Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

thegen

Spotted this in Nutgrove SC car park. Talked to the driver and he told me its going back to Germany for a full rebuild. Its original owner was MD of CRH Holdings.

davoxx

thegen wrote: »

Spotted this in Nutgrove SC car park. Talked to the driver and he told me its going back to Germany for a full rebuild. Its original owner was MD of CRH Holdings.

drool ..... what year would that be?

thegen

Not sure, one of the lads here will know. It is not on Cartell.

Dades

thegen wrote: »

Spotted this in Nutgrove SC car park. Talked to the driver and he told me its going back to Germany for a full rebuild. Its original owner was MD of CRH Holdings.

They'd want to wind that rear window up!

Looks mad with the pimp-my-ride low ride look going on.

Max_Damage

Spotted these in Nutgrove shopping centre car park too earlier on:

BMW M535i Automatic:


Pontiac Sunfire (Ok, so it's not a classic, but they're rare enough here):


Seems that Nutgrove is the best place for rare and unique vehicle spotting!

thegen

Must be the death of the Celtic Tiger, cant afford to upgrade;)

Big Nasty

Jaysus - you're never out of Nutgrove SC Max Damage! :eek::p:D

Max_Damage

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Jaysus - you're never out of Nutgrove SC Max Damage! :eek::p:D

Free parking!

Dades

^^ That's a lovely looking Beemer.

Owner must be waiting for it's 30th to VRT it. (1986?)

Kevin_Herron

Ali Babba wrote: »

It was indeed, sold new out of O'Heas garage in Cork, a well known getaway car for a while anyway..........

It was also the first twelve cylinder E-Type sold new in Ireland!
The car is still around and now lives in Dublin.

Ali Babba

Je$us Kevin, you're a world or knowledge, if you're not writing a book on all this stuff you should be, you'd sell loads on here alone..........

Esel

davoxx wrote: »

drool ..... what year would that be?

Pretty sure GZU nnn is 1969.

rugbyman

esel wrote: »

Pretty sure GZU nnn is 1969.

Correct
I had HZU 454 a Triumph 2000 estate in or around 1974, cost about 200 Pounds.
Happy days
Rugbyman

Lived in Dublin in 1969 and the zu s were the one, followed by the ik, ri 4 digit regs

G Luxel

Max_Damage wrote: »

I wonder how many times the gardai pull in cars like this because it looks older than its regd...probably happens other cars....

Max_Damage

G Luxel wrote: »

I wonder how many times the gardai pull in cars like this because it looks older than its regd...probably happens other cars....

I remember hearing before (can't remember where) that someone who owned a CitiGolf got constantly pulled in by the law!

KingIsabella

The Reg caught my eye.

Max_Damage

Remember when these used to common place? :

carchaeologist

With the slightly antiquated nowadays procon ten safety system.

Marlow

carchaeologist wrote: »

With the slightly antiquated nowadays procon ten safety system.

Was top notch back then. Mine has it, too It's funny, when you get back into a car that old and these "phrases" pop up in the manual. Suddenly you recall advertisements etc. from that time.

/M

Dades

Max_Damage wrote: »

Remember when these used to common place? :

I drove a bog standard 1989 1.8E for years - absolutely loved it. Head gasket went on it due to my own negligence.

It's true they were everywhere and suddenly they were all gone.

Max_Damage

It's true they were everywhere and suddenly they were all gone.

Indeed, seeing this one got me thinking of the last time I saw one here.

And only 5 - 6 years ago they were still fairly common.

VolvoMan

Max_Damage wrote: »

Indeed, seeing this one got me thinking of the last time I saw one here.

I saw an '88 one in traffic at the crossroads of the Stillorgan dual carriageway about two weeks ago. It looked tatty and stunk of petrol but still appeared to be going strong. Funnily enough, it was the second one I saw that day.

Max_Damage

Ali Babba

I hate to see classics used as props just left to rot, what's with the reg numbers ffs.........

Dades

That car at least has been there for years.

Gary ITR

They've been there quite some time, both look very much beyond repair too, here it is parked next to my current speed machine, also the bus in the background is being left to rot too

G Luxel

That bus doesnt look like a original CIE bus..:(

RichyX

Ali Babba wrote: »

I hate to see classics used as props just left to rot, what's with the reg numbers ffs.........

The Bedford could also get a mention in the bad parking topic on the regular motors forum.

Ali Babba

RichyX wrote: »

The Bedford could also get a mention in the bad parking topic on the regular motors forum.

It's not the only one, nice bit of parking by Onkle too.;)

Max_Damage

Ali Babba wrote: »

It's not the only one, nice bit of parking by Onkle too.;)

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!