ed5000 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 - warren t claim, Jim Bergerac, Asimo and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Those are excellent, what's this blue car on the right?. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 AMC Gremlin trigger and ed5000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Your right, what a funny looking car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Back in the day, every fecker in Dublin and the Pale drove a heap of shit. One day, the Government got some cash from the EU and everyone scrapped the shitbox and got a free Toyota, except for the farmers, who all got a free fuck off big Mercedes. Now the shitboxes are making a comeback. Old gag: You are driving around Dublin with your cousin Seamus. Every time there is a red light he just carries on regardless. You object, but he says "Oh that? Murphy does it all the time." Then he gets to a green light and slams on the brakes. You say WTF, the light is green, and Seamus says "Yeah, but Murphy might be coming the other way." Copyright Brian Boru 1014 AD. michael t, ed5000 and saucedoctor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 You'd have to wonder who was rolling around late 70's Dublin in a Gremlin? A Leprechaun? Anyway, is there a link to those pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 There has been a scrappage scheme in the RoI?To boost the -ahem- Irish car industry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 It happened during the Celtic Tiger era, to increase road safety, reduce pollution, and provide some dodgy State Aid for Toyota dealers! Before the scheme, Dublin was Chod Central. Then the World drowned in a sea of Corollas. ed5000 and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I used to live in Dublin from 1998 to 2000 and at the time, the celtic tiger was already past its full swing. However, I was not aware of a scrappage scheme. People just bought new cars by the casepack and put the nice old chod that used to litter Dublin's streets up for sale in the local rags for stupid money, effectively making these two odd pre-NCT years heaven for an old shiter like me.In no particular order I had a Granada MKII Ghia, a Zodiac MKIV hearse, several Granada hearses, a Toyota Carina II, a Sierra Sapphire 1.6, two Renault 4s, one of them an F6 van, a Toyota Crown Royal Saloon 2.0 supercharged, a 1964 Ford Country Squire and a 1966 Imperial LeBaron. Not bad, huh?Cruising the Zodiac hearse decorated with pumpkins and lights up and down O'Connell Street on Halloween attracted the attention of the An Garda Siochana, believe it, or not.Would you like me to continue with a list of cars I didn't buy in those two-and-a-half years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 starlets everywhere at one time - not now all peugeots and bmws not very old but...... ed5000 and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I see that in this one, the feller is standing on his brakes He must have seen Murphy coming the other way. warren t claim, Junkman, Asimo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My cousin tells me that the last Hillman Hunters in the history of EVAH were thrown together by some feckless characters in a shed in Dublin. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Rootes, Chrysler - all Fiat now. Forza Italia, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Me, I love my Fiat Interceptor, me. ed5000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Some great and rare old stuff there, even for then. Apart from the AMC there's two early Renault 4s next to each other, a Fulvia Zagato, Matra Bagheera and what looks like a Datsun 180 Coupe or similar. ed5000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 And a Fiat 131 estate behind the Fulvia Zagato. ed5000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My dear departed uncle had one of these, only his was even more knacked than this one is - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 All Ritmos died in Mondello park in what was called Fiatnam. Jim Bergerac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Fook me, I've never seen a Fulvia Zagato on the road (except for restored/preserved versions) Two Alfasuds! ed5000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My cousin tells me that the last Hillman Hunters in the history of EVAH were thrown together by some feckless characters in a shed in Dublin.True.The Hunter was made in the Chrysler factory in Santry until 1979. Interesting fact - The factory is now Santry Garda station, most of it still exists and the production hall was/is used as a firing range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 True.The Hunter was made in the Chrysler factory in Santry until 1979. Interesting fact - The factory is now Santry Garda station, most of it still exists and the production hall was/is used as a firing range. Frantically googles for picture showing half of TooSavvy's face in front of Santry cop shop. Junkman and ShiteRider 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundig Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 ... I'm lovin the two door "tina" saloon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I have got shedded in at least one of those boozers, and possibly both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 ... I'm lovin the two door "tina" saloon its a GL too,as unlike the uk they could get rhd ones above base/L trim. this is how Crayford got the bigger eng/trim cars to make into convertables.Volvo sold 142 & 242's in rhd there. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 its a GL too,as unlike the uk they could get rhd ones above base/L trim. this is how Crayford got the bigger eng/trim cars to make into convertables. Could it be that they were in reality Cortina-badged RHD Taunuses (Tauni?). The Taunus was available as a 2-dr in all trim levels save the Ghia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 prob yes as all the bits where avl & a straight swap, ford claimed that mainland uk buyers didn't like having to climb in/out of the rear of higher spec cars?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 HEAR IZZ my cousin's old 127, somewhere in Dub circa 1980 something. Soz for small pitcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I'd like to think the 911 Targa with dodgy whale tail and massive Hella under bumper fog lights is a Sportomatic for ultimate Autoshite credibility. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garbage Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Hello, I haven't posted on here in a few years so I think this is as good a place as any to get stuck in again as I live in Dublin. I also lived beside the Buckleys/Chrysler/Talbot car factory in my younger years. Here's a pic of how it looks today. Hasn't really changed much in appearance. It closed around '82. Just around the corner from there was McCairns Motors, where Vauxhalls and Bedfords were assembled up to roughly the same time. I think they may have also assembled Chevy's and Simcas there too at one time. There's a shopping centre built on that site now but I came across some great pics of the place from when it was built. I'll have a look for them later if anyone's interested? ed5000 and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 prob yes as all the bits where avl & a straight swap, ford claimed that mainland uk buyers didn't like having to climb in/out of the rear of higher spec cars?? Makes sense, actually. I never understood Germany's obsession with 2-door saloons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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