What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

power pants · 16-03-2014 7:52pm

is the paint on that escort faded or was that the colour it was originally? Thought, initially it was faded, now Im not so sure

Kaiser D · 16-03-2014 8:10pm

Those are amazing spots nd!

Passed a Volvo 145 estate in Malahide this evening. Oh an a K10 Micra van on the Malahide road.

gugleguy · 16-03-2014 8:13pm

Yesterday Saturday a Ford Anglia which went up and down Enniscrone County Sligo.

Fred Swanson · 16-03-2014 10:55pm

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Kaiser D · 16-03-2014 11:15pm

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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They aren't, but I've always got the best quotes from them for classics so I choose to have all of my classics insured with them.

Moneymaker · 16-03-2014 11:59pm

There's a V reg Ford Granada around where I live. Looks absolutely mint.

I'd get a photo of it, if it wasn't doing 50+ everytime I see it whizz by :pac:

Kaiser D · 17-03-2014 12:16am

Found this on Google Street View this evening. Its literally 5 minutes from me and I've never seen it about. I presume its in daily use considering its taxed until May.

Old diesel · 17-03-2014 12:30am

power pants wrote: »

is the paint on that escort faded or was that the colour it was originally? Thought, initially it was faded, now Im not so sure

Going on memory of what red mark 2s looked like back in the day - id say that one has faded paintwork.

Could be wrong though

nd · 17-03-2014 9:55am

Kaiser D wrote: »

Those are amazing spots nd!

Passed a Volvo 145 estate in Malahide this evening. Oh an a K10 Micra van on the Malahide road.

They were just parked on the street in Mitchelstown (Co. Cork)

There was a tiny old car there too but it was gone by time I got my phone out.

nd · 17-03-2014 9:56am

Old diesel wrote: »

Going on memory of what red mark 2s looked like back in the day - id say that one has faded paintwork.

Could be wrong though

Yep it looked like a faded red to me.

Odyssey 2005 · 17-03-2014 2:23pm

NKI 141.
Honda 50. In Bansha yesterday. Looked like a daily runner. Any body able to tell how old it is. Was in perfect nick. I have a good photo but dont know how to get it onto the site.:-(

nd · 17-03-2014 7:00pm

from the parade earlier

and this was at the local mart

Kaiser D · 17-03-2014 7:07pm

Corolla DX hatchback, OZV 465, coming out of Baskin Lane and onto the Malahide road, driven by a very elderly looking lady.

Gutted I didn't get a photo.

dgt · 17-03-2014 9:06pm

Saw a mid to late 70's Mercury Marquis 4 door today

Stupid ZV plates

Damien360 · 17-03-2014 9:11pm

67 black mustang in Newbridge parade today.

davycc · 17-03-2014 10:06pm

white jag mk2 in stamullen village this morning

nd · 21-03-2014 10:47pm

these two were in lidl yesterday.

veetwin · 21-03-2014 11:00pm

96D Lexus LS 400 with immaculate red paint on the N32 about 5pm. Looked really well for a rather uncool at the time luxobarge.

nd · 22-03-2014 3:05pm

I suppose this could arguably be classified as a skangermobile. I'd drive it though!

Nixer Jim · 22-03-2014 3:21pm

No picture but a 1990 Lancia Thema in blue.

Kaiser D · 22-03-2014 3:26pm

Hadn't a clue what this was when I saw it.

Kaiser D · 22-03-2014 3:28pm

nd wrote: »

these two were in lidl yesterday.

Very nice, 1986 so last of the old plates. Taxed and tested until August too.

johndaman66 · 22-03-2014 4:28pm

^^^No passenger door mirror on the Corolla. Same was the case with many of the early run of the replacement model back then too...Don't think I could be dealing with that:)

Old diesel · 22-03-2014 5:16pm

johndaman66 wrote: »

^^^No passenger door mirror on the Corolla. Same was the case with many of the early run of the replacement model back then too...Don't think I could be dealing with that:)

I wouldn't be very happy with it either - I love to use the mirrors as an aid to things like parking.

The Corolla outside is normally reversed into the garage when I use it - as I use the mirrors to help line it up for the reverse in.

Simple with the mirrors (imo)

Not having a passenger mirror would be a pain

road_high · 22-03-2014 5:30pm

johndaman66 wrote: »

^^^No passenger door mirror on the Corolla. Same was the case with many of the early run of the replacement model back then too...Don't think I could be dealing with that:)

To illustrate how poverty spec the average Irish car was back then, passanger door mirrors were often an extra/not fitted (don't think they were even a legal requirement, I'd imagine that has changed since).

Old diesel · 22-03-2014 5:41pm

road_high wrote: »

To illustrate how poverty spec the average Irish car was back then, passanger door mirrors were often an extra/not fitted (don't they were even a legal requirement, I'd imaginbe that has changed since).

Absolutely - our 1985 Nissan Sentra (only a year older then that red Corolla) only had a drivers side mirror.

In actual fact - if im remembering correctly - the 87/88 Corolla of the next model that came after the red one ND took a photo off - didn't even have rear seatbelts.

Think Toyota made them standard in Jan 1989 :rolleyes:

I guess that shows that the Toyota Ireland approach of poverty spec isn't new. :rolleyes:

ofcork · 22-03-2014 8:37pm

Saw a blue zv reg 5 series in cork today,even the 3 is as big now.

road_high · 22-03-2014 9:25pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Absolutely - our 1985 Nissan Sentra (only a year older then that red Corolla) only had a drivers side mirror.

In actual fact - if im remembering correctly - the 87/88 Corolla of the next model that came after the red one ND took a photo off - didn't even have rear seatbelts.

Think Toyota made them standard in Jan 1989 :rolleyes:

I guess that shows that the Toyota Ireland approach of poverty spec isn't new. :rolleyes:

Oh yea rear seat belts I remember them not being standard (I'm only 30 btw!). We had an Opel Kadett 85 as our poverty spec family car. Think it was an L Model and the most basic car we ever had! No rear seat belts, no door pockets, nothing. There was a crap radio and clock. That was pretty much it.
When were rear seat belts made standard? It's shocking to think manufacturers had to be legally forced into this absolute basic. It's no wonder road deaths have fallen so much. Had we a serious crash in this tin-box needless to say there'd have been serious injuries and/or deaths. I think modern cars are fantastic.

Old diesel · 22-03-2014 9:29pm

road_high wrote: »

Oh yea rear seat belts I remember them not being standard (I'm only 30 btw!). We had an Opel Kadett 85 as our poverty spec family car. Think it was an L Model and the most basic car we ever had! No rear seat belts, no door pockets, nothing. There was a crap radio and clock. That was pretty much it.
When were rear seat belts made standard? It's shocking to think manufacturers had to be legally forced into this absolute basic. It's no wonder road deaths have fallen so much. Had we a serious crash in this tin-box needless to say there'd have been serious injuries and/or deaths.

Not sure when rear belts were made compulsory

Volvo were fitting them at that time iirc as they were into safety

My uncle used to have a 1987 Seat Malaga - and that was the first yoke I was in that had rear seat belts.

I also remember 1987 Nissan Bluebirds having rear belts - as I remember looking into an 87 Bluebird and looking at the rear belts

The 87 Sierra had rear belts on the facelift model of that year - ive never seen a Sierra Sapphire WITHOUT rear belts - which was the saloon version of the Sierra which came out with the 87 facelift.

You tended to find that manufacturers were much more inclined in the early to mid 80s to fit rear belts to UK spec cars - the Uk required the mounting points for rear belts to be fitted (but not the actual belts) from around 1980. My neighbours sister lives in the Uk - and back then she had a 1987 Micra in the Uk which had rear belts - but again im open to correction here - but Irish 87 Micras didn't have rear belts

What's the oldest car you saw on the road today?

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