Some pics From the Summer

superboy

Only got a few pics this summer, but finally here they are
http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Terenure%2007/
and

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Trim%2007/
hope ye like them!!!

Max_Damage

Very nice, I've a few myself that I took. I posted them here back during the summer, but I'll post them again anyway:

Terenure Show:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x191/kazimann/?start=all&paginator=bottom

And the mud bath that was Motnalty:
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x191/kazimann/Moynalty%20Show%202007/?start=all&paginator=bottom

corktina

superboy wrote: »

Only got a few pics this summer, but finally here they are
http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Terenure%2007/
and

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Trim%2007/
hope ye like them!!!

great good shows...mine is in the background in one pic

Silvera

superboy wrote: »

Only got a few pics this summer, but finally here they are
http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Terenure%2007/
and

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Trim%2007/
hope ye like them!!!

In your first link above you have a pic of a veteran Rolls Royce entitled "Dev's Roller".

Where did you come across that info?
The Rolls usually referred to as 'Dev's Rolls' is the Presidential/State car, reg number ZJ 5000. Its a 1948 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith State Landaulette (saloon) used by the President on special state occassions.

The car in your pic also has an old UK reg. While there are some old UK plates on the Irish register...I doubt Dev would have drove/been driven in a UK reg car.

superboy

Well i don't know whether or not it was DeValera's Rolls Royce, but that is what I was told by several people at the show that day. Is the one you refer to around and about?? I'm not really familiar with early Rolls Royces anyhow. that one was a beauty though!!

PanhardPL

superboy wrote: »

Only got a few pics this summer, but finally here they are
http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Terenure%2007/
and

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee203/Crushanator/Trim%2007/
hope ye like them!!!

This Rolls Royce was purchased by the Government of the day for use by the President, and was available to DeValera while he held office and was still at his disposal up to the time of his death, hence the reason for calling it Devs Rolls.
The car was always maintained by the Department of Defence and driven by a Military driver, until President Erskine Childers took office, then it was passed over to An Garda Siochana where it had been maintained since and driven by a Garda. A number of years back it had a major restoration job done and new upholstery.

Silvera

As Panhard PL has stated above, this Rolls Royce was used by DeValera and is still in use as the official Presidential car. Nowadays it's only used on special state occassions ...last time I saw it was on tv about a year ago (Independence celebrations?).

It was almost sold off by the govt of the day back in the 1960's/early 70's! Only due to the intervention of some classic cars enthusiasts was it saved for the state. Imagine they were going to sell of a national heirloom like that?!!

It would be interesting to know more about the Rolls referred to above by superboy? Did Dev really drive/own it??

PanhardPL

Silvera wrote: »

As Panhard PL has stated above, this Rolls Royce was used by DeValera and is still in use as the official Presidential car. Nowadays it's only used on special state occassions ...last time I saw it was on tv about a year ago (Independence celebrations?).

It was almost sold off by the govt of the day back in the 1960's/early 70's! Only due to the intervention of some classic cars enthusiasts was it saved for the state. Imagine they were going to sell of a national heirloom like that?!!

It would be interesting to know more about the Rolls referred to above by superboy? Did Dev really drive/own it??

I guess superboy has his facts wrong as DeValeras personal car was a Dodge, which was presented to the Museum in Ennis by his family a few years back.

Max_Damage

PanhardPL wrote: »

I guess superboy has his facts wrong as DeValeras personal car was a Dodge, which was presented to the Museum in Ennis by his family a few years back.

Incorrect, it was actually a '57 Chevrolet Biscayne, right-hand drive and all!

Silvera

Did Dev actually use that Chevrolet in Ireland?

I recall reading that it was originally the car of the Irish Ambassador in the UK.

PanhardPL,

What museum in Ennis ?
Still open? Other vehicle exhibits?

PanhardPL

Silvera wrote: »

Did Dev actually use that Chevrolet in Ireland?

I recall reading that it was originally the car of the Irish Ambassador in the UK.

PanhardPL,

What museum in Ennis ?
Still open? Other vehicle exhibits?

I understand its in the County Museum in Ennis and Sile DeValera T.D. was responsible for having it sent there, its quite possible its still not on display, as it maybe undergoing restoration. It was stored in Devalera's house in Blackrock for years.

G Luxel

Max_Damage wrote: »

Incorrect, it was actually a '57 Chevrolet Biscayne, right-hand drive and all!

Who owned this car? what county is RL??? isnt that a UK number? or should the number correctly read I RLI?

corktina

not a UK no with an I in it...1 RLI i would guess...

Silvera

'IRL 1' was originally issued in 1958 (a 'special issue' reg by the UK authorities) to the Irish Embassy in London. The car was later imported to Ireland and is now owned by an enthusiast.

Presumably the Irish Embassy stopped using such an obvious registration because of 'the troubles' developing in the early 70's ....and its associated security threats.

Most other Embassies/Ambassadors in the UK still use their allocated registrations ... e.g.

NZ 1 (New Zealand),
FIJ 1 (Fiji),
1 PY (Paraguay)

corktina

NZ 1 seems to give the lie to my last post....first i ever heard of I and Z being issued other than in Northern Ireland.....thanks for the info...very interesting

G Luxel

so the IRL 1 car is still being roadtaxed and insured but who pays who?? I know that the old Russian Embassy in London had SU 1 on a Daimler DS420 but I think the plate is now out of use. Is IJ a northern Ireland number?

Max_Damage

From Cartell:

One Star Vehicle Report

Vehicle Description

Registration IRL1
Make CHEVROLET
Model UNKNOWN
Description Not Available
Engine Capacity(cc) 3860
Fuel Type PETROL

superboy

Hehehe this is mightily entertaining! We all have pieces of the puzzle... or is that puzzles.....
Anyway Max Damage, you have a pic of my cousins '84 Escort XR3 convertible at Moynalty. A beauty, and it has an identical lookalike( except it seems to be a 1.6i) Well it was a beauty until it was being dragged through the mud after the show (by tractor) and ripped the exhaust right out of it on a rock or something!!! OUCH

Anything similar happen to anyone at a show??

Max_Damage

superboy wrote: »

Hehehe this is mightily entertaining! We all have pieces of the puzzle... or is that puzzles.....
Anyway Max Damage, you have a pic of my cousins '84 Escort XR3 convertible at Moynalty. A beauty, and it has an identical lookalike( except it seems to be a 1.6i) Well it was a beauty until it was being dragged through the mud after the show (by tractor) and ripped the exhaust right out of it on a rock or something!!! OUCH

Anything similar happen to anyone at a show??

My uncle and cousin were at the show with a stationery engine in a trailer, they got stuck as well, had to get a tractor to pull them out. Even the AEC Routemaster London Bus had to get pulled out as well!

I remember that Escort you were talking about, nice car it was too. I always had a liking for Mk3 Escort's. There was an '84 Escort Ghia at the show as well. Very nice car it was too.

Kevin_Herron

As far as I know, there was a time in Ireland where you could tax an English reg'd car here- thus keeping the reg number. That how I think that reg has survived.
The car was for Hugh McCann, who was the Irish ambassador in England.
I very much doubt DeValera ever even sat in this car!!

chisel

Moynalty was some sludge fest. Not helped by young lads on tractors tearing the ****e out of the ground.

I saw one gent in a beautiful SL280 merc (the magic carpet ones W115?) getting stuck and having to step out of the car into ankle deep mud. In his beige cords and brown leather shoes!


Anyway, my volvo is featured there about half way down the page, as is my brothers mini and stag.


Fran