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[Guest mjrose]

Came across this in my own (very small) village this evening. An NSU Prinz:

 

 

 

What a great looking little car! In the tin it was so immaculate it justified the 1st place rosette on the windscreen. A bit beyond autoshite but lovely nonetheless.

[trigger]

What a cutie!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

HEY i reckon a few of those were built in Ireland, reckon it oculd be one of them? Wheres your little village?

 

PS my surname is Rose, are you my long lost brother?

[Mr H Sceptre]

Weapons grade kit right there.

[eddyramrod]

I've never seen a Prinz that old, what a sweetie!

[Split_Pin]

I've never seen an early one either, only the later sort.

 

Its superb!

[Guest mjrose]

HEY i reckon a few of those were built in Ireland, reckon it oculd be one of them? Wheres your little village?

 

PS my surname is Rose, are you my long lost brother?

 

No idea, but I'll ask the owner next time I pass. The little fella and I live in Longframlington, up in the wilds of Northumberland.

 

Yes we are, and I'm glad I've found you - I've got some welding I need help with

 

Did your dad buy a Land Rover in 1987?

 

Nope, in his wisdom he chose a Skoda estelle super instead.

[Cavcraft]

PS my surname is Rose, are you my long lost brother?

 

Brothers?

 

Did your dad buy a Land Rover in 1987?

 

 

D701 something?

[dollywobbler]

Brilliant. I love these. I'm pretty sure I have seen one in the metal, but they're certainly not exactly common.

[michiel]

Great spot!

So nice I bought a brochure once:

 

NSU Prinz B 05 by Michiel V, on Flickr

[messerschmitt owner]

Brilliant. I love these. I'm pretty sure I have seen one in the metal, but they're certainly not exactly common.

I've seen that one in the metal. IIRC it used to live in Brisle!

 

There are a few rhd Prinz IIIs left.

[Ross_K]

HEY i reckon a few of those were built in Ireland, reckon it oculd be one of them?

 

NSU were assembled in Dublin by Reg Armstrong Motors.

 

Reg came from Liverpool and raced for NSU back in the day...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong

[barrett]

What a lovely find! Can't say I was aware of them being built in Ireland either so thanks for the history lesson chaps.

[ashmicro]

AIE is a country Clare reg. Still on the old pre-partition system!

[pocket.calculator]

God, I love these. Nice spot.