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

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  • #4472
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    sligojoek wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^

    Is that Nenagh?

    Yes that’s Pearse Street Nenagh


  • #4473
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    That Limerick reg Merc I posted earlier says it's a diesel at the rear but thinking about on the way home I don't believe they ever made a 450SE diesel for RHD/European market.


  • #4474
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Going by the plate I'd say the mayor of Limerick was the first owner. It would have been a fairly expensive motor, even back then.


  • #4475
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    It most likely had a diesel conversion in the 80s or 90s, when such practices were all the rage. Dublin once upon a time, and until only about 12/15 years ago had loads of W126 taxis running Nissan diesel engines


  • #4476
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    This is what shows up on a site I tried.

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  • #4477
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,734 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    She is a Limerick County reg. from 1975.
    The counties didn't have a Mayor then just Chairman of the council and they didn't get an official car.

    You are right it must have been very expensive.

    Maybe someone converted it to diesel and stuck the badge on.


  • #4478
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    elperello wrote: »
    She is a Limerick County reg. from 1975.
    The counties didn't have a Mayor then just Chairman of the council and they didn't get an official car.

    You are right it must have been very expensive.

    Maybe someone converted it to diesel and stuck the badge on.

    Sorry, you're right. TI was the city.


  • #4479
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,734 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    sligojoek wrote: »
    It would have been a fairly expensive motor, even back then.

    I went to the archives today but I didn't find the price for 1975 in Ireland but I did manage to find the UK prices.

    If it is a 280se with the six cylinder 2746cc engine it cost 7,775 pounds sterling.
    If it is a 450 se with the V8 4520cc engine the price was 9,692 pounds sterling.

    Cars were more expensive in Ireland so it is safe to say that you could have bought quite a nice house in County Limerick for the price of that car.


  • #4480
    MTBD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭MTBD


    1962 Fiat 500 soft top. Spotless.


  • #4481
    fancy pigeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,868 ✭✭✭fancy pigeon


    One for ELM327: a 1993 Carina E which what looks to be in daily use
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  • #4482
    mayota
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭mayota


    e36.


  • #4483
    Top Dog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    MTBD wrote: »
    1962 Fiat 500 soft top. Spotless.
    Pretty certain I saw that same car entering the Cork-Mallow road around 5.30pm yesterday evening - that be possible?


  • #4484
    MTBD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭MTBD


    Top Dog wrote: »
    Pretty certain I saw that same car entering the Cork-Mallow road around 5.30pm yesterday evening - that be possible?

    Thats the one. I took that photo in the car park of Co-op Superstores at around 5.


  • #4485
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    1994 Mark I Mondeo on the Con Colbert Road, Dublin.

    Hard to believe how rare they are given they were like a rash.


  • #4486
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    M9. One sexy machine.

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  • #4487
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    93 200TE estate on Hume St.

    Seen it a few times. Always a big fan of them.


  • #4488
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    Sunny


  • #4489
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Sunny

    Nah, it's pi$$ing rain down here all morning.


  • #4490
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    Hyundai (Getz?)


  • #4491
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Atoz


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  • #4492
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,295 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Cavan town, getting rarer now, but some still soldiering on on farms.
    Farm kid Learner driver mode...

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  • #4493
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭Oops!


    That Fourtrak looks about as good as you'd find these days! Always liked those machines... Good underestimated workhorse.


  • #4494
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,295 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Oops! wrote: »
    That Fourtrak looks about as good as you'd find these days! Always liked those machines... Good underestimated workhorse.

    Yeah, I had 3 of them, and apart from the head of the fuel filter/primer giving up on one, snd a starter motor on an other, they were 100% reliable mechanically.


  • #4495
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Anybody having trouble up;oading pics?

    I'm trying to upload a few pics of an 80s merc but I keep getting this message.
    This site can’t be reached The webpage at https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/newattachment.php?do=manageattach&p= might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
    ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR


  • #4496
    gammygils
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,668 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    1990 Corolla Aldi Knocknacarra

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  • #4497
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    474613.jpg

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  • #4498
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    88 Starlet Nenagh


  • #4499
    noelf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭noelf


    Doing a bit of a house clearance today when I came across this photo from sometime in the 1980’s .. The car on the left 2921 BI showed up on motorcheck as a Talbot Solara ! Can ye identify the other cars ??


  • #4500
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Great photo!

    Talbot Solara, Bluebird estate, Bluebird saloon and Datsun Cherry closest to the camera.

    Tasty e21 3 series in front of the Bluebird estate too


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  • #4501
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,347 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    The B17 is fairly vintage too. :)

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



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