Ye olde irishe scrapyarde

carchaeologist

A Scrapyard like it should be!!No idea where though,love the pics!

carchaeologist

Link here..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrawb/sets/72157621686163205/
Fantastic stuff!!

Lauder

that is somewhere near Kildare town, iv been trying to find the exact location for ages, wouldnt mind spending a saturday exploring it!

corktina

a whole bunch of similar phots were posted on www.everyfordireland.com earlier giving the location as Kildare....

carchaeologist

Must be kildare so.....:)Hes gonna get alot of knocks on the door!

junkyard

Are they recent? The Granada Hearse looks very familiar if the reg is MZF i'd say it's the one I knew. Some of those cars look familiar, there's a brown Celica in the backround like one I had years ago and there's a Talbot Tagora there too. I've a feeling this place is big Seans in Ovens in co. Cork. It's all been crushed now by the EPA if it's the same place i'm afraid.

VolvoMan

It's in Kildare afaik.

For some pointless reason, the person who took the pictures decided to blank out the reg plates.:rolleyes:

junkyard

VolvoMan wrote: »

It's in Kildare afaik.

:rolleyes:

Your right, he keeps saying it's near Kildare town. Wasn't there a fella with a scrapyard on the left as you drove out of Kildare who used to live in a bus? There used to be a field full of Rover P5b's on the way into Kildare on the left years ago too. I'll have to take a trip up to Kildare and see if I can find the place, lots of interesting stuff there.

carchaeologist

VolvoMan wrote: »

For some pointless reason, the person who took the pictures decided to blank out the reg plates.:rolleyes:

i was gonna say....lol!!

G Luxel

junkyard wrote: »

Your right, he keeps saying it's near Kildare town. Wasn't there a fella with a scrapyard on the left as you drove out of Kildare who used to live in a bus? There used to be a field full of Rover P5b's on the way into Kildare on the left years ago too. I'll have to take a trip up to Kildare and see if I can find the place, lots of interesting stuff there.

Some pictures were put into an old Practical Classics magazine in the 90s. It had some Dublin CIE buses as well. There was also a field with the Rovers and an Austin/Morris LD Mothers Pride van I think, but theyve been gone for over 20 years. There is an oil distributor there now. A big house next to it used to have a Ford Consul convertible outside the front door.

Wow, what a selection of cars. Renault 14, Audi 80, Nissan Cedric/Laurel, Vauxhall Victor, Opel Rekord D estate,a ford zodiac Mk 4, Vw Variant, fiat 600 and a Dodge Supervan (Commer PB). Are those pictures taken in the last few days or a few years back. Some Cork Fords such as Anglias and the green Cortina mark 2 amongst that lot and some Triumph Dolomites too.

corktina

junkyard wrote: »

Are they recent? The Granada Hearse looks very familiar if the reg is MZF i'd say it's the one I knew. Some of those cars look familiar, there's a brown Celica in the backround like one I had years ago and there's a Talbot Tagora there too. I've a feeling this place is big Seans in Ovens in co. Cork. It's all been crushed now by the EPA if it's the same place i'm afraid.

it is reminicent of big seanies but not hilly enough...

shagman

A seesion on 'google earth' might reveal it's location.

manta mad

this scrapyard is indeed in kildare town

now as for going down and turning up , im told its not advisable !!!!!!!!!

you have to ring first or run the risk of been told to GO AWAY


i might be down their on thursday ,all going well .
anybody want me to look for anything specific ?????

gfwd

If you are down there and happen to spot it, could you check out the Mk1 Suzuki Swift that's in the same shot as the blue Ford Probe? I'm on the lookout for one or maybe just one as a parts source.

Could this request be any more vague?

pmg007

See if theres any good parts left on the merc 123's and if they are Irish reg.

jayster

Copped a mk1 golf there if ya can get me a bit of info on that it would be great or even the guys phone number

regards jay

dutchcat

i think it's called CAFFERY'S yard there used to be a wall of bussssss's just going into kildare on the dublin side i think he lived in one of them,heard it's not advisable to turn up on spec

Overature

does anybody have the actuall address of this place?

carchaeologist

Doest show on cartell,seems a shame that it would be in a scrappy.

This Mini looks a bit pissed off:D

carchaeologist

Surely a good source of spares for someone?



Mazda 818
How rare is that! Irish and all.

123 man

have a look at the toyota bj40s jeeps see if they can be got;)

123 man

dutchcat wrote: »

i think it's called CAFFERY'S yard there used to be a wall of bussssss's just going into kildare on the dublin side i think he lived in one of them,heard it's not advisable to turn up on spec

it not his one i was there some years ago and there none of them cars there . i love to find were that is

trevorbrady

is broadcasting his number on the web a wise move? Did he give permission?

HMTurbo

Did anyone get his number? if anyone has it please pm in to me, thanks

Bitten & Hisses

carchaeologist wrote: »

Mazda 818
How rare is that! Irish and all.

When I was a young lad, the next door neighbour had an estate one of those, along with a nordie saloon (the reg was "JIA" IIRC) like the one in the photo for parts. The saloon was relatively straight but had no running gear whatsoever on it. I remember it being dragged over the road by a tractor (bear in mind that the car had no wheels :eek: ) and being placed in the riverbank (to prevent erosion, don't you know!) along with a Ford Anglia estate and a Mk2 Cortina, both of which were thoroughly shagged.

Dades

"Lurking in the tall grass, an injured young 200D waiting patiently... hoping to lure an unsuspecting enthusiast to his financial doom..."

G Luxel

spotted a Fiat 1100 and a German Ford Taunus 17m estate in that lot and 5 Austin Allegros! German fords werent sold here....:)

Rev. BlueJeans

junkyard wrote: »

I've a feeling this place is big Seans in Ovens in co. Cork. It's all been crushed now by the EPA if it's the same place i'm afraid.

Big Sean is gone?

He was something of a character (and a very useful yard). He used to sit with who I presume was his wife in a different car every week at the entrance, some quite new, piled high with fag boxes, chip bags, and wads of cash.

The Poles used to love that place, there was always a few of them around, keeping their ancient german tat on the road...

chiefwiggum

jayster wrote: »

Copped a mk1 golf there if ya can get me a bit of info on that it would be great or even the guys phone number

regards jay

where did you cop that..i cant spot it

dutchcat

i think it,s the wine one

quattro777

dutchcat wrote: »

i think it,s the wine one

I thought that was a Renault 14 or a Citroen Visa

Silvera

quattro777 wrote: »

I thought that was a Renault 14 or a Citroen Visa

It's a Renault 14.

But look behind it!;)