Shamrock car

Blue850

I found a letter in a 1972 Motoring Life from a Mrs Farrell, in Bilboa Co Carlow who had a lhd Shamrock reg AZH 394.

carchaeologist

Blue850 wrote: »

I found a letter in a 1972 Motoring Life from a Mrs Farrell, in Bilboa Co Carlow who had a lhd Shamrock reg AZH 394.

Nice detective work!Thats a 1964 Dublin number,wonder why its LHD?Have you a scan of the letter?

Max_Damage

colm_mcm wrote: »

wasn't this car featured on that (awful Irish) Drive programme?

Yep. Had the video of it, but threw it out unfortunately.

Max_Damage

Well, you could consider the DeLorean as been Irish. Well, sort off....

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

Well, you could consider the DeLorean as been Irish. Well, sort off....

And the Titanic....hmm..bit of a trend here i think..:pac:

G Luxel

Ive a magazine, think its Motoring Life from a few years back and it shows a Shamrock being driven on a St Patricks day Parade in Dublin in the 1960s.

There is also a book on the Irish Motor Industry, published in the 1980s, I dont know the name of it but it has a De Lorean on the cover and there is 2 pages on Shamrock, including 2 pictures taken in the 60s.

Max_Damage

Well, the DeLorean and Shamrock were probably the only two 'proper' Irish manufacturers out there.

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

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There is also a book on the Irish Motor Industry, published in the 1980s, I dont know the name of it but it has a De Lorean on the cover and there is 2 pages on Shamrock, including 2 pictures taken in the 60s.

Is that called Wheels and Deals by John o Donovan?I just took that out now and it has a piece on page 40 about the shamrock indeed.Only a few lines though.No new info other than what has been posted already.

overdriver

The white convertible's quite pretty in a 50's USA way.

RS1700T

I recall seeing a white one on display at the RDS Horse Show (I thought the the engine BMC was very small for such a large car) , threr was a blue one around Dublin in the late 70s IIRC.

DarenO

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/105221/76933.JPG

Here's the two that i've seen, we could start a register as it wouldn't take long to find the history of ten cars

Max_Damage

DarenO wrote: »

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/105221/76933.JPG

Here's the two that i've seen, we could start a register as it wouldn't take long to find the history of ten cars

The Shamrock on the below picture is quite old, judging by the tax and insurance disc in the window of it (1995 by the looks of it).

Wonder where it is now?

The reg. on the above one in the picture isn't on Cartell.

Ballykine43

I remember a Shamrock that was in Dublin when I was a student in the early 60s. Light green and parked in Rathgar near the Orwell Road junction. Chassis was wooden. Looks hideous now but then it sat with another American styled car, with fin tails etc and was of its time.

Chambers: see http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2729. And I have been invited to the homecoming/relaunch of another one late August. 1929 saloon, and the owner, (whose name is Chambers), has had a trailer specially built as he wants to display it in Dublin and other venues in the South. Don't know where or when but I'll pass the info when I get it.

G Luxel

carchaeologist wrote: »

Is that called Wheels and Deals by John o Donovan?I just took that out now and it has a piece on page 40 about the shamrock indeed.Only a few lines though.No new info other than what has been posted already.

Trying to think, as i dont have the book myself, but it has a delorean on the cover with open doors I think, and there is also a chapter on the bubble car made by Shorts in Northern Ireland called the Noble. There should be 2 pages on the Shamrock with two pictures, one of the rear and another of the side view but its a long time since I saw the book.

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

Trying to think, as i dont have the book myself, but it has a delorean on the cover with open doors I think, and there is also a chapter on the bubble car made by Shorts in Northern Ireland called the Noble. There should be 2 pages on the Shamrock with two pictures, one of the rear and another of the side view but its a long time since I saw the book.

Its not the same book so i think.

Ballykine43

Chambers Car last of its line manufactured 1929.
I promised to update on the relaunch. Pagoda supplied the photo https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/92735/84247.JPG from the Killarney motor museam some time ago. The car is now back in ownership of the Chambers family in the family home and has been MOTd. Unfortunately a leaking radiator has had to be sent for a rebuild. This is how it is as of today.

carchaeologist

Apologies to root out an older thread,but this video clip is appropriate to it.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=68702

Ignore the first 37sec :rolleyes:

Run_to_da_hills

About 40 seconds into this 1961 Spring Show clip shows a promotion for the Snamrock car.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=68702

I Was VB

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

About 40 seconds into this 1961 Spring Show clip shows a promotion for the Snamrock car.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=68702

10 seconds of car, 70 seconds of a early foot fetish porno


*fap fap fap*

Run_to_da_hills

I Was VB wrote: »

10 seconds of car, 70 seconds of a early foot fetish porno


*fap fap fap*

They are all grannies now.

I Was VB

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

They are all grannies now.

The older the drum.......

fpm

I'm from near 'Blaney, and you're right about them being put into the lake, my dad remembers seeing half-finished cars and parts being pushed into the lake/marsh behind where the plant was.

carchaeologist

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055610163
Three page thread here!

carchaeologist

dutchcat

fpm wrote: »

I'm from near 'Blaney, and you're right about them being put into the lake, my dad remembers seeing half-finished cars and parts being pushed into the lake/marsh behind where the plant was.

They should have pushed the finished one's in too

unkel

carchaeologist beat you to it, Run_to_da_hills

carchaeologist wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055610163
Three page thread here!

Merged into one big Shamrock car mega thread!

68deville

was it true that you had to drop the rear axle in order to change the wheel???

Run_to_da_hills

68deville wrote: »

was it true that you had to drop the rear axle in order to change the wheel???

Thats what it says, Wiki dose not tell lies.

Blue850

Holy thread resurresction Batman but a letter in this month's Irish Vintage Scene about Shamrocks has me rooting round the 'net and...
Wiki says only 1 Shamrock in the USA...

Harbor City, California


Seattle


and the guy with the green one has another non runner

but wait it gets better

Shamrock sales brochure:D

carchaeologist

^Tom Heavey will explode with excitement at the sight of that Brochure!