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Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

mike65 · 2005-05-16 17:32:10

Another bloody stickie! If you spot a classic and take a shot please put it here rather than start a fresh thread. I'll start, I spotted this Lotus Elan parked in Catherine Street here in Waterford. Had'nt seen it before. Today I also saw 2 Silver Clouds, and 2 Jenson Interceptors but they were moving and so was I :D Mike.

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#5642 05-10-2010 12:38PM

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easy to change the tyres , if i had the renault 4 i would use it as a daily driver

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#5643 05-10-2010 05:20PM

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Saw this Merc 450 SLC in Galway today:

The car has a real bumper and the owner seems to use it

Could stick it in the obnoxious parking thread, but I understand, while he leaves as much space to the next car as he can. Don't mind really, as he doesn't block anyone else there either.

/M

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#5644 05-10-2010 05:58PM

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^ Probably a woman driver!

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#5645 05-10-2010 08:55PM

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I park like that no matter what car I am driving. Irish people have no respect for cars new or old.

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#5646 05-10-2010 08:58PM

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ciarancapri wrote: »

I park like that no matter what car I am driving. Irish people have no respect for cars new or old.

You mean, keeping your distance ? Yes, I agree there. (RANT) The worst thing is, if you park a bit further away, sensible and proper inside a spot, but where there are spots free on both sides of your car, even more than one in each direction, some person will come, stick their car directly besides yours (for whatever reason) and bang their door into yours. (/RANT)

As for backing the bumper up into the wall/fence/barrier: It ain't precisely the best for your car, but if you can't figure out how long it is, an old fashioned bumper with a thick rubber strip actually helps

/M

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#5647 05-10-2010 11:53PM

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MCMLXXV wrote: »

I saw it first.

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#5648 06-10-2010 12:33AM

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Hermy wrote: »

I saw it first.

But I drove it first.;)

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#5649 06-10-2010 09:53AM

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Grimreaper666 wrote: »

But I drove it first.;)

But I..............................Okay - you win.:)

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#5650 06-10-2010 01:16PM

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ciarancapri wrote: »

I park like that no matter what car I am driving. Irish people have no respect for cars new or old.

Me too. I've seen too many people in car parks knock doors into the next car when exit/entering, I also make it a point to avoid parking beside cars with child seats, parents have to push their door fully open when attending to their child.

In the mustang I'll always park badly in an end spot, but only if there is space in the car park, i would never chew up two places if there weren't many.

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#5651 06-10-2010 01:20PM

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Spotted earlier today in Nutgrove shopping centre car park:

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#5652 06-10-2010 02:28PM

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Max_Damage wrote: »

Spotted earlier today in Nutgrove shopping centre car park:

Can't get the 'orn over this one as it's a manual. (Clue: bumper tranmission cooling air vents blanked off.)

But if anyone finds a slow Irish market RHD 1.6 diesel, then I might strike one.

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#5653 06-10-2010 10:10PM

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mustang68 wrote: »

Me too. I've seen too many people in car parks knock doors into the next car when exit/entering, I also make it a point to avoid parking beside cars with child seats, parents have to push their door fully open when attending to their child.

In the mustang I'll always park badly in an end spot, but only if there is space in the car park, i would never chew up two places if there weren't many.

Ah you cant beat the look on peoples faces when you park a XJR across three spaces diagonally.

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#5654 07-10-2010 12:37AM

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Last October I went to the Auto World museum in Brussels, some seriously cool cars there from every era. I've only now uploaded the pics to pix.ie so here's the link if anyone is interested.

Some samples

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#5655 07-10-2010 02:29PM

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Mercedes seen on Naas Rd this morning..

Also

Rolls For sale in Sagart this afternoon..

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#5656 08-10-2010 03:46PM

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Near Trinity this morning:

A nice SLC "loading" outside Saba in town (Dublin). Those alloys are a bitch to keep clean and make the car look rough when dirty. Nice colour too, but a crap reg plate.

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#5657 08-10-2010 03:59PM

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eljono wrote: »

Last October I went to the Auto World museum in Brussels, some seriously cool cars there from every era. I've only now uploaded the pics to pix.ie so here's the link if anyone is interested.

I've been there, in fact I lived just around the corner from it for a few months. Definitely worth the look but it's not really mind blowing or anything.

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#5658 08-10-2010 08:14PM

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Dades wrote: »

A nice SLC "loading" outside Saba in town (Dublin). Those alloys are a bitch to keep clean and make the car look rough when dirty. Nice colour too, but a crap reg plate.

GRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!!
pet hate of mine ................ cars in loading bays :mad:

bloody loading bays are scarce enough for us van drivers & when you do find one ,, theirs usualy a car in it ...........

nice merc though

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#5659 08-10-2010 09:25PM

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manta mad wrote: »

GRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!!
pet hate of mine ................ cars in loading bays :mad:

bloody loading bays are scarce enough for us van drivers & when you do find one ,, theirs usualy a car in it ..........

It's okay, he had his hazard lights on!

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#5660 08-10-2010 09:32PM

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manta mad wrote: »

GRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!!
pet hate of mine ................ cars in loading bays :mad:

bloody loading bays are scarce enough for us van drivers & when you do find one ,, theirs usualy a car in it ...........

nice merc though

And as we all know, van drivers never break the law

**hides under the sofa**

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#5661 08-10-2010 10:31PM

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Looks like the suspension was fiddled with as the front is lower than the rear.

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#5662 09-10-2010 05:47PM

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Out with a friend today looking at his friends collection, only got a few photos on my phone before battery went flat. So here is what I got.
Original Irish Austin from Rathgar

He was getting his Fiat 500 aberth ready for a run tomorrow, battery went so couldnt get photo.

Saw this at UCD parking

Really like these Toyota''s and saw it a few weeks back near Ballymun going towardss M50

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#5663 09-10-2010 06:22PM

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nice pics !!!!!
thtse landcrusiers are nice ,,, like them meself :cool:

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#5664 09-10-2010 09:03PM

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So that's where the 'IRL1' Chevy is!

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#5665 09-10-2010 11:51PM

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jimmyw wrote: »

Looks like the suspension was fiddled with as the front is lower than the rear.

Or maybe the driver is a fat bastard.

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#5666 10-10-2010 02:13AM

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okistag wrote: »

Is that car a Packard?:)

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#5667 10-10-2010 04:14AM

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Dades wrote: »

Or maybe the driver is a fat bastard.

Or someone nicked the engine...

Not your ornery onager

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#5668 10-10-2010 08:57AM

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Dades wrote: »

Or maybe the driver is a fat bastard.

it wasn't me.....

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#5669 10-10-2010 09:20AM

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Is that car a Packard?:)[/QUOTE]

yes there is a Packard and Studebaker just see its roof in cornor as well in there, 1 of 2 road going, the other is in the states.

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#5670 10-10-2010 09:24AM

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Max_Damage wrote: »

So that's where the 'IRL1' Chevy is!

Yep that where she sleeps alright not out much at all but was out on Friday and Saturday for a film or photo shoot somewhere.

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#5671 10-10-2010 09:28PM

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