Shite galore in Ireland (Republic of)

[Junkman]

I found this highly interesting photostream from Ireland:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/88051129@N ... 75/detail/

 

Car, bus, lorry, railway, pushbike, ship, even aeroplane chod galore from all decades. Enjoy!

 

I mean, if this aint feckin shoite enough fur ye, nothin is, loike.

 

 

 

 

 

Oi mean, yar kin't be wrong where they have Armstrong-Siddeleys, loike.

 

 

 

[triumph1300]

My sister lives in Ireland, she says there still a load of old cars over there, mostly owned by farmers or in fields! I'm still yet to visit..

[Junkman]

I lived in Ireland from 1998 to 2001. I can assure you that there are loads of wonderful old cars cherished way outside farmers' fields,

although I won't deny for a second that there still is loads of material out there usually changing hands for surprisingly little money.

Or how does 1000 EUR for a solid and complete 1962 Chevy Bel Air hearse by Duffy of Dundalk sound to you?

 

It didn't take long for the 'scene' to adopt me while I was there and I am still in contact with that crazy bunch.

[triumph1300]

Top of the morning to ya

[Cheggers]

I know exactly where pic 3 was taken, as I cycled past the same car park a few months ago...cracking view as you head up into the mountains & over the Sally Gap

[Largactil]

I'm over quite a bit, and have to say I've been disappointed in the lack of old chod on the road.

 

(I'd always had an expectation that everyone would be driving about in Renault 18's and Mk2 Cav's etc... )

 

Seem to fall into two camps - Boring modern stuff, and very shiny 30 year old + stuff (free road tax / no MOT if your car's over 30 in Ireland).

 

The, quite frankly, nutty road tax prices as well as the scrappage scheme seem to have killed off all the Mk3 Cav's / Sierra's etc...

 

Okay - My experience is mainly in Co. Dublin, but I've been west to Galway and it was much the same... Moving over in April to Swords (just north of Dublin) so will need to import some 30 year old ramen (thankfully it's a rolling exemption, so something from 1982/83 should fit the bill)...

[junkyarddog]

I'm over quite a bit, and have to say I've been disappointed in the lack of old chod on the road.

 

(I'd always had an expectation that everyone would be driving about in Renault 18's and Mk2 Cav's etc... )

 

Seem to fall into two camps - Boring modern stuff, and very shiny 30 year old + stuff (free road tax / no MOT if your car's over 30 in Ireland).

 

The, quite frankly, nutty road tax prices as well as the scrappage scheme seem to have killed off all the Mk3 Cav's / Sierra's etc...

 

Okay - My experience is mainly in Co. Dublin, but I've been west to Galway and it was much the same... Moving over in April to Swords (just north of Dublin) so will need to import some 30 year old ramen (thankfully it's a rolling exemption, so something from 1982/83 should fit the bill)...

 

Your facts aren't quite right,there is no roadworthness test (NCT)required on cars registered before the 1st jan 1980,

anything registered after this date has to be tested anually,and the test runs on the date the car is registered,not the date you get it tested on.

The tax is rolling though,a years tax on anything over 30 is now €56.

 

Hope this helps.

[Largactil]

Cheers!

 

I'm learning as I go - So it's a 1979 motor I'm after, if I want cheap autoshite-style motoring in Éire?

 

Hmmm...

[In The Pit]

I was last in Ireland in 2003 vistited alot of counties, town and rural areas and I didn't see much older stuff. The most popular brand of car in Ireland seems to be Toyota loads of the things there.

 

Wales is better for spotting older vehicles still in use, especially the rural areas. I live in West Wales and there is a fair bit about you often see older tractors in use 70's David Browns that sort of thing. The taxis can be quite old, 90's Rovers, MKI Mondeo. Also plenty of old buses/coaches still in use from the 80's and afew 70's ones too.

 

Everytime I go into my local town I see atleast one like this:

[Largactil]

I was last in Ireland in 2003 vistited alot of counties, town and rural areas and I didn't see much older stuff. The most popular brand of car in Ireland seems to be Toyota loads of the things there.

 

Wales is better for spotting older vehicles still in use, especially the rural areas. I live in West Wales and there is a fair bit about you often see older tractors in use 70's David Browns that sort of thing. The taxis can be quite old, 90's Rovers, MKI Mondeo. Also plenty of old buses/coaches still in use from the 80's and afew 70's ones too.

 

London's the same - Lots of things like this still in use near my gaff:

 

 

But in the ROI, it'd be the thick end of £300 a year for road tax on it, which makes it somewhat uneconomic...(!)