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The Shamrock, made in Ireland

Mar 17, 2014 10:57

"Every Shamrock has the pride of old Ireland behind it!"

"The Irish T - Bird --- At Half the Price!"

38 mpg holy crap

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st. patrick's day, 1950s, cars, ireland, irish, autos

Comments 7

luke_russell March 17 2014, 22:24:41 UTC

"craftsmenship" "handcrafted" "craftsmen" "handcrafts": code words for "poorly built"

kittymink March 18 2014, 12:04:26 UTC

See also "leading engineers from England" haha.

kittymink March 18 2014, 12:13:15 UTC

Seems to be the same engine as an Austin Cambridge. Being lighter, the Shamrock would perform better than this but still...

"A de luxe A55 with manumatic transmission was tested by The Motor magazine in 1957 had a top speed of 77.1 mph (124.1 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 27.0 seconds. A fuel consumption of 31.6 miles per imperial gallon (8.9 L/100 km; 26.3 mpg-US) was recorded."

Is nice looking though, Ford ruined the T-Bird!

bluebear2 March 18 2014, 15:54:20 UTC

Aye, but can ya get it in green?

write_light March 18 2014, 16:07:38 UTC

Indeed you can (could), in all its fiberglass wonder:

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luke_russell March 18 2014, 22:26:44 UTC

Gosh! I wanna go to Rickie and Ronnie's for a burger! But, sadly, it is no longer.

bluebear2 March 18 2014, 15:55:16 UTC

They really should bring back the tail fin. I don't know where it would be on an SUV but they should try at least.