Today I saw an abandoned classic and took a pic thread!

tc20 · 29-05-2020 9:59am

^ without resorting to google or checking the reg, I'm wracking my brains trying to think what that car is..
Badging on the boot looks like Renault, but the rear lights look like an Opel or possibly a Rover?
I know i'll kick myself when someone says what it is...:o

ARGINITE · 29-05-2020 10:13am

Renault 21

BrianD3 · 29-05-2020 10:13am

Easy peasy and you were right about the badging - Renault 21 phase 1.

JabbaTheHut · 29-05-2020 12:29pm

tc20 wrote: »

^ without resorting to google or checking the reg, I'm wracking my brains trying to think what that car is..
Badging on the boot looks like Renault, but the rear lights look like an Opel or possibly a Rover?
I know i'll kick myself when someone says what it is...:o

Well, I hope you got some entertainment from it. Good fun trying to guess cars you know that do you know, but can't place it.
It's all there. Well, for a car that's been sitting for a while. I'm not sure if it will be for long more, though. There's a planning permission notice outside the property for development of the site. I doubt the car is in the plans.

IrishPlayer · 26-06-2020 3:52pm

Hartstown, Dublin 15

hoodie6029 · 26-06-2020 4:12pm

One less car on the road with those door denting reflectors is no loss..

davidglanza · 27-06-2020 12:25am

Spotted this
Lotus carlton

Garzard · 27-06-2020 12:48am

davidglanza wrote: »

Spotted this
Lotus carlton

Shame. Hopefully someone will buy that before it's beyond restoration.

IrishPlayer · 27-06-2020 7:26pm

Dublin 15

Type 17 · 27-06-2020 7:34pm

Looks like it's getting some love, rather than being abandoned(?)

(Reg is Bologna, Italy, if anyone is unsure)

pablo128 · 27-06-2020 7:44pm

Type 17 wrote: »

Looks like it's getting some love, rather than being abandoned(?)

(Reg is Bologna, Italy, if anyone is unsure)

It appears to be rhd though.

Type 17 · 27-06-2020 7:50pm

pablo128 wrote: »

It appears to be rhd though.

Looks LHD - no dash, but lots of parts (rear seat?) in first pic; no dash, but definitely LHD steering column support in second pic; too much reflection in third pic - definitely started as LHD (but conversions aren't too complex on the (Mk2 Golf-based) Corrado).

Nekarsulm · 10-07-2020 4:15pm

In Felix Gormleys yard in Cavan. Very rusty underneath, but the ( red) carpet inside is surprisingly good
It's a 200, manual gearbox.
If you needed any bits, act sooner rather than later!

hi5 · 11-07-2020 9:38am

^
Shame it's being scraped, I would love to see it done up, great reg number too.

Nekarsulm · 11-07-2020 10:59am

hi5 wrote: »

^
Shame it's being scraped, I would love to see it done up, great reg number too.

Too far gone to economically repair, you can look straight out to the ground through the left hand sill..
Great number, I agree!

Usually they will not sell a complete car, but as there is unlikely to be an "end of life" declaration on that one ( just weighted as scrap) you'd never know... they might sell it the way it is.

outfox · 12-07-2020 10:45am

hi5 wrote: »

^
Shame it's being scraped, I would love to see it done up, great reg number too.

Such a pity you can't transfer reg numbers from car to car, like you can in the UK. You could keep a number you like, for life.

Nekarsulm · 12-07-2020 4:43pm

outfox wrote: »

Such a pity you can't transfer reg numbers from car to car, like you can in the UK. You could keep a number you like, for life.

You used to be able to do that here.
As long as you bought a new car each time.
Cousins kept the registration number of te machine they founded their business on, and had it on a succession of VW Golfs throughout the 80's and 90's.

steinbock123 · 13-07-2020 9:21am

Nekarsulm wrote: »

You used to be able to do that here.
As long as you bought a new car each time.
Cousins kept the registration number of te machine they founded their business on, and had it on a succession of VW Golfs throughout the 80's and 90's.

Well I never heard that before.
Are you 100% sure?
I’ve always felt that the reason it can’t be done here is pure laziness on the part of the civil servants/departments/ministers who could do it relatively easily. The will is not there.
Too handy to stick a ZV on everything.

Type 17 · 13-07-2020 10:09am

steinbock123 wrote: »

Well I never heard that before.
Are you 100% sure?
I’ve always felt that the reason it can’t be done here is pure laziness on the part of the civil servants/departments/ministers who could do it relatively easily. The will is not there.
Too handy to stick a ZV on everything.

ZV (or year-county-serial) is all that can NOW be put on new or imported cars - up to '87, reg's were handled by local authorities (not centralised at Shannon), and were written in large paper ledgers, so re-issuing old (hopefully) unused reg's was relatively easy.

I remember seeing the best reg ever issued (appearance-wise) on an Audi 100 in the 80's: IX 1, displayed in silver on black and centre-justified as:

IXI

This was the first reg ever issued in Co. Longford, in 1904.

So much money to be made transferring pre-'87 reg's in Ireland, and I presume that the current system does allow it, so they can change the reg's on vehicles seized by CAB, etc.

kqcregg · 13-07-2020 1:06pm

Clearing old photos today and came across a few from a walk around locally back in 2016. Completely forgot I took them to put up here!

kqcregg · 13-07-2020 1:08pm

Less recognisable!!

kqcregg · 13-07-2020 1:09pm

Something a little bigger...

kqcregg · 13-07-2020 1:11pm

And a mystery one........... I have the reg plate at home somewhere so must double check the model.

Type 17 · 13-07-2020 1:12pm

kqcregg wrote: »

And a mystery one........... I have the reg plate at home somewhere so must double check the model.

Peugeot 305

Nekarsulm · 13-07-2020 1:17pm

Type 17 wrote: »

Peugeot 305

Or Talbot Solara?
First though was Montego, but rear pillar is wrong...

Nekarsulm · 13-07-2020 1:19pm

steinbock123 wrote: »

Well I never heard that before.
Are you 100% sure?
I’ve always felt that the reason it can’t be done here is pure laziness on the part of the civil servants/departments/ministers who could do it relatively easily. The will is not there.
Too handy to stick a ZV on everything.

Yes, 100% sure.
They had the registration of a Ford Fergusson tractor for years, and always on Golfs.
Longford reg. as well.
They sell Mitsubhisi's now....

ARGINITE · 13-07-2020 2:09pm

kqcregg wrote: »

Something a little bigger...

Got anymore pics or info on this?

kqcregg · 13-07-2020 4:15pm

ARGINITE wrote: »

Got anymore pics or info on this?

Afraid not. Its been in the corner of a field for some time. (Same field as all the others I posted). It had a British Leyalnd badge on the front. I'll try and get over to it again this weekend and see if its still there. If it is I'll post some more pics.

26000 Elephants · 13-07-2020 4:38pm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Or Talbot Solara?
First though was Montego, but rear pillar is wrong...

Solara had vertical segments on lights.

I'd say it's the Peugeot.

JabbaTheHut · 21-07-2020 5:50pm

A beetle resting up in what I am told was a crash repair shop.

BonnieSituation · 21-07-2020 5:59pm

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

A beetle resting up in what I am told was a crash repair shop.

Calling kadman.

Type 17 · 21-07-2020 6:03pm

Looking at the unusual wheels and the colour, that might be a LHD Beetle that was imported from California in the late 70's by a guy relocating to Ireland - his son was in my class at school. Or it could be a coincidence...

w124man · 21-07-2020 8:26pm

Type 17 wrote: »

Looking at the unusual wheels

They were available on a 'Celebration' edition so they were just added somewhere along the way! I had a set here for ages but sold them on. Still have a set of twin port cylinder heads in the shed

kadman · 21-07-2020 8:45pm

w124man wrote: »

They were available on a 'Celebration' edition so they were just added somewhere along the way! I had a set here for ages but sold them on. Still have a set of twin port cylinder heads in the shed

Are the twin port heads good??

w124man · 21-07-2020 9:05pm

kadman wrote: »

Are the twin port heads good??

Yes they are. I had them bead blasted years ago in preparation for a FVW race engine but I never used them. No valves etc. They came off a Type 3 fastback that was stored in a shed in Sligo for years after a crash. If you are interested send me a PM

JabbaTheHut · 22-07-2020 11:38pm

I'm not up on my Mercedes. A 123 series?

SmartinMartin · 22-07-2020 11:41pm

Yup, a 230e I think.

davycha · 23-07-2020 3:44pm

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

A beetle resting up in what I am told was a crash repair shop.

is that Beetle in Dundrum , Co.Tipperary ?

JabbaTheHut · 23-07-2020 6:41pm

davycha wrote: »

is that Beetle in Dundrum , Co.Tipperary ?

It is.

davycha · 24-07-2020 9:31am

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

It is.

Partly guessed as much , that Beetle is there for at least 15 years , I often pass it and wonder what's its history , its definitely been stored in a good dry space.
I must try to find out more about it .

24-07-2020 9:59am

JabbaTheHut wrote: »

A beetle resting up in what I am told was a crash repair shop.

It is one of these:
https://beetle.ie/your-stories/the-marathon-beetle/

kadman · 24-07-2020 8:44pm

davycha wrote: »

Partly guessed as much , that Beetle is there for at least 15 years , I often pass it and wonder what's its history , its definitely been stored in a good dry space.
I must try to find out more about it .

Looks like barnfinds are still there to be had:)

Wishbone Ash · 02-08-2020 7:56pm

tc20 · 18-08-2020 1:21pm

not a classic but don't know where else to put this (apart from in a ditch in Co Galway)

kev1.3s · 18-08-2020 5:13pm

Oh shes a classic allright

Duke O Smiley · 18-08-2020 7:19pm

Is that on one of the islands tc?

w124man · 18-08-2020 10:06pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Is that on one of the islands tc?

If that was on an island it would still be running!

tc20 · 19-08-2020 10:49am

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Is that on one of the islands tc?

Would you believe only about 5 miles from Eyre Square Duke.
I passed my test in one of these - my Dads '84 957cc, way back when, so always smile when I see one, no matter the condition.

Isambard · 19-08-2020 4:15pm

kev1.3s wrote: »

Oh shes a classic allright

how could a reasonably early Fiesta not be a classic at this stage?

Testacalda · 21-08-2020 10:26am

Spotted this Metro sitting in a driveway while out on a new morning walk route yesterday, been sitting a while. I actually really like these Metros. It looks really original and untouched, how rusty could it be

Today I saw an abandoned classic and took a pic thread!

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