Fingal Vintage Show

Kevin_Herron

The Fingal Vintage Society are hosting their annual Vintage show in Rathmooney, Lusk in North County Dublin tomorrow.
This show usually attracts a good selection of classic cars, trucks, tractors etc.

The ground was mucky last year due to the awful weather we had but I was talking to one of the organisers a short time ago and he said the field is bone dry.

MercMad

Yeah this is a super show, different to the rest as it has a funfair type atmosphere with old steam engines and tractor pulling.

I'll be there with the family, they love this event, unfortunately I missed the road run today though !

Max_Damage

I might head tomorrow as a spectator, I'll see how I am anyway (provided I don't have too bad of a hangover )

carchaeologist

Damn...shoulda stayed in dublin tonight too:mad:

MercMad

Well this was an excellent show yesterday. The weather was incredible as were the cars. a lot of cars I'd never seen before, some rare stuff, lots of unique and well displayed cars.

There was an unreal amount of vintage tractors, literally hundreds, not really interested myself but it was hard not to be impressed.

Also there was a huge amount of commercials, some original Irish company owned, some restored some awaiting.

There was tractor pulling, steam engines, corn cutting, baling etc all done by traditional methods. One field had horse drawn machinery, in the lane beside there were steam engines, then vintage tractors.

It was really a very very good day out for all the family, and everyone I talked to said so too !

3ps

would have liked to have gone but had my head stuck behind a caliper.....

a family member tried to go as a spectator but apparantly there was a mile long queue to get in so they didn't bother.

Silvera

I went to the show and there was a lot of stuff on display. I have an interes in tractors and machinery - along with cars and commercials - so plenty for me to view.

It was after 4pm by the time we got parked...there was a 2-3 mile tailback to get into the parking field! Overall it was a good show ...though they could do with more/better signage to the event in future?! (There was no sign to show you where to turn off the M1 ...the official road signs dont point to the turnoff for Lusk for some reason?!).

Did anybody see the restored (Commer?) ESB van ? I just saw it being driven away in the distance. Anybody got a pic of it??

Arthur Daley

MercMad wrote: »

Also there was a huge amount of commercials, some original Irish company owned, some restored some awaiting.

Sounds like a show that the transport museum in Howth hit, seeing as it's local. I've never been to the Fingal show, but if the transport museum were ever to pull out their stock of commercials for everyone to see out in the open, a day like yesterday would have been the day.

Does anybody know if they display at shows anywhere? They have some nice genuine Irish built buses they need to show off more.

Irish-trucker

I had a hot bulb engine there powering a corn crusher -beside the thrasher .
As the lads were threshing i was getting barley off them and crushing it .

I had a great day - got burnt to bits thought ah well :P

John

PanhardPL

The Transport Museum Society, Howth had two vehicles on display at the recent Terenure show, one being the first ever Bedford School Bus (Yellow) to be built.

MercMad

Irish-trucker wrote: »

I had a hot bulb engine there powering a corn crusher -beside the thrasher .
As the lads were threshing i was getting barley off them and crushing it .

I had a great day - got burnt to bits thought ah well :P

John

...............I watched that for ages, it was superb, well done !!

Blue850

Theres a couple of pages about the show in todays Indo, farming section.

GubMan

I found some pics of the Fingal show on www.mymarque.com Not sure if that ESB van is in there though. Great show by the way, weather made it, although it took an age to get in the car park.

Irish-trucker

Thanks Mercmad

I was surprised how well it went down .
There were people of all ages asking qeustions all day and i was delighted to talk to them .

Stationary engines at rallies normally just tick over and people haven't a clue what they were for at all
Its the first time i actually 'worked' one of my engines and its much better craic than having them just running .

I've attached a pic for anyone that wants a look at my engine and my late grandfather's corn crusher

John

olie

fingal is a show that i would recommend to anyone that has an interest in vintage and restoring...but has anyone been North of england to a vintage show..if so would love to hear whre u've been and if its worth visiting..
Dorset steam fair in southern england starts 27th and it covers 500acres of machinary,,stalls,,amusements,,etc..definetly a good one to visit too

carchaeologist

olie wrote: »

fingal is a show that i would recommend to anyone that has an interest in vintage and restoring...but has anyone been North of england to a vintage show..if so would love to hear whre u've been and if its worth visiting..
Dorset steam fair in southern england starts 27th and it covers 500acres of machinary,,stalls,,amusements,,etc..definetly a good one to visit too

The show in the NEC in birmingham is a great one too,classics wall to wall!!Must go back this year!!

DarenO

me and the brother are heading to the NEC for the classic car show taking in Top Gear Live as well as its on at the same time.

D

carchaeologist

DarenO wrote: »

me and the brother are heading to the NEC for the classic car show taking in Top Gear Live as well as its on at the same time.

D

Ah,didnt know that,isnt the bike show on at the same time?

olie

thanks for tha..but when u say classics..do u mean all cars...or does it have tractors as well..


have u ever been to dorset

carchaeologist

All cars,havnt been to dorset myself,not a massive fan of tractors and steam,though i believe its huge over there.Done ford fair in silverstone last year and the performance vauxhall show at the pod the year before.

heres a link to the classic show this year in birmingham...
http://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/

CtrlSource

carchaeologist wrote: »

All cars,havnt been to dorset myself,not a massive fan of tractors and steam,though i believe its huge over there.Done ford fair in silverstone last year and the performance vauxhall show at the pod the year before.

heres a link to the classic show this year in birmingham...
http://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/

Must schtick that in my diary... maybe book cheap flights soon too

gipi

I visited the Dorset Steam fair a few years ago - the site is enormous (traffic jams are even worse!!). To put it in context, there were 3 large carparks and 3 entrances to the show! Tractors, farm and other machinery, demonstrations (I saw steam road rolling including stone breaking demo), funfair, autojumble, cars, bikes, and whatever else they can fit into one large large field! Takes one full day and lots of energy to properly see it all! But it's some sight, I can tell you!

Check out their website on www.gdsf.co.uk
Nearest airport is Bournemouth, flights from Dublin with Ryanair.

carchaeologist

CtrlSource wrote: »

Must schtick that in my diary... maybe book cheap flights soon too

Do,the NEC is literally across the road from the airport in birmingham,its easy to get to,i went for a day last time i was there,and i really didnt have enough time to look at everything properly,its huge!!
Heres some random shots i pulled off the interweb...

olie

I visited the Dorset Steam fair a few years ago - Tractors, farm and other machinery, demonstrations (I saw steam road rolling including stone breaking demo), funfair, autojumble, cars, bikes, and whatever else they can fit into one large large field! Takes one full day and lots of energy to properly see it all! But it's some sight, I can tell you!


totally agree with u..we spent two days there..and evry time we walked around,kept seeing something that we had missed on previous walk-abouts..

is there anything like that show in any other part of scotland/england/wales that u know of...

alastair

olie wrote: »

is there anything like that show in any other part of scotland/england/wales that u know of...

Dorset is far and away the biggest show in Britain, and probably the widest range of 'stuff' (commercial vehicles, military vehicles, steam, steam fairground, organs, showman's wagons, oil/stationary engines, tractors, classics, demonstrations, military re-enactments). It's definitely the Glastonbury of the 'old stuff in a field' scene.

There's bigger/better shows for some of the niches - but this would be the biggest mixed bag show.

olie

There's bigger/better shows for some of the niches - but this would be the biggest mixed bag show.

what is there...what would you recommend...

alastair

olie wrote: »

There's bigger/better shows for some of the niches - but this would be the biggest mixed bag show.

what is there...what would you recommend...

Well - for stationary engines there's the 1000 engine show in Astle Park, Chelford.

Classic cars have the Beaulieu Autojumble and the NEC show.

There's the Gaydon show in Warwickshire for classic commercials.

The military gear nuts have a big bash called War and Peace in Kent.

olie

thanku 4 all of them..still im looking for somethng with more vintage and tractors..somewhere other than dorset that we can visit ..there has to be more than dorset out there..

did u or any1 ever visit the MF showrooms in beauvais in france,..

alastair

olie wrote: »

thanku 4 all of them..still im looking for somethng with more vintage and tractors..somewhere other than dorset that we can visit ..there has to be more than dorset out there..

The Malpas Yesteryear show in Cheshire is on after Dorset - usually a great show, with lots of tractors.

Blue850

olie wrote: »

thanku 4 all of them..still im looking for somethng with more vintage and tractors..somewhere other than dorset that we can visit ..there has to be more than dorset out there..

did u or any1 ever visit the MF showrooms in beauvais in france,..

How about this Olie?
http://www.kavanaghtravel.com/agricultural/html/masseyferguson.html

olie

thanku..now were getn nearer to it..those shows look good...was onto kavanaghs about the MF tour,,,575 pps..could be a possibility..

anything else out there:cool: