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

woejus

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Ryano87

tc20 wrote: »

Gorgeous little thing in Greystones yesterday evening

That has just been rebuild from the ground up by 2 MG specialists in Greystones and resprayed by D&W in Wicklow Town. All in it was restored over approximately 6 months.

Fantastic car. I had the pleasure of detailing before it was handed back to the owner last week.

tc20

Ryano87 wrote: »

That has just been rebuild from the ground up by 2 MG mechanics in Greystones and resprayed by D&W in Wicklow Town. All in it was restored over approximately 6 months.

Fantastic car. I had the pleasure of detailing before it was handed back to the owner last week.

Its a credit to all who were involved - it looked like it had just come fresh from the showroom.

ManOfMystery

Garzard wrote: »

Supervalu Knocklyon this evening, a common classic but still a nice, clean example and have seen it numerous times around the Southside.

Love E30s, had 3 of them back in the day. Some difference in size between one of them and the latest 3 series!

SmartinMartin

Dublin Airport and Ballymun Rd an hour ago :

noelf

Had the pleasure of talking to the owners of these cars today..

SmartinMartin

I posted this one a couple of years ago but well worth a look again.

Wishbone Ash

1977 Mk I 3.0L coupe spotted in Drumcondra a few days ago.

Gremlinertia

^^ That is gorgeous

Duke O Smiley

noelf wrote: »

Had the pleasure of talking to the owners of these cars today..

Two absolutely lovely cars.

I believe the Hillman was featured in Irish Vintage Scene a few years ago

tc20

saw these beauties in Greystones recently

tc20

Fidoodles

m17

Ennis

BonnieSituation

tc20 wrote: »

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That is stunning, though, only for its a W110, the reg would look even worse!

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I know that exercises a lot of us here, but is it not time to either reverse ZV and make it a suffix or have multiple vintage plates for the State? They're starting to look daft.

And seeing as the rule for a ZV is "30 years old" and not pre-87, it's only gonna get worse as more and more 90s gems make it over here.

Since we've started doing that import plate nonsense on post-87 format ones, we're out of sequences anyway so the iterative consistency has been long lost.

RobAMerc

my god thats stunning

Lurching

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I know that exercises a lot of us here, but is it not time to either reverse ZV and make it a suffix or have multiple vintage plates for the State? They're starting to look daft.

And seeing as the rule for a ZV is "30 years old" and not pre-87, it's only gonna get worse as more and more 90s gems make it over here.

Since we've started doing that import plate nonsense on post-87 format ones, we're out of sequences anyway so the iterative consistency has been long lost.

I agree, but in reality, the number of right hand drive imports will slow down drastically with Brexit, unless I'm very much mistaken.

Type 17

Lurching wrote: »

I agree, but in reality, the number of right hand drive imports will slow down drastically with Brexit, unless I'm very much mistaken.

While we shouldn't derail the thread, the number of imports, or where they come from, shouldn't come into it - if a country doesn't allow registration transfers, then the plates allocated to a historic vehicle are more a part of its history than if a reg can be selected/changed anytime.
Irish import reg's (both ZV and year/county) for vehicles before 2011 are a disgrace, and given that modern technology allows for speedy and easily traceable transfers, it's just laziness and apathy that is preventing it happening.

MrCostington

East Wall Dublin just now.

kevpatts

IrishPlayer wrote: »

Clonsilla, Dublin 15

Just came across this photo of my car! Hey all.

outfox

MrCostington wrote: »

East Wall Dublin just now.

Had one years ago. Such a timeless shape.

Fidoodles

Fidoodles

Fidoodles

Fidoodles

1953 Renault 4CV

tc20

^ Wow, that's a rare sight, great spot.
Suicide doors too..

Garzard

Dillon Place this morning, shame it's covered in stickers though!

Sam Russell

Fidoodles wrote: »

1953 Renault 4CV

It's a Renault 4CV - I always thought it was a Renault 2 - but no.. I did not know they did a convertible (if that is what it is - a bit like the Citroen 2CV - with a cloth roof)

That was sold in France at the time as "Quatre CV, Quatre porte, Quatre mille franc" - 4HP, 4 door, 4,000 francs - which was a good slogan. It was followed by the Renault 4, which was a four door, front engine, front wheel drive, hatch back - probably the first.

w124man

Sam Russell wrote: »

It was followed by the Renault 4, which was a four door, front engine, front wheel drive, hatch back - probably the first.

There's a point! The R4 was marketed as an estate car but 'became' a hatchback whereas the R16 was widely acknowledged as the first hatchback 5 years later. Either way Citroen thought of it first with the Citroën 11CV Commerciale which was a Traction Avant but with no rear seats.

MrCostington

Whitehall, Dublin this afternoon. I just noticed it at the last minute, kicking myself I didn't get a better look or pic, looked in great nic! No idea which Z it is.