gold Merc in Clontarf earlier, was it a red reg at the back?

Sorry G, can't remember and I deleted the other photo I had.

davidglanza

MrCostington wrote: »

Beaumont, Dublin this morning.



BTW re the Lancia, Just a few doors around the corner is a '93 (IIRC) Prelude, looking very sad for itself, been there years too. Don't like taking pics in gardens so here is what seems an old Streetview.

Any chance you could find out if they would sell thst prelude id be interested

Duke O Smiley

davidglanza wrote: »

Any chance you could find out if they would sell thst prelude id be interested

Its a one owner Irish car, 2.2 manual. Have tried in the past, its not for sale for love nor money