O'Shea's Limited (Opel)
| O'Shea's Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1937 or earlier |
| resolution | 1965 or later |
| Seat | Cork , Ireland |
| Branch | Automobiles |
O'Shea's Limited was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
The company was based at South Mall and George's Quay in Cork . It assembled and sold Opel automobiles from 1937 to 1965 . When in 1962, Reg. Armstrong Motors , another Irish company manufactured Opel vehicles, sales were limited to County Carlow , County Cork , County Kilkenny , County Tipperary , County Waterford and County Wexford .
Assembly ended in 1965. Then the track of the company is lost.
Despite the same or similar company name, there are no known connections to O'Shea's Limited (Daihatsu) from Cork, O'Shea's Limited (Dodge) from Cork and O'Shea Group from Dublin.
vehicles
Only the Opel Rekord has been securely handed down . It is said that the quality of the vehicles was lower than that of Reg. Armstrong Motors.
Production numbers
Below are Opel registration numbers in Ireland for the years O'Shea's Limited assembled them. The figures from 1962 onwards also include assemblies by the other Opel assembly plant, as splitting is not possible.
| year | Registration numbers |
|---|---|
| 1937 | 55 |
| 1938 | 120 |
| 1939 | 12 |
| 1956 | 32 |
| 1957 | 32 |
| 1958 | 56 |
| 1959 | 80 |
| 1960 | 53 |
| 1961 | 102 |
| 1962 | 219 |
| 1963 | not known |
| 1964 | 1,150 |
| 1965 | 1,291 |
| total | 3,202 |
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
- ↑ On a Global Mission: The Automobiles of General Motors International. Volume 3: GM Worldwide Review, North American Spcifications and Executive Listing (accessed December 21, 2019)