Ring of Kerry

sogood

Today, while driving the Ring of Kerry, travelling via Castlemaine, anticlockwise towards Killarney, I saw that many older cars, that I began to write them down, lest I forget. I know the Vintage and veteran people had an outing on the Ring today, but altogether I saw:

A 1979 grey Rolls Royce
A Pale grey DKW
Two Wolseys 16/60 or possibly Austin Cambridges, one Grey and one Maroon
A Black Riley
A Green Morris Minor
A Wine Triumph Spitfire
A 1969 Mercedes 280 SL in an odd Bronze/Red
A Green Volkswagen Beetle
A Silver Mercedes 280 or 250 SL
Three Triumph Heralds, all convertibles, two Red and one Yellow
A 1989 Red mercedes 300 SL
A 1968/9 Citroen Safari, Dark Blue and a Grey roof.

And in case anyones interested, parked up under a thick layer of dust and grime a 1981 red Mercedes 230E in Sneem.

I couldnt take any pics as I was driving a coach load of French tourists at a time, but it was most enjoyable anyway. Anybody recognise any of the above?

carchaeologist

There was a run on all weekend with an overnite stop along the way.There was a meetup wit an english group of triumph herald owners aswell.

TRNIALL

Triumph Classic Owners Club were down threre for the weekend also,seen a whole load of Minis heading towards Dublin on saturday morning,plenty of waving and flashing lights all seemed to be having fun.

gfwd

Wasn't it the 50th anniversary of the Herald launch? It was launched in Kerry in '59.

tattoo

Did the ring of kerry last weekend in a classic vw camper, what a fabulous way to enjoy the sights.

DaveCol

TRNIALL wrote: »

Triumph Classic Owners Club were down threre for the weekend also,seen a whole load of Minis heading towards Dublin on saturday morning,plenty of waving and flashing lights all seemed to be having fun.

The Minis were on the Mizen to Malin run organised by the Irish Mini Owners Club. Morris Cooper on the Forum was one of the organisers

MercMad

tattoo wrote: »

Did the ring of kerry last weekend in a classic vw camper, what a fabulous way to enjoy the sights.

.......your own vehicle or was it rented ? Just curious !:cool:

carchaeologist

gfwd wrote: »

Wasn't it the 50th anniversary of the Herald launch? It was launched in Kerry in '59.

Yep,thats what it was.

tattoo

MercMad wrote: »

.......your own vehicle or was it rented ? Just curious !:cool:

It was rented from lazydays in wicklow

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Class weekend

MercMad

tattoo wrote: »

It was rented from lazydays in wicklow

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Class weekend

..............thats what I was thinking.

Would you recommend them ?

tattoo

MercMad wrote: »

..............thats what I was thinking.

Would you recommend them ?

Definitely.

They were great, very helpfull and the prices were reasonable.

Check out their website

tattoo

just checking


Sorry folks, i'm checking to see if i can upload photos.

By the way this chap is Barry. A camper we rented for a trip around Kerry

Merrion

tattoo wrote: »

By the way this chap is Barry. A camper we rented for a trip around Kerry

Cool - where would you rent such a thing?

tattoo

Merrion wrote: »

Cool - where would you rent such a thing?

We rented him from lazydays.ie in wicklow