to the irish fellas

[budweiser]

got given today a 4x4 with plates ***MZU the vehicle is from R.O.I. but i have no idea what year is it, due the old owner is looking for the log book.
do any of you know?
thanks

[noobysurfer]

Has it got black reg plates or yellow like uk?

[budweiser]

Has it got black reg plates or yellow like uk?

black letters, with red background

[budweiser]

look on the seat belts on the white tag it will tell you the year of manufacture unless someone changed them

there is no interior!!

[budweiser]

in here any vehicle 1980 or older it does NOT need to go to do any test and the road tax is about €50 a year

[Fey!]

Black on red was a rear plate, and being MZU means it's 1986 or older; our current system of year-county-number came in on 01/01/1987. Black on white was a front plate.

There is a listing at the end of this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_registration_plates.

MZU is, according to that list, Dublin. AZU 1 to YZU 999 are between March 1969 and February 1970, which would make MZU probably late 1969.

You could ring your local tax office; they should be able to give you the details, and they tend to be helpful. Try to get the original logbook, too; they were a big brown thing, and you don't see many of them anymore.

[budweiser]

cool thanks, just need to find the log book, going to Longford on fr. to get a surf for a mate of mine, i might see you around (passing near Galway)

[Fey!]

I'm city centre if you're coming near the city.

Are you doing Kerry to Longford via Galway?

I'd be going this way: http://www2.aaireland.ie/routes_beta/#

[budweiser]

dropping a friend just outside Galway, he's going to Inishmaan

[Fey!]

You could get the Tarbert ferry just south of Limerick and head to Doolin, where your friend could get the ferry, letting you head back to Ennis and up to Longford. Worth checking the times; could save you a bit of a trip.

[budweiser]

oh, is that open now!! i thought it was closed thanks i will check, (handy i still got a free trip on the tarbert ferry)

[Fey!]

Here's the timetable:

http://www.shannonferries.com/timetable/