Bit morbid

2cv

Spotted this car at the Ballincollig vintage show last year. It appeared to be an old hearse. Check out the reg. Creepy.

Kevin_Herron

I was sitting outside the Halfway Inn last June after the Innishannon rally and that car cruised into the car park!
I'm not into hearses but I thought that looked pretty groovy!

2cv

Groovy car indeed, but that reg!!! Someone must have had a really sick mind when they registered it :-)

carchaeologist

Wonder is that its real reg:eek:..surely not?Its a 1962 Clare issue.
I like the hearse,not often you see a Zodiac.Red paint ruins it.

2cv

carchaeologist wrote: »

Wonder is that its real reg:eek:..surely not?Its a 1962 Clare issue.
I like the hearse,not often you see a Zodiac.Red paint ruins it.

Well, i didn't go as far as to check out the tax disc, i was too scared
:-)
LOL

carchaeologist

Cartell says its a Ford Unknown.I very much doubt that was its original number,ireland was way too conservative for any undertaker to do something like that surely?
This is a country that wouldnt issue KIP because of its connotations with a brothel.

2cv

carchaeologist wrote: »

Cartell says its a Ford Unknown.I very much doubt that was its original number,ireland was way too conservative for any undertaker to do something like that surely?
This is a country that wouldnt issue KIP because of its connotations with a brothel.

I disagree :-) BIN was issued in Kerry. I rest my case :-)
:D:D:D

carchaeologist

2cv wrote: »

I disagree :-) BIN was issued in Kerry. I rest my case :-)
:D:D:D

Haha...ok you have me!!Well limerick had HIV in the 80s...

2cv

carchaeologist wrote: »

Haha...ok you have me!!Well limerick had HIV in the 80s...

LOL
They must have been the first so
:-)

Redrocket

that reg is DIE for haahahaa

ok so not very funny :P

but what a brilliant reg

2cv

Redrocket wrote: »

that reg is DIE for haahahaa

ok so not very funny :P

but what a brilliant reg

There are some brilliant reg's about though... There was a Hungarian registered car driving around Cork, registered IRA something ;-) Oh and i remember this young fella in Wilton in Cork, he bought a BWM 325i in the UK, and it had HRT in the reg :-)

MercMad

The cheap red paint ruins it.

Wasn't there an hearse somewhere with an "RIP" reg, or am I imagining that ??

Kevin_Herron

Was it an ambulance Ben?

MercMad

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

Was it an ambulance Ben?

..........actually now that you mention it, it could have been, maybe one of those old Bedfords !

Do you remember it ?

here.from.day.1

It couldnt have had those plates when in use as a hearse!! I mean they'rd be war!

PanhardPL

If memory serves me right, DIE 222 was a saloon and first registered by Lana Knit in Shannon, Co. Clare.

MercMad

PanhardPL wrote: »

If memory serves me right, DIE 222 was a saloon and first registered by Lana Knit in Shannon, Co. Clare.

...............your memory must be a bit better than mine.............I dont remember it at all !!

2cv

PanhardPL wrote: »

If memory serves me right, DIE 222 was a saloon and first registered by Lana Knit in Shannon, Co. Clare.

So not the original reg at all so... Still, cool car. Just a shame about the paint job.

Dord

2cv wrote: »

So not the original reg at all so... Still, cool car. Just a shame about the paint job.

Yeah, it should be painted black wiht blacked out windows. :pac:

MercMad

Ehhh well it still could be the original reg, and on the correct car, just later converted into a hearse.

carchaeologist

PanhardPL wrote: »

If memory serves me right, DIE 222 was a saloon and first registered by Lana Knit in Shannon, Co. Clare.

:cool::cool: I love this sort of thing..!:DLike i said before,you need to write all this stuff down in a book or something:P

junkyard

It would be beautiful if it was restored to original condition and a great reg too, but the wing mirrors have to go, they destroy the lines of the car. It's so rare to see a classic hearse in running order so I suppose it's acceptable at some level, there's still hope for it being restored by someone, I know if I came across it I'd restore it.

carchaeologist

Theres a new book on British hearses out now,written by Dean Reader(I think thats his name) from the hearse club,must get my hands on it.
Morbid or not,i like that kind of thing.

bugsntinas

nice car indeed.people take reg plates too serious.many years ago myself and brother were at brands hatch and saw a merc with PEN 15.a few weeks later it was in the paper 'cause some old biddy complained it was rude and the owner got find!

junkyard

There was another Pakastani gentleman had PAK 1 and was very proud of it by all accounts.:)

MercMad

junkyard wrote: »

There was another Pakastani gentleman had PAK 1 and was very proud of it by all accounts.:)

.............how do you know he was a gentleman ??

carchaeologist

Theres one for junkyard on page 78 in this months irish vintage,a 1935 Austin 16/6 Hearse up in donegal.They say,ideal for conversion to van or woody,it would be a sin to do that after it lasting this long as a hearse.

2cv

Love Irish Vintage... Just a shame that all the cars in the ads are overpriced by at least 500%...

I'm pretty sick of guys going over to the UK, buying a £1,000 car, and sell it for €10,000... Me thinks they get their exchange rates all mixed up
:mad:

richiet

I saw DIE 222 today, parked at a house at Ringaskiddy, Cork, opposite where all the new cars are stored.

2cv

richiet wrote: »

I saw DIE 222 today, parked at a house at Ringaskiddy, Cork, opposite where all the new cars are stored.

It's defo a local car, i've seen it a couple of times...

PanhardPL

MercMad wrote: »

...............your memory must be a bit better than mine.............I dont remember it at all !!

Yes my memory was quite correct, as it was my late Father that purchased the Maroon Zodiac in Shannon. It was then sold on to somebody in Abbeyfeale and converted into a hearse, and used as such until some years back, and yes the number is 100% correct, as was another Clare registered car, a Morris Oxford which had DIE 1 plates, and it was the Oxford that came from Lana Knit.

carchaeologist

Wonder who in abeyfeale converted hearses?Thanks for that info.

carchaeologist

You can see in the roof panel where it was chopped,definatly someone with a sense of humour...

opeldave

A relative of mine has a Ford Orion with the reg:HIV666!:D
Near Listowel;)

2cv wrote: »

LOL
They must have been the first so
:-)

carchaeologist

opeldave wrote: »

A relative of mine has a Ford Orion with the reg:HIV666!:D
Near Listowel;)

Ha..now thats a good one..does he still drive it?

unkel

opeldave wrote: »

A relative of mine has a Ford Orion with the reg:HIV666!:D

Pics or it didn't happen!

2cv

opeldave wrote: »

A relative of mine has a Ford Orion with the reg:HIV666!:D
Near Listowel;)

Your relative doesn't know it yet, but i'm buying that car, whether he likes it or not :D

Max_Damage

What would have really made that reg. perfect if it was 'DIE 666'

SAABMAN

There was a good comedy series on TG4 called "C.U. Burn" about a fella who had a turf fired crematorium in Donegal somewhere. The number of his hearse was "RIP 13":D

hi5

SAABMAN wrote: »

There was a good comedy series on TG4 called "C.U. Burn" about a fella who had a turf fired crematorium in Donegal somewhere. The number of his hearse was "RIP 13":D

I saw that ,'a made up reg' as RIP was never issued by Kilkenny CoCo for superstitious reasons

Is it true that the reg EIE 10 belonged to a farmer in Clare called McDonald?:D

2cv

EIE 10 :D

I've seen a police car in Belgium with the letter LUI in the reg.. LUI means lazy in dutch... i thought that was very appropriate
:D

carchaeologist

hi5 wrote: »

I saw that ,'a made up reg' as RIP was never issued by Kilkenny CoCo for superstitious reasons

Is it true that the reg EIE 10 belonged to a farmer in Clare called McDonald?:D

RIP*** was issued,***RIP wasnt...someone must have got freaked out by the first series!!:p
I heard EIE10 was on an anglia,not sure though.

G Luxel

MercMad wrote: »

The cheap red paint ruins it.

Wasn't there an hearse somewhere with an "RIP" reg, or am I imagining that ??

no, your not. The Ford Zodiac hearse used in the TG4 programme about an undertaker had the reg RIP 13.:)

Just looking at the Zodiac, those wing mirrors need to be replaced by chrome ones and Im sure there should be
a chrome roof railing for all those ''period'' plastic or glass seethrough flowers. I dont think I ever saw a rear
window rubber surround painted the same colour as the car.....

kasper

i always thought the leitrim reg tit 5 would have been amusing if it came out and wondered what sort of a car would get it then they changed the reg system in 1987

sogood

Just cos I love them so much, theres a very nice BMW 735 for sale on Donedeal, (for small money) with the reg 97 D 735.

sogood

Had some friends over from the States for a week and they werer amused and intrigued by all the sheep wandering about down here in the South West, so much so that it became a bit of a running gag. Anyway, they returned home last week and after leaving the airport they were driving towards Texas and saw this plate, so they HAD to take a pic and send it to me. Just an odd little story and an unusual plate, by our standards at least. Also saw a plate on a Mk 2 Cortina, if I remember correctly, on a documentary years ago all about the Cortina and it was CLA 55 Y.

3nero

Just taught i'd add this hearse here

carchaeologist

^lovely!!

2cv

loving the reg

unkel

Are they dollar signs on the curtains? :eek:

kasper

i think they are I H S