Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Dirty-Old-Man

jozi wrote: »

I like that Z very much!

Are they a rare car? Don't think i've ever seen one

not at all rare (except in Ireland, no-one could afford them in the 70's) - try the Z Farm or Fourways Engineering in the UK for refurbished 240Z or 260Z (2seaters).

Dades

Dirty-Old-Man wrote: »

yes - had a look, rhd, black alcantera interior, fiat badged MPH speedo, it must have been converted but the job looked professional and probably done when the car was new. I know the UK importer for Alfa Spyders used to convert them, maybe this was the same case.

DTR Sports in the UK still do the conversions, though why anyone would bother I don't know. That one looks great, except I'd prefer alloys over the hubcaps. I drove one for 2 years and only every saw one other one.

*EDIT*

Just seen my old spider for sale again - using the same pictures I used 13 months ago.
Caveat Emptor, eh?

prospect

Not taken today, but I found this pic when organising some folders on my computer.

Dades

Sure it was the car you were taking pictures of?

niceirishfella

yeah.........totty ALERT!

DarenO

Dirty Old Man, do you work in Central ParK, i'm in Merrill Lynch and was thinking of getting pics of the Porsche and Fiat if i could find the digital

Regards
Darren

carchaeologist

prospect wrote: »

Not taken today, but I found this pic when organising some folders on my computer.

Nice original irish Z registration!

spidersonmars

No sure if this counts. Anyway here are some pictures of an Irish e-type that I hired for my wife (the woman in the pictures). I would recommend hiring a classic like this to everyone. We drove through Clare, Limerick and Kerry. Has anyone else seen this car on the road? The last picture is of my two P6's, (sad to add the picture) but as I have not driven them much this year you wouldn't have seen them on the road.

niceirishfella

Nice jag.............how much to hire?

jozi

niceirishfella wrote: »

Nice jag.............how much to hire?

Just what i was thinking

spidersonmars

Here's the link, I reckon you can bargain a little bit as I got the car for a weekend for cheaper than stated here. I have to say that if you want to impress someone (for example your wife/mistress etc) a weekend in the Adare Manor and this e-type will do the business. It will cost you...but it's all brownie points you'll need for year.
http://www.heritagesportscars.com/price_list.html

niceirishfella

€830 for a weekend........Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

milod

spidersonmars wrote: »

No sure if this counts. Anyway here are some pictures of an Irish e-type that I hired for my wife (the woman in the pictures). I would recommend hiring a classic like this to everyone. We drove through Clare, Limerick and Kerry. Has anyone else seen this car on the road? The last picture is of my two P6's, (sad to add the picture) but as I have not driven them much this year you wouldn't have seen them on the road.

She's lovely! and the Jag ain't bad either

Sorry, couldn't resist the obvious...

spidersonmars

yeah I know, but they are hard to get a lend of.
I paid 600 for the weekend including the friday night. It was great but considering that you can buy a decent series 3 e-type for 15k sterling it seems too much.

830 Euro = 670GBP. roughly this divides into 15000GBP about 24 times! So you could pay one off in just over six months renting it out!

niceirishfella

yeah........but you'd be stuck with it.........Next time you can hire a Ferrari, then a classic Morgan or maybe a vintage Bentley....etc etc....you're wife will be chuffed!

Max_Damage

Spotted this '71 Volvo 140 earlier this evening in Rathfarnham:

junkyard

Some I saw in Paris recently.

niceirishfella

nice pics...........whats that on the barge?

peasant

that ought to be an amphicar

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&q=amphicar&gbv=2

junkyard

Its an Amphicar, you can drive it on land or in the water.

junkyard

And some more.

Lauder

is this a classic yet? Renault 4 GTi. A regular at Nolans Supermarket in Clontarf. Same lady has owned it for years, probably since new.

niceirishfella

Is it really a GTI?

My postman way back used to have one of these - great ole van!

peasant

most likely a GTL

barryfitz

Ok so I see one of these everyday on the way to work. Will take an actual pic to prove it. I believe its a Volvo P180, its a dark green one. Looks great.

Mr. Presentable

junkyard wrote: »

Its an Amphicar, you can drive it on land or in the water.

Ha, I have a picture of that one too, taken from the nearer bank of the Seine. The whole houseboat and all looks really cool.

prospect

Dades wrote: »

Sure it was the car you were taking pictures of?

Car?

1275gt

barryfitz wrote: »

Ok so I see one of these everyday on the way to work. Will take an actual pic to prove it. I believe its a Volvo P180, its a dark green one. Looks great.

Its sitting outside my office. Guy i work with uses it as his daily commuter. :cool:

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

Spotted this '71 Volvo 140 earlier this evening in Rathfarnham:

Nice volvo,tough as old boots they were, there was a good few of these wrecked in rosegreen, they could take an almighty pounding before they gave up!

Max_Damage

Saw this '85 VW Passat (on original 'SI' Dublin plates) today in Terenure. It has been sitting in that driveway for years now.