Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

14-08-2009 10:01PM

Note the little black spoilers at the edge of the Sierra rear quarter windows to keep the car in a straight line at speed. The early cars didn't have them and were prone to involuntary lane changes as the aerodynamics were a little dodgy :eek:

'87 Dublin regs topped off at just under 28,000 so it was imported at some stage

3nero · 15-08-2009 06:05AM

Par72 wrote: »

Saw this on Bray seafront this evening.

Thats mine

I always wondered what people did with the pics after they took them and now i know :cool:

here's a better pic

15-08-2009 09:39AM

A rare sight these days - will it be in Fermoy this weekend?

3nero · 15-08-2009 03:26PM

No
i got stopped for no tax last night :rolleyes:
so now i have to spend the fuel money on road tax instead

It's my daily driver so i better keep it legal

Max_Damage · 15-08-2009 09:13PM

Spotted this Mercedes in Camden Row earlier today:

Not a 500SL either

:

Registration 83D4367
Make MERCEDES BENZ
Model 280
Description SL AUTO
Fuel Type PETROL

15-08-2009 10:04PM

Max_Damage wrote: »

Not a 500SL either :

Registration 83D4367
Make MERCEDES BENZ
Model 280
Description SL AUTO
Fuel Type PETROL

Sad sad sad... Has the owner no self respect? - even if it was bought misbadged why perpetuate the lie?

Max_Damage · 16-08-2009 04:47PM

Spotted another SL today in Blackrock Shopping Centre. Didn't see which engine size it was though:

Registration 85D7571
Make MERCEDES BENZ
Model UNKNOWN
Description Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL

Wishbone Ash · 16-08-2009 09:57PM

kasper · 17-08-2009 12:07PM

seen in mullingar ths morning a nice volkswagon and a daily drivermerc 004.jpg

Max_Damage · 17-08-2009 02:30PM

Spotted a Lada Samara (remember them?) on the M50 earlier today. Hadn't seen one of them in years!

3nero · 17-08-2009 08:24PM

For MantaMad....

this is the only manta i have pics of

atlantean · 17-08-2009 11:10PM

That looks like a very clean A

Max_Damage · 18-08-2009 12:06PM

Maybe not a classic as such, but I spotted this '90 Rover Metro in Cornelscourt Shopping Centre earlier today. I haven't seen one of these in ages!

artic · 18-08-2009 12:43PM

Max_Damage wrote: »

Maybe not a classic as such, but I spotted this '90 Rover Metro in Cornelscourt Shopping Centre earlier today. I haven't seen one of these in ages!

Nice parking

Max_Damage · 18-08-2009 12:56PM

artic wrote: »

Nice parking

It was an old couple who owned it!

alias no.9 · 18-08-2009 01:27PM

Max_Damage wrote: »

Maybe not a classic as such, but I spotted this '90 Rover Metro in Cornelscourt Shopping Centre earlier today. I haven't seen one of these in ages!

Interesting to see it beside the current model Fiesta, in the 1980's they would have been class competitors.

edit, sorry at a second glance, it looks more like an A class.

Tomebagel · 18-08-2009 04:44PM

alias no.9 wrote: »

Interesting to see it beside the current model Fiesta, in the 1980's they would have been class competitors.

edit, sorry at a second glance, it looks more like an A class.

yep,an A

G Luxel · 19-08-2009 12:15AM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

with his face blanked out and you hiding in your car:D, this is getting to be Motoring Papparazzi.........:) ironic that the green minor is getting apple green petrol....

3nero · 19-08-2009 08:46PM

I had a little road trip today and spoted a few cars on the way

so here they are

Dastun just outside Athy (ballynan side)

and these 3 on the Dublin side of Athy
all in the same yard

Not may of those pug vans left now :cool:

Max_Damage · 19-08-2009 08:52PM

Saw one of those Peugeot vans only recently here in Dublin, a very faded blue one.

3nero · 19-08-2009 09:10PM

forgot about this little fiat

mountain · 21-08-2009 09:52PM

i know its not a "classic" in years, but i think its a great shape, and im sure others will agree,
seen today in North main street car park cork.

bijapos · 22-08-2009 09:37PM

Saw this on the Britanny Ferry from Roscoff last night.
France & Pyrennes Aug 2009 920.JPG

France & Pyrennes Aug 2009 921.JPG

3nero · 23-08-2009 12:02AM

I love the look of that seat
kinda angry looking

2cv · 23-08-2009 12:27PM

bijapos wrote: »

Saw this on the Britanny Ferry from Roscoff last night.
France & Pyrennes Aug 2009 920.JPG

France & Pyrennes Aug 2009 921.JPG

That is one hell of a lovely car.... Did you get to talk to the owner?

It's on a spanish reg, Valencia if i'm not mistaken...

jrar · 23-08-2009 01:31PM

Not sure what the occasion was, but saw this "parade" in Colmar, E. France earlier this month - cars preceded by a motorcycle cavalcade...........

Edit - all plates are local French (Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin) plus the german ones are pretty much all from Freiburg just across the border so I asume it was a regional meet of US car owners etc.

bijapos · 23-08-2009 01:39PM

No I didnt, just saw it as I was looking for my own car while getting off so I didnt see the owner.

France is thankfully still full of older cars, seems very few 2CV's and R4's etc were scrapped in their latest scrappage scheme. I've a good few photos to show but it takes ages to upload them. Whats the quickest way? Not exactly a computer techie, prefer a filthy old Merc diesel engine myself.

Here a bit of a teaser. 4 cars in the following photo, front one is easy, two in the middle are more difficult, maybe not even recognisable but the cabrio at the back left is really interesting, was shocked when I saw it in real life, one of my absolute favourite cars of all time and tbh if I ever win a million on the lotto its the first thing I'd buy. I'll put up a better photo and tell what it is tomorrow if noone gets it.

France & Pyrennes Aug 2009 844.JPG

jrar · 23-08-2009 01:55PM

Here are a couple of others (not exactly classics) that I saw during my travels in E. France...........

ulick-magee · 23-08-2009 01:57PM

Merc seen in Miltown Malbay during the Willie Clancy week..cant remember the reg but it was something like rce 1 ,yellow plates

jrar · 23-08-2009 01:58PM

bijapos wrote: »

No I didnt, just saw it as I was looking for my own car while getting off so I didnt see the owner.

France is thankfully still full of older cars, seems very few 2CV's and R4's etc were scrapped in their latest scrappage scheme. I've a good few photos to show but it takes ages to upload them. Whats the quickest way? Not exactly a computer techie, prefer a filthy old Merc diesel engine myself.

Hmm, I must have been in the "wrong" part of the country as I was lamenting the complete absence of oldies where I was - saw 1 x DS in over 3 weeks and 1800 kms, of driving and it was being used to tow a caravan (oh, the ignominy of using a beautiful motor like that like a modern-day workhorse !!)

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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