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Here's a thought especially for those of us that are of "more advanced years"!

Can you remember what your first car was that you owned, how it performed and what you thought of it? :hmm:

The first car that I bought after leaving the army was a Mark II Ford Zodiac! It was a wonderful car to drive with (What I thought was) loads of power coming from the straight 6 2.6 litre lump that was under the bonnet. Bench seats both front and back were a great advantage (I was free and SINGLE then so that front bench seat could have told a fair few stories) and with a three speed colum change the gear stick never got in the way :rolleyes: . I can't quite remember what sort of MPG I was getting (I think it was somewhere around 25 to the gallon) but petrol was a bit cheaper in those days (I actually laughed at my boss one day when he said he believed that it would not be long before we saw petrol prices reaching £1.00 PER GALLON!

So come on Guys, what was your first car - If you can remember back that far?

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My first car was a triumph herald vitess,Then an Austin Maxi (double bed on wheels) then a 3,lt ford capri,1979 model then i set about tuneing it "odear" (westfield performance parts) it passes anything but a petrol station .then a rover p4 3.8 lt v8 now that was a car at the time plod were useing them they didnt like a then 18 year old running round in one got stopped more times than a prostitutes had clients lol

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Vauxhall Viva pile of scrap got pulled in it the first day and scrapped it the second day, then

Allegro

Maxi

Ital

MkII escort estate

MKII Capri

MKIII Capri 1.6

MKIII Capri 2.0

XR3i

Carlton 2.0cdi

Porche 924 & Robin Reliant (both in the same week)

MK4 escort

Renault 11 Turbo

Volvo 480 Turbo

Volvo 480 LPG

Volvo S40 1.9 TDS

Volvo 850 T5

Volvo S40 2.0i

Volvo V40

 

and I have forgotten at least half of the cars I have owned, lol

 

Best car I ever owned ? FORD CAPRI (in the wet, on a round about 3rd gear and foot to the floor) Pure fun !

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My first car was at the age of 16 I got a 1937 morris 8 I had plans of making it in to a hotrod after much work and no help from others I gave up with it and scraped it.

 

Then when I past my driving test I got a 1951 Ford prefect lovely condition but god what a horrible thing to drive every time you went around a corner you thought that it was going to turn over I soon got rid of that and got a 1955 Vauxhall Cresta six cylinder 2262cc that was a car bench seats you could put you feet up and have a kip on if you wanted colum gear change so three on the front seat happy days.

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Vauxhall 101, I was given it by my grandfather when i was 16 :good:

O what a toy for a 16 year old to have, taxed Mot and sat outside, was I ever tempted, well that would be telling :lol:

 

my 2nd car was a Hillman Minx estate £130 and it went every where, up and down Newquay.

 

Had a Spitfire Mk4

and a couple of Capris 1300 and 1600 all excellent fun to drive

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Reliant Robin :blink:

Got in at the start of winter, swapped it for my Honda 400/4 (big mistake!) as I only had a full bike licence, was luxury, driving round in normal clothes, with a radio cassette, and....A HEATER :good:

Didn't matter what pulled up alongside me at the lights and sniggered/took the weewee, I was happy as a pig in S### :lol: :lol:

 

The local kids kept standing it on its back end or on its roof so I had to scrap it!

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Got my first car at age of 24ish - been a biker up till then - This I think was a 1959 Zodiac -got it in about 1965/6- heap of poo - cill's filled with newspaper and filler - engine smoked - had it out did a full rebore/rings - went well - Ran out of brakes coming up to junc 4 on M5 - so put VG95 linings in brakes and Bedford truck vac servo - best brakes around when warm - heater didn't work - - for some reason Ford put in and out on matrix one above other - unsoldered one and moved it to other side - phewww it got hot then - Sold my Triumph there for 50 quid.

 

 

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This was my second car - a 1965 Zodiac Executive -bought in middle of 1967- Connelly hide single leather reclining seats in front - auto 19mpg and cost me £15 a month in petrol - very nice car -- was a total rotbox by early 70's and was scrapped when it was 9 yrs old due to rust bug.

 

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Just wish I still had Triumph T110

 

dave

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Mk1 fiesta 1.3....4 years ago.

Sold to get a 106gti..regret it to this day

1995 fiesta si

Punto 1200

corsa sport

Astra 2.2 Sri

206quicksilver.

 

Now...no car.

 

I spend all my money on bikes and shooting...cars bore me!

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Mine was a Sunbeam Rapier and it was fantastic.

 

Then a Vauxhall Victor Estate and later I put a V8 in it just for fun

 

Now I went off the rails so

 

Austin allegro Vanden Plas

 

Mk 1 escort

 

Next BMW 5 series

 

3.0lt Capri

 

Land rover series 3

 

And another land rover

 

Daihatsu Fourtrak 2.8

 

Mercedes Benz estate

 

Isuzu Trooper 3.0

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First car I owned was an Austin A35, but I learned to drive on my mother's 1931 Austin 7 - with a "back to front" 3 speed crash (non-synchromesh) gearbox, suicide clutch and almost non-existent cable operated brakes.

 

Aye but we wuz 'appy

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