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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,289 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    Not a car... Not on the road.. but old. Ford Thames 300E (I think) spotted in Tuam last night

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    Main St, Bailieborough Co Cavan on the 31st Dec.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    That's Eugene Markey's.
    He has some very fine Fords, including another Model A that was a Sheriffs car from Tallahassee .

    PS, if you Google his name, there is a YouTube video online showing his extensive collection of all things motoring.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Rare classic Discovery Td5. .....

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,217 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    That's a rare sight indeed. Didnt know we had conquered time travel yet!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,790 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    On Monday, in Portugal:
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    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    galwaytt wrote: »
    On Monday, in Portugal:
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    Looks in great original condition - it's amazing the difference a dry warm climate makes.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    The galway plaza
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    ELM327 wrote: »
    That's a rare sight indeed. Didnt know we had conquered time travel yet!


    Turns out its for sale, so rang him for the craic.


    Tells me he had a 1975 Range Rover that he got a fully galvanised replacement chassis for, and had a garage put it under the Disco shell.


    Claims that the bill for that little lot was 6500 Euro.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,445 ✭✭✭tc20


    some photos from the last few weeks, north wicklow/south dublin


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Daysul Jetta.
    Tow-bar.
    Will be washed for the test.
    Cavan :D

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,079 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    A double whammy in Clarehall today

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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Galway
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭derra


    tc20 wrote: »
    couple of spots around Bray today



    I had often wondered if i would ever see my car on this thread and then i saw it a while back a couple of times.
    It's a 1.3 Toyota Cynos Juno, el52 engine and it's a 4 speed manual.
    It's my first and only car, i was 30 when i had bought it in October 2007.

    I said it be fine for a year or two but it ran and still does run so smooth, well for me anyway as i never really drove any others to know much difference.
    I got the timing belt done at 121000km and clutch done around 2013.
    I never got any pre-NCT tests done, i just let it go through and see what happened.
    Twice i had to get a re-test which was for lights alignment and driver side shock.
    It passed the NCT again in November.

    Looking at some NCT certs, when i bought it in 2007 there was with 78574 km on the clock, in 2011 there was 98577 km,
    in 2015 there was 126559 km on the clock and now it's at 140965 km so it really
    only ever has been a runaround. There are some bad scuff marks on it and work that needs to be done to make it look good that i never got around to because i had kept telling myself to change it soon but i just couldn't as it drives like a dream! Of course, most would think ' i wouldn't be caught dead in that' :D

    Anyway i had just wanted to put some context on one of the cars that has been posted on the thread. I doubt there be many left of them on the road at the moment.
    As usual i have left everything to the last minute when knowing quite well the last while i was gonna be changing car this time around to something more comfortable as a carer for someone close but that's another story on what to get next.

    I would of kept it till the end of the NCT this year but have to change it.

    So i will probably get this crowd: https://www.cartakeback.ie/ to take it away but just seems a shame as it runs so good. Any other options what to do with it?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,585 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    derra wrote: »
    I had often wondered if i would ever see my car on this thread and then i saw it a while back a couple of times.
    It's a 1.3 Toyota Cynos Juno, el52 engine and it's a 4 speed manual.
    It's my first and only car, i was 30 when i had bought it in October 2007.

    I said it be fine for a year or two but it ran and still does run so smooth, well for me anyway as i never really drove any others to know much difference.
    I got the timing belt done at 121000km and clutch done around 2013.
    I never got any pre-NCT tests done, i just let it go through and see what happened.
    Twice i had to get a re-test which was for lights alignment and driver side shock.
    It passed the NCT again in November.

    Looking at some NCT certs, when i bought it in 2007 there was with 78574 km on the clock, in 2011 there was 98577 km,
    in 2015 there was 126559 km on the clock and now it's at 140965 km so it really
    only ever has been a runaround. There are some bad scuff marks on it and work that needs to be done to make it look good that i never got around to because i had kept telling myself to change it soon but i just couldn't as it drives like a dream! Of course, most would think ' i wouldn't be caught dead in that' :D

    Anyway i had just wanted to put some context on one of the cars that has been posted on the thread. I doubt there be many left of them on the road at the moment.
    As usual i have left everything to the last minute when knowing quite well the last while i was gonna be changing car this time around to something more comfortable as a carer for someone close but that's another story on what to get next.

    I would of kept it till the end of the NCT this year but have to change it.

    So i will probably get this crowd: https://www.cartakeback.ie/ to take it away but just seems a shame as it runs so good. Any other options what to do with it?!

    Why not sell it or give it to someone who would like to have it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,079 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    It'd be a real shame to scrap it, they're lovely little cars. I had this one a few years ago for a little while and really liked it.

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    Did you get a quote from that cartakeback crowd? They'll only give a pittance for it. If you're prepared to put up with the dregs of DoneDeal, you could put it up cheap for a quick sale and certainly get more than what a recycling company will offer you.

    I'm kind of full up at the minute with cars, but what do you have to get for it? (if you don't mind me asking)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,585 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    what do you have to get for it? (if you don't mind me asking)

    That's exactly what I was thinking.
    I am sure my son wouldn't mind having something like this in his garage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Fogmatic


    vectra wrote: »
    derra wrote: »
    I had often wondered if i would ever see my car on this thread and then i saw it a while back a couple of times.
    It's a 1.3 Toyota Cynos Juno, el52 engine and it's a 4 speed manual.
    It's my first and only car, i was 30 when i had bought it in October 2007.

    I said it be fine for a year or two but it ran and still does run so smooth, well for me anyway as i never really drove any others to know much difference.
    I got the timing belt done at 121000km and clutch done around 2013.
    I never got any pre-NCT tests done, i just let it go through and see what happened.
    Twice i had to get a re-test which was for lights alignment and driver side shock.
    It passed the NCT again in November.

    Looking at some NCT certs, when i bought it in 2007 there was with 78574 km on the clock, in 2011 there was 98577 km,
    in 2015 there was 126559 km on the clock and now it's at 140965 km so it really
    only ever has been a runaround. There are some bad scuff marks on it and work that needs to be done to make it look good that i never got around to because i had kept telling myself to change it soon but i just couldn't as it drives like a dream! Of course, most would think ' i wouldn't be caught dead in that' :D

    Anyway i had just wanted to put some context on one of the cars that has been posted on the thread. I doubt there be many left of them on the road at the moment.
    As usual i have left everything to the last minute when knowing quite well the last while i was gonna be changing car this time around to something more comfortable as a carer for someone close but that's another story on what to get next.

    I would of kept it till the end of the NCT this year but have to change it.

    So i will probably get this crowd: https://www.cartakeback.ie/ to take it away but just seems a shame as it runs so good. Any other options what to do with it?!

    Why not sell it or give it to someone who would like to have it?
    derra wrote: »
    tc20 wrote: »
    couple of spots around Bray today



    I had often wondered if i would ever see my car on this thread and then i saw it a while back a couple of times.
    It's a 1.3 Toyota Cynos Juno, el52 engine and it's a 4 speed manual.
    It's my first and only car, i was 30 when i had bought it in October 2007.

    I said it be fine for a year or two but it ran and still does run so smooth, well for me anyway as i never really drove any others to know much difference.
    I got the timing belt done at 121000km and clutch done around 2013.
    I never got any pre-NCT tests done, i just let it go through and see what happened.
    Twice i had to get a re-test which was for lights alignment and driver side shock.
    It passed the NCT again in November.

    Looking at some NCT certs, when i bought it in 2007 there was with 78574 km on the clock, in 2011 there was 98577 km,
    in 2015 there was 126559 km on the clock and now it's at 140965 km so it really
    only ever has been a runaround. There are some bad scuff marks on it and work that needs to be done to make it look good that i never got around to because i had kept telling myself to change it soon but i just couldn't as it drives like a dream! Of course, most would think ' i wouldn't be caught dead in that' :D

    Anyway i had just wanted to put some context on one of the cars that has been posted on the thread. I doubt there be many left of them on the road at the moment.
    As usual i have left everything to the last minute when knowing quite well the last while i was gonna be changing car this time around to something more comfortable as a carer for someone close but that's another story on what to get next.

    I would of kept it till the end of the NCT this year but have to change it.

    So i will probably get this crowd: https://www.cartakeback.ie/ to take it away but just seems a shame as it runs so good. Any other options what to do with it?!
    One of the cars I've driven into the ground was spotted by a young man who was into demolition derbys or some such off-road thing.  He made some very modest offer I can't remember - worth it to me because I didn't have to do anything!  (He came back with his mates and towed it away).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭derra


    vectra wrote: »
    Why not sell it or give it to someone who would like to have it?

    What price would ya put on it?

    It'd be a real shame to scrap it, they're lovely little cars. I had this one a few years ago for a little while and really liked it. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_add&p=109061199&securitytoken=1546897973-90989ba3b4279984c2d8fbdf3c3809e551b44c98

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    Did you get a quote from that cartakeback crowd? They'll only give a pittance for it. If you're prepared to put up with the dregs of DoneDeal, you could put it up cheap for a quick sale and certainly get more than what a recycling company will offer you.

    I'm kind of full up at the minute with cars, but what do you have to get for it? (if you don't mind me asking)

    Lovely car to drive and wish i had my mine in top condition like that but insurance is crazy on it now and Axa are the only ones that would quote me.

    They offered something like €50, then a few days later they offered €64.

    At this stage now, it would need 4 new tyres. A bit of life in them but i would get 4 new ones if i was to keep it.
    Bodywork needs attention , bad scuffs on bumper , some paint peeling on bonnet, bit of rust showing on the body over a tyre, aerial snapped off long time ago, door handle is cracked, boot opens from inside as the badge is glued onto the boot door after that broke off so it be a labour of love.

    It drives fine so anything else that would need to be done is not something i know about. It never broke down once on me since i had it. Never any leaks.
    Fogmatic wrote: »
    One of the cars I've driven into the ground was spotted by a young man who was into demolition derbys or some such off-road thing.  He made some very modest offer I can't remember - worth it to me because I didn't have to do anything!  (He came back with his mates and towed it away).

    I'd probably be in tears watching it getting smashed up :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    derra wrote: »
    I'd probably be in tears watching it getting smashed up :D

    With minimal maintenance it'd surely last another while.

    You certainly couldn't let it go to them cash for cars cowboys. Especially after 10+ years of faithful service and a current test.

    I'd near buy it myself. Make sure you drop me a pm if you're hellbent on getting rid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,585 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    derra wrote: »
    What price would ya put on it?
    I wouldn't have a clue to be honest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,445 ✭✭✭tc20


    derra wrote: »
    I had often wondered if i would ever see my car on this thread and then i saw it a while back a couple of times.
    It's a 1.3 Toyota Cynos Juno, el52 engine and it's a 4 speed manual.
    It's my first and only car, i was 30 when i had bought it in October 2007.

    Of course, most would think ' i wouldn't be caught dead in that' :D

    this makes me smile :) Cynos' were a rare enough sight when newish, even rarer these days, so if you can, keep her rolling. Or as suggested by others, move it on to someone who will.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    derra wrote: »
    I had often wondered if i would ever see my car on this thread and then i saw it a while back a couple of times.
    It's a 1.3 Toyota Cynos Juno, el52 engine and it's a 4 speed manual.
    It's my first and only car, i was 30 when i had bought it in October 2007.

    I said it be fine for a year or two but it ran and still does run so smooth, well for me anyway as i never really drove any others to know much difference.
    I got the timing belt done at 121000km and clutch done around 2013.
    I never got any pre-NCT tests done, i just let it go through and see what happened.
    Twice i had to get a re-test which was for lights alignment and driver side shock.
    It passed the NCT again in November.

    Looking at some NCT certs, when i bought it in 2007 there was with 78574 km on the clock, in 2011 there was 98577 km,
    in 2015 there was 126559 km on the clock and now it's at 140965 km so it really
    only ever has been a runaround. There are some bad scuff marks on it and work that needs to be done to make it look good that i never got around to because i had kept telling myself to change it soon but i just couldn't as it drives like a dream! Of course, most would think ' i wouldn't be caught dead in that' :D

    Anyway i had just wanted to put some context on one of the cars that has been posted on the thread. I doubt there be many left of them on the road at the moment.
    As usual i have left everything to the last minute when knowing quite well the last while i was gonna be changing car this time around to something more comfortable as a carer for someone close but that's another story on what to get next.

    I would of kept it till the end of the NCT this year but have to change it.

    So i will probably get this crowd: https://www.cartakeback.ie/ to take it away but just seems a shame as it runs so good. Any other options what to do with it?!
    derra wrote: »
    What price would ya put on it?




    Lovely car to drive and wish i had my mine in top condition like that but insurance is crazy on it now and Axa are the only ones that would quote me.

    They offered something like €50, then a few days later they offered €64.

    At this stage now, it would need 4 new tyres. A bit of life in them but i would get 4 new ones if i was to keep it.
    Bodywork needs attention , bad scuffs on bumper , some paint peeling on bonnet, bit of rust showing on the body over a tyre, aerial snapped off long time ago, door handle is cracked, boot opens from inside as the badge is glued onto the boot door after that broke off so it be a labour of love.

    It drives fine so anything else that would need to be done is not something i know about. It never broke down once on me since i had it. Never any leaks.



    I'd probably be in tears watching it getting smashed up :D

    Janeymac! You'd be mad to just get rid to those sorts of cowboys!

    I'd gladly take it off ya. My 97 Corolla has given up the ghost (well, not technicaly, but I haven't the inclination to get a new starter this side of Easter)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭derra


    Thanks for the replies and PM's.

    There is a bit of interest there so i will try avoid Donedeal if i can.

    Was talking to a couple locals in the trade too about a reasonable value on it bearing in mind there is also 3 months tax on it too as well as till November on the NCT.

    So it be best now to let this thread get back on track and thanks again.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Lanesbrough co Longford
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,289 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    95 A6 2.8l Quatro in Tuam

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,079 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Ohhh that’s tasty


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    I looked after an estate version of one of them with low milage for a year,. Gave it a run once a month. When the owner came home he sold it to a gobsh1te who buried it in a wall a few weeks later. Sorry I didn't buy it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,317 ✭✭✭Speedsie
    ¡arriba, arriba! ¡andale, andale!


    A regular spot in Celbridge.
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭homer90


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    Thought it was abandoned at first... but it's fully road legal with 250k miles up !

    :cool:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Cavan town tonight. Owner was telling me he has it 25 years this month!
    Sorry for the poor photo.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    homer90 wrote: »
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    Thought it was abandoned at first... but it's fully road legal with 250k miles up !

    :cool:

    Where? I'd love the wheel trims, tow bar and roof rails off that. Someone keep sketch!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,079 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Not too many of these around.

    Clarehall:

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,219 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Nice left hand drive 5 series in Cavan town today.
    Looks like a daily driver.
    Nothing on the back to tell engine size..

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  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Tin Lizzy


    Where? I'd love the wheel trims, tow bar and roof rails off that. Someone keep sketch!

    I think I've 2 of those wheel trims and a carina ii saloon towbar here. Based in Donegal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Diabhalta


    Cork

    better looking than any 2019 Ford. And that's a fact.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Diabhalta wrote: »
    Cork

    better looking than any 2019 Ford. And that's a fact.

    Mmm, if the GT didn't exist :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Tin Lizzy wrote: »
    I think I've 2 of those wheel trims and a carina ii saloon towbar here. Based in Donegal.

    I'll be in touch tomorrow 👍


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Nice left hand drive 5 series in Cavan town today.
    Looks like a daily driver.
    Nothing on the back to tell engine size..

    ki6ZTwp.jpg

    BMW 524. 2443cc TD. According to Cartell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    That 5er could clean up very nicely.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Diabhalta


    1983 daily driver .. because 56 euro in motor tax is about right for these horrible roads...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,445 ✭✭✭tc20


    Greystones/Sandymount over the weekend.

    the Beetle was in fantastic condition.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Combination of spots around Dublin :

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    This is an unusual one. A 99 fully fitted out English registered Dennis in Glasnevin:

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Is that an NIFS badge on the side of it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,079 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Good old nuns Starlet! Looks like St Columba's in Glasnevin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Is that an NIFS badge on the side of it?

    Dunno. If it's there tomorrow I'll get a shot of it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭PN14


    This has stood the test of time well.
    Spotted in Limerick


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,085 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Wow


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,223 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    PN14 wrote: »
    This has stood the test of time well.
    Spotted in Limerick

    That car could pass for something in the mid 90's, or even more recent, given how good a Condition it's in.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,079 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    The last old style Limerick number issued before the 87 system came in was OIV 200 afaik, so that Corolla is a bit off the mark, but still among the last of the cars registered in Limerick under the old system which had been in place since 1903. Great spot!


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