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Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!
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They were everywhere back in the 80's. My neighbour had one, petrol engine, column change, "I shot JR" sun visor strip and a "dv27" cb antenna, sure what more could you want?
There was a later one at Mosney with wider wheels - prefer 'bonneted' p/ups myself but nice to see people trying to keep them intact.0 -
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The "Hiachy" van was the one that caught my eye as well. I used to drive one from time to time filling in for the owner of a milk round.
Without a load they were a dangerous yoke and had to be driven with care especially in the wet, I'd say manys the one ended it's life backwards in a ditch.
And if you were going to have an accident in one, backwards was definitely the best option as to the front your legs were pretty much the crumple zone. :eek:
A lot of nordic HiAces seem to be 4WD - no spinarounds in the ice
(Yes- I know there's little ice lately in the Nordic countries
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Grimreaper666 wrote: »Jaysus, he never drove that from Poland to here surely? Probably brought it as hand luggage with Wizzair!!
Sure the still drive Trabby's on ze autobahn so why not a 126p, twice as quick as a Trabby
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I thought the 126's we got in Ireland were produced in Poland? Certainly at the later end of their sales life.
You could indeed be right, alls I know is that in some parts of EU , they were badged 126p to distinguish them from the rust heaps :eek: so MAYBE ours ( the hatchback 126's ) were produced in Poland but got ordinary 126 badging
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macplaxton wrote: »Re Fiat 126P
Great use of a parking space and demonstrative of how ridiculously huge cars have got these days.
Well, Bambino does mean baby, but two parking spaces? 0 -
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That was pretty much the only car a Polish mid-class family could afford back when these were still available new. And the average mid-class family had to wait for years to be allowed to buy one. Later there was so many of them, and they were so cheap to run, that people just stuck to their 126s. There's still many of them used as daily drivers.
And that's why the Poles are richer than us. We were duped into scrapping perfectly good cars by the Govt / SIMI cartel. "Your old banger WILL fail the NCT, buy a nice shiny new car now and you won't have to worry" ( except about the repayments/depreciation :eek: )
We got into a bad habit of upgrading to avoid an NCT / NCT testing 'suspect' to increase revenue:cool: and that's why a lot have shiny newish cars in the driveways but no oil in the central heating :mad:
Back to the 70s/80s lads 0 -
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And that's why the Poles are richer than us. We were duped into scrapping perfectly good cars by the Govt / SIMI cartel. "Your old banger WILL fail the NCT, buy a nice shiny new car now and you won't have to worry" ( except about the repayments/depreciation :eek: )
We got into a bad habit of upgrading to avoid an NCT / NCT testing 'suspect' to increase revenue:cool: and that's why a lot have shiny newish cars in the driveways but no oil in the central heating :mad:
Back to the 70s/80s lads
It is worse than that. We have people buying new cars before their current 'new' car reaches four years old to avoid going for an NCT. Then we have people getting rid of their 9 year od car to avoid going for an annual NCT. The thinking is to get new cars sold to get VRT, and then getting rid of 'old' cars to provide a market for all those four year old cars that are traded in for those shiny new cars. The fact that we all have too many cars that we cannot afford is lost on those that makes these decisions. Instead we scrap perfectly viable cars.
No wonder things are the way they are. Instead of creating jobs for mechanics in Ireland, we create jobs for German, Japanese and Korean autoworkers and the odd Frenchman, of course.0 -
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Sam Russell wrote: »It is worse than that. We have people buying new cars before their current 'new' car reaches four years old to avoid going for an NCT. Then we have people getting rid of their 9 year od car to avoid going for an annual NCT. The thinking is to get new cars sold to get VRT, and then getting rid of 'old' cars to provide a market for all those four year old cars that are traded in for those shiny new cars. The fact that we all have too many cars that we cannot afford is lost on those that makes these decisions. Instead we scrap perfectly viable cars.
No wonder things are the way they are. Instead of creating jobs for mechanics in Ireland, we create jobs for German, Japanese and Korean autoworkers and the odd Frenchman, of course.
Yes, and every new car thats sold is money leaving Ireland, money we dont have, we're borrowing billions just to keep the country afloat.
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There should be a reduction in road tax for every year older a car gets
Before they abolished road tax in France back in 2000, they had a similar system... When a car was 10 years old or over, the road tax was cut in half. The problem with that was that they ended up with europe's oldest cars (on average), which meant reduced income for the state.
Ireland should do what France did: abolish road tax. We pay enough through the VAT and duty on the fuel :mad:0 -
CharlieCroker wrote: »Saw 7 or 8 Triumph TR's heading down the M7 today. They weren't holding back either.
Yeah, they were coming down to County Clare for a run, about 16 Triumphs in all, spitfires, Tr4/6/7/8
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Daxklynsmith wrote: »Yeah, they were coming down to County Clare for a run, about 16 Triumphs in all, spitfires, Tr4/6/7/8
The red TR at front right is a TR250 / in Europe known as TR5. Main difference was Injection / Carbs.. the one in the photo is running triple webers and is some machine.0 -
The red TR at front right is a TR250 / in Europe known as TR5. Main difference was Injection / Carbs.. the one in the photo is running triple webers and is some machine
I think the Yank distributors thought the TR250 would make punters that it had a 250cu.in. ( 4.0L ) engine instead of a 2.5L:D
70's , golden age of British Leyland in the US0 -
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