Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

bijapos · 15-09-2011 03:47PM

hi5 wrote: »

Wouldn't you think he would change the number plate if not just to hide the rust bubbles.

It would want to be a bloody big number plate.:)

Saw this RHD 500 in Rathmines today, think it had a 73 reg. A 1967 SL Pagoda went passed about two minutes before this one, a nice way to commute.

jrar · 15-09-2011 08:44PM

Pretty sure that 500 is usually parked about 1/2 a mile away on Grosvenor Rd.

Silvera · 15-09-2011 09:22PM

Do-more wrote: »

Great to see someone taking the effort and expense of fitting a more correct number plate to the Beetle rather than the dreadful looking black and silver version of the EU plates.

But being really picky about it, I don't think that the font used is correct, looks like that used in the UK rather than the fonts which were used in the ROI.

Or am I wrong?

You are correct.
Too many small-digit plates on classics.

Silvera · 15-09-2011 09:30PM

alejandro1977 wrote: »

Looks like somebody made a 'boo boo' when making up the reg plates?!
The Front and Rear plates are different reg numbers?!:D

Stunning car though!
..yer wan's not bad either;)

Slidey · 15-09-2011 09:54PM

Silvera wrote: »

Looks like somebody made a 'boo boo' when making up the reg plates?!
The Front and Rear plates are different reg numbers?!:D

Stunning car though!
..yer wan's not bad either;)

Well spotted lad!

Diabhalta · 15-09-2011 10:29PM

I just don't understand one thing: which dummy parked that Dino like this? I wouldn't be surprised to see this car on wreckedexotics.com in the future...

Anan1 · 15-09-2011 10:57PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

I just don't understand one thing: which dummy parked that Dino like this? I wouldn't be surprised to see this car on wreckedexotics.com in the future...

Could have been talking to the girlfriend - that car might have cost them no more relative to their income than a 93 Fiesta would you or I...

carchaeologist · 15-09-2011 11:16PM

Silvera wrote: »

You are correct.
Too many small-digit plates on classics.

Very true, but sadly no one but a few die hards care.

Diabhalta · 15-09-2011 11:29PM

Anan1 wrote: »

Could have been talking to the girlfriend - that car might have cost them no more relative to their income than a 93 Fiesta would you or I...

Classy cars should be driven and parked more sensitively than ordinary shopping trolleys... In my opinion... This has nothing to do with money or value.. One huge red L on his windscreen would be nice... Lamer.

Anan1 · 15-09-2011 11:58PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

Classy cars should be driven and parked more sensitively than ordinary shopping trolleys... In my opinion... This has nothing to do with money or value.. One huge red L on his windscreen would be nice... Lamer.

It's his car, not yours. Would you feel bound by his opinions on how you should drive your car?;)

bijapos · 16-09-2011 08:24AM

Diabhalta wrote: »

I just don't understand one thing: which dummy parked that Dino like this? I wouldn't be surprised to see this car on wreckedexotics.com in the future...

Whats wrong with his parking? Its parked in a parking bay.

If you mean the open windows the owner could be nearby. There are some countries where you can leave the roof down on a convertible or the windows open on a classic and nothing will happen you know.

Or am I missing something?

alejandro1977 · 16-09-2011 12:48PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

I just don't understand one thing: which dummy parked that Dino like this? I wouldn't be surprised to see this car on wreckedexotics.com in the future...

[OP here] I'd guess he was is the pub keeping an eye on it. It's a wealthy, bohemian area - there's an Aston convertible frequently parked overnight on the street nearby and 911s are two a penny.

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think this was a Bristol

Alfa 2000

Diabhalta · 16-09-2011 03:12PM

Nicely parked Porsche

- it's clearly visible that the owner know how to handle his car...

Anan1 wrote: »

It's his car, not yours. Would you feel bound by his opinions on how you should drive your car?;)

In general it's just stupid to park the car this way no matter what people think about it (not your car etc.). It's like wearing a pink track suit when you are 60 years old (yes, that is what I exactly saw few months ago on one woman .. wtf

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bijapos wrote: »

Whats wrong with his parking? Its parked in a parking bay.

If you mean the open windows the owner could be nearby. There are some countries where you can leave the roof down on a convertible or the windows open on a classic and nothing will happen you know.

Or am I missing something?

You're missing a simple fact, that the car is almost touching the kerb with the left rear wheel...

Do-more · 16-09-2011 06:16PM

Sorry for the poor quality photos from my phone, but this super clean 328GTB just drove past my front door.

SteJoy · 16-09-2011 06:55PM

VW Camper in Bergamo, Italy.

manta mad · 17-09-2011 12:00PM

I was lucky enough to be invited by Opel to the IAA motorshow in frankfurt this week !!!
heres a few piccies of the classics i spotted through out the halls !!

manta mad · 17-09-2011 12:41PM

few more pics ,this i liked !!!!!

manta mad · 17-09-2011 01:29PM

last few

this BMW was on the webasto stand and it was the first for something ???

Big Nasty · 17-09-2011 01:37PM

Great shots - most look concours!

dharn · 17-09-2011 01:55PM

Blue850 wrote: »

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/Blue850/Italian/FerrariDinoTerenure06.jpg

Anyone know the history of this one? A chap I worked with remembers refitting the lights on it when it was resprayed in Galway in the early 70s. He thought it was originally French registered.

that one originally belonged to a doctor in galway dont know his name though

CharlieCroker · 17-09-2011 03:51PM

MantaMad, did you take many pics of ambulances etc? There's a vehicle gallery over in the Emergency Services forum where I'm sure they'd be appreciated.

They all look well but I love old police/ambo/fire wagons.

ED E · 17-09-2011 04:00PM

SteJoy wrote: »

VW Camper in Bergamo, Italy.

Deelish

Capri · 17-09-2011 09:03PM

IAA in Frankfurt in Sept,
Essen Auto Show in Essen in 26/Nov - 6Dec and Techno Klassika in Essen in 21-25 March. Fly to Dusseldorf, train to Essen, metro to showground.:)

Diabhalta · 17-09-2011 11:16PM

633 CSi, Cork

carchaeologist · 17-09-2011 11:27PM

Queen beatrices stretched Granada MK2 in a museum in Curcao.

Capri · 18-09-2011 05:28AM

Capri wrote: »

IAA in Frankfurt in Sept,
Essen Auto Show in Essen in 26/Nov - 6Dec and Techno Klassika in Essen in 21-25 March. Fly to Dusseldorf, train to Essen, metro to showground.:)

Talbot Sunbeam at IAA

Diabhalta · 18-09-2011 09:57PM

Kinsale, Cork

Couldn't take a pic of that Jag because I was driving, so at least from the other side of the bay...

... and couple of Porsches and Minis with a Ferrari on the way to Kinsale - they had some meeting obviously.. later black AC Cobra in Kinsale ..

bijapos · 19-09-2011 10:13AM

Saw this between Wexford and Dublin yesterday.

cadaliac · 20-09-2011 10:10AM

Saw this this morning on the way to work. Stupid dumb ass of a phone froze after the first pic and it was too late by the time I poped the battery out and re-booted the phone again.
The pic does the car absolutely no justice whatsoever.
There wasn't a spot of rust anywhere and not a wisp of blue smoke under acceleration.

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Ford Granada Coupe.

thegen · 20-09-2011 12:02PM

cadaliac wrote: »

Saw this this morning on the way to work. Stupid dumb ass of a phone froze after the first pic and it was too late by the time I poped the battery out and re-booted the phone again.
The pic does the car absolutely no justice whatsoever.
There wasn't a spot of rust anywhere and not a wisp of blue smoke under acceleration.

20092011105.jpg

Ford Granada Coupe.

I have seen this around Rathfarnham the last couple of weeks.

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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