Older cars you have seen

[melon68]

Here in the "sunny" southeast of Ireland near Wexford I've seen a few old Toyotas of 95-05 vintage. There was a spotless Corolla 4 door saloon parked up with 95 plates earlier. I used to own a 3 door "coupe" variant of that model. The engines (1.3 in my case) were pretty simple and presumably can be very long lasting indeed with the right maintenance.

 

[Cowley]

Quite pleased with this one.

Copped a nice brown Ford Cortina on an original Y reg (don’t ask me why Reg) in Donaghadee, County Down, NI yesterday



Complete with furry dice hanging from the mirror!

 

[Ashley Hill]

Complete with furry dice hanging from the mirror

And a toilet roll on the passenger seat!

 

[birchesgreen]

I have the same furry dice in my Sandero, not quite as cool as that!

 

[david1212]

Another 51 plate Yaris.
I guess they, and other Toyota models of this era, are a good choice as a local runabout and can be supported by independent garages for all work that is economically viable.

 

[Cowley]

Another 51 plate Yaris.
I guess they, and other Toyota models of this era, are a good choice as a local runabout and can be supported by independent garages for all work that is economically viable.

I bet that’s delivered a lot of takeaways…

 

[dgl]

A C reg Hillman Minx Automatic in Yeovil

 

[telstarbox]

Not sure this is remarkable but a K reg Fiesta yesterday. Bright red, 3 doors, simple as.

 

[Sun Chariot]

When did you last see a Lotus Elan on the road? I didn't see many even when they were being produced.

 

[dgl]

When did you last see a Lotus Elan on the road? I didn't see many even when they were being produced.

Even rarer would be the Kia Elan. Only a thousand of those were made by Kia.

 

[birchesgreen]

it had a personalised number plate so i couldn't say how old exactly it was, but i saw a Chevrolet Lacceti this morning. I don't think i've ever seen one for real outside of Topgear before, amusingly it was in the same blue as well.

 

[dgl]

The Lacetti would have been later 00's as I don't believe there was ever a Daewoo version so it would have been released after Daewoo motors went bust and got brought by General Motors.

Edit: Was released by Daewoo in 2002 but we originally got it as the Nubira, and not as a Lacetti until 2005 according to Wikipedia.

 

[birchesgreen]

Well an old commercial vehicle not a car, but just saw a W reg MAN lorry with a horse carriage body. Also saw a V reg VW Transporter at the weekend.

And this morning a T reg Jaguar XJ.

 

[Bald Rick]

Yesterday: L (93/4) VW Corrado in Racing Green and in concours condition.
Today: H (90/1) Peugeot 205 GTi in Silver, also in concours condition.

Both on the roads being driven normally.Both looked amazing. The 205 sounded a bit rough though.

 

[Bishopstone]

M-prefix (94/95) VW Passat saloon in Southgate, in green, almost matching the moss growing in the window frames, but street-parked and apparently in use.

 

[thejuggler]

Earlier this morning an almost 40 years old, but one of the last 2CVs - a D reg.

Very brave considering the weather it was in, you could almost see the rust forming.

 

[DelW]

An E-prefix Volvo 740GL this morning, apparently heading into a supermarket car-park. It was complete with boot-lid spoiler, which seems a bit ambitious on a car whose designer seems to have developed their skills on bricks and breeze blocks.

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

S-suffix Reliant Scimitar in Grimsby this morning. Some unpainted filler repairs on front wing but otherwise in good condition and apparently in regular use.
I did take a pic, but sadly my phone decided to delete it!

(And yes, Princess Anne had one etc. lol)

 

[TheSel]

S-suffix Reliant Scimitar in Grimsby this morning. Some unpainted filler repairs on front wing but otherwise in good condition and apparently in regular use.
I did take a pic, but sadly my phone decided to delete it!

(And yes, Princess Anne had one etc. lol)

Gosh! I never knew that Princess Anne had a phone that automatically deleted pictures! Every day's a schoolday.

 

[telstarbox]

Y reg Nissan Elgrand people carrier yesterday.

 

[Mikey C]

I saw a Saab 96 in Golders Green yesterday, a "proper" old car

 

[Pyewipecarshed]

Gosh! I never knew that Princess Anne had a phone that automatically deleted pictures! Every day's a schoolday.

 

[birchesgreen]

F reg Citroën 2CV in Edgbaston earlier, in a lovely white and red

 

[Gag Halfrunt]

That would be a Dolly.

File:1989 Citroen 2CV.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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[dgl]

An original Beetle on display at the VW dealership in Dorchester, a "splitty" original VW camper at Kombi Klassics in Wareham and a BMW 6? series in Weymouth.

That would be a Dolly.

File:1989 Citroen 2CV.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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or Elly, if you are a certain youtuber!

 

[birchesgreen]

That would be a Dolly.

File:1989 Citroen 2CV.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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Yeah just like that, maybe even that one, i can't remember the rest of the reg.

 

[contrex]

Just come across this thread. I saw a Jowett Javelin driving along Bond Street in Bristol just before Christmas. I recognised it because my woodwork teacher at school had one.

 

[4SubAsociation]

Ok. I do own a oldish car. A lupo gti. 2005 with Sunroof.

Although the oldest car i have seen is a Austin 10 Clifton in the past year.

 

[KT550]

Seen today in south Surrey, a Toyota Paseo (May 1997, P prefix).

Wikipedia says they didn't sell well here or in the U.S.A. I don't recall seeing many of them back in the day.

 

[Trackman]

When did you last see a Lotus Elan on the road? I didn't see many even when they were being produced.

1974 my Uncle had one.
Back then, not one to have a smash in; fibreglass body.