Issue 228 (June 2025)

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The June 2025 issue of Irish Vintage Scene is on sale now both online and in all good newsagents.  With the Ford Mk2 Escort hitting 50 this year it was sure to be a cover car at some stage so June is its month.  We have chosen a 2 owner 1600 sport as the cover car, the car and the owner are well known in Ford circles and well deserved of a feature great story behind this one. 

Our second car this month is a marquee we don’t see much of and has rarely been featured in the magazine in the past and that the TVR they were produced in small numbers in the UK and survivors are thin on the ground this month we have a 400SE belonging to Tony Stott from Dublin a true TVR fan.

This month’s tractor feature is a little different from the norm and we visit not one but nine of the Ferguson 20s that are taking part in a big event for the little grey work horse in mid-June.  Fergy & The Lake is a 110 mile road run exclusively for Ferguson 20s around Lough Derg that will take place over the 14^th -15^th June. We visited some of the participants for this feature.

For the 2^nd time in our 228 issues we have a feature on a Chico the Donegal built ATW, that’s right Donegal built unfortunately the IDA backed enterprise did not succeed and very few Chicos survive, this month Chico was sourced overseas by the O’Hagan brothers who remember the factory  have great stories to tell which they share with us this month.

As always lots other regulars and event reports from Tyres & Tea, London to Brighton, Newcastle Classic Car show and the Hoey Collection open day.