Amid sunshine and showers Malahide Lions Club had a fantastic 13th Malahide Classic & Vintage Motor Show on Sunday 17th May at Grand Hotel Malahide with good crowds, and a simply glorious collection of cars.

Car makes displayed included Audi: Austin: BMW: Caterham: Chevrolet: Daimler: Fiat: Ford: Jaguar: Jeep: Jensen: Lotus: Mazda: Mercedes: MG: Morris: Nissa: NSU: Porsche: Renault: Riley: Rolls Royce: Rover: Saab: Sunbeam: Toyota: Triumph: TVR and Volkswagen.

Admission was €10 with entire proceeds going to charities including Barnardo’s childrens’ charity and Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless. Children under 16 were free and families were catered for with ice cream and a games tent.

The hotel’s state-of-the-art lecture theatre had motoring nostalgia videos running all day and drew big interest, especially when the showers came.

Awards were made for the best kept and most attractive cars, and the judges had a difficult time deciding on worthy contenders for the Carole Nash Insurance trophies.

After much debate and deliberation, the ‘Car of The Show’ was declared to be the immaculate Renault 5 GT Turbo, restoration of which was completed by the family of late Stephen Malone in his memory. Many congratulations to Gillian, Ted and Emma.
‘Runner-Up Car of the Show’ was the beautiful 1973 Ford Mercury Cougar of Robert Campbell all the way from Belfast.

The drivers themselves get to vote too, for ‘My Dream Car’ and the winner was the magnificent 1986 Chevrolet Camaro of Kacper Duzewski.

Well done to all the car owners who joined us yesterday. The quality and variety on show was exceptional.

Our thanks go to judges Geraldine Herbert, motoring editor with Sunday Independent, to rally and classic car veteran Rory Dooley and Amanda O’Reilly of our sponsors Carole Nash Insurance Ireland and whose sponsorship helps ensure a safe and quality event.
As always we are indebted to the fantastic team at Grand Hotel Malahide who provide us with excellent all-weather facilities (which were especially welcome during the showers), great catering and service with a smile

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the drivers and Vespa scooters owners, the bikers, the owners of the huge American fire engine and the hundreds and hundreds of spectators who enjoyed the day and helped raise significant amounts for Barnardos childrens’ charity and Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless as well as Lions charities.

Malahide Lions Club