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Today I saw an abandoned classic and took a pic thread!

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    #1052
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    Aircooled underwater..:p

    ....you mean 'watercooled', shurely ?:p

    btw, that's the same fate as the press tooling for the DeLorean bodies (made by Lapple in Carlow, btw...).

    Yep, those shockingly enormous and expensive blocks of metal are currently.......used as weights to anchor a fish farm in Co Galway.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #1053
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    galwaytt wrote: »
    btw, that's the same fate as the press tooling for the DeLorean bodies (made by Lapple in Carlow, btw...).
    Yep, those shockingly enormous and expensive blocks of metal are currently.......used as weights to anchor a fish farm in Co Galway.
    How did they end up there?!


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    #1054
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ..no idea.

    ...one of those weird 'wtf' type of things.

    Like the small factory in Mayo that makes gaskets for Audi.

    ???

    Indeed

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #1055
    mustang68
    Registered Users Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭mustang68


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    How did they end up there?!

    When the liquidators moved in to DeLorean they want to make sure that no one would be able to start production again, one of their remits was to ensure that anything that was specifically delorean was never used again. They sold the dies as weights for fishing. There is a pic and the story here: http://www.dmcnews.com/Resource/bodydies/bodydies.html


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    #1056
    clive5
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭clive5


    MercMad wrote: »
    ...Mmmm pity !

    Keep us posted here if the situation changes !

    i was one of the organizers from the custom show and it was a one off as im in the kitcar club and own the black nova kit. we only made just a bit over what we spent and took alot of time to set up so was too much hassle. theres other show on in kilbeggan this yr and its much the same show or better have a look at the hotrod boys web page from the hotrod club and it will be on that site. its a bigger and better show too


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    #1057
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    mustang68 wrote: »
    When the liquidators moved in to DeLorean they want to make sure that no one would be able to start production again, one of their remits was to ensure that anything that was specifically delorean was never used again. They sold the dies as weights for fishing. There is a pic and the story here: http://www.dmcnews.com/Resource/bodydies/bodydies.html

    .............ha that's brilliant info.

    I saw recently on Discovery that someone in the US, a specialist is remanufacturingv them. I wonder does he have a snorkel ??

    I was in the original factory, now Shorts and they still had some of the marks on the floor from the original tools/machines. That was many years ago now.

    There are a lot of places scattered around Ireland that still make car components, at least until this year ! :eek:


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    #1058
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    MercMad wrote: »
    There are a lot of places scattered around Ireland that still make car components, at least until this year ! :eek:

    As far as I know, they still make Hino trucks on the Naas Road, near Kylemore.


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    #1059
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    mustang68 wrote: »
    When the liquidators moved in to DeLorean they want to make sure that no one would be able to start production again, one of their remits was to ensure that anything that was specifically delorean was never used again. They sold the dies as weights for fishing. There is a pic and the story here: http://www.dmcnews.com/Resource/bodydies/bodydies.html
    Great story!!Thanks for that..
    Wonder did the old 411 get sunk too?
    ardbay08.jpg
    The salty air on deck wouldnt have done it many favours:p


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    #1060
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    Great story!!Thanks for that..
    Wonder did the old 411 get sunk too?
    ardbay08.jpg
    The salty air on deck wouldnt have done it many favours:p

    No, it didn't get buried - at least I don't think so. I'm not sure whether that pic was taken before/after but it did spend many, many years parked right here rusting away....at the junction on this map, of the R336 (just under the work 'Derroe'.....Right here

    Worse than that - it was VW411LE - Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injected too......:o

    Now that'd trump a Beetle anyday, for novelty.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #1061
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    14022009001.jpg
    One of the lads on octane posted this...barn find of the year??:pReg makes it a 68..


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    #1062
    alastair
    Registered Users Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    14022009001.jpg
    One of the lads on octane posted this...barn find of the year??:pReg makes it a 68..

    I've been in that car, back when it was still a runner (and transported fish on a regular basis). There used to be Consul Capri in the same yard - but it was pretty dead twenty years ago, so judging by the decline of the Aston, it'll be more than a bit rough by now.


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    #1063
    locteau
    Registered Users Posts: 504 ✭✭✭locteau


    It is funny how I keep listening people telling me there is no hiden classic cars in Ireland....

    If I had a shed big enough I would definetly put them in and spend my spare time to put them back on the road.


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    #1064
    dutchcat
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭dutchcat


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    14022009001.jpg
    One of the lads on octane posted this...barn find of the year??:pReg makes it a 68..
    Was this pic taken in greystones?


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    #1065
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    dutchcat wrote: »
    Was this pic taken in greystones?
    No,apparently in wicklow.


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    #1066
    dutchcat
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭dutchcat


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    No,apparently in wicklow.
    thought so,not a recent find that car is gone from there 15,or 20 years,to uk i think,


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    #1067
    Kevin_Herron
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Kevin_Herron


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    No,apparently in wicklow.

    Which is in Wicklow the last time I checked?:pac:


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    #1068
    Kevin_Herron
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Kevin_Herron


    dutchcat wrote: »
    thought so,not a recent find that car is gone from there 15,or 20 years,to uk i think,

    I dont think we are thinking of the same DB5?


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    #1069
    Kevin_Herron
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Kevin_Herron


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    14022009001.jpg
    One of the lads on octane posted this...barn find of the year??:pReg makes it a 68..

    This car was registered in Febuary '64.
    She was sold new by Crawfords of Hatch Street.


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    #1070
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Figured you'd know it Kev !

    So to be clear.............when / where was the photo taken ??


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    #1071
    alastair
    Registered Users Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    MercMad wrote: »
    Figured you'd know it Kev !

    So to be clear.............when / where was the photo taken ??

    Greystones, and recently (last Friday) - if the original poster on the Octane forum is to be believed.


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    #1072
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Kevin_Herron wrote: »
    This car was registered in Febuary '64.
    She was sold new by Crawfords of Hatch Street.
    Yes..i see its NZE not NZL now:rolleyes:..thanks Kev.Crawford were hardly an aston dealership were they,did they just import the car for the original owner?What was the story with servicing etc then?


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    #1073
    Kevin_Herron
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Kevin_Herron


    W.B Crawfords were the sole concessionaires for Aston Martin from 1960-1969.
    Amongst other humdrum brands.

    They also had the agency for Bristol from 1954-1968.


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    #1074
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Thanks kevin,I doubt they sold many of them,they were obviously set up for servicing and everything aswell so.
    Sounds like it was a good place to see quality cars back then.


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    #1075
    Kevin_Herron
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Kevin_Herron


    No, very small numbers were sold.

    Without going through records; Around 7 or 8 DB4, 8 or 9 DB5 and 10 or 11 DB6.

    Bearing in my mind that they were a very expensive car to buy new!


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    #1076
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Ill bet,offhand how expensive do you think,say when compared to an anglia or something like that?


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    #1077
    Kevin_Herron
    Registered Users Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Kevin_Herron


    DB5 would have been in the area of £5000. An Anglia would have been in the area of £500!!!

    Dont forget a nice house would also have been in the region of £5k at the time.


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    #1078
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    I was expecting something like that alright,kinda pits it into perspective doesnt it...
    What would a good DB5 make now?


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    #1079
    rugbyman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭rugbyman


    Among the cars i did NOT buy over the years were a DB4/5 for 1700 pounds/punt and an austin healey 3000 for 700.
    Both around 1980 in a garage on the dublin belfast road, .
    Across the road in 1972, i did not buy an austin 8, with a broken half shaft for 12 quid.
    And i am not one hundred years old

    regards Rugbyman


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    jimbobjones40
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭jimbobjones40


    Hey Kevin,
    I get the feeling you've already tried to convince the owner to let the Aston go but would you mind giving me a chance. PM me his location. Thanks.


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    #1081
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Kevin_Herron wrote: »
    DB5 would have been in the area of £5000. An Anglia would have been in the area of £500!!!

    Dont forget a nice house would also have been in the region of £5k at the time.

    ..................I think in Dublin in the mid 60's a decent house would have been more like £2500.

    Still I recall you telling me that number of Astons sold here before, when I saw yours, and thinking the numbers were larger than I thought !

    I still think thats a large number !


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