A few photos of the Irish Model T clubs tour in Ireland with members of the Model T Register (UK). The tour runs from the 13th June till the 19th June. I will be uploading photos of the event of Friday 15th,Saturday 16th and some of Sunday 17th. Some highlights of the events include photos of the 1903 Gordon Bennett memorial,Jim Boland's collection of 60+ Vintage and Veteran cars,Michael Rigney's lifetime collection of Ford vehicles and Tim Crowley's museum.
Day 2 - Friday 15th
Just a few photos of the cars attend the event.
1. Lovely 1911 or 1912 Torpedo.
2. 1914 Touring.
3. English black-era Touring
4. A 1915 Touring from Holland. This car has Model A wheels and disc brakes.
5. A lovely black era pick up.
6. 1915 Touring.
7. 1912 Van.
8. 1919 Charnbrac?? (Don't know the correct spelling)
9. Line up of cars at Stradbally,Co. Laois.
10. Black-era Touring.
11. Black-era orange roadster.
12. 1913 Coachbuilt touring.
13. In 1903 during the Gordon Bennett race,A member of the Paris team carved ''PARIS'' into a stone outside a pub in Stradbally,Co. Laois.
14. The monument to the 1903 Gordon Bennett race.
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18. Line up of T's beside the monument.
19. 1915 Touring.
20. Paul Murphy's C-cab Van.
Absolutely gorgeous vehicles! I like them all but that 1912 van particularly caught my eye.
Question - some of the cars have what appear to be running or blinker lights mounted on top of the fenders. Is that a modern requirement or something that was era correct?
Great pics, Thomas!
21. Line up of cars.
22. Irish owned 1926 Tudor.
23. 1913? Runabout.
24. 26-27 Coupe.
25. The mustard coupe.
26. Neil Tuckett's Touring. This is the car that climed Ben Nevis last year.
27. Lovely 26-27 Dropframe Touring.
Photos of Jim Boland's Collection.
28. 1903 Renault.
29. Stutz.
30. Bugatti type 57.
You guys are tough in the Kingdom! In a weather like this, I wouldn't want to leave my house at all, let alone drive any of my classic cars. Thinking back, I don't think any of my babies have seen a drop of rain since . . . (thinking). . . many years ago. Then again, that's why I live in California, first and foremost. And for still cheap gas, of course.
Hi Daniel,
It was law to have a lamp at most 6 inches from each side of the car in England back in the teens/twenties. Most of these have now be converted to indicators as has been done to our Tudor (Pic 9).
Keep those pictures coming Thomas.
We will be looking for more.
Bernard. The Republic of Ireland has nothing to do with the United Kingdom and I am sure they will not want to be thought of as subjects of the British monarchy.
However, you are right in that the Irish, like the Brits too, would not let a bit of rough weather spoil a good day out.
Chris M.
Thomas, I haven't seen anything from you for a while. It's nice to see you back, especially with a beautiful post like this. Lots of good pictures, lots of nice cars.
More photos of Jim Bolands collection.
31. General view of the shed.
32. Rolls Royce
33. Bentley.
34. Unsure,Maby a Jaguar?
35. 1913 Wolseley.
36. 1913 Rolls Royce.
37. Napier. This cars engine is currently apart.
38. Unknown.
39. Unknown.
Thats all for Day 2 (Friday 15th).
Thomas, great photos of great cars. FYI #34 is a Lagonda, #38 is a Daimler and I think #39 may be a Sunbeam.
Chris M.
Chris,
thank you for bringing this to my attention. I totally forgot about the secession and it actually made me read up on this.
May God save the Queen. Or not.
Hi all,
I think I'll keep it to under 50 photos a page because if you have a slow internet there is nothing worse than a extermely long thread full of photos.
Thanks Steve and Chris.
Link to second thread here :http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/296645.html?1339975885