A Visit To the middle of Ireland to look at JDM Goodness
This one had been in the works for some time, Paul had always asked us up but the timing never worked out. One weekend things were in our favour and myself and Flip decided to call up and check out the lads and Paul’s personal car collection. I love how much Paul downplayed this as we really were in for a treat. Things just kept getting more interesting as the tour progressed, between the group of friends and then the collection they had back at the house, this was and still is the best collection I’ve ever visited in Ireland.
Paul’s JZX81 is instantly one of the most eye-catching cars at any event due to the colour and the design on the bonnet, the lad’s shed is literally a version of myself and my friends, except they are dotted somewhere close to the middle of Ireland. I’m always grateful for lads like this allowing us to call up and have a nose around.
How good is this little Lancer? The colour and body style was very nice on the eyes.
What is a shed without some sort of wheel and parts hoard.
Plenty of B16’s and bits around for Pauls brother Niall who is a big Honda guy.
A delicious 180sx sitting in the corner of the shed sitting on T7R 2p’s such a great combo and colour.
Thats a decent view!
How good is this Ek4? More on this very soon.
Outside just as we were finished, more friends arrived, I love that all of these lads have a great eye for cars and parts. Everything was top-tier and completely unexpected in somewhat rural Ireland.
A perfect looking FD RX7 sitting on Work Meisters.
I love how preserved this starlet was, or how he has owned this for over 16 years!
You really do not see these around here in Ireland anymore, the starlet was highly disposable.
How about that old Mitsubishi badge? It looks really cool .
More and more 14-inch wheels, I’m a sucker for this stuff.
I love all these little stickers and reminders of the past of a car.
The Colt badge was pretty fascinating too, it’s cool to know Mitsubishi didn’t even market these as their own name cars for years, just went by the model of the car instead.
That baby blue was incredibly nice on the eyes, especially with the usual Irish shed backdrop, makes you wonder why colours like this were more popular years ago in Ireland, we have a habit of not wanting to stand out.
An Evo 4 is something you do not see in Ireland anymore, I know I’ve mentioned this a few times in this post and in the videos, but these were pretty disposable, as everyone else favoured the 5 and 6 at the time due to rallying.
The other little Lancer hiding in the corner, I was a big fan of the yellow and rusty patina on this, sitting pretty on Advan A3A’s.
What a journey for this car, from Japan to Australia, then on to the middle of Ireland!
We never touched on this Austin in the corner of the shed, but it’s mad to think this is where it all started with cars as primitive as this many many moons ago.
More on this tour over the next few days, hope you enjoyed the slower pace of photo content!