Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

junkyard

Some more.

tc20

Max_Damage wrote: »

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

Might that be a VW Santana rather than a Passat? It looks a bit broad across the boot for a Passat

@ Junkyard - great pics from Paris! Are the last set from a permanent museum, or a temporary exhibition?

Scratch that, just saw your post re Dinky's at the Retromobile show. Is that an annual event?

Saabdub

Model T from the Transport Museum in Oporto.

Saabdub

niceirishfella

tc20 wrote: »

Might that be a VW Santana rather than a Passat? It looks a bit broad across the boot for a Passat

@ Junkyard - great pics from Paris! Are the last set from a permanent museum, or a temporary exhibition?

Scratch that, just saw your post re Dinky's at the Retromobile show. Is that an annual event?

There are thoudands of these still being made today in China for use as taxi's - under licence from VW -

http://www.wangjianshuo.com/personal/places/shanghai/shanghai-qiangshen.taxi-head.jpg

and they are bleedin DEAD TRAPS!:eek:

Wishbone Ash

A few spots from the last few days around north county Dublin - apologies for poor picture quality.

Co Monaghan registered Defender spotted northbound on the M1. (Why the two plates - asthetic balance?)



Co Meath registered Morris (1300?) spotted southbound on the R132 at Staffordstown.



And a PSV Roller spotted in Donabate.

KTRIC

Seen this beauty in Munich yesterday evening as I came out of the U-Bahn.

Its an Austin Healey 3000 MkIII

niceirishfella

KTRIC wrote: »

Seen this beauty in Munich yesterday evening as I came out of the U-Bahn.

Its an Austin Healey 3000 MkIII

Rare........and nice that.

G Luxel

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

A few spots from the last few days around north county Dublin - apologies for poor picture quality.

And a PSV Roller spotted in Donabate.

nice car, but the number plate doesnt suit. Black and silver plates would be
more period and appropriate

spidersonmars

Took these pictures at Sepang F1. TBH this was more exciting to watch than the GP!

MercMad

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

A few spots from the last few days around north county Dublin - apologies for poor picture quality.

Co Monaghan registered Defender spotted northbound on the M1. (Why the two plates - asthetic balance?)



Co Meath registered Morris (1300?) spotted southbound on the R132 at Staffordstown.



And a PSV Roller spotted in Donabate.

............I spotted all of those cars last Saturday too ! We must have travelled the same road at roughly the same time. I saw the Morris as I was leaving Swords and the Roller as I left Donabate earlier. Cant remember where I saw the Landy !

tc20

MercMad wrote: »

............I spotted all of those cars last Saturday too ! We must have travelled the same road at roughly the same time. I saw the Morris as I was leaving Swords and the Roller as I left Donabate earlier. Cant remember where I saw the Landy !

i saw the Morris in Greystones on saturday afternoon, he must have covered a fair bit of ground! My auntie used to have one of those in the 70s

Seth Brundle

Seen last thursday on N4 @ Woodies

Whats the old girl on the left?
The Escort was being pulled by an E30 318is also!

junkyard

^^ Looks like an old Jaguar is it?

Wishbone Ash

1973 Beetle spotted southbound on the R127 near Lusk this morning.



And a Citroen(?) spotted in Portrane this evening.

carchaeologist

JFO672 looks like a citroen traction avant alright, i think thats an age related english registration on it though.

milod

From the DVLA Online:

Date of Liability 25 09 2006
Date of First Registration 01 05 1996
Year of Manufacture 1955
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1911CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Export
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK
Vehicle Type Approval null

Looks like it was probably was imported to the UK from France in 1996, then exported from the UK in 2006 - probably into Ireland.

But it's still wearing its old plates in that photo...

Max_Damage

Saw this pre-'87 Dublin reg. Saab 900 in Dundrum Shopping Centre earlier today:



And later I saw this '89 Citroen CX at the Square in Tallaght:

carchaeologist

Gotta love the old CX,they are an amazing car! I had my first proper look around one last week, a very impressive machine!
Nice plate on the saab also,a lot of those old 900s all seem to have 900 plates on them.

1275gt

spotted this little guy in avoca on sat.



Just noticed this thread is 100 pages :eek::cool:

S.I.R

1275gt , love the little guy there , very nice actually


a neighbour of mines girlfriend had that car for a while.... very cool , ued to be outside my house ...

if i get the mini i have my eye on its going orange ( as ive been telling my mates forever " my next banger is going to be Fanta Orange... like the umpa lumpas who work in brown thomas " )

mike65

carchaeologist wrote: »

Gotta love the old CX,they are an amazing car! I had my first proper look around one last week, a very impressive machine!

There is a chap in Listowel who lives at the start of the N69 who has owned a few down the years. I think there is a model on carzone right now.

Mike.

Sabre Man

Here are a couple of cars I spotted while in London a while ago.


It's not all tractors in Chelsea

carchaeologist

mike65 wrote: »

There is a chap in Listowel who lives at the start of the N69 who has owned a few down the years. I think there is a model on carzone right now.

Mike.

Hmm...I think i know of him, i think he has a lovely white SM now aswell,its on the new type ZV plates,say ZV12345 but they are spaced something like ZV1 23 45 to look like french plates, it actually works quite well.Its about the only way the new plates look good!!

Wishbone Ash

Ferrari



Ferrari



Maserati Merak



Jowett



Lancia



Lancia



Lancia



Lancia



Fiat Topolino



Fiat (Ritmo?)

Wishbone Ash

A few Alfas

Max_Damage

Jaysus, a Mk1 Ritmo (or Strada as they were called over there). I remember reading in Practical Classics magazine (I think) and there is only about 5 of them left in the UK.

Wishbone Ash

And a few Fiats:

DarenO

my dad had one of those early fifties Topolinos, it's buried in Blackrock for the last fifty years though

1275GT

i was in Avoca on Sat as its only up the road, i took a pic of a Beetle on ZV plates, if i knew how to get it from my phone to the pc, you could all see it

Regards
Darren

Lauder

A Pontiac something or other i spotted in Ballybough.

carchaeologist

Nice motor sir!:D