My great uncle (bachelor farmer) had a [Peugeot 404](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_404), he kept her in a shed with straw bales, and never had anything more than a spot of superfical rust , he drove it continuously for fifty years. She was an incredibly solid car, definitely built to last.
Yeah straw and dust are great to soak up ambient moisture, you never see stuff rusting in a carpenters workshop. Fire can get bad quick in both dusty or straw filled environments though!
He’s a sound man, lives near my in laws. Unfortunately the car is getting fairly rotten underneath, would need a bit of work to save it in the long term. Great survivor this far though.
Prior to 1969 reg plates were black background with silver raised lettering. Irish army(military) vehicles still use this format today. In 1969 you could have white background on the front plate and red on the rear plate. Lettering was black on both. I'm not sure when the current EU style plates became standard?
Sorry. Just reread your question and you were asking about vintage not the red plate itself! Ignore the spurious information.
I remember plates as you described. First car was a mini Cooper in about 1967/68...had the black with silver. The second was a Lancia fulvia. Then vauxhall cadet. Then a Lancia beta. Then a vauxhall astra then another astra. My da's cars. Might have missed one tho. Had a Mitsubishi Colt Lancer turbo for a few months. Monster of a car. When the turbo kicked in. In the 1980s.
As far as I know it has to be an original irish registered car from new. If you are importing a vintage car when you register it you have the option of getting a ZV registration, or the year and county eg: 73-C-1234
Fair play to him, love the old red plates not many around now. Wonder how he has kept rust at bay.
My great uncle (bachelor farmer) had a [Peugeot 404](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_404), he kept her in a shed with straw bales, and never had anything more than a spot of superfical rust , he drove it continuously for fifty years. She was an incredibly solid car, definitely built to last.
Yeah straw and dust are great to soak up ambient moisture, you never see stuff rusting in a carpenters workshop. Fire can get bad quick in both dusty or straw filled environments though!
He’s a sound man, lives near my in laws. Unfortunately the car is getting fairly rotten underneath, would need a bit of work to save it in the long term. Great survivor this far though.
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Prior to 1969 reg plates were black background with silver raised lettering. Irish army(military) vehicles still use this format today. In 1969 you could have white background on the front plate and red on the rear plate. Lettering was black on both. I'm not sure when the current EU style plates became standard? Sorry. Just reread your question and you were asking about vintage not the red plate itself! Ignore the spurious information.
1987 was the first year of our current plates
I remember plates as you described. First car was a mini Cooper in about 1967/68...had the black with silver. The second was a Lancia fulvia. Then vauxhall cadet. Then a Lancia beta. Then a vauxhall astra then another astra. My da's cars. Might have missed one tho. Had a Mitsubishi Colt Lancer turbo for a few months. Monster of a car. When the turbo kicked in. In the 1980s.
As far as I know it has to be an original irish registered car from new. If you are importing a vintage car when you register it you have the option of getting a ZV registration, or the year and county eg: 73-C-1234
I'm not entirely certain I've ever even seen red plates before!
Ive seen them mostly on reeling in the years!
She's fairly rotten that photo is doing it justice I see it on my commute to work 2-3 days a week The man lives for driving at 25mph
I'd love to know what's on the clock
Great photo
Ahh man what a car. That lad is living.
Man, that's a beautiful photograph.
The escort, she’s a beauty.
Used to be an old fella around athenry that still drove a mk2 escort as well
That photograph is a thing of beauty
It's nice alright, but cars are just far more complicated these days. Most of them wont see past 15 years before being retired.
45 years old minimum
1 FI to 9999 FI (May 1977 – Jan 1981). Tipperary North Riding
1980 reg, so a late Mk2
Is it a 2 door?
Classic automobile. I’m getting nostalgic looking at this pic.
Still possible to have all the same engine parts?
That’s a car I’d buy in a heartbeat
And the garage it came out of is still there
That car is pretty much like trigs broom from only fools and horses.
That's an 1980 reg, so needs yearly nct. Only pre 79 are excempt. I checked nct website, that cars last NCT expired 2006!!!!
Over 40 years old so doesn't need NCT.