Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

jrar

PaulK_CCI wrote:

This would make it unlike that it is a standard issued Isle of Man plate, but rather a personal plate. The DB5 was only built from 63 until 65, making it very likely that this car is indeed from 1964 as the number plate would suggest...

If that's the case, then this is obviously a transferred plate form some other older vehicle

MercMad

Max_Damage wrote:

I remember reading somewhere that apparently this car was restored only about a year or two ago. They done a good job on it if that's the case.

...............well I know I posted some time back that a chap I knew was restoring one, an original 1 owner Dublin car, but tbhat is not it. The one I spoke of was a light bluie metallic Turbo version !

Do-more

Spotted this very original looking Mk 1 Capri in Castlerea today.



Sorry about the glare, I'm not used to the sun!

MercMad

Do-more wrote:

Spotted this very original looking Mk 1 Capri in Castlerea today.



Sorry about the glare, I'm not used to the sun!

........I think that was featured in Irish Vintage Scene last year !

Nice to see an original reg too !

mike65

Soz for poor picture quality.





Mike.

corktina

MercMad wrote:

........I think that was featured in Irish Vintage Scene last year !

Nice to see an original reg too !

hear hear!

Wishbone Ash

An IFA spotted last week. I don't think I've seen one before.

Hifive

Wishbone Ash wrote:

An IFA spotted last week. I don't think I've seen one before.

That's a strange one alright. Looks like the bastard child of a 2CV and a Beetle with a pinch of Fiat 600 added for good measure. Cute though.
OK I'll hazard a vague guess,... Isotta Francini Automobil.?

Wishbone Ash

Hifive wrote:

OK I'll hazard a vague guess,... Isotta Francini Automobil.?

Industrieverband Fahrzenugbau (Industrial Association for Vehicle Construction)

jrar

I crossed over from W. to E. Berlin back in the Checkpoint Charlie days of the 80's and recall seeing some IFA trucks looking like something from the 50's and spewing out noxious fumes as they put-putted by, as did pretty much every other vehicle to be seen there at that time !

Those E. Germans were never big on the environment !

Jomcc

BMW Z1 & De Lorean in Portlaoise yesterday.

manta mad

spotted this week in killarney on me hols.

rover

dunno what this is nice parking do:)

another dunno?

&a dead manta:eek:

jrar

The one "stored" in the shed looks like an early Opel Kadett

Blue850

The one in the shed is a Hillman Superminx

mike65

Modern classics for sale in Ferns co Wexford.



Mike.

Revelation Joe

manta mad wrote:

spotted this week in killarney on me hols.
another dunno?

It's from the British Leyland 'Farina' range, which were basically all the same but with different trim & badges.
So it's one of Austin Westminster, Morris Oxford, MG Magnette, Wolseley 6/110 and a Riley something...
I would go for a Morris Oxford

jrar

Blue850 wrote:

The one in the shed is a Hillman Superminx

So it is ! - time for a new appt. at the opticians !

Wishbone Ash

A Morgan spotted on the M7 with original Dublin registration.

mike65

I saw but did'nt snap a wine red Citroen Traction Avant.

Mike.

Shamrogue

80 odd year old Rolls Royce. Was told its completely original parts.

Max_Damage

I got a picture of my cousin's '84 Reliant Rialto. It's just recieved a new coat of paint.



It should be attending classic car shows next year.

Do-more

mike65 wrote:

Is the Capri a Tickford turbo or just a gammy bodykit?

junkyard

Max_Damage wrote:

I got a picture of my cousin's '84 Reliant Rialto. It's just recieved a new coat of paint.



It should be attending classic car shows next year.

Please don't tell me he building another Dell boy special......it's not even the right model. It should be a Reliant Regal:(

macplaxton

junkyard wrote:

Please don't tell me he building another Dell boy special......it's not even the right model. It should be a Reliant Regal:(

Looks like it :rolleyes:

www.3wheelers.com/robinrel.html

It is this strange belief that has created a unique phenomenon surrounding Reliant 3-wheeled vehicles as many people think there is only one model. In the UK there is a TV comedy series by the BBC called “Only Fools and Horses”. In the program, the main characters drive a battered old yellow Reliant Regal Supervan II* with “Trotters Independent Traders” on the side of it. As a result many people have wanted their own version of the vehicle and buy a Reliant to paint yellow with similar sign writing, there is nothing wrong with that. The interesting thing here though is a lot of people think the vehicle in the show was a “Robin Reliant” and as they think all Reliant 3-wheelers are “Robin Reliants” they will buy any Reliant, (regardless if it is a van, estate, hatchback or saloon model - actually painting over the windows if the latter versions) paint it yellow, add sign writing and think they have a vehicle like the one in the show, even though it is the wrong type of vehicle. To put it another way, it is like buying a VW Passatt and painting it like Herbie, buying a GMC Envoy and painting it like the van in the “A Team” or buying a Rover 75 and painting it like Mr. Bean’s Mini and then thinking all these vehicles are identical to the one used n the show.

Cheers, Rich
(Leader of the League against yellow Reliants)

Max_Damage

junkyard wrote:

Please don't tell me he building another Dell boy special......it's not even the right model. It should be a Reliant Regal:(

Heh, well he's not putting any of the writing on the side of it. When he bought it is was yellow anyway, just in bad condition.

Do-more

Saw this 1600E today, it's for sale at a used car dealers between Tullamore and Clara. Originally a UK car on a H (etched on windows) at a glance it's shabby enough condition.

101sean

Very 70's Wolfrace rims
Don't suit it at all, even as a period aftermarket thing.

8~)

Might have a look at the 1600E, just out of interest. I know where that dealer is - sometimes he has and 'odd' car, i.e. something other than mundane 1.4 hatches.

The Capri above... definitely a gammy bodykit.

101sean

Didn't think to grab phone to take pics but in an auction yard just north side of Roscrea (or at least I think it was, wasn't paying much attention to where we were ) there was a UK registered Reliant Scimitar, ZV reg Rover P6 (2000TC?) and 2 ZV reg series 3 Landrovers

Do-more

101sean wrote:

Didn't think to grab phone to take pics but in an auction yard just north side of Roscrea (or at least I think it was, wasn't paying much attention to where we were ) there was a UK registered Reliant Scimitar, ZV reg Rover P6 (2000TC?) and 2 ZV reg series 3 Landrovers

That's on the Tullamore road out of Birr....;)