Obligatory annual Swords show pics

Duke O Smiley

As above. Don't wanna go clogging up the spotted thread.

Duke O Smiley

Duke O Smiley

Greybottle

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Haven't seen that for a while. Was a two owner car up until 3 or 4 years ago in North Roscommon, no idea who bought it. Was always looked after and a good purchase for whoever got it.

1986 reg I think, Roscommon ended out on 300 BDI or thereabouts and registered about 1300-1500 cars a year back then.

elperello

Great pics.
Love the way the 240z is out back in the car park and the Sunny is in with the classics!

Duke O Smiley

Greybottle wrote: »

Haven't seen that for a while. Was a two owner car up until 3 or 4 years ago in North Roscommon, no idea who bought it. Was always looked after and a good purchase for whoever got it.

1986 reg I think, Roscommon ended out on 300 BDI or thereabouts and registered about 1300-1500 cars a year back then.

I definitely remember an ad for it on donedeal a while back, couple of years maybe. I've seen it at a few shows around Dublin in the last while

elperello wrote: »

Great pics.
Love the way the 240z is out back in the car park and the Sunny is in with the classics!

I've often observed strangers getting a bit too personal with cars at shows (on a few occasions trying doors..not sure why exactly, but nevertheless..) so it doesn't surprise me that some owners choose to park and spectate!

unkel

Any info on the prices any of these cars made, Duke?

VeVeX

The majority of the above are old cars in good condition rather than classic cars per se.

Duke O Smiley

No auction today unkel - just a show.

Although afaik the cars inside are for sale. Didn't really look at many prices, there was a Mk4 (1999) Fiesta going for €5k though!

Tigger

VeVeX wrote: »

The majority of the above are old cars in good condition rather than classic cars per se.

whats a classic car then ? ill give you the civic and maybe the golf butvthe rest seem like classics to me !

Duke O Smiley

VeVeX wrote: »

The majority of the above are old cars in good condition rather than classic cars per se.

I would disagree with you there - strongly - certainly on the majority claim. But lets not get into it

ELM327

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

No auction today unkel - just a show.

Although afaik the cars inside are for sale. Didn't really look at many prices, there was a Mk4 (1999) Fiesta going for €5k though!

Great photos!

Generally there are lots and lots of dreamers there.
I didnt make the show this weekend, I was at the show there earlier in the year and the inside was filled with dreamers.

One of which was a custom wine/maroon/purple automatic Mk4 fiesta going for 5k!

VeVeX

Tigger wrote: »

whats a classic car then ? ill give you the civic and maybe the golf butvthe rest seem like classics to me !

Surely a classic should be a car that was desirable at the time of manufacture and not purely based on the car surviving whilst its comrades fell.

GavFitz

Thanks Duke, nice photos I missed it myself.

elperello

VeVeX wrote: »

Surely a classic should be a car that was desirable at the time of manufacture and not purely based on the car surviving whilst its comrades fell.

It's an interesting subject.
Why not start a new thread and we can "stick it up on the hoist" and see where it goes?

Neilw

VeVeX wrote: »

Surely a classic should be a car that was desirable at the time of manufacture and not purely based on the car surviving whilst its comrades fell.

I tend to agree, just because a car is old doesn't make it a classic.

Dades

All cars were desirable to someone at the time of manufacture. And clearly there are those who find these same cars desirable now.

Neilw

Dades wrote: »

All cars were desirable to someone at the time of manufacture. And clearly there are those who find these same cars desirable now.

Will a Dacia duster or a Kia ceed be classed as a classic in 20 years, I doubt it.
Where as a cooper s jcw or golf R probably will.

ELM327

Neilw wrote: »

Will a Dacia duster or a Kia ceed be classed as a classic in 20 years, I doubt it.
Where as a cooper s jcw or golf R probably will.

No, they will be scrapped before they reach 10 years in service.

PauloMN

The old "what is a classic" debate again. Who cares, if you don't like what you see, just move along to the next car. We all have stuff we do/don't like, I've not much interest in Imprezas or Evos for example but I wouldn't begrudge them being at a show, because they are as much into their cars as I am into mine.

ELM327

PauloMN wrote: »

The old "what is a classic" debate again. Who cares, if you don't like what you see, just move along to the next car. We all have stuff we do/don't like, I've not much interest in Imprezas or Evos for example but I wouldn't begrudge them being at a show, because they are as much into their cars as I am into mine.

+1

Once something is a classic to someone it should be allowed at the shows.
We see examples of what would be a repmobile 30 years ago now being a classic. Not everything has to be a v8 rolls royce in pristine condition pulled to the show on a trailer!

alastair

VeVeX wrote: »

Surely a classic should be a car that was desirable at the time of manufacture and not purely based on the car surviving whilst its comrades fell.

They were all desirable as someone chose to buy them. If it's old enough, it's a classic, irregardless of whether it was good, bad, or indifferent. They've all got their fans.

Max Headroom

classic
ˈklasɪk/
adjective
adjective: classic
1.
judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind..

That probably rules out most cars.....:P

PauloMN

Besides.... anyone who manages to keep a near 40 year old Datsun Cherry on the road at all deserves a medal!! I remember putting my fist through the wheel arch into the engine compartment on ours when it was only about 8 or 9 years old as it crumbled away in a rusty heap - it was taken off the road by Nissan themselves because it was so dangerous!

The memories.... learned to drive in that car and had some great craic in it. That's why the most seemingly uninspiring cars can sometimes be the most interesting for individuals, due to the memories they bring back.