Yellow Irish E-type,still around?

68deville

A recent conversation with a friend of the fathers said he knew a guy years
ago who had a primrose yellow jag e-type coupe,reg could have been
UIU or XIU and was pretty sure it was a 6cyl not a V12,he was just curious
to know is it still in existance?Car would have been in the New Ross area
in the early 70s.

68deville

the e-type in question would more than likely be a 3.8 FHC and the mans
surname who had it back in the 70s was Roche

Kevin_Herron

I presume the car is XIU 81. It is a 4.2.
It is still around although I havent seen it for a long time.

A poster on here shared this pic recently.
It was taken outside Crosbies garage on Lad Lane early Nineties.

68deville

He was sure it was primrose yellow last time he saw it!he not 100% of
the XIU,he said it could have been UIU or IU in the reg and was pretty
sure it was a 3.8,Micheal P Roche owned the car when it was in New Ross.
from hearing of this car its the second Irish e-type that resided in Wexford
many years ago,the second car was a green 2plus2 owned by a Garth
Collier from Bunclody

Grimreaper666

There was a white one in Cork too, sold out of O'Heas on Patricks Quay iirc, they were the main dealers at the time in Cork.

stan99

i remember a crashed yellow e type in athy in the mid 70's with a crashed aston beside it think the place was gorman brothers or something like

The Red Ace

I remember one as well, down by Carragh Lake in Killarney, about 1973/4 owned by a Countess Brockdorff, anyone of the lads from Kerry remember that one.

Kevin_Herron

I wonder was the Countess Brockdorff car OIN 637?

This car is still alive and well.

There were 66 E-Types sold here new.

DarenO

Is YZC 836 still around? I know there is an older PZC reg E type around but it went to England many many years ago but retained its plate

MercMad

Stan Faulkner from Alasta Autos in Ringsend had a primrose yellow one at one point, dont recall the reg though sorry !

Kevin_Herron

DarenO wrote: »

Is YZC 836 still around? I know there is an older PZC reg E type around but it went to England many many years ago but retained its plate

YZC 836 was the car that Craig McKinney of Woodchester Bank had restored.
It was later owned by Tom O'Neill and as far as I know is still owned by his family.

w124man

There was a blue V12 Roadster sold by Stuarts Garages with the reg 9000 ZH or ZI ...... I think. I used to wash it every Friday!

carchaeologist

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

I wonder was the Countess Brockdorff car OIN 637?

This car is still alive and well.

There were 66 E-Types sold here new.

I have a picture of it somewhere.
A couple more on pre 1987 registrations included,
PZC-73, YZC-836, TA-I889, BZU-505, 8039-PI, JNI-700, PNI-998, JZJ-161, 600-ZA, FZT-850,7500-RI, 2929-ZD, GIC-500, JZF-703,7530-YI.

desmo58

That image is a still from a short piece of 16mm, circa 1962. Random traffic scenes in Dublin. PZC 73 appears for about 1 second.

Not sure if I'm doing this right, hope to insert short film here.

Link to short film

68deville

The guy who holds up that ' JOHN 3.7 ' at all the GAA matches had
an E type roadster Series 1 on an old irish reg years ago,it was in a
documentary on TG4 about him a couple of years ago!!

porsche959

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

I wonder was the Countess Brockdorff car OIN 637?

This car is still alive and well.

There were 66 E-Types sold here new.

How many XJ-S's were sold here new? The reason I am curious is that a few years ago I briefly owned an XJ-S and the dealer who sold it to me told me only about a dozen were sold new but that sounds way too low.

The Red Ace

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

I wonder was the Countess Brockdorff car OIN 637?

This car is still alive and well.

There were 66 E-Types sold here new.

Great to hear it has survived, have asked a few at shows in Kerry in the past if anyone remembered it or the old dear but always drew a blank, I remember on my first visit there seeing this E Type and I was just after buying a 1600E, (dzf 182) it left me in the penny halfpenny place.

Mac 3

porsche959 wrote: »

How many XJ-S's were sold here new? The reason I am curious is that a few years ago I briefly owned an XJ-S and the dealer who sold it to me told me only about a dozen were sold new but that sounds way too low.

They were a rare enough site on the roads in the eighties, but definetely a few more turned up in the early nineties. I have a photo at home of a white irish one on the original old irish reg. I'll get it scanned some night this week


Sorry about the hi-jack:(

okistag

68deville wrote: »

A recent conversation with a friend of the fathers said he knew a guy years
ago who had a primrose yellow jag e-type coupe,reg could have been
UIU or XIU and was pretty sure it was a 6cyl not a V12,he was just curious
to know is it still in existance?Car would have been in the New Ross area
in the early 70s.

A fellow I know is restoring an Primrose Yellow coupe, just cant remember the Reg but it is a original Irish 4.2 coupe, auto I think.

Mac 3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056887446/yellow-irish-e-type-still-around

Found another pic of XIU 81 back in 1991

steinbock123

I remember in my teenage years there was a guy with a moustache who lived in the Monastery Estate in Clondalkin who had a yellow e-type coupé. I think he had two at different times. But it’s a long time ago. There was also a chipper on Arran Quay beside the Four Courts who had one that he had hand painted in all different colours. I’m not sure it was ever driven though, I used to see it from the upstairs of the bus on my way into town.

Thinkingaboutit

Like with nearly all Aston Martins sold originally in Ireland, it could well have been exported.