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Czech it out...
PART 1:
1950 Tatraplan
T600
months trying to sort out a Title
and then ship car and all of its cache
of parts home. It finally arrived to
Galway in August 2012, a 1950 T600
that proudly took up residence next
to a few other aircooled brethren
that were waiting patiently for it. First
impressions? Worth waiting for, it
commands unyielding respect in the
garage and now appears to stand watch
over its younger upstart siblings, just
daring them to put a foot out of line
Padraig Kelleher
(kvinyl)
Oxo 2012
If youve never been to Oxo then we
wholeheartedly recommend you add it
to your 2013 show calendar!
For those of us old farts, its hard to think that the Limerick Show
was 20yrs old in 2012. The old Beetles Reunion has come a long way!
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The Williams Brothers and the Limerick Classic Car and Vintage Club can
certainly hold their head up high as
the 2012 Limerick Show was a great
success, but then again, we werent
surprised as they always pull out all the
stops to make it a memorable show.
They even go as far as booking the
sunshine! Sunburn all round for every
Eircooler!
Eircooled cars in attendance were
Eamon Winters with his lovely Karmann
Ghia. Alice Gervin rocked up with
her RHD 1302LS Cabriolet which is a
rare beast, especially in RHD format.
The Limerick Show seemed to be
sponsored by Oval Window Beetles in
2012! Graham Cullens ex-Volksworld
featured RHD Resto-Cal Ragtop which
was parked beside Brian Mahers exUltra VW cover car and beside that
was Tsar Sheanes ground scraping,
chromed Fuch wearing Resto-Cal Oval.
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Bonneville Ghia
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BREAKFAST ROLL
The February Brekkie Roll is quickly
becoming the season starter here in
Ireland and is a gentle way to ease yourself, and your VW back into regular
service.
2012 saw an open invitation going out
to all VW owners through a DoneDeal
advert as well as the usual online club
promotion. The response was the best
yet with an impressive (by Irish standards anyway) number of enthusiasts
from not only the Munster area but
much further afield making the trip
to the Plaza Building on the Tipperary
road in Limerick on February 4th. The
large car park provided for a mini show
in itself with the onsite shop and caf
dishing out coffee and breakfast rolls
aplenty.
Kieran brought out his POS for the
day which was the car of the show for
many. It really looked amazing and is a
crowd pleaser for sure. The Williams
brothers arrived in their pseudo Oval
which, despite its age is still as good as
it was when it first hit the show scene
back in the 90s. Many Type 2 Ireland
members also joined in after Kev posted
up an invitation on their forum. There
were stock and modified VWs from the
50s, 60s, 70s and even the 80s, well
parts of a car from the 80s anyway, so
there was something for everyones
taste. For the first time ever we had
non club members attending just to sell
their VWs and one such attendee was
driving an orange 78 Beetle that made
its way from Cork which was in impeccable condition, although the price tag
was putting people off making an offer.
The car had original paint and uphol-
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