Kilbroney 2024

[DaddyCC]

First time finally making it to this show and what an incredible array of vintage stuff, nevermind once you get into the more 90s onwards stuff. The quality of classics on this island really is excellent.

Even seen a couple of things I never knew existed like the Renault 17! Loved this alongside the Sunny ZX and Starlet turbo.

The red John Cooper mini with the open air roof was absolutely beautiful also, too many people around it for a photo though.

Only a minor delay getting into the forest park between 1130-1200, but given all the things I'd read in the past it wasn't that bad and very well run to get people in and parked.

Just needed that rain in middle of afternoon to have stayed away totally but given other years have been rained off I'll take it

 

[Darragh]

Great show and some amazing cars around, couldn’t pick a winner out, I wanted to take most home

 

[Artoir]

Traffic management was very good this year honestly. Busy as I’ve ever seen it but no more than 5-10 minutes getting in/out

 

[Kris Duprey]

Great day out, threw this thing on the road for this year and whilst it’s no comparison to the old Xpack, it’s excellent to be back out again and not have to worry about paintwork

 

[Bryan]

My Cortina made it, much to the dismay of some people. Yes, it may be rusty and have a poor paintjob but it's an original 1972 GXL. In true Cortina fashion though it did break down on the way home throwing the fan belt off.

 

[Burt2000]

I’m assuming it’s taxed, MOTd and insured, if so what’s his problem?

 

[Bryan]

I’m assuming it’s taxed, MOTd and insured, if so what’s his problem?

It's MOT and tax exempt due to age.

There's a bit more to the story... I was out driving it during the week and the linings detached from the rear brake shoes. I posted on the Vintage Vehicle Group looking for some quickly to get to Kilbroney as they are no longer available new. This was on Wednesday. Apparently, because I didn't have my crystal ball working (to tell me they were about to fail) this is somehow from a lack of maintenance even though the linings were still about 50% when I removed them from the drum.

I had to get Clarke Brothers to reline the original shoes - dropped off on Thursday morning and they were done by Friday afternoon. I fitted them last night.

 

[lennyd]

It's MOT and tax exempt due to age.

There's a bit more to the story... I was out driving it during the week and the linings detached from the rear brake shoes. I posted on the Vintage Vehicle Group looking for some quickly to get to Kilbroney as they are no longer available new. This was on Wednesday. Apparently, because I didn't have my crystal ball working (to tell me they were about to fail) this is somehow from a lack of maintenance even though the linings were still about 50% when I removed them from the drum.

I had to get Clarke Brothers to reline the original shoes - dropped off on Thursday morning and they were done by Friday afternoon. I fitted them last night.

Some people are just p***ks and need to ruin other people's happiness in order to make them feel less miserable. Not many of these left on the roads. Maybe it says to scrap them once the brakes perish in the owners manual?

 

[Darragh]

Yet they will probably ignore all the jeeps on the road with racing slick tyres, ignore idiots like that, they get off on getting a reaction, keeping old cars alive is a million times better than financing new scrap

 

[bora-gav]

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My Cortina made it, much to the dismay of some people. Yes, it may be rusty and have a poor paintjob but it's an original 1972 GXL. In true Cortina fashion though it did break down on the way home throwing the fan belt off.

 

[Bryan]

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That's literally the first show it has driven to and home without breaking down at least once.