Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

hammerbeirne · 15-06-2012 12:30PM

dubtom wrote: »

Well this would have been a classic someday, unfortunatly the elements got to it first. This Mk5 has been sitting outside a junkyard on the Swords Road for, well I lived in Swords 6 years ago and it was there then. Back then of course it looked a lot better,it always surprised me that no ever bought it when it was good..ish.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9653/img40409cf.jpg

still savable though probably gone now

hammerbeirne · 15-06-2012 01:20PM

tom petty wrote: »

I'd say that that car personified would be an immaculately dressed elderly lady wearing trainers.........

I think its a 1963 sligo reg

hammerbeirne · 15-06-2012 01:25PM

sogood wrote: »

Saw this in Belfast today up on a flat bed trailer. One for the Delorean fans.

CLASS!

Carazy · 15-06-2012 02:44PM

hammerbeirne wrote: »

still savable though probably gone now

If it's been sitting there for over 12 years I wouldn't have much hope in it

Means Of Escape · 15-06-2012 07:59PM

Carazy wrote: »

If it's been sitting there for over 12 years I wouldn't have much hope in it

Why would you bother putting a bucket of money into such a bland and boring car.
Someone made a comment on this thread that a Mercedes has no koudos today compared to a Cortina
How could someone compare a 1982 Ford Cortina 1.6L to a 1982 Mercedes 500 sec!?
If anything the Cortina and Granada are bog standard cars from a past era

corktina · 15-06-2012 08:04PM

me bolly wrote: »

Why would you bother putting a bucket of money into such a bland and boring car.
Someone made a comment on this thread that a Mercedes has no koudos today compared to a Cortina
How could someone compare a 1982 Ford Cortina 1.6L to a 1982 Mercedes 500 sec!?
If anything the Cortina and Granada are bog standard cars from a past era

to Cortina Buffs they are all interesting, no doubt they all look the same to Merc fans.
I see an old Merc, I'm afraid I see a Taxi and they all look alike to me more or less. Each to his own

Big Nasty · 15-06-2012 08:16PM

Gotta say I love the old Fords especially Granadas; Cortinas and even Escorts. Only the real old prestigious Mercs stir something for me.

Type 17 · 15-06-2012 08:19PM

me bolly wrote: »

Someone made a comment on this thread that a Mercedes has no koudos today compared to a Cortina
How could someone compare a 1982 Ford Cortina 1.6L to a 1982 Mercedes 500 sec!?

There is some kudos to a Cortina because they (like most cars) were built down to a price, and (ab)used accordingly, so survivors are relatively rare, whereas Mercedes’s of the era were built to a higher standard, and more of them (but by no means all) would have been cherished and treated well, so survivors are relatively common.

However, having owned many tired, abused everyday cars, and fighting the battle at every NCT/MOT, but now owning a low-mileage (Mercedes) classic, I have to say that I would not go through the hassle again of owning a tired car and trying to keep it on the road, or driving it while doing a rolling restoration - but I loved doing it when I was younger and I would encourage others to keep old cars going if they have the skills/interest/facilities.

However, I’d say that the Cortina above is/was way too far gone, except for spares...

Capri · 15-06-2012 10:14PM

Too quick to get pics but today started at 9am with a 67 Fury in LAPD colors on the Rock Rd :eek:

Then saw a black ZV MB300SL on Burlington Rd

and topped it off with a 07LK Corvette on Dawson St

Muckie · 16-06-2012 10:00AM

Saw this on the way to work at 6.30 am yesterday morning.

Nice to see

I'll try and get better pics if i see him again.

Thing could move too!

Means Of Escape · 16-06-2012 11:18AM

Muckie wrote: »

Saw this on the way to work at 6.30 am yesterday morning.

Nice to see

I'll try and get better pics if i see him again.

Thing could move too!

Great car to have in foreign plates
no ridiculously high motortax and no NCT
try sourcing a brake caliper for one of them.

manta mad · 16-06-2012 12:49PM

not great pics

but heres something iv never seen before , was on a local run and it was running as sweet as a new car !!!

man came from the north with it to donard here in wicklow !!

this i liked ..

coylemj · 16-06-2012 05:42PM

That red van is a Ford Anglia which as you all know was also sold as a two door saloon. The vans were very common in the 60s and were replaced by the Escort Van. Our local dairy farmer used to deliver raw loose milk to us from a churn in the back of one of those vans.

http://www.fordanglia105eownersclub.co.uk/history/anglia-van/

mb1725 · 16-06-2012 06:05PM

The Irish post office P&T had loads of dark green Anglia vans too. They had a collectors model set available recently which included the 105E van:
http://www.irishstamps.ie/shop/p-829-an-post-van-set.aspx

Do-more · 16-06-2012 07:37PM

My local American car club had their annual show and cruise today, I missed it the last two years but just caught the last of the stragglers leaving the show and most of the cars that were cruising, i don't have time to upload all 250 photos I took but here is a flavour.

Capri · 16-06-2012 08:34PM

What sort of taxes on classics in Sweden ? Remember a guy in Norway converted a Corvette to a pick up to avoid taxes

Twenty years ago, Norway-which is physically part of Europe, but still wisely not a member state-levied 100 percent import duty on cars, but just 10 percent on pickup trucks. A Norwegian arrived at our shop offering to buy a nice black '77 Corvette, provided we could convert it into a pickup truck in 24 hours. The rules were about to change because the Norwegian authorities felt they were being abused, as all rules involving tax should be. He paid in full for the car and we had to convert it. Stage one was to install a plywood bulkhead between the underside of the vertical back window and the steel panel behind the seat. Then we had to take out the spare wheel and carrier, drop the gas tank into this area, and hang it on new brackets with the existing straps. Then we cut out the whole rear deck from above, including the rear fiberglass bulkhead, and built a new pickup bed and sides from plywood. The gas cap was accessed through a hole we drilled in it. The spare wheel was popped back into this space, and the rear deck we had cut out previously was screwed back in place as a hard tonneau cover. It was crudely but neatly done, and the new owner rushed back to Norway in time to beat the import deadline.

Two days later he phoned to say his Corvette pickup had successfully reached the border in time and crept in at the 10 percent rate. Waiting in line with him were more than a hundred Porsche 924 "pickups," each of which had a vertical sheet of plywood and a little Plexiglas window replacing their usual big glass hatchback.

Read more: http://www.corvettefever.com/newsletter/corp_0510_chevrolet_corvette_truck_european_tour/index.html#ixzz1xzBWYzei

Do-more · 16-06-2012 09:42PM

Capri wrote: »

What sort of taxes on classics in Sweden ? Remember a guy in Norway converted a Corvette to a pick up to avoid taxes

Their is no VRT on any cars in Sweden, I think the registration fee is about €80, that's all you pay if you are buying from another EU country. If you are importing directly from the U.S. then the normal EU import duties and taxes would apply so 10% duty (I think(?)) and 25% VAT.

Dr. Jonathan Crane · 17-06-2012 05:33PM

Sunday morning picture of my fathers A55

Dr. Jonathan Crane · 17-06-2012 05:34PM

Sunday morning picture of my fathers A55

carchaeologist · 17-06-2012 07:00PM

Another example of how **** the new import registrations are..

:mad::rolleyes:

carchaeologist · 17-06-2012 07:09PM

A few spots from over the weekend..

Try not to puke...:p

Blue850 · 17-06-2012 07:51PM

More photos from Mondello Park

Big Nasty · 17-06-2012 08:26PM

Had a look through your photobucket album there - saw a good few cars I recognise. Did you go out on the track?

Diabhalta · 17-06-2012 09:19PM

Charles Fort, Kinsale (Cork)

1953 Triumph Mayflower

I had a chat with the owner and his wife about cars for about ten minutes and when they wanted to leave the car refused to start (he said it happens sometimes - starter problem)...so I had to help him and with his wife we pushed the car from the hill..

Blue850 · 17-06-2012 09:42PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Had a look through your photobucket album there - saw a good few cars I recognise. Did you go out on the track?

No, was there in the everyday car.

Capri · 17-06-2012 09:57PM

Interesting car, 1953 Triumph Mayflower,shrunken Austin Princess , bit like the Jap Micra Jag Mk ll replicas - :cool:

Means Of Escape · 17-06-2012 10:08PM

carchaeologist wrote: »

Another example of how **** the new import registrations are..

:mad::rolleyes:

Nice tidy Dolly

Diabhalta · 17-06-2012 10:21PM

... and yesterday I saw this in Cork.. Seat 124 with spanish reg and rear lights are same like on Fiat 124.. It's basically a spanish clone of Fiat 124 (same like VAZ-2101 Zhiguli)

Chriscl1 · 17-06-2012 10:49PM

Sterling Archer · 18-06-2012 03:15PM

Does anyone know the approx number of cars and bikes that were at Mondello yesterday.

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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