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This weeks Classic Irish bargains that I'm not buying

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    #1622
    w124man
    Registered Users Posts: 2,303 ✭✭✭w124man


    Dades wrote: »
    Those are two lovely mercs. Wonder if they'd make a good daily driver... hmmm.
    No mention of NCT on one.

    Really like the alloys on the 230. Are they from MB? They look familiar.


    The W124 makes a great daily driver and the 230 would be the better of the two.


    The chrome arches on the 220 are hiding something I'd bet!


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    #1623
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    I keep going back to look at that white '230. Its bloody gorgeous (and I'm not a huge Merc fan)

    Everything is just so right about it


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    #1624
    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭Bigus


    There's a 1994 E 220 in Merlin that didn't sell on Saturday if anybody's looking for hardship.

    Bidding didn't make it past €100
    MERCEDES-BENZ-E220-2199-01004542816191.JPG


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    #1625
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Its only out of NCT a month! And taxed to the end of the month.


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    #1626
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,474 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/wolseley-1500-1964/17900996

    YTU1ZGRjYTNhYTE3ODU2NjA3YThlZjI1ODBlMzM3NzmNr0h_R_sl2hkusUbvkU7ZaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b185NDIzMzY3NHx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    A very good price with show season coming up (if its not rotten). Obviously not to everybody's taste but they are (imo) a good mix of comfort and drivability. I'm sure €2k would bring it home

    It’s like a tropical cyclone in the back window there is so much condensation. That amount of moisture in a car would really worry me.


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    #1627
    w124man
    Registered Users Posts: 2,303 ✭✭✭w124man


    Bigus wrote: »
    There's a 1994 E 220 in Merlin that didn't sell on Saturday if anybody's looking for hardship.

    Bidding didn't make it past €100
    MERCEDES-BENZ-E220-2199-01004542816191.JPG


    Great cars these and so undervalued. This one would be a lot less rusty than the equivalent UK import. Spares are cheap too


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    #1628
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,249 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    80sDiesel wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-w123/17929699

    Didn't realise North Tipp drove on the right hand side ;)

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    A bit like your post they take the two sides of the road down there! :pac:

    (ps. they don't have a seaside either!)


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    #1629
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,624 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    80sDiesel wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mercedes-w123/17929699

    Didn't realise North Tipp drove on the right hand side ;)

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    Went to all that trouble and expensive to make it look that crap. I like those cars but that looks so stupid.
    No reason whatsoever why it could not have looked like this.

    narcar2.jpg

    Here is another 1979
    http://www.grouseguitars.com.au/mercedes/300D/

    This guy has a few nice cars and is a great guy. I tried to buy his 1985 230e but he loves it too much.


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    #1630
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,624 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Australia a great place to buy a merc, they tend to be rust free and have lots of extras like air con so on. And of course RHD !


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    #1631
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    That red 300D is feckin gorgeous.


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    #1632
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,624 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Gravelly wrote: »
    That red 300D is feckin gorgeous.

    Yep. Tempting, he might part with it too.


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    #1633
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,624 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    https://www.grouseguitars.com/cars.htm

    Full list of his cars and bikes. He used to sell Guitars, retired few year ago.


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    #1634
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Meanwhile, on the other end of the Mercedes W123 scale.....

    "Car has some rust nothing major" :D

    "Interior is like new" :D:D

    "Runs and drives.................but will need to be trailered away" :D:D:D

    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/w123-mercedes-limo/17928351


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    #1635
    80sDiesel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭80sDiesel


    That silver one is lovely. I used to own 10 of the same make( model) years ago. Can be a strange obsession.

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



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    #1636
    flatty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭flatty


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Yep. Tempting, he might part with it too.

    Tell me more 😀


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    #1637
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/1980-mercedes-350-sl-soft-top-hard-top/17947868

    MDNlN2ZkMmFhMGU3YjFiY2QwYjc5NmMwNDc4NWZkMGPd3fuxAjhfhzoz4Gmc_nVPaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b185NDQ1NTg1NXx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    €1500 SL - what could possibly go wrong!?


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    #1638
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,249 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    £1500
    Though in fairness he does state that it's a project.


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    #1639
    welder
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭welder


    Des Cullen sticker in the back window, might have been a southern car at some stage.....


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    #1640
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    A long road to getting a fresh NCT on that!

    Doesn't even mention if it runs or if there's chickens living in the engine bay.

    Smashing cruisers though.


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    #1641
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/citroen-gs-club-cmatic/17937180

    YmU4NDU5ZGZhZDNhOTNmNzE2NWRhYWVjM2Q0MjZkOWXKrvbe8ntwFIs1jCIIdan7aHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b185NDM2ODIzNHx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

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    Look at this!


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    #1642
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/citroen-gs-club-cmatic/17937180

    YmU4NDU5ZGZhZDNhOTNmNzE2NWRhYWVjM2Q0MjZkOWXKrvbe8ntwFIs1jCIIdan7aHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b185NDM2ODIzNHx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    MTI5Y2FmZjBlZjUwZDdmYTkxODJhNzZhYjc2MDk0MGbyRPMfqm3dNCyUjt3jLxuxaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtMS5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL2RvbmVkZWFsLmllLXBob3Rvcy9waG90b185NDM2ODIzOHx8fDYwMHg2MDB8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpeg

    Look at this!

    Very nice! If it's as clean as it looks it's very realistically priced too.


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    #1643
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,382 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Love the GS, but that interior trim/seat colour...


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    #1644
    liam7831
    Registered Users Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭liam7831


    Loving the steering wheel


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    #1645
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    Anyone else see pic 7 before reading the description and think "surely not...." :)


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    #1646
    tc20
    Registered Users Posts: 2,414 ✭✭✭tc20


    I saw that GS on DD last night - it's a beaut for sure, very rare sight these days. personally I love the interior..
    in other news, I saw this also and thought of Duke :)
    I wouldn't class it as a 'classic', and the NCT was up in Jan 17..
    Advertised at €1k, or €1.5 with a fresh Cert

    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/renault-19-rt-1-4-e-automatic-hatchback-low-milage/17958318


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    #1647
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭pablo128


    PauloMN wrote: »
    Anyone else see pic 7 before reading the description and think "surely not...." :)

    Pic 7 is interesting. Looking at the 'good' car, it seems the wipers are going the wrong way. I wonder was it originally a LHD car. Pic 7 seems to confirm that on a rhd car they should be going the correct way.

    Edit- having googled a bit, I could be wrong.


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    #1648
    Greybottle
    Registered Users Posts: 969 ✭✭✭Greybottle


    The second car is a spare that~s included in the price. It says so in the ad. The seller also mentions that the logbook is included.

    Rotten car has a vinyl roof and sunroof. These could be left out of a resto of course, but they are different cars. The rotten car is beyond saving, unless it was worth the other side of €30,000. Which it isn't.


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    #1649
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    ^

    We had one of them in our house, that 1.4e engine was a little cracker. Loved to Rev

    We had one as well 1.4e manual. A cracker to drive. I had the previous model 19 Supervan too. Great goer as well.


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    #1650
    macplaxton
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 2,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭macplaxton


    pablo128 wrote: »
    Pic 7 is interesting. Looking at the 'good' car, it seems the wipers are going the wrong way. I wonder was it originally a LHD car. Pic 7 seems to confirm that on a rhd car they should be going the correct way.

    Edit- having googled a bit, I could be wrong.

    All GS sweep that way.

    What I will say though it is a "half-arsed" RHD conversion, as the handbrake release isn't mirrored, so you have to either hold it palm up to use the index finger to release, or have adequate pinky strength if going at it palm down.

    Also the ventilation seemed to be better at clearing the left hand side of the windscreen first.

    (compare: Have a look at all the old RHD ADO16s, they all sweep that way. All LHD sweep the other way.)


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    #1651
    JabbaTheHut
    Registered Users Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭JabbaTheHut


    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/ford-escort/17983566

    Think the description is a wee bit of an understatement


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