Show in Killmaley, Ennis this Sunday

Blue850

If its not belting rain, I'll go for a look, anyone else near?

Alfasudcrazy

Not too far from me (Tralee) and a good road all the way. Might be a nice jaunt for the sprint - provided I can get the weather to service it on Saturday.:)

corktina

im going if the weather is reasonable....is it anew show? never heard of it before but saw the posters on the road.....very early one isnt it?

corktina

look out for the Taunus Coupe if you go and come say hello....

corktina

well, it was lashing rain and i still went and so did blue850...daft buggers that we are.....nice to meet you mate...

about 30 cars there, didnt get to see them too clearly through the windscreen and stayed about 10 mins......it was getting a tad muddy in the gateway....

your Fiat looked nice 850, have seen ti before a few times I think....nice Irish car, is it a family heirloom?

oh and btw, i was hardly after getting parked when some guy asked if it was American and then (when told it was German) asked if it was a Cortina.....(shakes head sadly....)

Blue850

I stayed on until 3.00, a few more brave/foolish:D souls showed up after you left Corktina , rough count of about 50 cars and 50 tractors. Getting out the gate was challenging to say the least. The 850 got out with a push from a few marshalls but a big Massey was called in for the heavier stuff. Well organised for a first time show, well sign posted from Ennis, cup of soup and 'sangiches' for exhibitors, and a little brass plaque on the way out, and all proceeds were for a local hospice. pity about the weather, roll on Durrow:)
The 850 is in original nick, a 3 owner car , have it about 6 years, went to buy a Fiat 500 and brought it home instead, think I'll treat it to a lick of paint when Bertie's SSIA coughs up next year.

corktina

i was sturggling out the gate in the mud when they stopped me to let a roller in.....wasnt very clever i thought....oh and we got lost coming in from Ennis, went via Miltown Malbay so I dont really agre about their signs....:)

bit too early in the year weather wise wasnt it....

corktina

Blue850... found an old FIAT in MAyu yesterday....small, with chrome grill (so front engined?) not 126/127 either...older than that I think....what is it and is it rare?

Blue850

Oooh a challenge, identify a car with no pic:D Has it round or rectangular headlights? Is it 2 door or 4? All small 2 door 50s/60s Fiats before the 127 were rear engined but the 850 has a small dummy plastic-chrome grill. if its 4 door it be a 1100

mustang68

Looks like its towing the citroen behind it

corktina

thats the one I would say.....found a 127 (i think ) too with a very nice reg number....something like HIV 1 (unless the numbers fell off.....) black, looks sporty.....Co Cavan

Blue850

Whats the 127 in Cavan like, is it for sale?

corktina

derelict.....but maybe savable...i'll try to get a picture next time im up there...about a fortnight......it is visible from the N55 south of Cavan town if i remember right...

Blue850

Had 3 127 Sports years ago, sold one ,crashed one and scrapped one:(
The one I sold is being restored to as new condition in Roscommon. The owner even found a brand new engine for it. What colour was the Fiat in Mayo and whereabouts was it? I know there was a maroon Fiat 1100 near Foxford except its not a Fiat , it was an Indian built Padmini. 1987 or 89 i think

corktina

Blue850 wrote:

Had 3 127 Sports years ago, sold one ,crashed one and scrapped one:(
The one I sold is being restored to as new condition in Roscommon. The owner even found a brand new engine for it. What colour was the Fiat in Mayo and whereabouts was it? I know there was a maroon Fiat 1100 near Foxford except its not a Fiat , it was an Indian built Padmini. 1987 or 89 i think

near Foxford...that would be it...red?

127 was dark blue or black...near Belmullet.....

Blue850

Yeah that sounds like the car, a dark red colour, think the owner was finding it hard to get parts for th engine, saw it about 3 years ago, my brother used to pass it every day on the way to Ballina in his truck so I went with him one Saturday for a look, a girl working in India had brought it back when she moved home to Ireland. There is a mint white Fiat 1100R here in Galway just like the one in the photo, it might be for sale soon as the owner is restoring a porsche 356 and already has a Sprite and a Porsche 914.... too many cars no space etc etc

corktina

shame to see it out in the open like that.Mind you, near me here a guy has a nice looking beetle convertible which is out side in the rain WITH THE TOP DOWN!!!!!!!!

Blue850

I know a man who bought a porsche 911 targa sportmatic for 75 pounds cos it had been left outside with perished roof seals, interior was destroyed but its a 1975 with galvanised bodywok and the engines a runner