Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Max_Damage · 15-07-2007 02:39PM

Well I threw a few random '87-LD-xxx' into Cartell and their seems to be at least 1,100 vehicles registered in that county. I doubt that 600 of them were imports so maybe the Olds was brought into this country new.

'The truth is out there!'

jrar · 15-07-2007 09:53PM

I suggest it was touch and go in terms of what LD ended 1987 in termsof highest number issued. Certianly Cartell has 561 listed as an unknown 3.5 ltr. car and given that there is large gap to where the re-registrations started at 800 courtesy of the Revenue taking over the role, it would seem to suggest that 87 LD 561 was indeed registered in Ireland in that year

G Luxel · 16-07-2007 04:37PM

Do-more wrote:

The reg is 87 LD 561 (I think!) which would suggest that it was originally imported in 1987 but you can't be sure without getting a report on it!

The reg plate is 87 LD 567. There is a dealer badge on the bootlid from Florida but is more of an emblem than a label. I wonder if it was brought here the same year. It has only 3 digits on its reg plate so a very low number could make it an original irish car. It is still in very good condition but minus the front badge and bonnet emblem. I think it is a 3.8 litre.

Max_Damage · 16-07-2007 06:00PM

G Luxel wrote:

The reg plate is 87 LD 567.

That reg. isn't on Cartell for some reason.

It would be interesting if a similar car was brought in a year earlier, then it would have old red plates. I remember seeing an early-80's Ford Mustang many years ago that had old red plates on it. I wonder what happened to it.

DarenO · 17-07-2007 08:18PM

Cartell doesn't have every reg as i've tried to do a quick search for some of my father's cars

Dades · 19-07-2007 10:39AM

Saw this about 50 yards from my gaff yesterday.

Didn't have time to stop and see what it was. Anyone?

Max_Damage · 19-07-2007 11:45AM

The Atheist wrote:

Saw this about 50 yards from my gaff yesterday.

Didn't have time to stop and see what it was. Anyone?

^ Triumph 1800 Roadster.

hi5 · 19-07-2007 11:47AM

The Atheist wrote:

Saw this about 50 yards from my gaff yesterday.

Didn't have time to stop and see what it was. Anyone?

Dunno, but did'nt the tv series about the detective in Jersey have one(sorry about the lack of detail:) .

Wishbone Ash · 19-07-2007 01:11PM

I think that this car was posted before but I spotted it this morning - a BMW 633CSi with probably the most apt registration out there. Pure class! :cool:

Wishbone Ash · 19-07-2007 01:16PM

hi5 wrote:

Dunno, but did'nt the tv series about the detective in Jersey have one(sorry about the lack of detail:) .

Yup - Bergerac's Car

Dades · 19-07-2007 02:48PM

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Yup - Bergerac's Car

Uh oh, if Bergerac's in the neighbourhood that can only mean there's trouble afoot. :eek:

smash · 23-07-2007 02:56PM

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I think that this car was posted before but I spotted it this morning - a BMW 633CSi with probably the most apt registration out there. Pure class! :cool:

ye that's a great reg... This has been for sale for well over a year now, I love it though.

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=418588

Wishbone Ash · 23-07-2007 04:23PM

steve06 wrote:

This has been for sale for well over a year now, I love it though.

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=418588

The 4 pipe exhaust and ironing board on the boot spoil it a bit in my opinion but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.

MercMad · 24-07-2007 09:16AM

Wishbone Ash wrote:

The 4 pipe exhaust and ironing board on the boot spoil it a bit in my opinion but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.

............yes its been "wallied" !

There was no such thing as an M6, and the M635CSi never had a foolish looking soiler, or quad pipes !

If it was standard it would be more valuable IMO

The are stunning looking cars though, far nicer than anything they've made since !

mike65 · 24-07-2007 03:27PM

If it was year older I'd be seriously tempted I love the 4 pack of pipes but the spolier who have to go unless I was heading down the Bellview Port road for some doughnut action!

Mike.

--amadeus-- · 25-07-2007 04:05PM

I saw this car advertised a long time ago and got really excited.. till I saw the rear view!

I could live with the pipes, but that spoiler is awful. At least teh original is available so the next owner could revert.

MercMad · 27-07-2007 10:06AM

Saw this last week in Thomastown, I think, we were travelling back from Waterford ! Looked to be in regular use !

Do-more · 27-07-2007 06:21PM

Not quite quick enough!

From the glimpse of the badge as it passed in front of me at Kilmartin's roundabout in Athlone I think it was a Riley. The plate was PZ ???? (Northern Ireland?)

jrar · 27-07-2007 10:29PM

PZ nnnn would be a Belfast plate from round about the mid-1950s

kikel · 28-07-2007 02:54AM

MercMad wrote:

Saw this last week in Thomastown, I think, we were travelling back from Waterford ! Looked to be in regular use !

That van is regularly parked in Thomastown. The owner works there and uses it as his daily transport. Class bus

Revelation Joe · 28-07-2007 06:41PM

Do-more wrote:

Not quite quick enough!

From the glimpse of the badge as it passed in front of me at Kilmartin's roundabout in Athlone I think it was a Riley. The plate was PZ ???? (Northern Ireland?)

It's a Riley RM

carlosfandango · 30-07-2007 01:16PM

Slightly off topic, but at least it was a pic taken from a classic!
Taken because I admire the owner's honesty in his reg number..

Max_Damage · 30-07-2007 03:17PM

carlosfandango wrote:

Slightly off topic, but at least it was a pic taken from a classic!
Taken because I admire the owner's honesty in his reg number..

Their is a thread in the 'motors' section for reg. plates.

carlosfandango · 30-07-2007 04:32PM

Max_Damage wrote:

Their is a thread in the 'motors' section for reg. plates.

Noted! Apologies Max Damage. Didn't mean to cause any upset.

carlosfandango · 01-08-2007 10:17AM

Saw this around the corner from my office in The Coombe this morning. Cheered me up no end! As far as I could see it was in perfect condition and the colour was not something I'd seen before on an Aston.. It's really great to see these cars being used, I'd imagine this is worth a few quid.. Nice reg too, think it's Isle of Man? Hope you like the pic.

jozi · 01-08-2007 10:34AM

carlosfandango wrote:

Saw this around the corner from my office in The Coombe this morning. Cheered me up no end! As far as I could see it was in perfect condition and the colour was not something I'd seen before on an Aston.. It's really great to see these cars being used, I'd imagine this is worth a few quid.. Nice reg too, think it's Isle of Man? Hope you like the pic.

You beat me to it!!! I seen it drive just a little up the road from there, sounded nice, looked good. Beats the M5 i seen just 2mins before that

jrar · 01-08-2007 08:27PM

carlosfandango wrote:

Saw this around the corner from my office in The Coombe this morning. Cheered me up no end! As far as I could see it was in perfect condition and the colour was not something I'd seen before on an Aston.. It's really great to see these cars being used, I'd imagine this is worth a few quid.. Nice reg too, think it's Isle of Man? Hope you like the pic.

Yeah, Isle of Man iplate indeed - 1 MN was issued in May 1959 and they finished the series at 9999 MN in May 64 so this is most likely a 1960 issue (on the law of averages)

PaulK_CCI · 01-08-2007 10:32PM

jrar wrote:

Yeah, Isle of Man iplate indeed - 1 MN was issued in May 1959 and they finished the series at 9999 MN in May 64 so this is most likely a 1960 issue (on the law of averages)

This would make it unlike that it is a standard issued Isle of Man plate, but rather a personal plate. The DB5 was only built from 63 until 65, making it very likely that this car is indeed from 1964 as the number plate would suggest...

Thinkingaboutit · 02-08-2007 01:52AM

Max_Damage wrote:

I saw this Renault 18 on the way back from the Terenure car show. It's in good condition:

That's almost near where I live. That's parked on my road. I think it belongs to a postman. I could find out. I wonder if it was owned from new. My Dad had an '85 Carina II until 2002 from new.

Max_Damage · 02-08-2007 02:12AM

Thinkingaboutit wrote:

That's almost near where I live. That's parked on my road. I think it belongs to a postman. I could find out. I wonder if it was owned from new. My Dad had an '85 Carina II until 2002 from new.

I remember reading somewhere that apparently this car was restored only about a year or two ago. They done a good job on it if that's the case.

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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