Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

w124man · 16-02-2014 11:48PM

Capri wrote: »

Type 25 with 280bhp V6 mid mounted

http://www.4wheelfun.de/bilder/prototyp-auf-basis-des-vw-bus-t3-der-irre-rallye-bus-7997561.html#fotoshow_item=1

http://www.vw-t3-bus-shop.de/

Herr Berndt Jager ..... he da man if you have a VW T3 Syncro!

w124man · 17-02-2014 12:02AM

Capri wrote: »

Pic 45 - Espace - the 'first MPV' ?

Nope! I would reckon the VW Bus has that crown?

Any other takers ...... ?

Red Kev · 17-02-2014 12:16AM

Lloyd LT 600 from 1955 is the first ever mass produced vehicle designed as an MPV. This is distinct from something like the VW T1, essentially a commercial where seats and windows were added.

Alfa had an earlier MPV but it never was really a mass seller.

Lloyd LT 600 had 6 individual seats or 4 seats and a bench in 3 rows, spare was carried inside the car (on the right in second pic).

1960_Lloyd_LT_600_Ariport_Van_For_Sale_Interior_resize.jpg

swarlb · 17-02-2014 12:45AM

Red Kev wrote: »

Lloyd LT 600 from 1955 is the first ever mass produced vehicle designed as an MPV. This is distinct from something like the VW T1, essentially a commercial where seats and windows were added.

Alfa had an earlier MPV but it never was really a mass seller.

Lloyd LT 600 had 6 individual seats or 4 seats and a bench in 3 rows, spare was carried inside the car (on the right in second pic).

I doubt very much that the Lloyd was a 'mass seller', considering the company went bankrupt in the very early 60's.
The Fiat 600 Multipla would be a better choice, granted it appeared a year later in 1956, but it was still being built and used up to the 70's.

Capri · 17-02-2014 12:45AM

Followed closely by the Fiat 600 Multipla in '56

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:01432Krak%C3%B3w.JPG

Speaking of Fiats -

69 Fiat 600S

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fiat_600S_in_Uruguay.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fiat_600_R.jpg

Capri · 17-02-2014 11:48PM

That Healy 3000 in Ken Lawford is well cosseted, saw the 3000MkIII in the rain on Barrow st with the window open today - hadn't got me camera ready ATT.:o

Kaiser D · 18-02-2014 01:09AM

Where is the Citroen? I think I've seen it on Vernon avenue before? If not there is one usually parked along the road.

SilverBullet · 18-02-2014 07:57AM

CX looks like its in Milltown opposite Spar, there's a Citroen specialist on Vernon Ave so usually a few around there.

Red Kev · 18-02-2014 10:44PM

swarlb wrote: »

I doubt very much that the Lloyd was a 'mass seller', considering the company went bankrupt in the very early 60's.
The Fiat 600 Multipla would be a better choice, granted it appeared a year later in 1956, but it was still being built and used up to the 70's.

It was a decent seller in it's day. I said it was the first mass produced car designed from the outset as an MPV. The first Renault Espace* wasn't a huge seller, but in Europe it kickstarted the MPV craze which led to the Ford Galaxy etc and down to the Renault Scenic, Modus etc.

* Chrysler Voyager was a year earlier but the Espace was on sale here first.

EDIT: They built a total of 44,605 LT 500/600 of which 19,937 were the 6 seat version. Some of that 44605 total were vans and special bodies. Less than 50 survive in Germany today.

Dades · 19-02-2014 12:42PM

Saw this baby this morning. A nice trip down memory lane as I drove an 89 in the same colour for years and loved it.

We had some adventures together and it ferried more than one lady on dates.

Capri · 19-02-2014 09:24PM

Red Kev wrote: »

It was a decent seller in it's day. I said it was the first mass produced car designed from the outset as an MPV. The first Renault Espace* wasn't a huge seller, but in Europe it kickstarted the MPV craze which led to the Ford Galaxy etc and down to the Renault Scenic, Modus etc.

* Chrysler Voyager was a year earlier but the Espace was on sale here first.

EDIT: They built a total of 44,605 LT 500/600 of which 19,937 were the 6 seat version. Some of that 44605 total were vans and special bodies. Less than 50 survive in Germany today.

Espace started production in 84,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Espace#Espace_I_.281984.E2.80.931991.29

US Voyager started in 88 (never sold here AFIR until the 3rd generation 96> model )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Voyager

Type 17 · 20-02-2014 08:45AM

Dades wrote: »

Saw this baby this morning. A nice trip down memory lane as I drove an 89 in the same colour for years and loved it.

We had some adventures together and it ferried more than one lady on dates.

Great cars, I used to own this 2.0 16v one - I bought it in the UK in 2003 and, after 8 years of ownership, the guy I sold it to later emigrated to the UK, so it's still on the road, and back on its original UK registration. (My pic, but not a recent shot in keeping with the thread, but nip over to Plymouth and you can still get one!)

Nekarsulm · 20-02-2014 06:48PM

been meaning to show you guys this Mk1 Jetta for a while, finally got a couple of shots today. Local retired publican, has had it from it was a few years old. When the Vento was released, the local VW garage persuaded him to try a Vento and he traded in the Jetta. However he didn't get on with the newer car at all, and brought it back to the garage and took back his Jetta!

I see he give the wheels a skite of silver paint, and fitted mud flaps, lately.

dj jarvis · 20-02-2014 09:56PM

Dades wrote: »

Saw this baby this morning. A nice trip down memory lane as I drove an 89 in the same colour for years and loved it.

We had some adventures together and it ferried more than one lady on dates.

yea , the capacity of the boot is huge on them - great car

Type 17 · 20-02-2014 10:06PM

dj jarvis wrote: »

yea , the capacity of the boot is huge on them - great car

The Avant (estate) is even better - with the seats folded, a full-length, fully-flat cargo area that is the size of a cosy double bed

:D

Dades · 21-02-2014 12:11PM

dj jarvis wrote: »

yea , the capacity of the boot is huge on them - great car

Room for herself AND the golf clubs!

cregganna · 21-02-2014 01:04PM

Saw Hillman Imp today in Galway today. Was driving so no picture (sorry is that allowed).

w124man · 21-02-2014 11:55PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Lloyd LT 600 from 1955 is the first ever mass produced vehicle designed as an MPV. This is distinct from something like the VW T1, essentially a commercial where seats and windows were added.

Alfa had an earlier MPV but it never was really a mass seller.

Lloyd LT 600 had 6 individual seats or 4 seats and a bench in 3 rows, spare was carried inside the car (on the right in second pic).

The VW Microbus was launched in 1950 and was a vehicle designed to carry stuff - the stuff could be people as well! It was sold as a Microbus five years before the Lloyd was, whether it started out as a van in a sales sense or not is irrelevant because two models were offered from the start, one was a van and one was a Kombi with seats !! It was the first MPV.

dgt · 22-02-2014 04:56PM

82 Crusader :cool:

bugsntinas · 22-02-2014 05:01PM

nice cortina

Capri · 22-02-2014 07:22PM

What's the Irish for Crusader - Corrib/Cashel/Tara ? Think it was Cashel

bugsntinas · 22-02-2014 07:36PM

weren't they names they gave to irish models?recognise cashel.

Capri · 23-02-2014 01:12AM

More sightings - Cobra going to the hardware (also seen it on a rainy 7am commute :eek: so it's a daily driver NIC reg ). BX turbo diesel, not many of these around.Polish classic reg W124 4matic off Pearse St.

dgt · 23-02-2014 07:25PM

Sunbeam Rapier in Kilkenny

Odyssey 2005 · 24-02-2014 08:32PM

Saw a white BX on a trailer on Friday. It was heading from Kilkenny towards Clonmel. Lot of green on it,like it was lying under a tree someplace. Few and far between nowadays.

ianobrien · 25-02-2014 09:36AM

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Saw a white BX on a trailer on Friday. It was heading from Kilkenny towards Clonmel. Lot of green on it,like it was lying under a tree someplace. Few and far between nowadays.

I spotted that heading south on the M8 between Cahir and Michelstown. It was fairly green alright......

Capri · 25-02-2014 11:23AM

ianobrien wrote: »

I spotted that heading south on the M8 between Cahir and Michelstown. It was fairly green alright......

Another other sightings of it ??

Probably being shipped out of Cork to France to be loved and cherished again after those 'ignorant Irish drivers' abandoned it :P:P

Odyssey 2005 · 25-02-2014 08:17PM

dgt wrote: »

82 Crusader :cool:

My old man bought a brand new one of those back in the day. Beauty,I'd love it now oe the mark3 2000e he had...droooooool

SimonLynch · 27-02-2014 08:26PM

Wish I'd taken a photo now. Saw two yellow Porsche/VW 913s fresh off the boat from the States. One was 1970 with a 1.6 from Long Beach, other was 2.0. I'll see if I can get a pic tomorrow.

Zoo4m8 · 01-03-2014 08:41AM

Capri wrote: »

More sightings - Cobra going to the hardware (also seen it on a rainy 7am commute :eek: so it's a daily driver NIC reg ). BX turbo diesel, not many of these around.Polish classic reg W124 4matic off Pearse St.

That's a Glanbia store the Cobra is at, probably going in for a roll of barbed wire and a bag of sheep feed....

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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