Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Gary ITR

Pagoda113 wrote: »

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.

Must have been elsewhere for a while, it's only back there in the last 12-18months

MercMad

Onkle wrote: »

Must have been elsewhere for a while, it's only back there in the last 12-18months

........all of those cars only ever go from the showroom to the workshop and back again. None are driven on the road very far !

When I was last in the workshop, about 10 years ago, the 507 was there with a lovely 3.0CSi.

carchaeologist

MercMad wrote: »

........all of those cars only ever go from the showroom to the workshop and back again. None are driven on the road very far!

As much as i like low mileage/undriven cars,it kinda seems a pity that they dont get used at all..

zilog_jones

macplaxton wrote: »

Midground / red one is a Skoda Estelle

So it is - forgot all about them!

Wishbone Ash

Morris Traveller being 'prostituted' on Hatch Street Upper (Dublin).

carchaeologist

^It doesnt look too bad except for the box on the roof,always liked those wheels on minors,arent they called slotmags?

Dades

Dades wrote: »

Okay so who

(a) won the lottery and
(b) is suffering a mid-life crisis?

http://www.zebra.ie/spider/17-11-05_1420.jpg

(Spotted beside O'Connoll Bridge yesterday).

guy in clones in monaghan owns own jus lik that.. so he's the answer to ur questions i guess :P

TigerTim

I had those wheels in 10" on my Mini Clubman. I called them Wolfrace 5 slot alloys.

T.

Kevin_Herron

I havent seen that Morris Minor in years!
It has a Fiat or Lancia Twin cam in it.
I know the Fiat was the popular conversion but something tells me that car has a Lancia engine!

shagman

TigerTim wrote: »

I had those wheels in 10" on my Mini Clubman. I called them Wolfrace 5 slot alloys.

T.

A lot of other companies made them too they were a very popular style of wheel in the 70s and 80s. The ones on my scimitar are Ansen japenese made slots and a lot of the american wheel companies made similar style wheels. Wolfrace are UK based so we saw a lot of them here.

carchaeologist

TigerTim wrote: »

I had those wheels in 10" on my Mini Clubman. I called them Wolfrace 5 slot alloys.

T.

Sounds cool,have you a pic?

carchaeologist

As posted on octane,this is a huge thread on the supercar registry,literally hundreds of pics of old america,you will want an hour or two to go through it all properly..
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/338226/page/0/fpart/1/vc/1

cantdecide

All but the first were at the back of Waterford Harley Davidson...

carchaeologist

^where was the first?Looks like a riley 4/72?

Max_Damage

To (sort off) stay on the topic of low mileage old cars, I came across this Ford Escort Mk3 on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-FORD-ESCORT-GL-GREEN-Stunning-Condition-WOW_W0QQitemZ320312631215QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320312631215&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A7|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Works out to be on average about 63 miles per year!

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

To (sort off) stay on the topic of low mileage old cars, I came across this Ford Escort Mk3 on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-FORD-ESCORT-GL-GREEN-Stunning-Condition-WOW_W0QQitemZ320312631215QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320312631215&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A7|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Works out to be on average about 63 miles per year!

You would have to wonder what the story behind that car is,how it was stored so long.

MercMad

Presumably kept in a Ford showroom for all those years !

hamsterboy

Spotted in Enniscorthy the weekend
Haven't seen one in yonks

For those of you under 30 its a Talbot Samba

Max_Damage

^ I thought all the Irish ones were extinct by now! :eek:

carchaeologist

hamsterboy wrote: »

For those of you under 30 its a Talbot Samba

I take offence to that comment!;):D:P
A very unusual car these days,wexford reg on it.

hamsterboy

No offence meant carchaeologist
Yeah they are pretty rare I guess.
Found out the old woman I seen getting into it and driving away has had it since new! :eek:

HB

brosnadog

Spotted this for sale this morning in the same spot as the yellow SA mark 3 was parked a while back.

superjosh9

Coxy_VW wrote: »

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

My goodness, what a lovely colour for that car. Really was a beaut, shame on whoever it was that resprayed it red.

superjosh9

Lauder wrote: »

Spotted this Aston Martin Vantage V8 on Hume Street this morning.





I also spotted an Original Irish Triumph TR2 in red, Immaculate looking coming out of a lane in North Strand. The reg was EIF 330, cork so i believe

That 940 and parking job looks suspiciously familiar! Love those Astons.

carchaeologist

brosnadog wrote: »

Spotted this for sale this morning in the same spot as the yellow SA mark 3 was parked a while back.

Mmm..i like!!:)

brosnadog

carchaeologist wrote: »

Mmm..i like!!:)

Ya i have to say it looks very clean, it also has 1 owner from new

S.I.R

cantdecide wrote: »

All but the first were at the back of Waterford Harley Davidson...

hmmm



nice r5... pitty they like everything is so over priced... like that one for sale for 3k on adverts... .... Even with 1 owner its only worth 1000.... maybe 1200...

junkyard wrote: »

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

hmmm that trick only Really works with hondas.... as soon as it dawns the type R it auto gains 60 hp.... add a black bonnet, thats another 20, a wing gives Saab Spec aero dynamics.... despite its cheap flymse'ness


Ahhh.... Honda drivers always make me laugh.

Lauder

superjosh9 wrote: »

That 940 and parking job looks suspiciously familiar! Love those Astons.

Is it yours?

brosnadog

okistag

Taken a few weeks back, a nice MK1 GTI, Irish as well, parked in Rathgar