Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

si_guru

mountain wrote: »

Skoda seen in Cork Airport,

I want that!

G Luxel

Bedford Horsebox - original Irish vehicle.



Series 3 Land Rover....

Do-more

1959 Oldsmobile Super 888

corktina

mountain wrote: »

Skoda seen in Cork Airport,

thats good hillclmbing....:D

mountain

corktina wrote: »

thats good hillclmbing....:D

it was the right way up on my pc, dont know what happned, apologies to any one with a crick in their neck......

Tommyboy40

franksm wrote: »

Oh yeah, and the Red Bull truck in Malahide on Saturday. Awesome noise off this thing, looks like fun

It,s got range rover running gear and box

hi5

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

It,s got range rover running gear and box

Theres 2 of them, 44 D 20 and 45 D 20,they still use the Dodge chassis.



http://eastcoastcustomsonline.co.uk/flash/Promotional/promotional/Redbull/Redbull.html

bijapos

Saw this very well kept Beetle in Monkstown today with full ladybird livery.

Muckie

Came across this Fiesta in Citywest today.

Diabhalta

si_guru wrote: »

I want that!

I can ensure you, that you would get sick of it very soon (i had this car in Czech for like 2 years) :-)) ... it's loud, slow and in hot weather when you're stuck in slow traffic the engine is overheating :-))) ... on the other hand to maintain this car you need just two screwdrivers and some spanners..

I saw this Skoda Estelle Rapid on South Ring last year.. 11th of November 2010.. Like new condition.. 1989 was the last year of production.. in late 2008/early 2009 i saw the same one in brown in Cork, but it was in rough condition, so who knows where it is now.. probably scrapped..

VolvoMan

I think I saw that Fiesta in Enniskerry last weekend.

si_guru

Diabhalta wrote: »

I can ensure you, that you would get sick of it very soon (i had this car in Czech for like 2 years) :-)) ... it's loud, slow and in hot weather when you're stuck in slow traffic the engine is overheating :-))) ... on the other hand to maintain this car you need just two screwdrivers and some spanners..

I saw this Skoda Estelle Rapid on South Ring last year.. 11th of November 2010.. Like new condition.. 1989 was the last year of production.. in late 2008/early 2009 i saw the same one in brown in Cork, but it was in rough condition, so who knows where it is now.. probably scrapped..

Now your just teasing me.. I would like both of them. Just to polish and use on a weekend.

I remember these motors beng commonplace in the UK. But this was back in the days when Skoda was a joke. I often get out to Czech myself, but even there they are not such a common thing now. In Prague you never see any of them - you need to get to the smaller towns.

Diabhalta

You won't see them in Prague really... They are not practical, because the boot is very small and the car just won't keep up with the newer cars... People simply got rid of them, but as you say they are still in the rest of the country in smaller towns... Numbers are very small though.

And there is one more thing, and that is the safety. These cars are everything but not safe. It's not just because there is no engine in front, but the metal isn't the thickest and if you add some corrosion and hit a solid obstacle even in low speed you can be sure that you're in big trouble.

Don't mind the text, just have a look at the pictures:

http://www.novinky.cz/krimi/237793-mladik-si-vyzvedl-ridicak-a-pri-ceste-na-koupani-zabil-v-aute-dva-kamarady.html

... This happened couple of months ago somewhere in Czech. 5 teenagers and driver with fresh licence slid of the road and hit a tree. Two of them didn't make it...

bijapos

Saw this P5 in Dublin today. One of the last built judging by the reg.

Do-more

Passed this on motorway in Denmark yesterday.

Marty McFly

Saw this yesterday at southside motor factors on Kylemore Road Dublin.

chevyv8

i seen this merc yesterday in molesworth street, and the bus a few months back on stephens green, ,, . . :cool::cool:

Marty McFly

Anyone else see the old minibus on the M50 yesterday? Spotless looking couldnt get a pic dint fancy trying to take a pic while driving on the M50:) looked similar to this.

Do-more

luvbulmers01 wrote: »

Anyone else see the old minibus on the M50 yesterday? Spotless looking couldnt get a pic dint fancy trying to take a pic while driving on the M50:) looked similar to this.

Is that old? or is it one of those repo's with transit running gear?

[edit] answered my own question by checking cartell, it's registered as a Ford Transit Popular.

Do-more

My landlord arrived up to his summer house across the street from ours in this earlier today.





It belonged to his father from new in 1962 and then passed to him. He's had it at his other summer house in Spain for 18 years so it is rust free, brought it back and recently had it restored. Looks well although the paint looks a little heavy in places.

carchaeologist

Do-more wrote: »

Is that old? or is it one of those repo's with transit running gear?

[edit] answered my own question by checking cartell, it's registered as a Ford Transit Popular.

Some of these are called Asquiths, which were the body builders I guess?

johnos1984

There will be a nice series 1 Midas Gold Rover SD1 heading down the M7 later on today.

Used to be mine 12 months ago

mk2

Hermy

Do-more wrote: »

Anyone know what it is?

Esel

^ I'm guessing a Beetle?

Edit: Doh!

salysol

Do-more wrote: »

Passed this on motorway in Denmark yesterday.

an old renault,can't think of the model.
always wanted 1

mk2

bijapos

Its a Renault 4CV. Once Frances biggest selling car i think a few were also assembled here at one point. Typical of cars at the time was the attention to detail in the design. saw this one a few weeks ago.

hi5

mk2 wrote: »

An Opel Mantona:)

Hermy

Thanks for the pics bijapos.
Lovely car and not unlike the Beetle.:p