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Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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  • #5012
    DrivingsCool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭DrivingsCool


    Last wednesday spotted an old irish reg fiat 500 on N3, the Reg started in IK..

    Anyone else seen it?

    Didnt get a pic of it, put it was pretty bet looking, unrestored, original unpolished dark red.


  • #5013
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Spotted this Dublin reg. Triumph Acclaim earlier today in Templeogue:

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  • #5014
    245
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭245


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Spotted this Dublin reg. Triumph Acclaim earlier today in Templeogue:

    Very nice - and very rare here in Ireland.

    Looks like an '83 - colour is 'Denim Blue' IIRC. My mother had a Metro of the same colour

    That's just off Cypress Grove Road, is it?


  • #5015
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    ^ Yep.

    Rare cars indeed, I remember seeing a beige one in Clonskeagh until about 2 years ago. Haven't seen it since though. There was a red Kerry reg. one at the Terenure show about 3-4 years ago.

    They were really a Honda Ballade though.


  • #5016
    245
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭245


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    ^ Yep.

    Rare cars indeed, I remember seeing a beige one in Clonskeagh until about 2 years ago. Haven't seen it since though. There was a red Kerry reg. one at the Terenure show about 3-4 years ago.

    They were really a Honda Ballade though.

    They were indeed a Honda although built in the UK. The story went that Honda engineers were shocked when they saw the first UK built ones and that production had to be stopped for rectification.

    I remember that they had a shocking drag coefficient and that real world fuel consumption was equally shocking.... They were a bit Toyotaish inside from what I remember - nice smooth engine though - very willing.


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  • #5017
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,607 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Spotted this Renault in Nassau Street the other day...
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    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #5018
    mk2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭mk2


    The snorkel :D


  • #5019
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    mk2 wrote: »
    The snorkel :D
    +1, i'd have thought it'd float before it got that deep!


  • #5020
    Renotec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭Renotec


    Hermy wrote: »
    Spotted this Renault in Nassau Street the other day...
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    Le Renault 4GTL Trophy. Get a load of that snorkel!


  • #5021
    Lauder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭Lauder


    BMW 2002ti in Clontarf earlier in the week.

    2002.jpg


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  • #5022
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Spotted a Vauxhall Carlton Mk1 earlier today on Templeogue Bridge. It was brown in colour and had red plates ('FZH' I think it was). Didn't get a pic though.

    The car itself looked alright, but the engine sounded fairly rough though!


  • #5023
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,607 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Another Merc on original plates...
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    And a couple of Landys I posted in the other picture thread...
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    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #5024
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Hermy wrote: »
    Another Merc on original plates...
    My first car must have been registered not long before that. A maroon mk2 golf van, ZS 3574


  • #5025
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    benz280.jpg

    280E (W114) on the M6 yesterday, looks like they've repainted it at some point, because mywheels says blue.

    /M


  • #5026
    okistag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 914 ✭✭✭okistag


    DSC_3970.jpg

    and then our club meeting a nice turn out
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    with a spin over Sally gap

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  • #5027
    shagman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭shagman


    NICE BUS!


  • #5028
    tonyj_mc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭tonyj_mc


    was down the country and this bad boy was parked outside the hotel we stopped in for lunch, niccceee!!!!

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  • #5029
    richardsheil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 691 ✭✭✭richardsheil


    Regarding that ZS 4169 Mercedes 230.

    I seriously doubt that is an original reg. Around 1986 which was when that plate was issued there were a lot of dealers importing second hand Mercedes like the above from UK. More likely this car is earlier than 1986 and judging from the fact that it is not a 230e it is more likely to be late 70s. Still looks wonderful.


  • #5030
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,995 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    richardsheil wrote: »
    Regarding that ZS 4169 Mercedes 230.

    I seriously doubt that is an original reg. Around 1986 which was when that plate was issued there were a lot of dealers importing second hand Mercedes like the above from UK. More likely this car is earlier than 1986 and judging from the fact that it is not a 230e it is more likely to be late 70s. Still looks wonderful.
    This raises an interesting question. Would a vehicle such as that be eligible for re-registration as a classic (30+)?

    Not your ornery onager



  • #5031
    ARGINITE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭ARGINITE


    Saw this in Terryland Dunnes, Galway a few days ago.

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  • #5032
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    esel wrote: »
    This raises an interesting question. Would a vehicle such as that be eligible for re-registration as a classic (30+)?
    Interesting,i suppose it would,though you would want to be a bit mad to change that to a ZV.
    Or is it only age plated cars that are eligible for a re-reg?
    Anything is possible with the idiots that are at the wheel in this country...


  • #5033
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    I personally think they should get rid of the whole 'ZV' plate thing altogether. Either you have an original Irish car or you don't, no point making it 'pseudo-original'.

    I reckon it'll come to an end in 2017 anyway, but you never know...


  • #5034
    bijapos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭bijapos


    esel wrote: »
    This raises an interesting question. Would a vehicle such as that be eligible for re-registration as a classic (30+)?


    Judging by the headrests its 1979 or earlier. Could have changed the headrests though!

    The car, if over 30 years of age would be taxable and insureable as a classic so there would be no reason to change the registration. The 'original' Irish reg would make it more desirable to some buyers than a ZV or "79 D xxxx"


  • #5035
    Gophur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭Gophur


    richardsheil wrote: »
    Regarding that ZS 4169 Mercedes 230.

    I seriously doubt that is an original reg. Around 1986 which was when that plate was issued there were a lot of dealers importing second hand Mercedes like the above from UK. More likely this car is earlier than 1986 and judging from the fact that it is not a 230e it is more likely to be late 70s. Still looks wonderful.

    It was only since 1986 private imports were possible. Prior to that VAT laws made this impossible.


  • #5036
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Gophur wrote: »
    It was only since 1986 private imports were possible. Prior to that VAT laws made this impossible.
    Compared to nowadays where guys are making a living from importing stuff.


  • #5037
    peltor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭peltor


    Bought this to transport classic cars incl my own and other cars for people. Keeps prying eyes at bay.

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  • #5038
    atlantean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭atlantean


    peltor wrote: »
    Bought this to transport classic cars incl my own and other cars for people. Keeps prying eyes at bay.

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    That is an interesting concept! Is that a fridge body?


  • #5039
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    It looks like a 1017.

    I would take the fridge out of the body, with the lift and the car in there you are probably overweight on the front axle as it is.

    Disregarding the legal aspect of it, you will end up wrecking the spring bushes and the anti-roll bars have a habit of bottoming out on the ground on those yokes anyway


  • #5040
    Santa Claus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭Santa Claus


    peltor wrote: »
    Bought this to transport classic cars incl my own and other cars for people. Keeps prying eyes at bay.

    11-500-500x375.jpg

    I actually thought there was a coffin in the hearse till I looked closer and saw it was the board running along the side of the truck :D


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  • #5041
    peltor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭peltor


    Its a 1323( 13 ton)on Air suspension built orginally for contract to mclaren then had a stint with aston martin doing european delieveries, its always being a car transporter,fridge was fitted for contract to move full size clay model cars to trade shows around europe.Its had an interesting lifetime the stickers are still on the decks where wheels of aston martins to be placed like vanquish,db8/9, mclaren mercedes sl


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