Stradbally Vintage Rally Sun 24th June

[trev]

I know it's that time of year when every tin-pot parish in the country has a "tractors and dog shite" day out for the local turnip-eaters. Next Sunday is Stradbally's turn.

It's not the huge "Steam Rally" where you get a particular breed of turbo-turnip-eaters, that'll be a few weeks from now, the August Bank Hoiday I think but mostly a classic car show in the same venue. It's in the grounds where the Electric Picnic is held.

Anyway, just putting it out there. If you're nearby and at a loose end or are actively seeking out a lineup of ringed UK Morris Minors and Austin Cambridges, now you know where to go

 

[JustinOval]

I din't realise you have a degree in marketing.

 

[VDubbin]

I would, only I've got to attend the Turbo Turnip 'n' Turd Show in Charleville the same weekend…

 

[JustinOval]

I would, only I've got to attend the Turbo Turnip 'n' Turd Show in Charleville the same weekend…

Yeah, might go to that myself. In punter mode. Going to open every door and bonnet, and rub my just-had-curry-chips hands across the cabrio hoods.

 

[Mikey]

Might go along to that. You bringing the Audi Trev?

 

[trev]

nope, I'll be bringing the beige Derby with a "for sale" sign in the window. Very hard to get turnip stains off paintwork so I'll keep the Audi at home.

Don't expect too much, it's just a local "sheds and shite" show. If there's one closer to you go to it, they're basically interchangeable

 

[trev]

big enough turnout for a small parish show. I didn't photograph every car, maybe only one third of them. Plus there was a squadron of vintage tractors at the other end of the field. So, carefully picking my steps between the sheep shite I took a few photos.

Star of the show was this, of course:

as you can imagine, I had a queue of punters waving wads of cash at me for it...



not much VW metal on show, Tom & Silvia were in tow with the inlaws in the purple bus and there was a nice orange bus nearby. One green 1303 and that was it for aircoolers. THe chap who bought my old Derby lives nearby and brought out the whole fleet: the Derby, his Caddy and his Jetta, single handedly more than doubling the rest of the watercooled VW display which was basically the beige Derby and my neighbour's mk1 Golf GL.

Other than that is was morris minors with scowly aul wans and ZV reg MGs a-go-go...

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y7...lly12/?action=view&current=DSCF1757Medium.jpg

 

[trev]

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y7...lly12/?action=view&current=DSCF1780Medium.jpg

 

[trev]

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y7...lly12/?action=view&current=DSCF1794Medium.jpg

off to have a shower now, the smell of turnips is very hard to wash off you know...

 

[Mikey]

Forgot all about it Trev, looked like a decent day.

 

[johnnyg]

I forgot as well,even though I was walking the dog in Stradbally woods this afternoon.I could here the tannoy and was wondering what was going on..stupid or wha..???

 

[JustinOval]

Sorry I didn't go now, I'd have pissed myself laughing at Trev wheeling a passport photo machine around the field.

 

[trev]

the best part of the show was a coconut shy.

Picture the scene: rob the gazebo off the front lawn, put your mopey 13 year old son on a deck chair outside, stick a couple of broom handles in the ground and glue a coconut to the top of each. Charge €2 to throw a ball at the coconut. Guaranteed money spinner.

And the best bit: if you knock the coconut you win....






























...the coconut. Classic

 

[trev]

Sorry I didn't go now, I'd have pissed myself laughing at Trev wheeling a passport photo machine around the field.

aah... just copped that the "clickable thumbnails" just link to more thumbnails. I'll sort it now...

 

[kvinyl]

what was the story with this, did the banger racing not materialise...

 

[Coxy]

I love the colour on this 1303 which totally changes and comes alive in the sun but I'm not sure about grafting in 60's vents on an '03 Pity really.

 

[Gritz]

what was the story with this, did the banger racing not materialise...

look again...

 

[beag]

the best part of the show was a coconut shy.

Picture the scene: rob the gazebo off the front lawn, put your mopey 13 year old son on a deck chair outside, stick a couple of broom handles in the ground and glue a coconut to the top of each. Charge €2 to throw a ball at the coconut. Guaranteed money spinner.

And the best bit: if you knock the coconut you win....



...the coconut. Classic

Love that coconut game

 

[kvinyl]

look again...
View attachment 10290

ha, never noticed it

 

[VDubbin]

Took me a couple of goes…

"…that cow is far away…"