Fingal Vintage Rally

r0nn13

Does anyone have any information on this Rally that is one this weekend (Sat 30th Sep)?

Just heard the end of a radio advert for it, and i thought I heard it say Ford Cortina 1600E

http://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/by-id/1302/

Would love to find out how to see this class car if I did that correctly...

kyote00

Yes, the Fingal show is on this weekend.


from "http://classiccar.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=24"
This years show is to be held in Rathmooney Lusk Co Dublin on 29th and 30th September.
On the Saturday a road run will be held for tractors commencing at 3 pm and for cars and commercial vehicles at 4 pm.
Tractor pulling heats will start at 12 noon and the Annual Barn Dance in the marquee on site will start at 8.30 pm. Tickets for the dance can be purchased from any committee member and for more information contact Sean Bentley on 01 8437345
This year on the Sunday the committee are pleased to commemorate the Massey Ferguson 50 year anniversary with a special display. Also this year there will be special displays of 75 years of Bedford in Ireland, 100 years of Rootes and 40 years of Ford Cortina 1600E.
The show on Sunday starts at 10 a.m. and all exhibits must be on site by 12 noon. There is no registration fee for exhibits but there will be a collection on the day to support local charities for those who wish to contribute.
For information regarding the show contact Se Clarke 0872597120

MercMad

Unfortunately my car wont be ready, but I'll go anyway with the kids !

3ps

think I may exhibit my Alfa at this, weather depending!

feel free to say hello

Wishbone Ash

A few pics from the Fingal show in Lusk.

1958 Commer Van



1971 Austin Princess VDP



1973 Austin 1300 GT



Rover 100 2.6



Triumph 2500 TC

Wishbone Ash

Ford Popular



Humber Sceptre



1976 Lancia Fulvia 3



1969 Ford Cortina Mk II 1600E



Another Ford Cortina MK II 1600E

DannyBuoy

Folks,
Anyone care to throw up rough directions to this event, kinda from the RedCow end of things, I'd be much obliged. Some beautiful looking cars there.

Thanks,
D.

Wishbone Ash

DannyBuoy wrote:

Anyone care to throw up rough directions to this event, kinda from the RedCow end of things

Sure Danny.

The event is held at Country Crest Potatoes (Hoey's Farm) in Rathmooney, Lusk, Co Dublin.

1. Take the M50 northbound and exit onto the M1 northbound.

2. Leave the M1 at the Donabate interchange - that's the second exit after the airport.

3. Take the 3rd exit at the roundabout and head northbound on the R132 (that's the old N1 Belfast road).

4. Keep going straight at Blake's Cross (Esso filling station on left).

5. About a mile north of Blake's Cross you will come to a public house on the right - Murtagh's of Ballough. Turn right here.

6. The venue is about a mile up this road.

Wishbone Ash

A few more from Lusk.

Fiat 127 (with apt registration)



Ford Escort Mk II Estate



Vauxhall 1.4 (model?)



MG Convertible



And another Ford Cortina MK II 1600E

rover-v8

excellent pictures of great classics at there best shame i can not make it any triumph stags there if so please someone take some pictures thanks all

ADs

Wishbone Ash

Another few from Lusk (I hope I'm not boring you at this stage lads!)

1968 Riley Kestrel



1971 Wolseley 1300



Ford Capri 1.6



Porsche 911



1947 Austin (7?) - absolute minter!

DannyBuoy

Thats great Wishbone, thanks. Better than I had hoped! Will be there tomo, btw pics are great, looking forward to it.
Thanks again,
D.

Wishbone Ash

DannyBuoy wrote:

Thats great Wishbone, thanks. Better than I had hoped! Will be there tomo, btw pics are great, looking forward to it.
Thanks again,
D.

Should be a lot better tomorrow. I only spent about 45 minutes there today and was gone at 3pm but I met loads of classics still coming in!

Allow me to indulge myself in the best and rarest classic by far there today - this Mercedes Benz 911B tractor unit. It is the only one ever sold in Britain and is owned by McGuinness Transport of Rush, Co Dublin.

(I know the classic car lads hate this but tough shít - I deserve it after spending half the night posting cars. At least I'll post the tractors in the Farming Forum )

rover-v8

the Mercedes Benz 911B tractor unit

is absolutely magnificent keep the pictures coming

Adam

corktina

i dont know any of those 1600E's which is unusual...would like to see photos of the "40 yrs of the 1600E" display if anyone is going...

Wishbone Ash

corktina wrote:

would like to see photos of the "40 yrs of the 1600E" display if anyone is going...

I was looking out for that but there was no sign of it yesterday. Perhaps it will be there today.

Those 3 MkIIs were the only Cortinas that I could see. No Mk I or IIIs.

corktina

well dont look at me, I dont have ANY mark ones....got a few threes fours and fives though...(and a Two):)

superboy

Fair play to you Wishbone. great photos!!! that Mercedes lorry is magnificent!! I certainly have no objections to lorries and other commercials appearing here. I love all classics. the show must have been good. didnt get to go unfortunately. but i met a 1962 Bedford TK flatbed on the road near Clane this afternoon. twas beautiful.

Silvera

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Allow me to indulge myself in the best and rarest classic by far there today - this Mercedes Benz 911B tractor unit. It is the only one ever sold in Britain and is owned by McGuinness Transport of Rush, Co Dublin.

(I know the classic car lads hate this but tough shít - I deserve it after spending half the night posting cars. At least I'll post the tractors in the Farming Forum )

IIRC, that Merc truck used to be owned by a motor distributors in dublin, and was used to transport cars from the docks. It was operated on trade plates hence the ZV reg.

DannyBuoy

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I was looking out for that but there was no sign of it yesterday. Perhaps it will be there today.

Those 3 MkIIs were the only Cortinas that I could see. No Mk I or IIIs.

I saw 1 Mk III there today, it was a black 2 door, but it was parked over by the tractors. There were some nice cars there today, the day dried up and lent itself to a nice walk around. My car of the day was the Granada 2.8i X, beautiful car, also liked a gold coloured Mk III Escort 1.6 Ghia auto, immaculate.

corktina

DannyBuoy wrote:

I saw 1 Mk III there today, it was a black 2 door, but it was parked over by the tractors. There were some nice cars there today, the day dried up and lent itself to a nice walk around. My car of the day was the Granada 2.8i X, beautiful car, also liked a gold coloured Mk III Escort 1.6 Ghia auto, immaculate.

a Fordie like you should join www.everyfordireland.com...seems you would fit in nicely

DannyBuoy

corktina wrote:

a Fordie like you should join www.everyfordireland.com...seems you would fit in nicely

Will have a look, thanks, I'm defo a Ford head. Was disappointed there was only 1 MkII RS2000 in Fingal today, it had a cage in it and was lowered to way too low to the ground, I still haven't recovered after seeing it!

PS I'm a fellow rebel

Wishbone Ash

DannyBuoy wrote:

I still haven't recovered after seeing it!

Brace yourself Danny for this monstrosity! :eek:

rover-v8

monstrosity!

i love it looks fabulous

ADs

DannyBuoy

Pic of the Granada I mentioned earlier...

MercMad

I went to the show on Sunday afternoon, the mud was unreal ! Cars getting stuck both coming and going !

Someone should ahve puts straw down !!

The standard of cars was terrific though, lots I hadn't seen before, and tyat Merc truck was breathtaking, as was the Hino FD with the Fiesta Mk1 on the back !

Serious amount of money spent on those commercials and it was great to see them ! Old truck really bring back childhood memories !

This Show gets better each year, with plenty to see and plenty for the kids to do !

The Road Run for members on Staurday was supposed to be very good as was the barndance. I intend to be at both next year without fail !

3ps

I decided to pop along at the last minute and was still let in the show my car. I was stuck behind a Lincoln Towncar who was stuck in the mud.

The mud was something else alright... had to take the wheels off and power wash the bottom of the car when I got home.

My son really enjoyed the tractor pulls!!

There was an awful lot of Fords/Austins etc etc which I'm not really into but I enjoyed it overall.

DannyBuoy

MercMad wrote:

I went to the show on Sunday afternoon, the mud was unreal ! Cars getting stuck both coming and going !

What mud?
(Excuse blocking out of friends!)

Wishbone Ash

DannyBuoy wrote:

What mud?
(Excuse blocking out of friends!)

That's not mud - if you want mud, go to Moynalty!



(Pic credit: caddyman).

tyney

any frontal pics of my fulvia? It must be a magic camera, 'cause it doesn't look that good when I'm working on it.

Wishbone Ash

tyney wrote:

any frontal pics of my fulvia? It must be a magic camera, 'cause it doesn't look that good when I'm working on it.

Probably because the bonnet was raised!

I was going to slap it down for the picture but I didn't think you'd be impressed! :eek:

MercMad

Holey crap that IS mud !

tyney

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Probably because the bonnet was raised!

I was going to slap it down for the picture but I didn't think you'd be impressed! :eek:

I wouldn't have minded at all. I just had the bonnet up to show the difference between a fulvia and all the other 4 pots in that field. There are people out there that believe volkswagen invented the narrow angle v4.
there were very few people there on saturday. I went along with a mate who was trying to sell his mk1 scirocco

MercMad

There are people out there that believe volkswagen invented the narrow angle v4.

.........which VW had a narrow angle V4 ?

Ford and Saab used V4's too, who was first ?

PaulK_CCI

MercMad wrote:

.........which VW had a narrow angle V4 ?

Ford and Saab used V4's too, who was first ?

I don't recall VW having a narrow angle V4 either...

The German Ford V4 wasn;t really a narrow stroke engine, introduced in 62 and I think Saab licensed the V4 engine from Ford and they started fitting the 1.5 V4 in their 95/96's and later 99's from 1967 onwards.

Lancia are the true pioneers of narrow angled V4's with their first fitted in the Lambda of 1922 !!!! The narrowest they were ever made was at an angle of just 10 degrees in their Appia from 53. The Fulvia engine is 13 degrees.

MercMad

Yeah I recall some link between Saab and Ford on the V4's, my fathers 1971 Capri Mk1 2000GT was a V4.

It seems rather strange that Lancia, or anyone else, would try a narrow V4 instead of a flat 4 !

tyney

PaulK_CCI wrote:

I don't recall VW having a narrow angle V4 either...

The German Ford V4 wasn;t really a narrow stroke engine, introduced in 62 and I think Saab licensed the V4 engine from Ford and they started fitting the 1.5 V4 in their 95/96's and later 99's from 1967 onwards.

Lancia are the true pioneers of narrow angled V4's with their first fitted in the Lambda of 1922 !!!! The narrowest they were ever made was at an angle of just 10 degrees in their Appia from 53. The Fulvia engine is 13 degrees.

Sorry, I meant vw's vr6. It was more the concept of the narrow angle v that I was referring to. I'm not sure, but I think they also produced a vr5 at some point.

My apologies.

Wishbone Ash

tyney - your engine did look sweet though!

(What was the significance of the '1965' plate. Presumably nothing to do with engine date?)

PaulK_CCI

MercMad wrote:

Yeah I recall some link between Saab and Ford on the V4's, my fathers 1971 Capri Mk1 2000GT was a V4.

Are you sure the 2000GT was a V4, Ben???
To my knowledge the German V4 was only ever as a 1.3, a 1.5 and a 1.7 and they were never fitted in UK/Irish cars. These got the Kent straight 4's, as a 1.3 and 1.6. The 2000 was the Cologne V6 and not a V4.

I think as per 1970, the 2.0 Pinto engines were used, but these were straight 4's...

MercMad wrote:

It seems rather strange that Lancia, or anyone else, would try a narrow V4 instead of a flat 4 !

Lancia was a pioneer in those days and they always tried out unconventional things, even the suspension on the old Lamba was revolutionary...

MercMad

No definitely a 2.0 V4, UK built I think. I still have the owners manual for that car which covers the GT models 2000 V4 & 3000 V6.

It may have been a UK/RHD thing...........the 3000 was a German Motor AFAIK and not too many RHD ones I would say !

PaulK_CCI

MercMad wrote:

No definitely a 2.0 V$, UK built I think. I still have the owners manual for that car which covers the GT models 2000 V4 & 3000 V6.

It may have been a UK/RHD thing...........the 3000 was a German Motor AFAIK and not too many RHD ones I would say !

You're right Ben, it was the Corsair V4 that was used in the UK 2000GT. I somehow missed that ....

The 3000 was the Cologne V6.

tyney

Wishbone Ash wrote:

tyney - your engine did look sweet though!

(What was the significance of the '1965' plate. Presumably nothing to do with engine date?)

The engine had just been rebuilt. It took me hours to shot blast and polish that rocker cover while I was waiting for the pistons to arrive, and the other shiny or painted bits were done while waiting for valve stem seals, or carb kits, or head gasket, or various other bits ordered off e-bay. It's amazing what you will polish while you are waiting for the postman. Anyway, I use the car as my daily driver, so the engine is filthy again, and will probably never be as clean as you saw it.

I never noticed the plate before, but I'll check it out. I have a spare one from another car, so i'll compare them.

superboy

Not to nitpick or anything, but the Cologne V6 came in 2.3, 2.6 and finally 2.8 injection flavours. It was the Essex V6 that was a three litre. it also came as a 2.5 in the mk 4 Zephyr/Zodiac, and a few of the very first mk 1 Capri GT's.

corktina

cologne ALSO came in 2 litre V6......

MercMad

superboy wrote:

Not to nitpick or anything, but the Cologne V6 came in 2.3, 2.6 and finally 2.8 injection flavours. It was the Essex V6 that was a three litre. it also came as a 2.5 in the mk 4 Zephyr/Zodiac, and a few of the very first mk 1 Capri GT's.

...........yes of course ! I forgot about the Essex V6, but I felt that the RHD cars did have a different range of engines to the German cars !

superboy

a 2 litre! I wasn't aware of that one. was it fitted to the Taunus?? That must've been the smallest displacement V6 until Mazda brought out the 1.8l in the MX3. (I like Engines!!!) one thing we can agree on, i hope, is that V6s make a lovely sound!!!

PaulK_CCI

superboy wrote:

a 2 litre! I wasn't aware of that one. was it fitted to the Taunus?? That must've been the smallest displacement V6 until Mazda brought out the 1.8l in the MX3. (I like Engines!!!) one thing we can agree on, i hope, is that V6s make a lovely sound!!!

Have a read through this, if you like engines, this is always very interesting stuff...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cologne_V6_engine

MercMad

Remember Ferrari had a 1.5 V12 many years ago !!

corktina

superboy wrote:

a 2 litre! I wasn't aware of that one. was it fitted to the Taunus?? That must've been the smallest displacement V6 until Mazda brought out the 1.8l in the MX3. (I like Engines!!!) one thing we can agree on, i hope, is that V6s make a lovely sound!!!

silky smooth i would imagine compared to the slightley uncouth 2 litre pinto....i beleive the Taunus version of Cortina had this engine, not sure what else ...

keef

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

1971 Austin Princess VDP

May we use this on http://www.flickr.com/groups/vdp/ please?

keef

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

1973 Austin 1300 GT

May we use this on http://www.flickr.com/groups/ad016/ please?