Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

jrar

atlantean wrote: »

It is a UK registration — Date First Registered in the UK 04/05/2007

Atlantean, you obviously have some definitive information re:this plate - I'm just somewhat surprised that a UK reg. would have the letter "I" in it as a serial as "I" and "Q" (and previously "Z") never appeared as serials (or year letters) on UK regs. in the past - has there been a change of policy ?

Slidey

I dont believe it is a UK vehicle, it doesn't appear when entered on mycarcheck.com, Link

Was NI ever an Irish reg pre 86?

manta356

When checked on Motorcheck Uk section it comes up as Massey Ferguson,it's a NI reg

https://www.motorcheck.ie/free-car-check/qni3188

atlantean

Slidey wrote: »

I dont believe it is a UK vehicle, it doesn't appear when entered on mycarcheck.com, Link

Was NI ever an Irish reg pre 86?

NI was assigned to Wicklow pre 87!

As for QNI3188 — DVLA have this listing against it!

UK RESULT

TECHNICAL DETAILS

VRM: QNI3188 VIN Serial Number: BEL02360805070001
Make: UNKNOWN Model: UNKNOWN
BodyType: AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR Colour: RED AND GREY
Date First Registered in the UK 04/05/2007 Year of Manufacture: 2007
Transmission: UNKNOWN Engine Number: NOT STATED
Engine Capacity: 0 Fuel: DIESEL
Co2 Emission:

QNI is a Re-registration within Northern Ireland!

carchaeologist

Is it Q,as in re registered/kit car,and NI as in northern ireland?

It that what the QNI means?

I havnt heard of it before though?

carchaeologist

Registration:QNI3199Description:Mitsubishi Shogun GLS TD SWBBody Type:EstateColour:RedFuel Type:DieselTransmission:Manual

Registration:QNI3200Description:Massey Ferguson Body Type:Agric MachineColour:Red/greyFuel Type:DieselTransmission:Not Available

Registration:QNI3187Description:JCB Body Type:Special PurposeColour:Yellow/whiteFuel Type:DieselTransmission:Not Available

As a comparison....

atlantean

carchaeologist wrote: »

Is it Q,as in re registered/kit car,and NI as in northern ireland?

It that what the QNI means?

Not sure how it works — AFAIK it is used when a vehicle that was previously registered in Northern Ireland is reregistered in Northern Ireland! In Britain the "Q" was sometimes used when a vehicle was stolen and the original identity was lost!

otis

Tidy mayo reg Minor Van in B&Q limerick this afternoon

carchaeologist

Nice and original looking ^

jrar

carchaeologist wrote: »

Is it Q,as in re registered/kit car,and NI as in northern ireland?

It that what the QNI means?

I havnt heard of it before though?

Referred this to a contact in the UK who's an authority on UK plates - here's his response.............

This is a useful report of what I believe is the highest QNI sighting to date.

QNI 3188 appears on most of the commercial web databases with a variety of descriptive details (viz. AutoCheck, Auto Trader, Cartell, HPI, 1stChoice) but not on Mycarcheck and, surprisingly, when I looked a few moments ago, not on the one provided by DVLA. (That is in fact what I would have expected, as DVLA and DVA[formerly DVLNI] haven't yet merged their respective databases; the commercial sites must, I think, have access to both sets of records, so it can be frustrating if you want more detailed info on NI marks, as DVA doesn't offer a public enquiry service.) I also found it on http://www.motorcheck.ie/ (despite the fact that the field for entry of the registration was prefixed by an IRL Euroband); MotorCheck UK appears to be an unrelated site for finding vehicles for sale.

As for the regulations on QNI marks, they are indeed the NI equivalent of Q-prefix marks in GB. The DVA's leaflet INF26 may be worth reading: http://www.dvlni.gov.uk/vehicles/vehicle_forms/INF26.pdf. It confirms that QNI is 'issued to vehicles of indeterminate origin, where the age or identity of the vehicle is in doubt'. As with Q-prefixed GB vehicles, older QNIs with components made in different years are not eligible for tax exemption, even if all parts pre-date the usual qualifying date of 1.1.1973. I assume that the 'year of manufacture' coincides with the date of first registration in QNI because a new vehicle has effectively been created, from a variety of previously 'inert' or even written-off components.

The previously noted high was QNI 3061, on a '1962 Massey-Ferguson 35' tractor, described thus in a rally programme, although clearly 1962 is likely to have been the year claimed by its owner, perhaps harking back to the manufacture of its oldest verifiable component(s).

jrar

Slidey wrote: »

I saw Massey Ferguson today and while it was hardly a classic it had, to my mind anyway, a strange reg.

QNI3188

I thought it might be a UK plate but it turns up on cartell in the irish section. It is the Q part that foxed me.

I thought it was only used in the UK for kit cars and stolen recovered yokes

Can anyone shed some light on it?

Slidey, any chance of a photo of this QNI plate or was it a "once-off" sighting whilst in transit etc. ?

Slidey

jrar wrote: »

Referred this to a contact in the UK who's an

Thanks for that jrar.

jrar wrote: »

Slidey, any chance of a photo of this QNI plate or was it a "once-off" sighting whilst in transit etc. ?

Nah, I was in a golf :pac:

Spotted it at a filling station in Ballinacarrow, Co Sligo. IIRC it was a Massey Ferguson 135 so it probably wasn't down from Fermanagh for the day.

I will keep my eyes peeled for it and if I do see it will take a snap.

gfwd

On the train from Lusk to Pearse this morning and spotted a Merc (Pagoda, white) in a garage storage yard opposite Sweeney Forte on the Howth Road. You won't see it from the road. Looks like it hasn't moved in a while. Boot looks to have some sort of mossy covering on it. May have been under a tree for a while?

Also spotted 3 Minis in a yard beside the canal, in the Crosbies yard area. A red City on the back of a truck minus its wheels and the other 2 parked side by side alongside it. Sorry, no pics.

carchaeologist

This 1975 photo of cars awaiting export illustrates the rapid growth of the Japanese export economy after World War Two. The Japanese economy was booming, partially fueled by exports to the United States, US purchases of materials for the Vietnam War, and a rapid increase in exports of smaller, more fuel efficient cars as a result of the rapid increase in gas prices in the early 1970s.

This picture shows a pier filled with Japanese cars awaiting export from a port in Yokohama. March 2, 1975

http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/export_cars

jozi

I seen a Vauxhall Viscount earlier today near Phibsboro, ZV plate but don't remember the exact reg. Not a bad looking yoke

atlantean

carchaeologist wrote: »

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This picture shows a pier filled with Japanese cars awaiting export from a port in Yokohama. March 2, 1975

http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/export_cars

That is such a cool photo!

junkyard

The silver one second row in on the right looks nice, is it a Datsun Cherry Coupe? Great photo by the way.

adunis

Doubtless this will upset some people heres my 1978 4DOOR Range Rover.Its regretably running a 200Tdi 'cos I just couldn't keep pouring petrol into the v8.

artic

atlantean wrote: »

That is such a cool photo!

If you look closely you can see rust starting to form !::p

adunis

EXCUSE ME !!!!!!!!,thats not rust .........its aluminium oxide !

PanhardPL

Lets see a photo of the 2 door Commercial Range Rover, very few were sold here in Ireland.

Landyaddict

adunis wrote: »

Doubtless this will upset some people heres my 1978 4DOOR Range Rover.Its regretably running a 200Tdi 'cos I just couldn't keep pouring petrol into the v8.

Did you do a body swop??? the 78 was a 2 door.
Lovely looking, and sure putting in the 200 TDi makes for better fuel economy.
I miss my Range Rover.

Landy

carchaeologist

junkyard wrote: »

The silver one second row in on the right looks nice, is it a Datsun Cherry Coupe? Great photo by the way.

It is,very rare nowadays,if anyone knows of one PM me.
Theres just one left roadworthy in england,though i suspect theres more hiding in sheds.

adunis

This ones for you Panhard,its not Irish and wasn't a van originally and had a Diahatsu in it,Yes Landy I did the body ('85 I Think )and engine swap and an axle swap and a steering box swap and gearbox rebuild and various other bits of B@ll@kin' around myself see blue yoke and various other ones that I dont have pics of I just wish I had kept more spare bits !!!! JCB is a useful tool,the astute among you may notice the attractive Opel Tigra paint also ! it used to be Blue once upon a time,and red and green and white havent found any other colours yet !!!!!,and if anybody wants to question the legality of it all YET AGAIN can I direct them to my local Revenue officer please and thanks.must post pics of my Manta A sometime,and my ex MGB GT and Alfa GTV.

gn3dr

adunis wrote: »

This ones for you Panhard,its not Irish and wasn't a van originally and had a Diahatsu in it,Yes Landy I did the body ('85 I Think )and engine swap and an axle swap and a steering box swap and gearbox rebuild and various other bits of B@ll@kin' around myself see blue yoke and various other ones that I dont have pics of I just wish I had kept more spare bits !!!! JCB is a useful tool,the astute among you may notice the attractive Opel Tigra paint also ! it used to be Blue once upon a time,and red and green and white havent found any other colours yet !!!!!,and if anybody wants to question the legality of it all YET AGAIN can I direct them to my local Revenue officer please and thanks.must post pics of my Manta A sometime,and my ex MGB GT and Alfa GTV.

I know where you're coming from - I'm in the middle of a body swap onto an early chassis as well and what people dont; realise is that it's usually necessary anyway because any modern (i.e. 80's or 90's ) Range Rover Classic will probably be rusty as hell anyway.


I hate to see 2 doors bobtailed though - they're too rare now for that - plent of 4 door rotters to do that to!

Lauder

Spotted this Escort on the Photography Forum. Delish

http://www.pmcgphotos.com/automotive/1300e-by-the-sea.html

Big Nasty

Lauder wrote: »

Spotted this Escort on the Photography Forum. Delish

http://www.pmcgphotos.com/automotive/1300e-by-the-sea.html

That's one serious minter!

adunis

I'd LOVE a nice 2 door but my pockets aren't deep enough,methinks we'll have to start a arangie thread soon and stop hujacking this one apologies to all

CharlieCroker

A few that were on the phone for the last while:

shagman

The orange van is a fiat Amigo thats owned by a friend of a friend. I posted up photos of it before from the day we painted it ( done with spraycans by some of Irelands best graff' artists ).