Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Pre '87 Meath registered M3(?)

According to Cartell it's a 320.

Arthur Daley

cxcully wrote: »

I thought I was fairly up to date with the classic car scene in Ireland but this has just blown me away.....an Original Irish M1 sitting in a dealership on the Naas Road?!Beautiful cars-was passed by one on the Autobahn two years ago on the way to Croatia in the GS.The definitive mid-engined lines IMO.
Does anybody know the history of this car?Mileage?Is it taken out every now and again or does it stand unused for long periods?Is there an enthusiast at the garage who is deliberately collecting old Beemers?I'm utterly astonished!Thanks for the post.

There was an BMW M1 around 80-82 up in Dundalk. Belonged I think..... to Phil Monaghan's family. They had a garage there at the time, and the M1 was sometimes on display. He was later big into shopping centre development such as Nutgrove and the square in Tallaght.

Not sure if this is the same car, but chances are it is, if it's original Irish.

carchaeologist

***NZD is a mid(as in the whole series from 1-999 lasted only a few days)june 1978 dublin number.
****AI lastered from october 1982 to december 1986,so that reg would probably be 84 or 85.
Interestingly as a footnote while on meath registration numbers,a little bit of number plate trivia,
In mid december 1986 after the ****AI series finished, came ****ZN.By my records nos 1ZN to 10ZN were not issued for some reason(anyone know why that was?),and 88ZN was the last issue when they changed to the new setup in jan 1987,so if you see a car from 11ZN to 88ZN around pick it up,it would probably be one of the rarest pre 87 irish registrations issued.
There used to be a black opel corsa saloon near to my house that was registered 77ZN if i can remember correctly,always wondered why i never saw that mark on any other car..Wish id gone after it now!!Ah well!

*takes off anorack...:))

Wishbone Ash

Interesting stuff - thanks.

carchaeologist

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Interesting stuff - thanks.

No prob.:)

bostoncommon

All the talk of the M1 got me thinking when was the last time I saw one?

Check out the photo's on the link.

http://www.mondello.ie/contact/?id=133

dream time...

Seth Brundle

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Pre '87 Meath registered M3(?) spotted in Lusk, Co Dublin, this evening.

(Is the owner trying to hide the Meath registration?)

The body isn't M3 for sure (no flared arches, etc.)
I'm not sure what the rims are - they don't look like BMW ones either.

bostoncommon

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

According to Cartell it's a 320.

c

Max_Damage

Didn't those type of M3's only come in LHD anyway?

Seth Brundle

Yeah but there was a small number converted into RHD.

junkyard

Isn't it funny the way people with real M cars debadge them and people with bog standard cars plaster them with upgrade badges.:)

Seth Brundle

We're going off topic here but I saw someone in what I can only guess was a 316i with a homemade ///M3 badge on the back - it was the oddest looking thing

The reg also looks handwritten!

Wishbone Ash

Why the "Baile Atha Cliath" on a Meath plate? Mistake or deliberate?

Gary ITR

I'd say mistake. Probably done up in Halfrauds or something

Wishbone Ash

Onkle wrote: »

Probably done up in Halfrauds or something

LOL

carchaeologist

If i was to guess id say the guy making the plate had no idea where AI was from!!

Dades

carchaeologist wrote: »

If i was to guess id say the guy making the plate had no idea where AI was from!!

That would have been two of us then!

MercMad

The M1 was/is owned by Franke Keane, personally. He has quite a selection up there as kbannon pointed out previously. That car has always been in the showroom, as far back as I can remember, well over 20 years.

I was at the launch of the E36 up there, and it was there then, that was late 1991 AFAIR

Anan1

MercMad wrote: »

The M1 was/is owned by Franke Keane, personally. He has quite a selection up there as kbannon pointed out previously. That car has always been in the showroom, as far back as I can remember, well over 20 years.

I was at the launch of the E36 up there, and it was there then, that was late 1991 AFAIR

I used to sometimes see the M1 in front of a house in Castlepark Road in Dalkey/Sandycove, that must have been where he lived.

b.c

MercMad wrote: »

The M1 was/is owned by Franke Keane, personally. He has quite a selection up there as kbannon pointed out previously. That car has always been in the showroom, as far back as I can remember, well over 20 years.

I was at the launch of the E36 up there, and it was there then, that was late 1991 AFAIR

I would say that M1 is there since new or nearly new as I remember seeing it in the showroom from the very early 80s for a few years but dissapeared from display for a while and then was back, presuming its the same one.

MercMad

Yeah it has to be the same one, mileage was only in the hundreds when I saw it !

Lauder

Spotted a load of Classic Mercs on my travels so far today.

Max_Damage

That rear bumper could do with a bit of Coca-Cola!

gfwd

Wishbone, you were only round the corner from my house when you took that pic of the BMW! You would have spotted my Triumph in the driveway had you wandered by. There's also a nice MGB GT under a cover just across from where the BMW's parked.

zilog_jones

Here's some pics my brother took in Malta:


You wouldn't know it was a commonwealth country at all!
Can't make it out in this resized picture but on the bus on the right it says "old but sexy" inbetween the windscreens


Hillman Hunter in Gozo. They seem to like their Toyotas and Japanese imports there too (also saw a Toyota Vitz in some other photo)


Anyone know what this is?

Wishbone Ash

gfwd wrote: »

Wishbone, you were only round the corner from my house when you took that pic of the BMW! You would have spotted my Triumph in the driveway had you wandered by

I don't recall seeing a Triumph there but I'll keep a look out for it.

I have several friends living in your estate.

gfwd wrote:

There's also a nice MGB GT under a cover just across from where the BMW's parked.

Yes, I've seen it several times but never uncovered. It's just around the last corner on the right.

Max_Damage

zilog_jones wrote: »

Anyone know what this is?

Nissan Sentra / Sunny?

macplaxton

zilog_jones wrote: »

Anyone know what this is?

Background / white one is a Toyota Liteace.

Midground / red one is a Skoda Estelle

Foreground / maroon one is (too modern for me)

Seth Brundle

bostoncommon wrote: »

All the talk of the M1 got me thinking when was the last time I saw one?

Check out the photo's on the link.

http://www.mondello.ie/contact/?id=133

dream time...

Get a load of this... http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335866979&toolid=10001&customid=&mpre=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290267639109
What with the weak dollar, etc....

Pagoda113

As far as I know, Frank Keane's have that BMW M1 since new. It was in the showroom in the early 80's. I always looked in passing on a trip up to Dublin to see if it was still there.

The M1's are commanding decent prices these days. There were a couple of them for sale in Essen the year before last with price tag's ranginh from €90 K - 150 K.

Martin