Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Wishbone Ash

Capri wrote: »

Saw a yellow 72 (?) Mercury Comet ( same as Ford Maverick ) off Gracepark rd , ZV reg so it's an import

Although there is probably a 99.9% chance that it is an import, any original Irish registration over 30 years old can also be changed to a ZV plate should the owner wish (but one would wonder why anyone would want to do that).

1978 Opel Ascona Berliner spotted in Letterkenny yesterday.

carchaeologist

I like those asconas,this irish one was at the killarney show two years ago.

any original Irish registration over 30 years old can also be changed to a ZV plate

Does that include original numbers?Thought it was just imported cars?

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

Does that include original numbers?Thought it was just imported cars?

+1
Would be an awful waste.

carchaeologist

Limerick-man wrote: »

+1
Would be an awful waste.

Yes,if i found out someone did that...i dunno..he shouldnt be allowd own an old car!!:D;)

manta mad

ohhh i like those asconas

have one meself , but its going up for sale now .:(
have to get a modern 4 door car :eek:

Anan1

There was a LHD 2.2 one on carzone a while back, looked quite nice.

jrar

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Although there is probably a 99.9% chance that it is an import, any original Irish registration over 30 years old can also be changed to a ZV plate should the owner wish (but one would wonder why anyone would want to do that).

1978 Opel Ascona Berliner spotted in Letterkenny yesterday.

Nice-looking Ascona on original London plates from 1978-79

Gary ITR

Saw this sitting outside the garage where I have the work done on my Golf (Golf wasn't in for repair, I also walk the dog past the garage )

Original Irish anyway, 85, Dublin I think.

carchaeologist

Onkle wrote: »

Saw this sitting outside the garage where I have the work done on my Golf (Golf wasn't in for repair, I also walk the dog past the garage )

Original Irish anyway, 85, Dublin I think.

Yes,around september 85,rare to see a sierra as clean nowadays,theres seems to be very few of these left now?

kwalshe

Saw this on M7 yesterday, bad pic I know but only spotted it at the last minute. Don't know what it is but was gorgeous. Not into classics but this stood out. Any ideas what it is?

carchaeologist

Mustang?

Anan1

That's what I thought too, but American cars aren't really my forté.

maidhc

carchaeologist wrote: »

Yes,around september 85,rare to see a sierra as clean nowadays,theres seems to be very few of these left now?

A spotless 89 Saph that i used to see around locally met its waterloo in the recent cold spell. Driver seems to have took a bend a little quick and lost it. An easy repair, but I havn't seen the car since.

kwalshe

carchaeologist wrote: »

Mustang?

I don't think so , I did'nt catch any marques etc... but I don't think it was a mustang...

carchaeologist

maidhc wrote: »

A spotless 89 Saph that i used to see around locally met its waterloo in the recent cold spell. Driver seems to have took a bend a little quick and lost it. An easy repair, but I havn't seen the car since.

Probably worth more than the car to fix it..Any sierra i come across these days seems to have a welded diff on it...:rolleyes:

Gary ITR

carchaeologist wrote: »

Probably worth more than the car to fix it..Any sierra i come across these days seems to have a welded diff on it...:rolleyes:

Were all the Sierras RWD? Or was it just the saphires? Fords aren't really my field of expertise at all

corktina

they were all RWD...except the 4wd ones of course...:D

L-M

I have to say lads, Sierra's have always been a favorite of mine. I hate, though, to see all the scummers going around in them with tattered wheels and all that crap. Such a waste lol

Max_Damage

Spotted an original Irish (PZS reg. I think it was) Escort Mk3 today in a driveway of a house in Walkinstown. It was faded blue in colour, and it looked like it seen better days. If it's still there tomorrow, I'll get a picture of it.

carchaeologist

Onkle wrote: »

Were all the Sierras RWD? Or was it just the saphires? Fords aren't really my field of expertise at all

Its amazing how many people this some of the sierras were front wheel drive!People often say it to me when it would come up in conversation.

I have to say lads, Sierra's have always been a favorite of mine. I hate, though, to see all the scummers going around in them with tattered wheels and all that crap. Such a waste lol

I agree,seems to be the way most of them are going these days,any thing cheap and RWD gets wrecked.
I saw a sapphire today in tralee that had a shine like first day on it,and theres a red 93 one driven by an old man that can be seen sometimes too,he had a mint MK5 cortina before it.

Gary ITR

carchaeologist wrote: »

Its amazing how many people this some of the sierras were front wheel drive!People often say it to me when it would come up in conversation.

I was pretty sure they were all RWD but wasn't 100%
I have pics of a couple of fantastic cossies that were in Terenure.

The old ones just don't look like a typical RWD car, like the little Volvo 340 which was RWD

carchaeologist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7jiTlv9wwI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11eeKdFyhc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHJPoPJYCvI

Max_Damage

I managed to get a picture of that Mk3 today:



It's a 1.1L base model by the looks of it. Carchaeologist, the year please? If I was to hazard a guess, I'd say it's either an '82 or '83.

I also spotted this 21 year old Fiat Tipo at the Yellow House pub, in remarkably good condition. They're few and far between these days aswell:

245

Max_Damage wrote: »

I managed to get a picture of that Mk3 today:



It's a 1.1L base model by the looks of it. Carchaeologist, the year please? If I was to hazard a guess, I'd say it's either an '82 or '83.

It's late '84 or early '85

carchaeologist

245 wrote: »

It's late '84 or early '85

Aye,either december 84 or jan 85,looks in good enough shape,quite a rarity with its original plates these days as much as im not a fan of the MK3,particularly those laser models.
im guessing that an enthusiast of a sort owns it going by the jag/daimler in front of it.

Volvoboy

Up in howth.



In Cabra

niceirishfella

Suzuki van a classic?

Volvoboy

niceirishfella wrote: »

Suzuki van a classic?

Meh, it's older than some here & its a Daihatsu (sp)

carchaeologist

Volvoboy wrote: »

Meh, it's older than some here

Is this the new definition of a classic so?;):D

VolvoMan

What happened to that Volvo 760 of yours by the way, Volvoboy?