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Dublin to Baghdad by road in 1957

  • 05-07-2010 3:12pm
    #1
    Blue850
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    by the late President of Ireland Erskine Childers
    sorry about small text

    Fiat1100cover.jpg

    Fiat1100-1.jpgFiat1100a.jpg
    Fiat1100b.jpgFiat1100c.jpg


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  • #2
    oflynno
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    see? there were mad b@stards back in those days too

    uber-cool


  • #3
    Max_Damage
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    I wonder what happened to that Fiat?


  • #4
    Anan1
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    Max_Damage wrote: »
    I wonder what happened to that Fiat?
    I hate to say it, but i'd imagine it was sold off cheap on their return and run into the ground just like any other ordinary car. Shame, it should be in a museum.


  • #5
    hi5
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    Whats with the EIR sticker on the back of the car, was that official for 1957?
    I also seen SE on older Irish cars, 'something Eireann' I think.


  • #6
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    'EIR' was the standard oval sticker identifier for Ireland until 1961, then it changed to 'IRL'.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_vehicle_registration_codes#I

    Looking at this would make me wonder, would a modern Fiat manage to do this trip without a vast array of engine management lights coming on!?


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  • #7
    Anan1
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    hi5 wrote: »
    I also seen SE on older Irish cars, 'something Eireann' I think.
    Saorstát Éireann, i'm guessing.


  • #8
    bijapos
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    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Looking at this would make me wonder, would a modern Fiat manage to do this trip without a vast array of engine management lights coming on!?

    Yes they do. I know somebody who has owned a Panda 4x4 like the one in the photo for over 10 years in Mali, rarely driving on tarred roads. She has never had a major problem with the Panda apart from the usual wear and tear. Great car, might not cover your definition of "modern" though.

    Incidentally if anyone is heading to Baghdad take an first series Omega 2.3D,or an E34 524d, they are mad about them there.


    fiat_panda_1980_01.jpg


  • #9
    mike65
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    A tank might be wiser these days.


  • #10
    Fishtits
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    Incidentally if anyone is heading to Baghdad take an first series Omega 2.3D,or an E34 524d, they are mad about them there.

    Sounds like the diesel supply situation has improved, diesel cars were banned under Saddam. Petrol was so cheap there that there was no real rationale for diesel cars, plus, they used local oil for servicing, it was rubbish and didn't do a lot for diesel engines.

    (diesel was not available within the city, only on the outskirts where the truckers hung out)


  • #11
    G Luxel
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    It wasn't the only Irish-built vehicle to go to Baghdad. In the 1980s, CIE sent over a new Bombardier Doubledecker bus for service in Baghdad. Wonder if it still survives?


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  • #12
    Max_Damage
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    ^ I remember hearing about that. I very much doubt if it's still around.


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