artdjones Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Brian Boru Bridge, a Bascule lifting bridge controlled from the cabin above. busmansholiday, puddlethumper, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Shite Ron and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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barrett Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 On 11/23/2020 at 6:27 PM, artdjones said: DKW Schnellaster, in the UK???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 8 hours ago, barrett said: DKW Schnellaster, in the UK???? That's Patrick St., Cork c.1962. DKWs were assembled in a factory at Ballincollig a few miles away from 1952 - 64. About 4000 vehicles were made, and Wikipedia says that included some vans. Asimo and adw1977 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, artdjones said: That's Patrick St., Cork c.1962. DKWs were assembled in a factory at Ballincollig a few miles away from 1952 - 64. About 4000 vehicles were made, and Wikipedia says that included some vans. Irish car industry: In his book “Motor Makers in Ireland” (ISBN: 0 85640 264 8), John Moore says the following: “The Government of the Irish Republic, like so many others during the years follwing the Great Depression, relied heavily on protectionist measures and policies to retain some control of its economy. The motor industry was naturally a prime example of these policies at work. One result was that many cars were imported in completely knocked down (CKD) form and assembled locally, with obvious benefit to the employment figures. It was also made almost prohibitively expensive to buy any car which was not assembled in the Republic. These policies lasted until the early Sixties, when the Government signed the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement, which was aimed at giving Irish agricultural produce easier access to UK markets. Even the accession to the Common Market in 1973 did not completely remove the tariff barriers which were specially negotiated in order to protect the jobs involved, and allowed to remain until 1984. At the height of the CKD boom there were twelve firms involved, assembling vehicles for Fiat, Ford, British Leyland, Mercedes Benz, Peugeot, Renault, Volkswagen and Toyota cars, and Heinkel bubble-cars. The only attempt to assemble CKD cars in Northern Ireland was made in the early Sixties, when the Clarence Engineering Co. Ltd of Belfast, then the Triumph agents, built Triumph Heralds.” JeeExEll, barrett and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Here's a couple of the Irish vans. The second one looks like it's taken inside the Ballincollig factory. About 10 years ago that building was demolished to build an Aldi, and when one of the additional sheds that had been built onto the side of it was removed the DKW signwriting was exposed. Remspoor, Mr Pastry, lesapandre and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 The Irish assembly plant. lesapandre, JeeExEll, barrett and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Very neat bit of design that van. With the detailing tidied up it could almost be recent Japanese. Do any survive in RI? Useful thing so maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 They remind me a little of a Daewoo Matiz squared up a little. I've heard of Datsuns being assembled in Ireland from kits in the early 1970s lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I’d always wondered why there seemed to be a relatively large number of 50/60s Mercedes in Ireland and very little of anything else premium from back then. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 4 hours ago, lesapandre said: Very neat bit of design that van. With the detailing tidied up it could almost be recent Japanese. Do any survive in RI? Useful thing so maybe? Got a few here in Spain. This one is not cheap. https://www.milanuncios.com/venta-de-coches-clasicos/dkw-f89-351074142.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 artdjones and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 7 hours ago, lesapandre said: Very neat bit of design that van. With the detailing tidied up it could almost be recent Japanese. Do any survive in RI? Useful thing so maybe? Yes, this man is a leading light in the DKW club of Ireland. lesapandre, spartacus and Asimo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Remspoor said: You can image them knocking one over...and all the rest falling over too... Remspoor and Andrew353w 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 lisbon_road, Remspoor, JeeExEll and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 RayMK, Remspoor, artdjones and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 RayMK, hennabm, Shite Ron and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeeExEll Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Some pics of the Consul Capri being made, metalwork done at Pressed Steel Co Ltd, then final assembly at Dagenham. Sorry it's a bit of a photo-dump but these pics belong together. All done. RayMK, artdjones, Mr Pastry and 14 others 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Blimey look at the bodges adjustments being worked on there. GBJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JeeExEll Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Circuit of Ireland Rally 1968. artdjones, Austat, Asimo and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Same team, 1966. Amishtat, NorfolkNWeigh, Austat and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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