What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

SmartinMartin · 14-03-2018 8:30pm

Lovely camry in metallic green, Drumcondra

elperello · 14-03-2018 9:47pm

beertons wrote: »

And they were literally beside each other. One at the grange pub, the other at bakers corner. I'll ask in the pub next week who owns the Merc.

Careful now.

Duke O Smiley · 14-03-2018 10:06pm

That Camry is lovely

gammygils · 15-03-2018 2:00am

Galway City lately.......

ELM327 · 15-03-2018 7:55am

That carina and the roller are both immense

Duke O Smiley · 15-03-2018 11:20am

Coolock

Nekarsulm · 16-03-2018 10:33pm

Nice Stag in Cavan town this evening. Fumbled the phone and had to get the child snatch this photo......

gammygils · 18-03-2018 12:36am

90 Polo in Galway tonight

Nekarsulm · 18-03-2018 12:51am

Not in the parade, but floating about Cavan town today. Super Peugeot 309 GLD.

Mean Laqueefa · 18-03-2018 8:01am

SmartinMartin · 18-03-2018 5:59pm

Duke O Smiley · 19-03-2018 4:37pm

Travellers at the north point NCT have this. Sorely tempted to go asking about it during the week, 2.2 manual and original inside & out. Looks like it would come up lovely.

rgodard80a · 19-03-2018 6:35pm

elperello · 20-03-2018 11:50pm

beertons wrote: »

Merc

She is for sale now

https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=1942054&r=%2Fclassic-cars%2F%3Fpage%3D3

tc20 · 21-03-2018 2:30pm

'93 VW camper in Bray at lunchtime

Duke O Smiley · 21-03-2018 5:19pm

Poor photo of a nice 190 in Ayrfield

Esel · 21-03-2018 7:57pm

elperello wrote: »

She is for sale now

https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=1942054&r=%2Fclassic-cars%2F%3Fpage%3D3

Dog in the passenger footwell !

madds · 21-03-2018 10:43pm

I really don't know my old cars but perhaps someone can help. This morning on the M50 I saw a blue 63-reg "something" that got off at the Sandyford exit going south. I was behind him for a couple of exits - he wasn't hanging around either, easily doing 100 kmph. Didn't think of getting a pic. Anyone know the car I'm referring to?

selous · 22-03-2018 8:05pm

rgodard80a wrote: »

It's for sale, if you fancy shaking the loose change from the mattress ..:D

https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=1074123&r=%2Fclassic-cars%2F%3Fpage%3D0%26z%3D-9

beertons · 22-03-2018 10:28pm

Bad photo. A bit ruff

elperello · 22-03-2018 11:36pm

That's a US spec Jag, so rare enough this side of the pond.

gammygils · 24-03-2018 11:57pm

90 Land Rover in Tuam today

tc20 · 26-03-2018 9:25am

Spotted in Greystones over the weekend - I often see this on the road, and it's a credit to the owner - very, very well kept.

b318isp · 27-03-2018 10:54am

tc20 wrote: »

Spotted in Greystones over the weekend - I often see this on the road, and it's a credit to the owner - very, very well kept.

Some work to dechrome it and fit the plastic bumpers and later lights. Not mad on the E36 wheels though.

vintagevrs · 27-03-2018 10:56am

I normally wouldn't be a fan of fitting wheels from one generation car to another but I think that one looks the business. Cool car.

beertons · 27-03-2018 11:19am

On Sunday

Ubbquittious · 27-03-2018 7:18pm

Grand yoke

SmartinMartin · 27-03-2018 10:37pm

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Grand yoke

Ooh that's nice. I'm still looking for gutter rails for mine:rolleyes:

BonnieSituation · 28-03-2018 12:00am

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Grand yoke

I'm dying to get my hands on one of those. Soon I tells ya.

tc20 · 29-03-2018 2:49pm

couple of spots around Bray today

vectra · 29-03-2018 6:45pm

Not exactly today
But last Tuesday parked up in Fermoy.
1984
Clean Gti

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conor2469 · 30-03-2018 8:50am

vectra wrote: »

Not exactly today
But last Tuesday parked up in Fermoy.
1979
Clean Gti

You sure the plate was 1979? Mk2 golfs didn't enter production until 1983. How very curious!

vectra · 30-03-2018 9:03am

conor2469 wrote: »

You sure the plate was 1979? Mk2 golfs didn't enter production until 1983. How very curious!

You are correct
I was thinking of another car when I typed that
she is 84.

tc20 · 03-04-2018 10:21am

Cornelscourt & Enniskerry over the weekend

BonnieSituation · 03-04-2018 1:56pm

tc20 wrote: »

Cornelscourt & Enniskerry over the weekend

That 760 is gorgeous. Looks in great nick.

Means Of Escape · 04-04-2018 4:14pm

Granada 2L Ghia

vectra · 04-04-2018 4:25pm

Spotted this in a local shopping car park today

tc20 · 04-04-2018 4:38pm

^ that's a late Escort (iirc the Focus came into Ireland in what, late 98 maybe?) - is the bumper original on that?

BonnieSituation · 04-04-2018 4:45pm

tc20 wrote: »

^ that's a late Escort (iirc the Focus came into Ireland in what, late 98 maybe?) - is the bumper original on that?

I had a 97 escort. Think the reg was up in the 20000s.

There were a few high spec runout 98s as well you'd sometimes see around the place back in the day.

JohnBoy26 · 04-04-2018 9:09pm

tc20 wrote: »

^ that's a late Escort (iirc the Focus came into Ireland in what, late 98 maybe?) - is the bumper original on that?

Escorts were manufactured long after the focus was released. I think they stopped production in 2000

elperello · 04-04-2018 9:33pm

2OOO is right.
The last of them were a bit up market with alloys and fog lights.

the_syco · 04-04-2018 10:53pm

Nice little classic Porsche 911.

Duke O Smiley · 05-04-2018 7:25pm

Tidy(ish) 93 320i in Howth

jayo26 · 05-04-2018 11:19pm

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Escorts were manufactured long after the focus was released. I think they stopped production in 2000

elperello wrote: »

2OOO is right.
The last of them were a bit up market with alloys and fog lights.

Yep my dad had a 99 escort gti they had skirts, spoiler, front fogs and all electrics with white dials too. His was the 1.6 I think handled really well for an escort too.

SmartinMartin · 07-04-2018 6:55pm

Killarney;

If the mazda owner would only change that plate!

elperello · 07-04-2018 8:36pm

jayo26 wrote: »

Yep my dad had a 99 escort gti they had skirts, spoiler, front fogs and all electrics with white dials too. His was the 1.6 I think handled really well for an escort too.

Here is a low mileage 2000 one for small money if anyone has the itch.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2000-ford-escort-1-4-petrol-50k-miles/17912477

Means Of Escape · 07-04-2018 8:53pm

A Jap n 2 Germans

Isambard · 08-04-2018 7:47am

elperello wrote: »

2OOO is right.
The last of them were a bit up market with alloys and fog lights.

that's right , this was mine

ELM327 · 08-04-2018 8:21am

vectra wrote: »

Spotted this in a local shopping car park today
(Escort Saloon photo)

Hmm.
That's a strange one as the earlier years of that same model (the saloon version of the escort) were badged as "Orion". I had a '94 one a while back and it was exactly the same as that car. I wonder when the naming changed as mine was a '94, that's a '97 and the focus replaced the escort around '99-'00.

Isambard · 08-04-2018 9:25am

ELM327 wrote: »

Hmm.
That's a strange one as the earlier years of that same model (the saloon version of the escort) were badged as "Orion". I had a '94 one a while back and it was exactly the same as that car. I wonder when the naming changed as mine was a '94, that's a '97 and the focus replaced the escort around '99-'00.

September 1993 so yours must have been quite elderly when new. Saloon version of the Escort. There also was a saloon Fiesta but we didn't get that

The Focus came out in 99 and the escort finished in 2000, quite correct. Saloon finished in 98.

What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

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