Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

macplaxton · 10-10-2010 10:51PM

^^^ Nice to see a "proper" Fiat 500 rather than the last two attempts

carchaeologist · 11-10-2010 12:07AM

Nice reg on this MK1..

carchaeologist · 11-10-2010 12:10AM

Was sent these pics lately....

I wouldnt mind but front wings are impossible to get for these!!:p

carchaeologist · 11-10-2010 12:25AM

And a Wolseley with a nice appropriate registration on it. Anyone know the car?

Max_Damage · 11-10-2010 12:28AM

That's not your Cherry is it?

carchaeologist · 11-10-2010 12:52AM

Max_Damage wrote: »

That's not your Cherry is it?

Nope! Takes balls to go out on the track in something as small and probably rusted to hell as that.

MercMad · 11-10-2010 09:21AM

Dades wrote: »

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.

..............that doesn't say "500SLC" does it ??

Dades · 11-10-2010 11:14AM

MercMad wrote: »

..............that doesn't say "500SLC" does it ??

I just zoomed up the original and it does !

Marlow · 11-10-2010 11:22AM

MercMad wrote: »

..............that doesn't say "500SLC" does it ??

Dades wrote: »

I just zoomed up the original and it does !

Well, it's only a 450SLC according to mywheels, but then, it could be the VRO, that just didn't get it right

/M

2cv · 11-10-2010 10:17PM

Marlow wrote: »

Well, it's only a 450SLC according to mywheels, but then, it could be the VRO, that just didn't get it right

/M

Shoot me if i'm wrong, but this particular model never came with a 5 litre engine did it? I always thought that the 450 was the biggest of the SLCs.

Blue850 · 11-10-2010 10:24PM

2cv wrote: »

Shoot me if i'm wrong, but this particular model never came with a 5 litre engine did it? I always thought that the 450 was the biggest of the SLCs.

There was a 5.0 SLC but it wasn't badged 500 SLC, It was known as the 450 SLC 5.0 , and had aluminium doors, bonnet and boot, and a rear spoiler

Max_Damage · 13-10-2010 10:27PM

Spotted this Mini Clubman near my friend's garage in Walkinstown earlier today:

VolvoMan · 13-10-2010 11:45PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

Was sent these pics lately....

It has to be said; banger racers are pure scum.:mad:

MarkR · 14-10-2010 10:55AM

Saw this in Dublin the other day.

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Max_Damage · 14-10-2010 08:45PM

^ I like the smiley face in the NCT holder in that Fiat!

MercMad · 18-10-2010 09:57AM

Blue850 wrote: »

There was a 5.0 SLC but it wasn't badged 500 SLC, It was known as the 450 SLC 5.0 , and had aluminium doors, bonnet and boot, and a rear spoiler

.......actually they were badged 500SLC for just 1 year, 1981. There were two different 5.0 engines also, no parts are interchangeable, the later engine lived on in the 500SL W107.

The 450SLC 5.0 is an alloy engine AFAIK and unique in that it was never used in another Merc.

carchaeologist · 18-10-2010 10:49AM

MercMad wrote: »

The 450SLC 5.0 is an alloy engine AFAIK and unique in that it was never used in another Merc.

Why was this,must hav cost a fair few quid to develop this engine,bit of a waste to use it in the one car?

MercMad · 18-10-2010 10:55AM

carchaeologist wrote: »

Why was this,must hav cost a fair few quid to develop this engine,bit of a waste to use it in the one car?

.....the 450SLC was homologated and developed as a competition car, but during its development the decided they needed more power and less weight, so the all alloy engine was built. It had different bore and stroke than any of the other V8's.

At the same time a more docile and user friendly ( more low end torque) 5.0 engine was developed for the replacement for the the 450SLC. This unit had lower production costs and shared parts with the new 380SLC engine, which itself replaced the 350SLC

Tommyboy40 · 18-10-2010 12:02PM

more to come

h3000 · 18-10-2010 12:25PM

Spotted this Cortina yesterday. Pics are not great(only had my phone) but the car looked imaculate.

aravan2010 · 18-10-2010 08:20PM

No need to apologise about the quality of the photo there.

Certainly looks clean.

gipi · 19-10-2010 08:29PM

Was in the UK a couple of weeks ago, and spotted this parked in a driveway in Ealing....

Dony · 21-10-2010 06:04PM

MercMad wrote: »

.......actually they were badged 500SLC for just 1 year, 1981. There were two different 5.0 engines also, no parts are interchangeable, the later engine lived on in the 500SL W107.

The 450SLC 5.0 is an alloy engine AFAIK and unique in that it was never used in another Merc.

If its badged as a 500slc then I take it must be a 1981 model.
So how come its on a ZV plate? ZV's being for 30yrs or older models.

Grimreaper666 · 21-10-2010 07:21PM

Here are a few Peugeots I came across today, he's asking 500 euros each but will haggle if anyone's interested, all drove in there but don't know if they're going now or not.

zilog_jones · 21-10-2010 08:47PM

Dony wrote: »

If its badged as a 500slc then I take it must be a 1981 model.
So how come its on a ZV plate? ZV's being for 30yrs or older models.

It's registered as a 1980. Remember model years do not necessarily correspond to year of manufacture/first registration - MY1981 may have been September 1980 or earlier for this car (I don't know how Mercedes do theirs).

G Luxel · 22-10-2010 01:11AM

nice peugeots, 304,305, 104,,nice Mercedes S Class too in the background...

Max_Damage · 22-10-2010 12:05PM

Spotted these over the past few days:

My cousin's '84 Reliant Rialto:

Not exactly a classic, but these Renault Extra vans are fairly rare these days:

gfwd · 22-10-2010 01:11PM

You were doing okay til the last one. A Renault Extra?? :eek:

carchaeologist · 22-10-2010 02:08PM

A lot of spotting there Max! And re the Extra,1994 is still 16 years ago.

Max_Damage · 22-10-2010 05:10PM

gfwd wrote: »

You were doing okay til the last one. A Renault Extra?? :eek:

Yeah, but as I said, they're rare nowadays.

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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