Every rose has its thorn

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When searching for appropriate transport for that holy Saint of the Irish – Saint Patrick – recently, it seemed to us that the very cool Irish-built Shamrock was a babe magnet par excellence. To show the car to the world, the Shamrock Motor Company decided to use that age-old marketing trick to dress it up with some lovely ladies. Great idea. Even better was that they did not have to look in every obscure corner of their base in Tralee, county Kerry. In fact it was – and is – here that the Rose of Tralee festival originates, with plenty of young girls at hand - every year.

We would guess the girl seen here, asked to demonstrate the vast boot space of the Irish family sports car was a Rose of Tralee contender back in the earliest of sixties. If only it was for the rose pattern on her dress. Oh – it’s also good to know the Shamrock did indeed come with a spare wheel. Not that it was of much use since Shamrock’s R&D department had completely forgotten that the rear wheels could not be removed after they’d designed those cool rear wheel spats…

(Words Jeroen Booij, picture courtesy Forgotten Fiberglass)

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