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

Hotblack Desiato

Surely given the VIN, Shannon can check if it was ever registered.

Magilla Gorilla

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Surely given the VIN, Shannon can check if it was ever registered.

If it was never taxed, Shannon will not be aware of its existence. My point is it may still have been allocated a number which the OP might want to check out.

forgottenhills

ratracer wrote: »

Is that 'rusty old VW variant' a Karmann Ghia?:eek:

Is it repairable or completely lost to time? That would be a much more interesting car than the peugout IMO.

I don't know. The Peugout 504 was a beautiful machine for its era (1970s) in terms of the cars that could be commonly seen on Irish roads at that time. My uncle had one and I remember as a child getting a lift from him in his car in the late 70's and I thought it was the bees knees compared to the old Fiats, Fords, Vauxhalls and VWs that were on the go at the time. Although I believe that his car was a petrol and would have been a lot smoother. I particularly remember the headlights being a lot more powerful than the cars I was used to at the time.

I got to drive a Peugeot 505, its successor, around for a day in the 1980s but it was a diesel and nothing special to drive. They disappeared pretty fast, I think they were rust prone.

carchaeologist

forgottenhills wrote: »

I don't know. The Peugout 504 was a beautiful machine for its era (1970s) in terms of the cars that could be commonly seen on Irish roads at that time. My uncle had one and I remember as a child getting a lift from him in his car in the late 70's and I thought it was the bees knees compared to the old Fiats, Fords, Vauxhalls and VWs that were on the go at the time. Although I believe that his car was a petrol and would have been a lot smoother. I particularly remember the headlights being a lot more powerful than the cars I was used to at the time.

I got to drive a Peugeot 505, its successor, around for a day in the 1980s but it was a diesel and nothing special to drive. They disappeared pretty fast, I think they were rust prone.

Indeed, my one, a 1979 model, despite it being a hearse conversion from what was an estate has only 17.000 miles on it and the comfort of the seats and the quietness of the drive is amazing. And indeed as mentioned the headlights are extremely good for a car of its era. It's way ahead of the contemporary Cortina or similar sized Japanese car for comfort and build quality.

wandererz

Firstly decide if you want to keep the car or not.

If you want to keep it, then contact a specialist company like these guys.

http://www.majormotors.co.uk/peugeot-engine-specialist-supplier-repairs-and-engine-fitting/

Decide if you want to ship them just the engine or the entire car.

Call them first to discuss options.
That will give you an indication of costs.

Go from there.

kaizersoze

wandererz wrote: »

Firstly decide if you want to keep the car or not.

If you want to keep it, then contact a specialist company like these guys.

http://www.majormotors.co.uk/peugeot-engine-specialist-supplier-repairs-and-engine-fitting/

Decide if you want to ship them just the engine or the entire car.

Call them first to discuss options.
That will give you an indication of costs.

Go from there.

Sounds cheap......:pac:

kadman

Are they just a supplier and fitter. I dont see anywhere on the site where they offer engine reconditioning,
I see where they can supply reconditioned units alright.


Just copped it now.

Sounds good...:)

swarlb

wandererz wrote: »

Firstly decide if you want to keep the car or not.

If you want to keep it, then contact a specialist company like these guys.

http://www.majormotors.co.uk/peugeot-engine-specialist-supplier-repairs-and-engine-fitting/

Decide if you want to ship them just the engine or the entire car.

Call them first to discuss options.
That will give you an indication of costs.

Go from there.

Funny isn't it... how we jump on the opportunity to praise 'specialists' from abroad.
According to Major Motors website, they have over 30 years experience with Peugeot engines (I would at a guess estimate that the vast majority of these engines are diesel units from the past 10/15 years).
Yet Gowan Motors (and I know some of the staff personally) have been trading for over 50 years.
A poster here jested that they probably wouldn't have a clue what a 504 was....
So... why on earth, would you assume that Major Motors would know any better...
There are plenty of people in Ireland, dealerships or otherwise that would be more than capable of 'fixing' a Peugeot 504.

swarlb

swarlb wrote: »

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There are plenty of people in Ireland, dealerships or otherwise that would be more than capable of 'fixing' a Peugeot 504.

Indeed.
It's a basic diesel engine, a competent mechanic (not an oil change merchant) would have no issue working on it.

kadman

Plenty of good old school mechanics in Ireland.
Home grown solution would be better for many reasons.

Classic Peugeot owners would love this. Its what we petrolheads live for:D:D

Try contacting these maybe,
https://www.facebook.com/205wicklowirelab/

Remember , transporting,shipping ect would be adding major cost that you probably dont need.

ozmo

Car99 wrote: »

If your going to sell it , dont do anything to it , dont even start to clean it.

Same if you are not going to drive it

Its worth more, even to just keep, being 100% original - be better to just protect it properly - but getting it running, cracking open the engine, new seals, new filters, battery, plugs, and whatever else - and then putting it back in the shed to go bad again is just ruining this unique find.

alfa beta

More 40-year old, new, unregistered vehicles uncovered here in Alfa Beta land today!!


Not a car this time, but two MZ motorcycles a TS 150 and TS 125, both from 1980. Brand new and unused (but seized up over time - a fact you discover very quickly when you try to push the things!!)


As far as I know MZ were East German and these bikes are two-stroke. I've found an owner's club on google where I will try and get more background and hopefully establish a value for the bikes.


I've no intention of keeping these but neither have I much of an idea as to their worth. If anyone here can help with knowledge / advice that would be fab. And if you can't, well, here are some pics anyway!!


(Posting here coz I don't see a Classic Bikes sub forum on boards - and coz I got such a lovely response from everyone regarding the original post about the peugeot ( --- which btw is wrapped up again for the time being due to too much else to do in the near future!!)


Cheers,
AB.

Gadgetman496

alfa beta wrote: »

More 40-year old, new, unregistered vehicles uncovered here in Alfa Beta land today!!


Not a car this time, but two MZ motorcycles a TS 150 and TS 125, both from 1980. Brand new and unused (but seized up over time - a fact you discover very quickly when you try to push the things!!)


As far as I know MZ were East German and these bikes are two-stroke. I've found an owner's club on google where I will try and get more background and hopefully establish a value for the bikes.


I've no intention of keeping these but neither have I much of an idea as to their worth. If anyone here can help with knowledge / advice that would be fab. And if you can't, well, here are some pics anyway!!


(Posting here coz I don't see a Classic Bikes sub forum on boards - and coz I got such a lovely response from everyone regarding the original post about the peugeot ( --- which btw is wrapped up again for the time being due to too much else to do in the near future!!)


Cheers,
AB.

Were these your Dad's too?

alfa beta

Yeah - but unlike the Peugeot he wouldn't have bought these for his personal use - they'd have been bought to sell on.



He never sold them though.



He was a hoarder at heart and the words 'stock turnover' weren't really that popular in his vocabulary

FrancieBrady

alfa beta wrote: »

More 40-year old, new, unregistered vehicles uncovered here in Alfa Beta land today!!


Not a car this time, but two MZ motorcycles a TS 150 and TS 125, both from 1980. Brand new and unused (but seized up over time - a fact you discover very quickly when you try to push the things!!)


As far as I know MZ were East German and these bikes are two-stroke. I've found an owner's club on google where I will try and get more background and hopefully establish a value for the bikes.


I've no intention of keeping these but neither have I much of an idea as to their worth. If anyone here can help with knowledge / advice that would be fab. And if you can't, well, here are some pics anyway!!


(Posting here coz I don't see a Classic Bikes sub forum on boards - and coz I got such a lovely response from everyone regarding the original post about the peugeot ( --- which btw is wrapped up again for the time being due to too much else to do in the near future!!)


Cheers,
AB.

What's in the boxes???

alfa beta

Fine Bone China Tea and Dinner Sets!!!

Very soon to appear on Ebay, Donedeal, Adverts, FB marketolace and wherever else I can flog the things ..... (all proceeds going to the charities the old man was involved in though)

Dardania

alfa beta wrote: »

Fine Bone China Tea and Dinner Sets!!!

Very soon to appear on Ebay, Donedeal, Adverts, FB marketolace and wherever else I can flog the things ..... (all proceeds going to the charities the old man was involved in though)

Lovely tribute to do that

CoBo55

I thought all proceeds from anything sold belong to the estate.

FFVII

CoBo55 wrote: »

I thought all proceeds from anything sold belong to the estate.

OP should keep.

Give 5%

SomethingElse

alfa beta wrote: »

More 40-year old, new, unregistered vehicles uncovered here in Alfa Beta land today!!


Not a car this time, but two MZ motorcycles a TS 150 and TS 125, both from 1980. Brand new and unused (but seized up over time - a fact you discover very quickly when you try to push the things!!)


As far as I know MZ were East German and these bikes are two-stroke. I've found an owner's club on google where I will try and get more background and hopefully establish a value for the bikes.


I've no intention of keeping these but neither have I much of an idea as to their worth. If anyone here can help with knowledge / advice that would be fab. And if you can't, well, here are some pics anyway!!


(Posting here coz I don't see a Classic Bikes sub forum on boards - and coz I got such a lovely response from everyone regarding the original post about the peugeot ( --- which btw is wrapped up again for the time being due to too much else to do in the near future!!)


Cheers,
AB.

Would be lovely for travelling up to the All-Ireland on.

Bigus

Regarding the bikes these lads are gentlemen, will sell them on commission.

http://www.cbb.ie/

salmocab

CoBo55 wrote: »

I thought all proceeds from anything sold belong to the estate.

Think the op said earlier in the thread his mum is alive so presumably it’s all hers now and I doubt he’s flogging it without telling her.

FFVII

CoBo55 wrote: »

I thought all proceeds from anything sold belong to the estate.

OP should keep.

Give 5%

alfa beta

salmo is on the ball ..... everything was left to my mum .... but as you can imagine it's a bit overwhelming to have to deal with all this kind of stuff when it suddenly lands on you, so I'm working through everything with her to sort out the stuff he left behind and use it to benefit the charities he was close to

salmocab

alfa beta wrote: »

salmo is on the ball ..... everything was left to my mum .... but as you can imagine it's a bit overwhelming to have to deal with all this kind of stuff when it suddenly lands on you, so I'm working through everything with her to sort out the stuff he left behind and use it to benefit the charities he was close to

There’s an episode of one of those shows wherre people come in and mooch through your stuff on daytime tv in that shed

brav

salmocab wrote: »

There’s an episode of one of those shows wherre people come in and mooch through your stuff on daytime tv in that shed

An episode? More like a season of shows in there I’d say

TheRiverman

salmocab wrote: »

There’s an episode of one of those shows wherre people come in and mooch through your stuff on daytime tv in that shed

Probably one of Henry Cole's shows,Shed &Buried,Find It Fix It Flog It,Find It Fix It Drive It,or Junk & Disorderly.

maebee

I have zero interest in cars/motorbikes etc. but I stumbled on this thread today and enjoyed every page of it. What a find it was! Thanks for this AB and the best of luck in your endeavors.

swarlb

alfa beta wrote: »

Yeah - but unlike the Peugeot he wouldn't have bought these for his personal use - they'd have been bought to sell on.



He never sold them though.



He was a hoarder at heart and the words 'stock turnover' weren't really that popular in his vocabulary

...

Markcheese

Don't give up on the bikes , they're seized now ,but probably possible for them to be worked free ... And Eastern European stuff is probably relatively easy to work on...