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Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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  • #8132
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Do-more wrote: »
    Any I RHD's I have seen are later imports usually British sports cars, MG's etc.

    Long before my time but I am told that despite driving on the left all the cars here were LHD before the change over.

    S'pose 'typically Swedish' ? Well organised ;) Bit like the NCT introduction here, everybody got new cars to avoid the test

    Swedish guy told me the other day the most important English word he learned in Ireland was '-ish' ( 8-ish, 9-ish etc when meeting someone - nobody here shows up on time ! ):D:D


  • #8133
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Capri wrote: »
    S'pose 'typically Swedish' ? Well organised ;) Bit like the NCT introduction here, everybody got new cars to avoid the test

    Swedish guy told me the other day the most important English word he learned in Ireland was '-ish' ( 8-ish, 9-ish etc when meeting someone - nobody here shows up on time ! ):D:D
    A German watchmaker friend of mine considered moving to live in Ireland, he changed his mind as he feared he'd starve as nobody in Ireland gave a **** about time


  • #8134
    Diabhalta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,750 ✭✭✭Diabhalta


    aujopimur wrote: »
    A German watchmaker friend of mine considered moving to live in Ireland, he changed his mind as he feared he'd starve as nobody in Ireland gave a **** about time

    I don't think it's just time...

    Re allusions... acting like children are we? hm...


  • #8135
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    A few I came across lately. The Bentley was one of two built and is the only survivor.















    Oh, and sorry for the picture quality, crappy camera phone and all that..........


  • #8136
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    And a few more.


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  • #8137
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    Another few....


  • #8138
    w124man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭w124man


    @ Grimreaper666 ..... you do have a knack for disturbing dead and dying Rolls Royces! Id like to have a closer look at that stretch Merc ...


  • #8139
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    w124man wrote: »
    @ Grimreaper666 ..... you do have a knack for disturbing dead and dying Rolls Royces! Id like to have a closer look at that stretch Merc ...
    I scrap them and rebuild so see a fair few. The stretch Merc is a lovely car actually, only 100k miles and built by Mercedes not a Duffy rust bucket! Was wine red in colour originally and owned by the Dubai embassy in London and is for sale. I reckon a good hot powerwasher would shift most of the paint on it to bring it back to its original colour, well that's what i'd do with it anyway.


  • #8140
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    210jpg - ex US presidential Lincoln ?
    223jpg - ex French President XM landaulet ?

    Ever come across the chap in Tallaght with a few RR's in the garden ?


  • #8141
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    XM is still belonging to France, was on loan and the Lincoln was a presidential car. I've seen the Rolls in Tallaght alright, there's a good few around Dublin and countrywide actually, a lot more than you'd think.


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  • #8142
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Grimreaper666 wrote: »
    XM is still belonging to France, was on loan and the Lincoln was a presidential car. I've seen the Rolls in Tallaght alright, there's a good few around Dublin and countrywide actually, a lot more than you'd think.

    That Tallaght Rolls chap used to be a mech in Huets when a lot of them were imported:)


  • #8143
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    Capri wrote: »
    That Tallaght Rolls chap used to be a mech in Huets when a lot of them were imported:)

    That's right, he did mention that iirc.


  • #8144
    cadaliac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭cadaliac


    Diabhalta wrote: »
    You just don't take pictures with a phone when you go to a show where cars are on static display. Kids do that (so they can show their friends in school or somethin), because they are kids and have no money to buy a proper camera.
    Jesus Christ, I was shopping with mrs Cadaliac and I was just happy that I had my phone with me.
    The show was on and I happened to be there. Put me on you ignore list like a good lad, I don't want to up set you any further.


  • #8145
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,587 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    One from a week or two ago in Blackrock. Lovely Saab with a great reg.
    What year, anyone?

    Apologies for the framing - I accidentally got some other punter's car in the background. :p

    Az2WHqnCUAAOgOL.jpg


  • #8146
    John Larkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭John Larkin


    One from a week or two ago in Blackrock. Lovely Saab with a great reg.
    What year, anyone?

    March/April 1984 I think.


  • #8147
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    Have followed this thread since I joined boards, but this is my first time posting in here lads, so go gently! And apologies to those that may not be impressed with my mobile phone photography skills from a moving car on a petrol station forecourt. :pac:


    EDIT - will resize and repost....


  • #8148
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    alproctor wrote: »
    Have followed this thread since I joined boards, but this is my first time posting in here lads, so go gently! And apologies to those that may not be impressed with my mobile phone photography skills from a moving car on a petrol station forecourt. :pac:


    EDIT - will resize and repost....

    The are some 'photographers' who want the world to freeze while they set up the shot - in the real world you just grab the shot as quick and as good as you can at the time. Remember, the media pay for newsworthy shots, not perfect shots of a flower :eek:

    You just post the best you can. I, for one, will not judge you unless they're blurred, steamed up, or part shots.:D


  • #8149
    Do-more
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,748 ✭✭✭Do-more


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    I can barely make it out, is it one of those water cooled VW`s?

    :pac:

    Please, please it's wasn't supposed to be a VW, it's an Audi coupe!

    This recently restored microbus was outside a neighbour's house when I was going to work this morning. Seems to have a factory sliding roof?


    temporary-87.jpg

    invest4deepvalue.com



  • #8150
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    VW>Audi>Porsche 924 - hard to know how many 'ifs' and 'maybes' went on in the boardrooms before deciding which badge to put on their projects :D


  • #8151
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    alproctor wrote: »
    Have followed this thread since I joined boards, but this is my first time posting in here lads, so go gently! And apologies to those that may not be impressed with my mobile phone photography skills from a moving car on a petrol station forecourt. :pac:

    EDIT - will resize and repost....

    Here we go.

    7751262780_11fcc775c1_z.jpg

    7751262064_5893bfa15a_z.jpg

    :)


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  • #8152
    Grimreaper666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Grimreaper666


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    I can barely make it out, is it one of those water cooled VW`s?

    :pac:

    Nah.....it's an Audi 100 in a fancy suit!!:)


  • #8153
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    alproctor wrote: »
    Here we go.

    rsz_20120730_164549.jpg

    rsz_20120730_164312_1.jpg

    Try again, only 2 red x's on my browser ( mind you I can't talk, have to go to Photobucket http://photobucket.com/ to put actual photo rather than link up here :o )


  • #8154
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    Capri wrote: »
    Try again, only 2 red x's on my browser ( mind you I can't talk, have to go to Photobucket http://photobucket.com/ to put actual photo rather than link up here :o )

    :) fixed now hopefullly


  • #8155
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    alproctor wrote: »
    :) fixed now hopefullly

    Done, Wicklow reg Wolseley, rare bird :cool:


    Unlike this - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3743909

    To me it looks like a badly chopped Pop / hearse conversion - :eek::eek:

    Here's a REAL Pop pick-up
    http://media.photobucket.com/image/ford%20popular%20ute/mms58/Misc%20Ford%20Photos/Ford%20AU%2075/FordAus75thPopularUteD3.jpg

    http://s1111.photobucket.com/albums/h474/hoch11/?action=view&current=FordAus75thPopularUteD3.jpg

    He says
    .... Driving brilliantly and very reliable. Very reluctant sale!

    Price: € 8,600
    :D:D:D


  • #8156
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    BAAAD photos - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3670288

    I think people keep their cameras in warm places and then suddenly take out into cold damp air to take a shot without letting the camera cool down so there's 'fog' on the lens ?


  • #8157
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,587 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Capri wrote: »
    VW>Audi>Porsche 924 - hard to know how many 'ifs' and 'maybes' went on in the boardrooms before deciding which badge to put on their projects :D
    Another VW:

    cars6_81.jpg

    And an Audi for the laugh:

    gallardo1.jpg


  • #8158
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Didn't the S8 saloon have a V10 Lambo engine, as well as a W12 in the A8 :eek::eek:
    The D3 series S8 features a 5.2-litre all-aluminium alloy four-valves per cylinder V10 petrol engine. This engine is a derivative of the Lamborghini Gallardo's original 5.0-litre Lamborghini V10,[9] which was also developed under the Volkswagen Group ownership.


  • #8159
    Muckie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭Muckie


    Came across this cool Ford in Dundrum the other night.

    DSC02534.jpg

    Sorry the picture isn't a bit better.


  • #8160
    w124man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭w124man


    'Cool Ford'??

    How can a Ford be cool? :)


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  • #8161
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,686 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    w124man wrote: »
    'Cool Ford'??

    How can a Ford be cool? :)

    Ahem..

    ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-03.jpg


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