What's the oldest car you've seen on the road lately?

[SmartinMartin]

[765489]

Is that in Walkinstown SM ?

[SmartinMartin]

No lad, Glasnevin industrial estate. Cameron cars, they always have some fantastic stuff. If I'm in the area I'll purposely detour to pass them.

[765489]

Ah okay man. I know a man that has a business up in walkinstown with a similar name and he's mad into his vintage stuff.

[Hairy-Joe]

I'm currently in Spain and I've seen quite a few old motors in regular service. A few Peugeot 205, a Seat copy of the Fiat Panda, mk1 Clio and a few Kadetts.

I'm going to ignore the Seat copy of the Fiat 131 I saw Sunday as that was obviously a cherished classic rather than a daily.....

[Seanybiker]

I'm currently in Spain and I've seen quite a few old motors in regular service. A few Peugeot 205, a Seat copy of the Fiat Panda, mk1 Clio and a few Kadetts.

I'm going to ignore the Seat copy of the Fiat 131 I saw Sunday as that was obviously a cherished classic rather than a daily.....

I love the mk1 clio. Had one years ago, loved everything about it. haha I came from a micra to the clio so maybe thats why I loved it.

[Hairy-Joe]

I love the mk1 clio. Had one years ago, loved everything about it. haha I came from a micra to the clio so maybe thats why I loved it.

Strangely, the mk1 Clio is the first car I remember seeing with electric windows.

[Seanybiker]

Ok I~ didnt see this on the road and didnt wanna start a new thread just for one car. HaHA I feel old that Im old enough to remember these being on the road.
https://www.adverts.ie/cars-for-breakin ... s/26711261

I love it

[765489]

I remember my uncle had a few Renault 4s. I was just a child but I still remember my mother driving it to the shop with my grandfather in charge of changing gears. Myself and brother would be in the back and we could see the road beneath us due to a rust hole in the floor.

[SmartinMartin]

A few from Zagreb today;

[Hairy-Joe]

I just spotted a Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia drive past me here in Baeza, Spain. There was plenty ladders strapped to the roof and looked rough as a badgers arse.

Jeez going off the beaten track a bit in Spain can unearth plenty old cars 20 to 30 years old rattling away in daily service.

[SmartinMartin]

Rare enough corolla estate, very clean.



Twins!



Ya don't see one for months, and then 2 in the same day. This one is immaculate.

[Seanybiker]

Dunno whaat it is cos I didnt wanna be standing outside old Peggies house taking pics. Havent a clue what it is.

[SmartinMartin]

Tis a Nissan figaro Seany. Started out as a copy of older classics such as a jag and based on a micra, but have since become sought after in their own right. There were about 5 versions, I think your one is a peugeot copy. Hang on a sec, got a photo of one today.

[SmartinMartin]

Jag based figaro;

[SmartinMartin]

A couple more in Drumcondra;

[Frank]

There was a fine convoy of them on the N7 one morning last week around 6:30.

[SmartinMartin]

I used to hate them Frank, i suppose a bit of classic snobbery at the time, but they've grown on me. I particularly like the one based on a French Jeep type thing, it's called a Pau. I know of one guy who deals in them exclusively.

[Seanybiker]

Tis a Nissan figaro Seany. Started out as a copy of older classics such as a jag and based on a micra, but have since become sought after in their own right. There were about 5 versions, I think your one is a peugeot copy. Hang on a sec, got a photo of one today.

Thats pretty cool. The old lady who owns the house is in a home the last 2 years, wonder would she miss the car haha.

[Hairy-Joe]

I must say in a weirdly perversely sort of way, I liked them Micra derived Pau, Figaro, etc.

Yes I will make an appointment with the local opticians....

[SmartinMartin]

I've done a bit of digging, and it turns out that there were only three vehicles in that figaro group, the Pau, the Figaro and the S-cargo. The jag based Micra was a different company, Mitsuoka, and the model is a Viewt. They're all fetching massive money now.

[kadman]

My own out for a spin the weekend. It was refused entry to a recent VW show because I was 5 minutes after they closed the field gate. Insurance says "NO"

[Hairy-Joe]

I had the opposite problem. I remember a few years ago taking the MK2 Escort out for a Sunday run. I happened to pass the field where a local car show was on. I had a member of the organising committee waving me into the field and got annoyed when I wouldn't enter.

[kadman]

I had the opposite problem. I remember a few years ago taking the MK2 Escort out for a Sunday run. I happened to pass the field where a local car show was on. I had a member of the organising committee waving me into the field and got annoyed when I wouldn't enter.

He got annoyed because it was an old ford, and not a Volks

[Hairy-Joe]

You know what they say about Ford, "found on road dead".......