Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

carchaeologist

Saw a 6series BMW yesterday, reg RZR 8,anyone know it?

Max_Damage

Today's sightings:

carchaeologist

You dont see one for years,then three come along at once..all liftbacks too. The Gold one is particularly clean. I prefer the round headlamps on the pre facelift cars.

carchaeologist

Was this a caddy fleetwood?

Blue850

carchaeologist wrote: »

You dont see one for years,then three come along at once..all liftbacks too. The Gold one is particularly clean. I prefer the round headlamps on the pre facelift cars.

I could have bought a 1980 tax book for 1 of them today at the autojumble in tougher's:rolleyes:

Kevin_Herron

It was a lovely number aswell wasnt it?

carchaeologist

Sher an '80 book is no good,you would have to NCT it then...:p

Blue850

sure was;)
Did you see Bob Montgomery's new book about Jim Boland's collection?

Kevin_Herron

I did, I bought a copy of it.
Nice to have.

I Was VB

Max_Damage wrote: »

Today's sightings:

Man i love old JDM saloons that are still rumbling around! Looks to be a Diesel too.

Basil Fawlty

I Was VB wrote: »

Man i love old JDM saloons that are still rumbling around! Looks to be a Diesel too.

Thats an awful car. I cant wait till the new year when the last of those jap import era cars are gone.

I Was VB

ciarancapri wrote: »

Thats an awful car. I cant wait till the new year when the last of those jap import era cars are gone.

Why will they be gone?

I'm not gonna reply to the rest of your post, each to thier own and all that.

carchaeologist

I Was VB wrote: »

Why will they be gone?

I guess he means the nine year taxi rule. Most of those big JDM cars were taxis.

Max_Damage

Man i love old JDM saloons that are still rumbling around! Looks to be a Diesel too.

You'd be right, it is a diesel.

Thats an awful car. I cant wait till the new year when the last of those jap import era cars are gone.

That one in the picture is not a taxi.

Blue850

Spots from the carpark at the autojumble on in Toughers, Naas today.

Blue850

some more

Silvera

Blue850 wrote: »

I could have bought a 1980 tax book for 1 of them today at the autojumble in tougher's:rolleyes:

Spotted that too! Nice reg - '1 N**'.
Would have liked to buy it for posterity (not the usual use such tax books are put to!:rolleyes:)

Was gonna ask the seller how much...but reckoned he would probably want at least c.€50-€100 for it. (rather than my €10-20:D

Bought a few nice 'CAR' (1980's) mags instead;)

Blue850

Silvera wrote: »

Spotted that too! Nice reg - '1 N**'.
Would have liked to buy it for posterity (not the usual use such tax books are put to!:rolleyes:)

Was gonna ask the seller how much...but reckoned he would probably want at least c.€50-€100 for it. (rather than my €10-20:D

Bought a few nice 'CAR' (1980's) mags instead;)

Picked up a few CAR mags too, including a copy of the very first magazine I ever bought in 1985 with a Ferrari 288 GTO on the cover

TigerTim

Love the last pic of MK3 Cortina. Same colour/model as my Dad's one that I learned to drive in. Father bought it from a guy who worked in Ford factory in Cork. Had a 1600cc engine but interior & trim from a 2 litre GXL. Bit like the Johnny Cash song. Really loved that car.

T.

G Luxel

carchaeologist wrote: »

Was this a caddy fleetwood?

Yes it is,,,,,,:mad: looks like a 74-76 model with no vinyl roof and I wonder when the picture was taken.....

Basil Fawlty

Max_Damage wrote: »

You'd be right, it is a diesel.



That one in the picture is not a taxi.

Exactly! I shall never be forced to get into it when it is the first car in the taxi rank.

I Was VB

ciarancapri wrote: »

Exactly! I shall never be forced to get into it when it is the first car in the taxi rank.

This thread has nothing to do with taxis or the nine year rule.

Dades

Blue850 wrote: »

Picked up a few CAR mags too, including a copy of the very first magazine I ever bought in 1985 with a Ferrari 288 GTO on the cover

I had that one too!

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

Yes it is,,,,,,:mad: looks like a 74-76 model with no vinyl roof and I wonder when the picture was taken.....

Id say approx 20 years ago. It was taken at Wimbeldon i think. George Polleys van is in the background.

rugbyman

See that red celica, 17 years ago my pal had one of those. i remember it cost 800 euro to do the timing chain on it.
Anyhow he gave it to me for nothing, after a year in my drive I gave in to my wife and dumped it. yes I know,i know!
a few weeks later I saw an ad in a UK mag looking for a 5 speed gearbox offering 125 Pounds. Ah well


Rugbyman

VolvoMan

ciarancapri wrote: »

Thats an awful car. I cant wait till the new year when the last of those jap import era cars are gone.

I Was VB wrote: »

Why will they be gone?

I'm not gonna reply to the rest of your post, each to thier own and all that.

Listen, it is an awful car. But that's why we love it!:D

I Was VB

VolvoMan wrote: »

Listen, it is an awful car. But that's why we love it!:D

Exactly!!

G Luxel

Saw this Wolseley yesterday.......



nice.....:)

kwalshe

ep71

spotted in castlebar friday night