Upcoming events listed in Irish Vintage Scene magazine:
13th March
Millstreet Vintage Club Spring Car Run in memory of Johnny Hickey; for more details, call Bernard Crowley on 087 7924406 or Willie Fitzgerald on 087 2229874.
17th March
Louth Abbey Vintage Club Road Run starting from Louth Village football field on St. Patrick’s Day; for info, call 087 6682558 or see the club’s Facebook or Instagram pages.
17th March
Dripsey Vintage Club tractor and car run (strictly vintage for tractors) from Griffin’s Garden Centre, Dripsey, Co. Cork, with registration from 10:30am for noon start; for info, call John (for tractors) on 086 8435675 or Leo (for cars) on 087 7621473.
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IRISH VINTAGE SCENE ISSUE 189
The main cover slot of our March 2022 issue goes to a glorious piece of eighties excess in the form of a Porsche 911 SC that was sold new in Dublin in 1983 to one of the developers that shaped the city as we now know it. In distinctive Chiffon White with a brown Pasha interior, it’s been used and cherished by a small number of owners over its life, and recently came in for a light and sympathetic restoration in the hands of a renowned Irish specialist. Our second featured car is another European jewel, this time a 1951 Lancia Ardea that was bought as a souvenir on the owner’s holiday to Malta! Thankfully, he has a very understanding partner…
Our tractor feature this month tells us about a very busy father-and-son team who have spent the last number of years restoring a nostalgic classic silage outfit, consisting of a Fordson Super Dexta, a Massey Ferguson 135, a 1960s Ugerlose single-chop silage harvester and a 10×6 silage trailer. Unsurprisingly, these two rigs draw a crowd wherever they go. Our two-wheeled feature outlines one enthusiast’s love-affair with his 1950 Matchless G3L, while our commercial feature showcases a fascinating Tipperary-based collection of WW2-era trucks and jeeps.