Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Abelloid

Doesn't ring a bell, Emilio might know...

joolsveer

joolsveer

alastair

Cocoon wrote: »

The one with the blue shades from Killiney?

That's the fellow.

Bitten & Hisses

carchaeologist wrote: »

The plumber at a house i was wiring today was driving this,it was extremly clean,Had its original ZX plates front and back and seemed to have first day paint too.There wasnt a dent or rust to be seen!!Not bad for 23 years old and seemingly in daily use!!

That's belonging to the guy on College Road in Castleisland who sells the water pumps. One of the cleanest vans around!

carchaeologist

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

That's belonging to the guy on College Road in Castleisland who sells the water pumps. One of the cleanest vans around!

Thanks for that,i knew he was a local lad alright,iv seen it about before.

jozi

It's a classic, al thou a little modified


Not sure if i posted a link to my images from Terenure classic show or not but i will if you want.

Max_Damage

jozi wrote: »

It's a classic, al thou a little modified


Not sure if i posted a link to my images from Terenure classic show or not but i will if you want.

Nice, I wonder if it has a V8 under the bonnet?

peasant

carchaeologist wrote: »

The plumber at a house i was wiring today was driving this,it was extremly clean,Had its original ZX plates front and back and seemed to have first day paint too.There wasnt a dent or rust to be seen!!Not bad for 23 years old and seemingly in daily use!!

Does this mean my daily driver is a "classic" as well?

carchaeologist

peasant wrote: »

Does this mean my daily driver is a "classic" as well?

Yep,especially as its a syncro too,whats the history behind it?

peasant

carchaeologist wrote: »

...whats the history behind it?

Ex German military police, originally had a blue light on the roof and two signal horns on the front bumper as well as radio equipment in the back with a stump antenna on the roof. All those bits are missing. What's left is a van with a bench seat and an opposing single seat in the back, two seats in the front, folding table and light in the back curently not fitted.

Van was built in 90, first registerd in December and fitted with the radio in 91.
Served it's duty in Leipzig and was de-commisioned some time in 2004-2005.
Sold with 98.000 km on the clock to a dealer, fitted with a tow bar and serviced and purchased by me last year. I'm the first owner after the German army. It has since gotten new tyres, new glowplugs and a new clutch. Other than that it is in perfect order, has next to no rust and runs like clockwork.

1.6 liter turbo diesel with breathtaking 69 bhp

This is what it would have looked like while still on active duty;

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manta mad

spotted this morning on the M50

a dart is it & a jag ?

carchaeologist

Thanks for that peasant,always nice to hear the history of a vehicle,the pic on active duty didnt come up though.Is it on irish plates now?

peasant

'tis indeed.

sorry about the pic ...that website doesn't like links and doesn't allow downloads either

See if this works: http://www.polizeiautos.de/show_one.php?id=1462

Kevin_Herron

A pair of Daimlers!
An SP250 and a 2.5 V8.

carchaeologist

peasant wrote: »

'tis indeed.

sorry about the pic ...that website doesn't like links and doesn't allow downloads either

See if this works: http://www.polizeiautos.de/show_one.php?id=1462

It did..nice bus!!Pity i cant read german though....:P

maidhc

No pic, but I saw a lovely Ford Escort MK2, with an original Irish reg, and 1 owner from new in Canty's garage in Anglesea St., Cork yesterday. The car was on its original paint job, and apart from a few spots of rust and a few dings was utterly immaculate. And it was built in Cork.

It wasn't for sale

DarenO

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Carchaeologist, you'll love this

As a poor teenager and not being able to afford even a basket case to restore, i took to recording the registrations (numbers not plates although i've a few of them too)

For 1300S

331 ZI
1324 ZI
LIR 994 (PLEADED WITH MY DAD TO BUY IT WHEN IT WAS FOR SALE IN MONKSTOWN BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES)
1976 ZI (i think i've pics Justin Oval but you know what your car looked like, must buy a scanner)
3829 ZI
9268 ZH
148 ZI
1054 ZI
3243 ZI
4970 ZI
9742 ZH
9821 ZH
323 ZI
2136 ZI
1982 ZI
3431 ZI
SZT 235
2527 ZI
VIE 858
320 ZI
2947 ZI
VNI 578

looking through my registrations does 9244 ZH still exist its a Trekker/Thing/Type181

Regards
Darren

Anan1

Do these belong to anyone around here?

carchaeologist

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Carchaeologist, you'll love this

As a poor teenager and not being able to afford even a basket case to restore, i took to recording the registrations (numbers not plates although i've a few of them too)

For 1300S

331 ZI
1324 ZI
LIR 994 (PLEADED WITH MY DAD TO BUY IT WHEN IT WAS FOR SALE IN MONKSTOWN BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES)
1976 ZI (i think i've pics Justin Oval but you know what your car looked like, must buy a scanner)
3829 ZI
9268 ZH
148 ZI
1054 ZI
3243 ZI
4970 ZI
9742 ZH
9821 ZH
323 ZI
2136 ZI
1982 ZI
3431 ZI
SZT 235
2527 ZI
VIE 858
320 ZI
2947 ZI
VNI 578

looking through my registrations does 9244 ZH still exist its a Trekker/Thing/Type181

Regards
Darren[/quote]
Well,it comes up on cartell,so its been on the road after 1993 anyway and hasnt been listed as scrapped in the registration office.Nice listings!!
Are all those registrations above VW1300s?I presume you have more records for other cars?

245

DarenO wrote: »

LIR 994 (PLEADED WITH MY DAD TO BUY IT WHEN IT WAS FOR SALE IN MONKSTOWN BACK IN THE LATE EIGHTIES)
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Was that an orange 1300S in a back garden? Nearly bought it myself...

DarenO

Hi Carchaeologist, yeh those are 1300S only

i've got 1000s of registrations for cars i've seen since the 80's all makes and models apart from Japanese never liked them growing up, hindsight suggests all those KP Starlets and TE Corollas should have been recorded by me too.

245

it was in a secondhand car dealer when i seen it and it was immaculate then

Darren

DaveCol

Anan1 - the guy who owns the Mantas had two gold ones, one which his everyday car, the second one was inside the gate where the dark one is now. He also does some racing/speed events in other cars

Wishbone Ash

From the Streets of San Francisco...........













This picture doesn't do justice to this Chevy. It's absolutely huge - probably the largest car I've ever seen. Even with three rows of seats there is still loads of space at the rear!

Max_Damage

On holidays eh? Lucky bastard!

When I was over in California there about 4 years ago, I was stunned at the amount of 60's and 70's cars still in daily use over there. Those big ol' Yank Tanks would go forever anyway, and even the rising petrol prices (although if you could call their petrol 'expensive' is another matter...) still doesn't seem to keep those cars of the road.

The Corvair in the first pic is a rare beast, America's first rear engined / Boxer engined car. And it was rubbish, sort of like the shít heap it copied, the Beetle.

That Honda Accord could also do with a bit of filler...

peasant

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

and they say California cars are rust free

Wishbone Ash

Max_Damage wrote: »

When I was over in California there about 4 years ago, I was stunned at the amount of 60's and 70's cars still in daily use over there.

I was in a pub and was listening to a conversation between the barman and a tourist about cars. The barman said that, with the strict emissions laws in California, you won't see any old cars compared to other states". My jaw was on the floor. I went to seven different states and didn't see near as many 'classics' as in California. The Merc W123s were everywhere!

The price of 'gas' is the main topic of conversation there. There couldn't believe it when I told them that it is twice the price here. (Then again, our vehicles are much more efficient).

Wishbone Ash

peasant wrote: »

and they say California cars are rust free

That car may belong to an aging Hippie as it was spotted in the Haight Asbury District!

zilog_jones

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

From the Streets of San Francisco...........

Gonna put my car recgonition (or Wikipedia ) skills to the test here:

- Chevrolet Covair (Max_Damage beat me to it)
- '56 Mercury Montclair or Montery
- '68 Lincoln Continental
- '70-'83 Alfa Romeo Spider (2nd gen)
- '83-'89 BMW E24 M6 (or is it a fake?)
- '72 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala
- early '40s Chevrolet pickup
- '69 Chevrolet Camaro
- '68-'73 Datsun 510 (Bluebird)
- '77-'81 Datsun 510 (completely unrelated to the above, similar to 160J/Violet sold elsewhere with different front lights/grille)
- '68 Dodge Charger ('69 has different grille and some other small things)
- '61 Ford Falcon
- '76-'81 Honda Accord hatch (1st gen)
- '91-'96 Jaguar XJS convertible (different grille to older versions)
- Haven't a clue! Looks like something from the early '50s but there were too many american car companies back then, and I have to go to bed!

Damn them yanks and their making very slight changes to their cars every "model year" - made this a lot harder than I thought...

Wishbone Ash

...........a few more from San Francisco.



























This 1958 (UK registered?) Bentley was for sale on the side of the street. It was absolutely spotless. Only done 15,000 miles according to the advert.