Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

And These,

There were many more but unfortunately they were all leaving just as I arrived.
Was it something I said?

To show them in the thread you have to upload them to the likes of imageshack, photobucket flikr etc

Ive used imageshack mainly, opened a flikr account recently to but not tried it yet.

jozi wrote:

To show them in the thread you have to upload them to the likes of imageshack, photobucket flikr etc

Ive used imageshack mainly, opened a flikr account recently to but not tried it yet.

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Jozi, thanks for that,

Max_Damage wrote:

According to Cartell, that 500SL that Hifive took only has a 3.5L engine!

Not another one. There seems to be a lot of that in SL circles. The shed I looked at in Rathfarnham http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055094327 was also badged as a 500 although in fairness it was advertised as a 350. Also I'm going to see a 450 in Lusk (Dublin) next Monday and wont be surprised if it actually turns out to be a re badged 350.
I think the 350 was the only engine available up till about 1980 but there was a 450 in the states which was deemed necessary to overcome the anti smog gear that was required there.
After 1980 the engine line up was changed. the old Iron block V8 was changed for an new all alloy one. the 350 became the 380 then the 420 and then the 500. There was a number of six's as well, a 280 and a 300. There was also a 560 V8 for the American market only, although the Euro 500 was the quickest model.

Yeah I was suspicious of that 500SL too !

There was always a 450SL on offer from the start too but things changed in 1980. The 380SL was the one with the simplex timing chain system, instead of duplex, and it gave trouble. Most will have been converted to Duplex by now.

That 1980 380SL is a rare colour, Denis Mahoney's wife had a new 380SL in that colour in 1980 ! I wonder if its the same car, any idea of the reg. # ?

The later 300SL and the 500's are regarded as the best engines !

I was Wexford for the weekend, I would have travelled over !

MercMad wrote:

Yeah I was suspicious of that 500SL too !
"There was always a 450SL on offer from the start too"
"That 1980 380SL is a rare colour"
"any idea of the reg. # ?"



Didn't know that about the 350/450.
Do you know what the bhp figures for each were?
The colour was pretty much as it looks in the pics, kinda copper/orange. It wouldn't have been my choice.
The car was re reged as 80 D xxx (I think it was D) so it must have been imported.

Not sure about the BHP off the top of my head, but fairly sure the 350 is 200BHP and the 450 is 225BHP in Euro spec. The 380 and 500 probably only improved that marginally but the torque was better and the weight lower !

I'll find out though, plenty of books at home !

I actually have seen the 80D 380SL before !

I passed through New Ross on Friday before lunch, there was only the one classic in the car park at the time, a fairly tidy looking Morris (?) don't see it in any of your photos Hifive. (I just caught it in the background of another photo I was taking for the number plate thread! )



Was up the far corner of the country today and saw this Singer Gazelle in Ballaghderreen.



Then there was a Triumph 2000 and a Mk2 Cortina for sale outside a business just outside Bundoran.





I should have taken a photo of the sign, the business was called "S & M Valeting" I guess they do "cleaning with a kinky touch"

Then in Dunkineeley there was a Datsun 1200 and a rubber bumper Midget for sale.

mike65 wrote:

Yay! (/brings two crash helmets! )

Mike.

Oh sh1t.:eek:

The Atheist wrote:

Mmmm. Black leather chamois.

Yeh, they could probably whip your car into shape!

Spotted this Daimler Coupe in Mullingar today.