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Organised by Noel (Lazarus) for the Sunday 18th October.

Meeting at 11.30am in the car park of the new Dunnes Stores (on the Limerick road).

Route promises both scenic and entertaining driving according to Noel so it should be a good spin out if the weather is kind to us.  :)

Tipperary town - Bansha - Cahir - Ballylooby - Clogheen - Cappaquin - Lismore - Ardfinnan (lunch in the Max Chipper) - Clonmel - Tipperary.  :)

Having been to many of these places in May I can vouch for the fact it will be a great run!

Nice route, nice scenery inc. the infamous Vee, and hopefully the weather will come up trumphs. :) :) :)

Bansha aint a scenic place :D clogheen the road out there is class depeding on what side you want to come in from.

Bansha is class , spent many a happy day there in the pub across
the road from the church.  oh to be young  :-\

That sounds heartfelt Sean - you might have some interesting Bansha stories from the "old days"  to tell over our fish and chips!  ;)

Ahh jayus sneez and you'll miss bansha lol:p

what is Bansha?

Its a first cousin of a BANSHEEEEE :P ::)LOL

This still on ya?

AS far as i know yes it is - Forecast is a few showers but not too bad hopefully!  :)

Excellent should be good fun:D

few showers means "RUST" thats if not protected lol!
if this goes ahead keep the pics coming please, enjoy the day.

Definitely going ahead, large selection of all types of cars hoped for, assembly 11.30 dunnes stores tipp town car park, prizes will be presented in Lismore, on run, to winners, subscriptions required to qualify, ref lazarus  Vee should be nice location for photos, hope to see you there! good day anticipated!!!!!! :) :) :)

Just a quick note to thank all for a great day,fabulous driving roads ;D ;D,good friends and mighty chips :P :P,special thanks to Noel for all your hard work.Kay and Mick.

Just to echo that...Really great day, exhilerating at times! Thanks a million Noel - Fantastic organisation and all in aid of charity.

Started in the car park in Dunnes as stated. I arrived at 11.45 to a large gathering and what looked like organised attendances from Ford, VW, Alfa and of course Fiat clubs. There were other cars there too and it was great to see such variety. Robert led the Fiats off and this group and the main group set off with motorcycle outriders and one Garda who kindly held traffic up at junctions to keep the convoys together.

Our first stop was the Vee up in the mountains where it was a lot fresher and cloudy but the view was worth it. While parked up a convoy of Harleys on the same itinerary passed by with lots of mutual admiration.  :)

Next stop was Lismore and the Castle where a Trophy was presented to the furthest travelled attendees - Namely Mike & Caitriona from Co Louth.

We then turned around and climbed back over the mountains. Having  been held up behind a slow moving 4X4 for several miles, when we were released it was almost as if a kind of telepathy passed between the drivers of the 5 Sports and off we went up the hill like scalded cats. Lots of red-lining and over-taking - When we got over the brow and the downhill stretch began on greasy roads, off camber corners and fading brakes, common sense took hold and it all calmed down again! ;)

Next and last stop was a stop in Ardfinnan at the local Fish & Chip shop owned by an Italian called Max. He is a big petrol head and had been looking forward to the visiting Fiats all weekend. He even parked his beautiful black Fiat 500 (early version) outside to welcome us! Apparently he has a silver Racing back home in Italy (with a broken engine). He took a spin in Robert's car with his young son beaming in the passenger seat.  :)

That was it - A total of 31 cars turned up with 7 Fiats and 6 Mirafioris. The weather was kind and the words on all the 131 drivers lips at the end was "when are we doing it again?"  ;D I've no pics as Jacquie has the camera but Robert took enough for all of us.

Have to say what a great day. Very well organised and loads of great cars to oggle over :D

One thing I have to say is sorry for passing out the Beetles outta the roundabout and then pulling in after it as we were trying to catch up the 131's and well they all pulled in just up the road lol. Didn't know that was going to happen. Felt a bit bad for that.


The Vee is a great piece of road. And I got to find out how much quicker a 916 GTV V6 is compared to my 1.4 lol.

Thanks again 2 Lazarus and everyone else involved  very enjoyable day and as useual great people 8) 8)

mad i missed this but cant be in 2 places at once anyone got any pics or links to other car sites that will have some?

Thank also from Maureen and Robert to lazarus for a great day with lovely company and great driving and compliments on the organisation of the event. Very well done Noel!!!  :) :) :)

just wondering where did noel get the name lazurus from ??? ???

Just a few pics from yesterday... more to follow.

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Who owns the series one 131?.Is it belong to Robert O Shea ::) ::).Thanks for the photos Bren ;).Eugene

Yes EUGUNE its Roberts car

Thanks for the pics Brendan, looked a bit mucky out there hope you cleaned under the precious 131s lol!

Its great to see all those 131s lined up

ITS not cleaned up yet NICK     :-[ :-[    HI GAY LOVER 131  A BIG HIghWAY MAN from cavan  by the name of Martin KEARNS was registered on here a while back  christened  Noel  and gave him the title  Lazerus ;D ;D 8)

More pics please...! :)

I missed having my camera on Sunday! Hope to get Robert's later on tonight & I'll post some of them up!

Kev is it the pictures your looking for or your camera ;D ;D

Kevin no shorts?? & it was a great day  :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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"i am depressed ive no camera"

A few more pics...

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As the subject of shorts has been raised again I thought I would share another classic I "discovered" the other day!!!  ;D ;)

(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/GKMR09SD084.jpg)

Bren - I never knew you cared so much to take so many photos of me - You know you only have to ask, and I'll send you a special set!  ;)

Actually I've no idea what I was looking for - Rain maybe...! :) So that we could get on our way to the Fish'n'Chip shop!!  :)

Some good action shots of the 131s Roisin - Could we convince you to be the official in car camera girl on future events (with Mark's Jacquie of course)!?

well Kev this one is my favourite i borrowed from the gay 131 lover ;) ;) ;) :-* :-*

Looks as though kev will have to get a bull bar fitted ;D :D ::).Eugene

cry me a river what a thong!!!
nice one Kev & bren good to be alive ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

nice fish & chips but mind the paintwork :o :o

Lazarus and the law

And the law won >:( >:(

Am i seeing things :o :o :o :o2 coke bottles on the paint work+salt from the fish&chips on a 131 :o :o :o :o.Kev,why ??? ??? ???.Fiats rust without having to look for any help :'( :'(.If that was my 131,i woudn't treat it like that :o :o :o :o :o :o :o.Eugene

what did the pig want?

Aye what did he want?

Firstly, Eugene you must remember that hunger is not alone good sauce it can also affect your judgement  and Sid you'll be glad to hear that the law man was in actual fact part of our run on sunday last, stopping roads and controlling traffic at roundabouts, with his helpers, in order that the complete convoy could remain together. Glad to see the few pics raised a few eyebrows   ::) ::)

There is nothing like having the LAW on your side ::) ::),however when i am stopped at a check point,they are never on my side >:(.Eugene

seems like the event was very well organised then, well done again, i never like to see the law around old car meets they are not to be trusted!

Just like to let people know out there that Lazarus (Noel)was in contact with me,  ?300  was raised from those who took part and subscribed  last sunday and he has already passed it on to Libby of  Mount Sion mental health.
He would like to thank all  took part.
 I  personally would like to take this opportunity on behalf of all concerned to thank Lazarus once again for a great day out and compliment him on his organisitional skills  on  the day.  :) :) :)