THE NATIONAL CONCOURS COMPETITION & CLASSIC CAR SALE/SHOW + AUTOJUMBLE : 2013

The second running of this Show will take palace on Sunday 13th October starting at 12 noon at The National Show Centre, Swords,Co.Dublin.
Entries are now invited from Classic Car Clubs & individual Classic Car owners for the National Concours Competition.

Twelve Trophies will be presented at the Award Ceremony & including " Overall Best of Show" & " Best Club Stand".
Full details on www.carshows.ie.

I hope to be there - hope to meet all Irish Elf & Hornet fans there too.
David2010.

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Went to last Sunday's Show but no Elfs or Hornets to be seen !!!
Some interesting Mini variations though - including the first "wrapped" Mini that I've come across with customised fake rust look !
Also as posted elsewhere here to-day a really smart concours Clubman 1275 GT with matching trailer.

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hi dave,some good shots there,love the clubby wiyh the Dunlop d1's on it.

ive had a few minis like the wrapped one,but mine wernt wrapped!!! .

jay wexford

Yes Jay, I know exactly what you mean about rust (the real thing !)
After all Ireland has an average rainfall of 183 wet days per year.
To-day being a perfect example - it has rained non stop for almost 10 hours.
Our German friends envy us because they say water is a natural lubricant.
That means, they say, that car tyres last longest in Ireland (hurrah - a bonus !)

hi dave,yes rain is a great lubricant alright,you ad leaves and a bad camber,and like me you will have a off,like I did today,lost the backend of my p6 3500s and caught the drivers rear wing on a tree trunk:shock: .... 

luck missed rear wheel,but blitzed rear wing and pulled rear bumper off.

luck for me there bolt on panels;) .

aaah I would have bought your little red machine on the trailer!!!

jay wexford

intresting reg on rusty wrapped mini, ......zc,a 1972/73 number on a car which has reversing light rear clusters,and big front indicators and side repeaters????? rear lights came out in 77/78,and the repeaters and indicators came out 88'.

ah well what ever works for them;) 

jay

Yes Jay - you are quite right to question the appearance of a Dublin ZC registration plate on this car !
In fact ZC ran from October 1971 to March 1972 only.
Of course rear panels - rear light clusters - are easy to "chop & change". I've seen a 1999 Mini Cooper at a Show about 4 years ago carrying
a 1968 plate so who knows ?

hi dave,yes your right .....zc is late 71,early to mid 72. my p6 rover is feb 73 and is ....zh.

ah lets leave them all to it in the reg department,what ever works for them8) .

new member I see in Dublin,he bought the irish reg/built mini off paul in minifix.

look forward to seeing it come back to road condition.

jay

back again,if I were chopping and changing panels on a recent mini,id be going down the mk1 route,small light rear panel,mk1 front end,id even have the fake outside hinges the japs have on theres:lol: .

jay