Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Hermy

Maybe this one's been mentioned before but on the subject of Irish 600's does this count?

Hearse 1

porsche959 wrote: »

That wasn't my recollection having seen the car on numerous occasions parked outside an office I used to work in late 90s - but given your obvious knowledge well defer to ya just this once.

As seen in members car park at Goodwood Revival in Sept 2011...

manta mad

John o Rourkes Opel GT is finaly finished and on display in his dealership FMautocentre carlow ....



nice to see this one fully restored and back in action :cool:

MercMad

That white 600 is one of the imports I referred to earlier. The 4 that were sold/ reg'd new in Ireland were 3 SWB and not sure about the Cork car as I never saw it.

Crowley had GZU at one point, when it looked very sad and I know one of the others was bought as a parts car.

I will dig out my pictures of the 600's when I get the chance.

That Opel GT is superb, is it a 1.9 or the standard one ?

MercMad

The 55KK Gulwing is not only used in this weather it is regularly driven to the continent and raced. It's a properly sorted car restored by Kienle. The owner also has a 630K which has featured in several magazines.

Blue850

Anyone know the history of this one, when was it reg'd here?

w124man

Hearse 1 wrote: »

As seen in members car park at Goodwood Revival in Sept 2011...

This is the one that was sold to the UK.

As regards the 600 two door coupe, there were two made as prototype vehicles and used to evaluate various options. When they finished being evaluated they were refurbed and given to the two directors in charge of the project. One was crashed and never repaired and eventually the other was sold to the States.
I believe there were three hearses made.

Type 17

Blue850 wrote: »

Anyone know the history of this one, when was it reg'd here?

Don't know the history, but the reg is Dublin, around 1975/6

Anan1

Type 17 wrote: »

Don't know the history, but the reg is Dublin, around 1975/6

+1, from memory we had 216 VYI on a 1976 280SE.

Dades

Blue850 wrote: »

What's the blue car beside this, Blue850?

I thought it was my long-lost Fiat Spider but now I see it's not (right hooker for a start!). Is it a Sunbeam?

Diabhalta

manta mad wrote: »

John o Rourkes Opel GT is finaly finished and on display in his dealership FMautocentre carlow ....

so fugly ... looks like a baby vette (what engine is in this? 1.6? )

kasper

mywheels.ie has it down as a 1.9

68deville

that opel was marketed as a buick in the US at the same time,does anybody remember Hills of Arlow the Opel dealer having a white GT
in its showrooms in the 80s?

w124man

They still do. I saw it there not so long ago

w124man

Blue850 wrote: »

Anyone know the history of this one, when was it reg'd here?

Deffo an import ....

kev1.3s

w124man wrote: »

They still do. I saw it there not so long ago

But it was red! Ferrybank motors in wexford had a white one.

mountain

Been meaning to upload this for a while,

the shape of volvos didnt change a whole lot in 20 years.....

toastedpickles

mountain wrote: »

Been meaning to upload this for a while,

the shape of volvos didnt change a whole lot in 20 years.....

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Blue850

PZO 200 makes the front cover of this month's Mercedes Enthusiast mag, under its new UK reg.

11wingnut

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pontoon rally 2011 a good weekend made better by winning.

w124man

11wingnut wrote: »

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pontoon rally 2011 a good weekend made better by winning.

Beautiful cars, absolutely beautiful .........:)

Big Nasty

In relation to the white Opel GT I believe FM Autocentre has recently gone out of business and the same people also own Ferrybank.

Grimreaper666

The 123 series convertible always looks a bit of a hatchet job to me, even worse up close really, the angle of the windscreen is all wrong for a convertible really.

manta mad

MCMLXXV wrote: »

In relation to the white Opel GT I believe FM Autocentre has recently gone out of business and the same people also own Ferrybank.

yes ,,unfortuneatly so .. another main dealer gone ..great bunch of lads and girls worked in FMAUTOCENTRE..

Hope they get work again soon or someone takes over the garage/showroom

WDB123

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

The 123 series convertible always looks a bit of a hatchet job to me, even worse up close really, the angle of the windscreen is all wrong for a convertible really.

With you all the way,dogs dinner,

WDB123

Blue850 wrote: »

PZO 200, That was a crime to let that out of the country,whats the history of the car,how much was it sold for,never seen it advertised anywhere????? one of the best classics i have seen in Ireland.Their was a 600 at terenure with no plate on was that it 2012,

Blue850

WDB123 wrote: »

PZO 200, That was a crime to let that out of the country,whats the history of the car,how much was it sold for,never seen it advertised anywhere????? one of the best classics i have seen in Ireland.Their was a 600 at terenure with no plate on was that it 2012,

The 600 with no front plate at Terenure last year,was a black LHD, I think PZO was sold in 2011, there is a feature on the car in the mag.

Bigus

WDB123 wrote: »

Blue850 wrote: »

PZO 200, That was a crime to let that out of the country,whats the history of the car,how much was it sold for,never seen it advertised anywhere????? one of the best classics i have seen in Ireland.Their was a 600 at terenure with no plate on was that it 2012,

It was on donedeal for 18 months and discussed on boards started at 79000 and I think came down to 60 euro

11wingnut

Michael Lynn had a green 600 one sold to him by Classic and sportscar in rathcool it ended up in wilsons and sold for 17k euro appered on ebay for 30k stg the same week .
opel gt vincent mc cann had one about 1971 red i think he raced it .it was in stillorgan showroom for a while ri reg . there was also a red one in a garden in lucan near superquinn about 1982 . i tried to buy it the owner would not sell.

Grimreaper666

11wingnut wrote: »

Michael Lynn had a green 600 one sold to him by Classic and sportscar in rathcool it ended up in wilsons and sold for 1700 euro appered on ebay for 30 stg the same week .
opel gt vincent mc cann had one about 1971 red i think he raced it .it was in stillorgan showroom for a while ri reg . there was also a red one in a garden in lucan near superquinn about 1982 . i tried to buy it the owner would not sell.

1700 Euro???????? Seriously? Trying to sell classics in Ireland is a disaster anyway, I had a 67 SL for sale here for over a year, best offer I got for it here was E4000 sold it in the UK for £12000. It needed work but was on the button and looked and drove well.