Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

franksm · 14-12-2012 05:37PM

Nice Herald !
Yeah, the dashcam is great - wouldn't be without one now, to be honest. That one is a Blackvue 400

ianofitz · 14-12-2012 06:34PM

Really nice Herald! Not very nice parking though

Grimreaper666 · 14-12-2012 11:30PM

jimmyw wrote: »

Nice curves, cute rear end too..................................

.............................oh, .and the merc is not bad either:p

Jaysus! You don't get out much do you? I've seen better Mercs too........;)

Dades · 15-12-2012 09:48PM

jimmyw wrote: »

Nice curves, cute rear end too..................................

.............................oh, .and the merc is not bad either:p

Uh, is that not a dude with a ponytail? :pac:

rugbyman · 15-12-2012 09:51PM

Dades,
I dont think Jimmy commented either way.
After all ,we live in modern times

Rugbyman

Capri · 15-12-2012 09:53PM

Dades wrote: »

Uh, is that not a dude with a ponytail? :pac:

Looks like a Bean Garda - not much difference

:p

kev1.3s · 16-12-2012 10:36AM

Capri wrote: »

Looks like a Bean Garda - not much difference :p

Ha ha can't tell the difference From behind hairy arse and all

macplaxton · 17-12-2012 10:04PM

Well I would have taken a pic IF
a) I had the camera ready when I first past it (it was broken down and being worked on)
b) the car not moved from where it was fixed by the time I was coming back
c) I had the camera ready when I past it the second time further up the road, but coming back from wherever.

One red ZAZ 968M, only caught the first part was a 73-KE-???, but a "M" version is a bit too late for 1973, so providing my eyesight hasn't gone/I've misread the number, it's suffering from an ID crisis too. ???

macplaxton · 17-12-2012 10:05PM

Well I would have taken a pic IF
a) I had the camera ready when I first past it (it was broken down and being worked on)
b) the car not moved from where it was fixed by the time I was coming back
c) I had the camera ready when I past it the second time further up the road, but coming back from wherever.

One red ZAZ 968M, only caught the first part was a 73-KE-???, but a "M" version is a bit too late for 1973, so providing my eyesight hasn't gone/I've misread the number, it's suffering from an ID crisis too. ???

Blue850 · 17-12-2012 11:17PM

macplaxton wrote: »

Well I would have taken a pic IF
a) I had the camera ready when I first past it (it was broken down and being worked on)
b) the car not moved from where it was fixed by the time I was coming back
c) I had the camera ready when I past it the second time further up the road, but coming back from wherever.

One red ZAZ 968M, only caught the first part was a 73-KE-???, but a "M" version is a bit too late for 1973, so providing my eyesight hasn't gone/I've misread the number, it's suffering from an ID crisis too. ???

This yoke?

macplaxton · 18-12-2012 02:36AM

That's the one!

No wonder I didn't catch the rest of the serial, 16001, it was sooooooooo long. Had it been five hundred and something like it was in the past...:rolleyes:

Thank you Blue850 for confirming I wasn't seeing things. I did see seventy-three and - an "earless" - 968M. They're just not the same without the ears....

MrFoxman360 · 18-12-2012 06:05PM

Two classics I saw in the underground car park in dun laoghaire on sunday, a 911 and a big merc

The porsche had a cover on it an hour later so obviously lives in there

Its dark in the underground and my phone has no flash so excuse the poor quality pictures

Diabhalta · 20-12-2012 05:28PM

few days ago (behind the wall of Esso petrol station on South Link Road) this youngtimer with a parking ticket (right under the ticket on dashboard is a note written on a parking disc saying: 5min /phone number) ...

Diabhalta · 20-12-2012 05:29PM

MrFoxman360 wrote: »

Its dark in the underground and my phone has no flash so excuse the poor quality pictures

Hold the device still next time, the pictures won't be that blurry.

MrFoxman360 · 20-12-2012 06:40PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

Hold the device still next time, the pictures won't be that blurry.

I've tried that several times, doesn't make them any better, when its dark, its dark

aujopimur · 21-12-2012 12:45AM

A friend of mine has just completed a long restoration on this rarity.

Capri · 21-12-2012 01:17AM

aujopimur wrote: »

A friend of mine has just completed a long restoration on this rarity.

That going to the Garda museum ? - interesting restoration

CharlieCroker · 21-12-2012 08:43AM

The Vauxhall Victor was the first (factory) police-spec vehicle used by AGS, I don't know how many they had but it remained the only police spec car ever used by AGS until the introduction of the Volvo XC70's used by Regional Support Units in 2008.

That one above looks absolutely stunning and I wish more people would restore old Garda cars.

aujopimur · 21-12-2012 11:03AM

Capri wrote: »

That going to the Garda museum ? - interesting restoration

I'd say not.

aujopimur · 21-12-2012 11:11AM

CharlieCroker wrote: »

The Vauxhall Victor was the first (factory) police-spec vehicle used by AGS, I don't know how many they had but it remained the only police spec car ever used by AGS until the introduction of the Volvo XC70's used by Regional Support Units in 2008.

That one above looks absolutely stunning and I wish more people would restore old Garda cars.

It seems they became interested in the Victor FD police specials when they were offered and purchased, at a too good to refuse price, a couple of dark wine coloured ones when a UK police force failed to complete on an order.

Anan1 · 21-12-2012 11:32AM

aujopimur wrote: »

a couple of dark wine coloured ones when a UK police force failed to complete on an order.

Is that definitely true? I always remember having seen a dark red Garda car as a kid, but i'd managed to convince myself that i'd imagined it.

DaveCol · 21-12-2012 01:28PM

I think we need to see more photos of this Victor

rugbyman · 21-12-2012 01:31PM

I may well be voting for myself as Wally of the Year,, and could have done a bit of Wiki before typing, but is it not a Ventora?

Regards, Rugbyman

red sean · 21-12-2012 01:39PM

I always thought they were the VX4-90, same as this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroscenemag/4440756567/

aujopimur · 21-12-2012 01:51PM

rugbyman wrote: »

I may well be voting for myself as Wally of the Year,, and could have done a bit of Wiki before typing, but is it not a Ventora?

Regards, Rugbyman

No, it's not a Ventora, these were Police/Garda specials, they were Victors fitted with 3300cc straight 6 cylinder engines and manual gearboxes.
They also had the Ventora dashboard.

carchaeologist · 21-12-2012 02:12PM

Is there many more ex Garda cars about? I know there's the SSI reg facelift MKII Granada, but can't think of any more.

68deville · 21-12-2012 03:28PM

was it out near kilmainham where the Garda auctions used to be in the 80s?
vaguely remember being at one as a kid with the ouldfella,came away with a kawasaki 750z with half a saddle and two Austin montegos:rolleyes:

manta mad · 21-12-2012 09:37PM

another one of those ex garda ventoras/victors in walkinstown ..AI reg ...

also ex department of defence one been restored here

http://totalopel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21540

red sean · 21-12-2012 09:54PM

manta mad wrote: »

another one of those ex garda ventoras/victors in walkinstown ..AI reg ...

also ex department of defence one been restored here

http://totalopel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21540

I did'nt think any Garda/Defence Forces vehicles were registered outside Dublin.

exador · 21-12-2012 10:02PM

I remember my first job and the boss had a VENTORA 3.3 straight 6.. I thought it was the dogs at the time.. would have been about 76 reg ?

I later drove a ex UK Police Victor Estate with the 3.3 as a garage runaround ,,on gas .. It was a bit scary trying to get parking when you are only driving a few months !!! what a tank

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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