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

Cork reg. Did they make the Mk2 Cortina in Ireland?

gammygils wrote: »

69 Mark II Cortina in Tuam this evening

https://i.imgur.com/XFkmzkxh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/lZqpZTJh.jpg

Wow, :eek:
That brings me back a bit, my father (rip) had an identical model to that,
YPI834 (Column change)
I loved that car.

vectra wrote: »

Wow, :eek:
That brings me back a bit, my father (rip) had an identical model to that,
YPI834 (Column change)
I loved that car.

Learned to drive in my Dads Mk2 Cortina. Also a 1300 column change.
NID 358.

Tuam

Putting some of us to shame.

Is that another garage owner with a load of oldies?

Clonsilla, Dublin 15

Same owner since 03 on that Alfa. Great find, they're such a rarity now

An aunt and uncle of mine had his n' hers 145/146 combo new back in about 2000.

Spotting from a socially responsible distance

tuxy wrote: »

Looks like a UK import that moved to Dublin.
Never done a days farm work in its life.

Ah right you are. Explains why its so neat. In spite of being bulletproof and all that any original Irish one would be battered to a pulp by now. Unusual but not unheard of to see a UK one in 1.6 guise.

A 1994 corolla. Seemed to be motoring away just fine.

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I went over to England last year to look at a couple of 91/92 saloons before I bought my 90 liftback in Wexford.

They were rough! On first appearances they looked really straight but the second you got inside of them there was pools of water every where they could be collected inside the panels. Lord knows what level of disintegration the seals were really at. The levels of corrosion that peaked out from under uncovered parts of the engine bay just shouted out loud that there was a world of pain ahead for the next owner.

Toyotas are an absolute hoor for letting water into the boot and footwells. All the Toyotas we have had down through the years in the family of which there were quite a few and differing models let water into the boot/footwells, bar my current Avensis touch wood. We would never have had any that were up to almost 30 years old as in the case of the 91/92 models you looked at. No doubt with water inevitably lodging in any car for that long it will cause bad corrosion.

Moreover (and I was discussing the same on another thread here very recently) advanced corrosion is still a major issue with UK imported cars. There are some on here that will tell you that rust should not be a problem on newer cars. While it will have being a more pronounced problem in older cars it is very much a problem that effects new cars in a bad way too. You may say it was an unfortunate coincidence but I viewed many UK imported cars down through the years, all of which were in a bad way underneath with advanced corrosion. Most recently a 2010 Auris and a 2011 Mondeo about 2 years ago - both were horrendous underneath with rust. More will say its no less a problem with original Irish cars and absolutely, Irish cars are in no way immune to it - in particular in more recent years roads are gritted more regularly. However, on balance there is no way as big a problem on Irish cars as those imported from the UK.

Old Passat today on the Merrion Road