Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Gary ITR · 23-10-2008 02:12PM

Pagoda113 wrote: »

As far as I know, Frank Keane's have that BMW M1 since new. It was in the showroom in the early 80's. I always looked in passing on a trip up to Dublin to see if it was still there.

Must have been elsewhere for a while, it's only back there in the last 12-18months

MercMad · 24-10-2008 09:24AM

Onkle wrote: »

Must have been elsewhere for a while, it's only back there in the last 12-18months

........all of those cars only ever go from the showroom to the workshop and back again. None are driven on the road very far !

When I was last in the workshop, about 10 years ago, the 507 was there with a lovely 3.0CSi.

carchaeologist · 24-10-2008 11:17AM

MercMad wrote: »

........all of those cars only ever go from the showroom to the workshop and back again. None are driven on the road very far!

As much as i like low mileage/undriven cars,it kinda seems a pity that they dont get used at all..

zilog_jones · 24-10-2008 12:29PM

macplaxton wrote: »

Midground / red one is a Skoda Estelle

So it is - forgot all about them!

Wishbone Ash · 24-10-2008 10:32PM

Morris Traveller being 'prostituted' on Hatch Street Upper (Dublin).

carchaeologist · 25-10-2008 08:38AM

^It doesnt look too bad except for the box on the roof,always liked those wheels on minors,arent they called slotmags?

25-10-2008 09:08AM

Dades wrote: »

Okay so who

(a) won the lottery and
(b) is suffering a mid-life crisis?

http://www.zebra.ie/spider/17-11-05_1420.jpg

(Spotted beside O'Connoll Bridge yesterday).

guy in clones in monaghan owns own jus lik that.. so he's the answer to ur questions i guess :P

TigerTim · 25-10-2008 09:37AM

I had those wheels in 10" on my Mini Clubman. I called them Wolfrace 5 slot alloys.

T.

Kevin_Herron · 25-10-2008 10:53AM

I havent seen that Morris Minor in years!
It has a Fiat or Lancia Twin cam in it.
I know the Fiat was the popular conversion but something tells me that car has a Lancia engine!

shagman · 25-10-2008 01:44PM

TigerTim wrote: »

I had those wheels in 10" on my Mini Clubman. I called them Wolfrace 5 slot alloys.

T.

A lot of other companies made them too they were a very popular style of wheel in the 70s and 80s. The ones on my scimitar are Ansen japenese made slots and a lot of the american wheel companies made similar style wheels. Wolfrace are UK based so we saw a lot of them here.

carchaeologist · 25-10-2008 04:54PM

TigerTim wrote: »

I had those wheels in 10" on my Mini Clubman. I called them Wolfrace 5 slot alloys.

T.

Sounds cool,have you a pic?

carchaeologist · 26-10-2008 11:25AM

As posted on octane,this is a huge thread on the supercar registry,literally hundreds of pics of old america,you will want an hour or two to go through it all properly..
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/338226/page/0/fpart/1/vc/1

cantdecide · 27-10-2008 01:27AM

All but the first were at the back of Waterford Harley Davidson...

carchaeologist · 27-10-2008 02:17AM

^where was the first?Looks like a riley 4/72?

Max_Damage · 27-10-2008 01:35PM

To (sort off) stay on the topic of low mileage old cars, I came across this Ford Escort Mk3 on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-FORD-ESCORT-GL-GREEN-Stunning-Condition-WOW_W0QQitemZ320312631215QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320312631215&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A7|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Works out to be on average about 63 miles per year!

carchaeologist · 27-10-2008 06:21PM

Max_Damage wrote: »

To (sort off) stay on the topic of low mileage old cars, I came across this Ford Escort Mk3 on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1984-FORD-ESCORT-GL-GREEN-Stunning-Condition-WOW_W0QQitemZ320312631215QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320312631215&_trkparms=39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A7|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Works out to be on average about 63 miles per year!

You would have to wonder what the story behind that car is,how it was stored so long.

MercMad · 28-10-2008 02:11PM

Presumably kept in a Ford showroom for all those years !

hamsterboy · 28-10-2008 04:49PM

Spotted in Enniscorthy the weekend
Haven't seen one in yonks

For those of you under 30 its a Talbot Samba

Max_Damage · 28-10-2008 06:18PM

^ I thought all the Irish ones were extinct by now! :eek:

carchaeologist · 28-10-2008 06:31PM

hamsterboy wrote: »

For those of you under 30 its a Talbot Samba

I take offence to that comment!;):D:P
A very unusual car these days,wexford reg on it.

hamsterboy · 29-10-2008 10:22AM

No offence meant carchaeologist

Yeah they are pretty rare I guess.
Found out the old woman I seen getting into it and driving away has had it since new! :eek:

HB

brosnadog · 29-10-2008 11:32AM

Spotted this for sale this morning in the same spot as the yellow SA mark 3 was parked a while back.

superjosh9 · 29-10-2008 03:05PM

Coxy_VW wrote: »

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

My goodness, what a lovely colour for that car. Really was a beaut, shame on whoever it was that resprayed it red.

superjosh9 · 29-10-2008 03:08PM

Lauder wrote: »

Spotted this Aston Martin Vantage V8 on Hume Street this morning.

I also spotted an Original Irish Triumph TR2 in red, Immaculate looking coming out of a lane in North Strand. The reg was EIF 330, cork so i believe

That 940 and parking job looks suspiciously familiar! Love those Astons.

carchaeologist · 29-10-2008 05:59PM

brosnadog wrote: »

Spotted this for sale this morning in the same spot as the yellow SA mark 3 was parked a while back.

Mmm..i like!!:)

brosnadog · 29-10-2008 09:13PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

Mmm..i like!!:)

Ya i have to say it looks very clean, it also has 1 owner from new

S.I.R · 30-10-2008 12:20AM

cantdecide wrote: »

All but the first were at the back of Waterford Harley Davidson...

hmmm

nice r5... pitty they like everything is so over priced... like that one for sale for 3k on adverts... .... Even with 1 owner its only worth 1000.... maybe 1200...

junkyard wrote: »

Isn't it funny the way people with real M cars debadge them and people with bog standard cars plaster them with upgrade badges.:)

hmmm that trick only Really works with hondas.... as soon as it dawns the type R it auto gains 60 hp.... add a black bonnet, thats another 20, a wing gives Saab Spec aero dynamics.... despite its cheap flymse'ness

Ahhh.... Honda drivers always make me laugh.

Lauder · 30-10-2008 01:53AM

superjosh9 wrote: »

That 940 and parking job looks suspiciously familiar! Love those Astons.

Is it yours?

brosnadog · 31-10-2008 10:23PM

okistag · 01-11-2008 03:55PM

Taken a few weeks back, a nice MK1 GTI, Irish as well, parked in Rathgar

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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