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New, unregistered Irish-bought car from 1976 - where do I start?

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    #332
    PanhardPL
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    LZB--- 4/64 - 6/64


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    #333
    CoBo55
    Registered Users Posts: 8,780 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    PanhardPL wrote: »
    LZB--- 4/6/64 - 6/6/64

    It spans my birthday, the actual year I was born!!


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    #334
    Testacalda
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    PanhardPL wrote: »
    LZB--- 4/6/64 - 6/6/64

    As in 3 days :confused:


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    #335
    passatman86
    Registered Users Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭passatman86


    Great thread, a nice collection
    Interested to know what your fathers recent daily drivers would have been before he passed
    Seems to have had a like for everything


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    #336
    alfa beta
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    passatman86 wrote: »
    Great thread, a nice collection
    Interested to know what your fathers recent daily drivers would have been before he passed
    Seems to have had a like for everything


    Fiats for the most part.

    127s in the Seventies.

    Ritmos and Tipos in the Eighties and Nineties.
    An Uno and a Punto in the Noughties. (None of the Fiats survived or were kept)

    And then a complete change in 2010 to a Skoda Octavia - he liked that a lot, I'd say he'd have stuck with Skoda if he was still around.


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    MrCostington
    Registered Users Posts: 1,244 ✭✭✭MrCostington


    Cool! I leaned to drive in a 127 (Alexandra School of Motoring) and later had a Ritmo.

    Great thread, thanks!


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    #338
    CoBo55
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    Testacalda wrote: »
    As in 3 days :confused:

    April to June 64 smart Alec, although I suspect you knew that already.


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    #339
    Cashelc4
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Cashelc4


    Hi would you have any more details about the Hijet?
    Fantastic collection by the way and fair play to your Dad for keeping everything.


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    [Deleted User]
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    CoBo55 wrote: »
    April to June 64 smart Alec, although I suspect you knew that already.

    FWIW, seeing as we do months after days in Ireland, I made the same assumption as the other guy.


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    #341
    alfa beta
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    Cashelc4 wrote: »
    Hi would you have any more details about the Hijet?
    Fantastic collection by the way and fair play to your Dad for keeping everything.


    Got your pm - Gimme a couple of days to get back to you with some more info and pictures - very busy at the moment but I will reply to it :)


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    #342
    CoBo55
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    FWIW, seeing as we do months after days in Ireland, I made the same assumption as the other guy.

    Ah here... Is common sense gone out the window completely??

    For those struggling with the obvious it's 4/64 to 6)64. In words, it was issued in April 1964 and ran until June 1964, I was born in may 64:D


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    The Red Ace
    Registered Users Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭The Red Ace


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Photos below - not sure when it was last started - don't know much about it at all I'm afraid.


    IMG-5216.jpg

    IMG-5215.jpg

    That particular T20 Cub had a production date between Sept 63 to 66 as the earlier model had the points in a distributor type assembly even though its a single cylinder. Nice to see it with its bikini fairing having survived. The last of the cubs in 1966 were a kind of combination of itself and the BSA Bantam. So the Cork reg dates it nicely with production dates


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    iamtony
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭iamtony


    Sorry what's a nacelle and/or a bikini mentioned? I'm not big into bikes.


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    #345
    CoBo55
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    iamtony wrote: »
    Sorry what's a nacelle and/or a bikini mentioned? I'm not big into bikes.

    The bikini fairing is the small side enclosure wrapped around the oil tank. The nacelle is the enclosure the headlight is in. Both features were quite old fashioned by the mid sixties and were quickly removed by young lads.
    The larger bikes in the triumph range the 350, in particular had a bigger enclosure which gave it the non flattering nickname the bathtub triumph...


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    SmartinMartin
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    Fairings. Sometimes nacelle is used for the light unit covering.


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    #347
    The Red Ace
    Registered Users Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭The Red Ace


    iamtony wrote: »
    Sorry what's a nacelle and/or a bikini mentioned? I'm not big into bikes.

    the bikini fairing are the side panels covering the rear wheel, the nacelle is the cover over the headlamp


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    iamtony
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭iamtony


    Cool thanks lads. Who wants to tell me how to pronounce nacelle:o


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    #349
    iamtony
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭iamtony


    I'm leaning towards Michelle sound but starting with n? Or maybe like knack el?


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    FrancieBrady
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    iamtony wrote: »
    Cool thanks lads. Who wants to tell me how to pronounce nacelle:o

    Nah Cell.


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    #351
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    iamtony wrote: »
    Cool thanks lads. Who wants to tell me how to pronounce nacelle:o

    Nay cell
    Or neah sell
    Anyhow think horses and prison....

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #352
    iamtony
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭iamtony


    Haha thanks for the education:pac:


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    kadman
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    Tiger cub value??

    https://www.adverts.ie/car/motorbikes/triumph/1959-triumph-cub-t20/14153678

    504052.jpg


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    iamtony
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭iamtony


    kadman wrote: »
    Tiger cub value??

    https://www.adverts.ie/car/motorbikes/triumph/1959-triumph-cub-t20/14153678

    504052.jpg

    That's beautiful. Amazed it's not worth more, I suppose it's a supply and demand market when it comes to these things. The question is if it's worth more restored to look like this or in its original state?


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    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Its not really a question of what it looks like. Classic vehicle collectors, me included
    want the ultimate goal, of being able to drive what we buy eventually.

    Whether we self restore them, or pay someone to do it.

    An unrestored vehicle has more value than one that has been worked on.

    But the ultimate question is how much is someone going to pay to get what they want, restored versus un restored.


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    #356
    SmartinMartin
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    Naysell.


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    #357
    iamtony
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    kadman wrote: »
    Its not really a question of what it looks like. Classic vehicle collectors, me included
    want the ultimate goal, of being able to drive what we buy eventually.

    Whether we self restore them, or pay someone to do it.

    An unrestored vehicle has more value than one that has been worked on.

    But the ultimate question is how much is someone going to pay to get what they want, restored versus un restored.
    Interesting. So if you had 3k and you could buy alfas unrestored bike or this fully restored example for 2900 less some haggling what would you have?


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    #358
    kadman
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    iamtony wrote: »
    Interesting. So if you had 3k and you could buy alfas unrestored bike or this fully restored example for 2900 less some haggling what would you have?

    You would have one or the other:)


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    CoBo55
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    iamtony wrote: »
    Interesting. So if you had 3k and you could buy alfas unrestored bike or this fully restored example for 2900 less some haggling what would you have?

    That gold yoke is an ibex, the colour is terrible, that carburettor is completely wrong and a seller who doesn't know the difference between a rectifier and a regulator ( which no cub ever had) doesn't inspire confidence. It would be alpha's original bike for me all day long.


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    #360
    zilog_jones
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    Markcheese wrote: »
    Nay cell
    Or neah sell
    Anyhow think horses and prison....
    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Naysell.

    The "a" in "nacelle" is the same as "a" in "about", a schwa sound.


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    #361
    Cashelc4
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Cashelc4


    Got your pm - Gimme a couple of days to get back to you with some more info and pictures - very busy at the moment but I will reply to it :)

    Thank you so much , that would be great - I can see its buried at the back , so no worries , whenever you may get a chance.

    Was it your Dads daily driver years back?


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