Kevin Herron (mini test)

Kevin_Herron

alastair wrote: »

No idea. I just know that the owner of the Greystones car previously had another Aston, that was crashed onto a wall late one night in Dublin/N Wicklow area. Where he sourced either car - I don't know. The previous car would have been crashed, and the current one purchased, in the late 70's or early 80's.

As far as I know the car he crashed was a DB4 and he replaced it with the DB5.

dbuttireland

This car was purchased new by my father Mike Butt in Dublin Ireland in 1962/63

I know it was restored some years ago and is not a metallic green (original colour was metallic blue).The restoration citation mentioned my father being the owner and it was Irish owned at the time

I would appreciate if anyone can tell me the whereabouts of the car as I'd love to show it to my son who is car mad!

Many thanks

Kevin_Herron

dbuttireland wrote: »

This car was purchased new by my father Mike Butt in Dublin Ireland in 1962/63

I know it was restored some years ago and is not a metallic green (original colour was metallic blue).The restoration citation mentioned my father being the owner and it was Irish owned at the time

I would appreciate if anyone can tell me the whereabouts of the car as I'd love to show it to my son who is car mad!

Many thanks

Your Father had excellent taste in cars. He bought it in July '61.
As I recall, he traded in a Bristol for the Aston Martin.

It makes the odd public appearance, it was at the Festival of Transport show in May.

Kevin_Herron

Sticky Fingers wrote: »

My Grandfather, Desmond Egan had a DB5 from about 1966 - 1970. I've no idea of reg, but the car was silver. It's a long shot but does anyone know if it's still around ? I was talking to one of my aunts and she seems to remember someone crashed it in Killiney late one night. So it might be gone.

As this thread has been revived, some readers may still be interested.

I cannot say for certain that Desmond Egan did or didn't own a DB5 but he did own a DB6. It was registered PZO 1.
It is still alive and well now living in England.

Silvera

Interestingly, 'LZC 250' is listed on Cartell.ie as Make: 'Unknown', Model: 'Unknown'?

'PZO 1' is currently allocated to a Jaguar S-Type V6

68deville

Think I spotted a Bristol 406? Dark blue on Sunday on an old Galway plate
AIM *** would have been a serious motor in its day,anyone ever recall
This car?

Type 17

dbuttireland wrote: »

This car was purchased new by my father Mike Butt in Dublin Ireland in 1962/63

I know it was restored some years ago and is not a metallic green (original colour was metallic blue).The restoration citation mentioned my father being the owner and it was Irish owned at the time

I would appreciate if anyone can tell me the whereabouts of the car as I'd love to show it to my son who is car mad!

Many thanks

I don't have current info about the car, but I took these shots in December 2007 at the Herbert Park Hotel in Ballsbridge, where the owner (a Dublin gentlemen in his 60's, but I didn't enquire as to his name, etc) said that it didn't come out much, but that he had brought it out that day for a children's charity event (there were other classics, and a few modern rally cars present as well).

It was at RDS show in 2013, by which time it was green.

Blue850

68deville wrote: »

Think I spotted a Bristol 406? Dark blue on Sunday on an old Galway plate
AIM *** would have been a serious motor in its day,anyone ever recall
This car?

One of a pair once owned by the Goodbody family who ran the Connacht Court Laundry and Linen Supply Co.
One was based in Galway and the other in Dublin. The 2 cars were reunited at Terenure in 2016

alastair

68deville wrote: »

Think I spotted a Bristol 406? Dark blue on Sunday on an old Galway plate
AIM *** would have been a serious motor in its day,anyone ever recall
This car?

My da owned this in the early 80's, following a long spell in a breakers yard. Did a bit of restoration work on it, and sold it on after a few years. They were incredibly expensive when new - you could have picked up a few Aston DB's for the same outlay. Last of the 6 cylinder engined Bristols.