Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

bostoncommon · 24-09-2009 09:57AM

http://www.dennigcars.org/1961_ferrari_250_gte__body.htm

kev1.3s · 24-09-2009 07:34PM

bostoncommon wrote: »

http://www.dennigcars.org/1961_ferrari_250_gte__body.htm

lovely with a dirty nissan diesel in it

Blue850 · 24-09-2009 07:57PM

Saw a brown Datsun 240 or 260Z today between Ballinasloe and Athlone, towing a a caravan! also a really nice silver Merc SLC *** NZE reg.

Silvera · 24-09-2009 08:12PM

G Luxel wrote: »

Those German cars are nice, but why are they all on Euro-plates? they are gross......

German classic cars dont carry old style registrations or plates, they are issued with modern style regs/plates....which are officially issued, so you cant fit old style plates even if you wanted too.

carchaeologist · 24-09-2009 08:17PM

Silvera wrote: »

German classic cars dont carry old style registrations or plates, they are issued with modern style regs/plates....which are officially issued, so you cant fit old style plates even if you wanted too.

Vote no to lisbon....lol...

Hermy · 24-09-2009 09:01PM

Not sure if this one has been posted before...

bostoncommon · 25-09-2009 09:52AM

kev1.3s wrote: »

lovely with a dirty nissan diesel in it

out of an auld patrol..

Blue850 · 25-09-2009 11:59AM

Wouldn't be a first though, this one has a 6 litre TD boat engine

http://www.petrol-head.com/ferrari/

unkel · 25-09-2009 12:25PM

Blue850 wrote: »

Wouldn't be a first though, this one has a 6 litre TD boat engine

http://www.petrol-head.com/ferrari/

Enzo must be turning in his grave

Wishbone Ash · 26-09-2009 12:45PM

I just saw (no pic) a modern looking Land Rover Defender on 70 D xxx plates. Presumably a new body on a 1970 chassis?

trad · 26-09-2009 05:58PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I just saw (no pic) a modern looking Land Rover Defender on 70 D xxx plates. Presumably a new body on a 1970 chassis?

A very tax effective trick about 10 or more years ago. The Range Rover and Discovery use the same chassis and it is a relatively straight forward bolt off / bolt on job though a lot were fitted with disco engines / transmissions and axels. You paid benefit in kind (tax) on the price of your vehicle when new and the money spent on the rebuild was repairs and was tax deductable.

SDTimeout · 26-09-2009 09:29PM

i did not know such things were done in Ireland. i have met several dealers from Holland who scoured the uk for old chassis. apparently there is an annually recurring tax on the value of cars there. After one of them realised I was not a spy he admitted that just the chassis plate and the log book would suffice.
SD

carchaeologist · 26-09-2009 11:00PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

Vanden Plas Princess in Aherns garage in Castleisland this morning,apologies for crappy dust filled mobile camera pics.....

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Austin/Ambassador/Princess/200939195292559/advert?channel=CARS
Yours for 6k...

trevorbrady · 27-09-2009 08:53AM

SDTimeout wrote: »

i did not know such things were done in Ireland. i have met several dealers from Holland who scoured the uk for old chassis. apparently there is an annually recurring tax on the value of cars there. After one of them realised I was not a spy he admitted that just the chassis plate and the log book would suffice.
SD

obviously such a thing only happens in Holland and would never happen in Ireland...

:cool:

SDTimeout · 27-09-2009 08:59AM

goes without saying.

SD

One of these days when I Have time to type it ouy slowly I want to bring up the subject of re bodying an Irish car.

have read of the rules in the UK about so doing(usually to get the reg no off it).

has it been discussed on here?

junkyard · 27-09-2009 02:27PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Austin/Ambassador/Princess/200939195292559/advert?channel=CARS
Yours for 6k...

At those prices I've got 50k worth of scrap sitting in the field next to my house, happy days!! Seriously though that Princess has a timber frame and if it's that bad outside you can imagine how bad it is underneath. I'd say 350 euros would be a lot for it to be honest.

ji · 27-09-2009 02:46PM

I heard ahern's had all these old cars in a damp old shed..

The lotus that they sold few weeks back went on fire when they first tried to get it going one of the mechanic's spent 3 days rewiring it..P.o.s.

They also sold a very rusty beetle for €300..:rolleyes:

Things are supposed to be very quiet down there,The only thing thats keeping them going is the testing centre..

DarenO · 27-09-2009 04:23PM

sorry no pics as i was driving but yesterday i seen

Citroen SM on a ZV
Mustang on a ZV
UK reg Amazon
72 D yellow Corvette
Bay window on a ZV
Split Screen Camper
Mini xxx JZD

could almost been at a show there were so many classic cars around

Regards
D

carchaeologist · 27-09-2009 04:23PM

I agree with junkyard..it aint worth that money,but all the stuff they have had there seems to have sold.So someone thinks they are worth the money...

Didnt see the beetle was it irish too?.

ji · 27-09-2009 05:29PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

I agree with junkyard..it aint worth that money,but all the stuff they have had there seems to have sold.So someone thinks they are worth the money...

Didnt see the beetle was it irish too?.

ya irish but rotten..

carchaeologist · 27-09-2009 05:35PM

How about this..Not many of these around.

At the show in Blennerville today.This Riley was there too..

carchaeologist · 27-09-2009 05:36PM

Saw this a few weeks ago too..absolutly mint it was.

3nero · 27-09-2009 06:25PM

there was a mint looking yellow one of those for sale in a garage just outside Waterford last year. It might still be there.

carchaeologist · 27-09-2009 06:56PM

3nero wrote: »

there was a mint looking yellow one of those for sale in a garage just outside Waterford last year. It might still be there.

Which one?the one on the left or on the right?

COB MGV8 · 27-09-2009 08:02PM

Is the one on the right a 120y or a cherry ? Any idea what year it is ?

carchaeologist · 27-09-2009 08:20PM

COB MGV8 wrote: »

Is the one on the right a 120y or a cherry ? Any idea what year it is ?

The yellow one on the right is a Cherry 100A FII,its january 1980,and its mine.

Blue850 · 27-09-2009 09:45PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

The yellow one on the right is a Cherry 100A FII,its january 1980,and its mine.

Must be very rare now, I've only seen one other recently

3nero · 27-09-2009 10:07PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

Which one?the one on the left or on the right?

only one pic showed up the first time

the orange one.

i passed it tons of times while driving the tour bus, but never got a chance to stop and have a proper look.
it's on the cork road about 6 or 7 miles from Waterford on the right hand side. i remember seeing €1999 on the windscreen.

i think it's near (or in) a Jeep ,chrysler dealer.

carchaeologist · 27-09-2009 10:39PM

Blue850 wrote: »

Must be very rare now, I've only seen one other recently

Yes..they are rare now due to the usual 1970s jap rust issues and the fact they were as disposable as toilet paper,i know of this one,iv yet to see another roadworthy original irish one like mine though,if anyone knows of one get snapping!:)

G Luxel · 28-09-2009 01:07AM

carchaeologist wrote: »

How about this..Not many of these around.

Wow, an original Dublin Reg Peugeot 404 convertible. I didnt think any of them were sold here. IZO must be a mid 60s number. I saw one in Paris a week ago, white with black top.

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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