Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

antodeco

carchaeologist

^Vauxhall Victor?

antodeco

carchaeologist wrote: »

^Vauxhall Victor?

Very one! Was just before the Walkinstown Roundabout

Tomebagel

antodeco wrote: »

nice:D

Lauder

From this week around Clontarf

jrar

Saw a Nissan Cedric 220DX in Naas y'day on ZV plates - no photo unfortunately !

245

jrar wrote: »

Saw a Nissan Cedric 220DX in Naas y'day on ZV plates - no photo unfortunately !

It was in Newbridge the previous day - no photo either

Wishbone Ash

cian1500ww

That trucks a beauty, where'd you spot it ?

Wishbone Ash

cian1500ww wrote: »

That trucks a beauty, where'd you spot it ?

I pictured it before here when it was at a show but I happened to spot in 'in public' recently. it's owned by the WM McGuinness haulage family in Rush, Co Dublin. It's very rare. IIRC, only 3 are known to exist in the world.

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

IIRC, only 3 are known to exist in the world.

Well not exactly - I just Googled it and came up with this from Irish Vintage Scene magazine - April 2009.

An original-Irish RHD tractor unit, this orange beauty is the only one of its type thought to be ever sold in Ireland or the UK, and is one of only a handful left in its native Europe. Andrew meets up with its owner, Cyril McGuinness from Rush, Co. Dublin, to find out more.

Still pretty rare all the same!

Slidey

Something very similar landed in the garage a few years ago. It wasn't a tractor unit though and I believe it came from South America

unkel

We had another first gen Civic Hondamatic in this thread before (I think it was 70s brown). It has a 2sp autobox

Blue850

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Well not exactly - I just Googled it and came up with this from Irish Vintage Scene magazine - April 2009.


Still pretty rare all the same!

The Mercedes is on a ZV reg because it was never registered when new, it ran on trade plates for years hauling a car transporter.

Wishbone Ash

Blue850 wrote: »

The Mercedes is on a ZV reg because it was never registered when new, it ran on trade plates for years hauling a car transporter.

In the ROI?

(As an aside, there appeared to be only two suzies on it. Would this have been the norm with older tractor units?)

Blue850

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

In the ROI?

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Yeah, it was run by Denis O'Mahony's the Mercedes and Toyota distributor from 1968, it carried cars from Dublin Port to their compound, its a rare truck because most Merc 911s were rigids, its thought to be the only RHD artic unit built,and maybe one of 6 or so left artic units left in Europe,

This is all from the Irish Vintage Scene article from April 2009.

Wishbone Ash

Blue850 wrote: »

Yeah, it was run by Denis O'Mahony's the Mercedes and Toyota distributor from 1968, it carried cars from Dublin Port to their compound, its a rare truck because most Merc 911s were rigids, its thought to be the only RHD artic unit built,and maybe one of 6 or so left artic units left in Europe,

Very interesting - thanks for that.

Blue850 wrote:

This is all from the Irish Vintage Scene article from April 2009.

The bit I Googled only gave me a couple of lines.

carchaeologist

it was run by Denis O'Mahony's the Mercedes and Toyota distributor from 1968, it carried cars from Dublin Port to their compound

I can vouch for this as i met the owner at a show a few years back and he told me the very same story.It was only put on ZVs in the last couple of years.
A lovely example.

Slidey

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

In the ROI?

(As an aside, there appeared to be only two suzies on it. Would this have been the norm with older tractor units?)

Actually the norm with older tractor units would be 3 (air) susies (+1 electric)

Modern tractor units and trailers have 2 air lines, supply and service only.

Wishbone Ash

Slidey wrote: »

Actually the norm with older tractor units would be 3 (air) susies

What was the 3rd one for?

macplaxton

Not being old enough to remember, I had to look it up. I knew it was blue though...

Red for the emergency brake.
Yellow for the service brake.
Blue for the auxiliary brake.

hi5

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I pictured it before here when it was at a show but I happened to spot in 'in public' recently. it's owned by the WM McGuinness haulage family in Rush, Co Dublin. It's very rare. IIRC, only 3 are known to exist in the world.

Byrnes Transport in Kilkenny(now gone) had at least one back in the 70s-early 80s and they were artics too.
In fact one still exists in need of restoration,I know a guy trying to buy it.
But one interesting thing about it is the reg no "1ip" how cool is that;)

Wishbone Ash

hi5 wrote: »

But one interesting thing about it is the reg no "1ip" how cool is that;)

Issued in July 1974.

Hermy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

cian1500ww wrote: »

That trucks a beauty...

A big ten four!
A big +1!

Wishbone Ash

'77 Beetle spotted in Dublin 8.



EDIT: Was this a used import or were they still making Beetles in '77?

carchaeologist

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

'77 Beetle spotted in Dublin 8.
EDIT: Was this a used import or were they still making Beetles in '77?

Probably original,thats a June reg,mine is irish and its November 1977.

Dades

A couple of pics I had on my phone (click for large versions):

Dub Laoghaire last week:


IKEA yesterday:

Hermy

voteforpedro wrote: »

couldn't catch what this was

Anyone know what this is?

okistag

Hermy wrote: »

Anyone know what this is?

it looks like a Sunbeam Rapier to me

Big Nasty

Hermy wrote: »

Anyone know what this is?

Design looks Ford, wheels look GM from mid 70's. Australian variant?