ack-ack Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Toyota Crown custom estate John Love the old photos. I'd forgotten those toyotas even existed. What an interesting looking car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBhoy Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Vauxhall corsa van. my cousin emmigrated to Oz so i got a free van. absolutely loved it, tinted windows, blacked out rear window, favourite car ever. cam belt went on it, gutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sauce Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Mini clubman 1.1 bright orange CPF 376T. Kept the local mechanic in a job for 3 years, welding and replacing subframes. Loved that car, fondest memory of driving from Surrey to Cornwall for 2 weeks surfing and drinking. B) Sad ending though, lent to my uncle in Manchester whilst away at uni, some scum bag nicked it and burnt her out, heart broken :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 nissan micra, the first one. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 a mkII ford capri, with black fluffy upholstery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmitemania Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 My first car was a red Vauxhall Chevette Saloon Y reg, great car and managed to survive, and my Mum had it, No2 F reg ford Fiesta festival only 2 years old at the time and a beautifull little car but being 903cc very slow, now my cars start to get better a MK1 Rover 800 ex BT car all leathered up H658GLA, at the same time my first Montego on an A plate for work transport, then a Series 3 Jaguar Soveriegn B744BBD (great for a 19 year old) that was wrote of by a dozy bint in a 405, then another Soveriegn C140UVT, this was used alongside my second Montego C324URY or Curry as I called it, then another Monty a D plate also full leather, the Jag was then parked up as I had met the wife and the Jaguar was to dear to run whilst entertaining my new girlfriend, so I brought a K plate Rover Sterling 2 litre Saloon K866YOG this was an EX Cadburys directors car and had been chaufere driven, which I still have and use daily nearly twelve years later. Inbetween lots of other cars have passed through my hands and been registered to me but not used, 3 Rover 45's A Rover SD1 V8, Mk4 Cortina with only 40,000 on the clock, A citroen BX, a Rover 100, another Chevette and a ford probe. I think there may be more but I cant remember, also Im only 36 so I think Ive done rather well with cars. :blink: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 My first was a Triumph 1500 tc lovely comfy car , my mum asked me one day why it had some footprints inside on the window screen then. MK1 cavalier Fiat strada Austin Maestro Ford Sierra estate Renault 19 x2 Nissan Almera GTI Ford Focus Escort Van Astravan I also have had/have 4 corsa's and a couple of Fiestas for the wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 My first car was a 2002 Volvo S40 T4 (had been played with by previous owner to about 300 BHP, never forget the ammount of chavs i dusted in there subarus ), i remember the car well but i remember my insurance premium more My first car was a Allaggro 1300, mustard yellow, square steering wheel, broken rear quarter light, but 100 quid with a years MOT! It had moved a skip with its near side wing and also hit a speed bump so hard that the sump cracked...before I didn't top the oil (that ran out almost as fast as it went in) in time and seized it, for all I know it's still parked in a Deptford side street! My favorite though was a Volvo V70-R, dark blue V-70 on magnesnium alloys with a subtle window tint, uprated suspension and brakes, awd...oh, and chipped along with an uprated turbo!!! Absolute stealth wagon! Never had the boy racer crew trying it on, and was never pulled by the law, but when you wanted to hustle it would smoke anything! Second gear and plant it and it just bit, chucked you back into the seat and then fu**ed off!!! It outdragged Sierra Cosworths, Porsches, and my favourite was the Maserati Spyder (although I think I caught him off guard ) God, I wish I still had that car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern01 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 First car a black 1956 Morris Minor with a 850cc engine and a split windscreen. I was 17 and work paid for my driving lessons. Passed my test on a friday morning and went over the pennines to Liverpool and through the Mersey tunnel to Rockferry. Later that night after a few shandys in Birkenhead I ended up on a railway line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ford Escort mk 11 ,good reliable car and easy to work on as all fords use to be,is that still the case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Ford Classic 1500cc, cost me £60.00 and the insurance was just over £30.00, car tax I bought quarterly lol Happy days. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 lord G Did your Mondeo V6 blow it's head gaskets?? - I had a 1998 Ghia x - it was a major fault - well water pump was then engine got hot. dave Paid £100 for it with suspected gasket failure. Took out water pump and found it had disintigrated so purchased an upgraded all metal one and the car was trouble free for 2 years so I gave it to my Brother in law free of charge and he drove it into the ground over the following 2 years and screwed the nuts off it like an idiot. Never even gave it an oil change. I am sure it would still be here today if he had taken the time to service it. I also gave them my Mazda 323 which he SOLD so thats the last.car they get from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthitathing Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 1974 MK1 Escort 1100. Bright orange with a vinyl roof. Had Rostyle wheels which is why I bought it for £25. Terrible hunk of scrap that you could get into and start with a lolly stick Second car was a MK2 Escort that I set fire to and destroyed, welding the holes in floor Another MK2 Escort 1980 BMW 320 1988 XR31 1989 Orion injection Ghia (Automotive drivel) 1988 Granada Scorpio 2.9 1989 Ford P100 Pick-up 1992 Ford Sierra 2.0GLSi (More Auotomotive drivel) 1990 BMW 530 sport 1990 BMW 525 1991 Merecedes E300 (smoother than a Chard chat-up line) 1995 Land Rover Discovery 300TDi 1996 Mercedes E280 1994 Vauxhall Senator 3.0 24v 1996 BMW 520 1996 BMW 528 2000 Mercedes C220 CDI (Don't know why) 54 plate Mercedes 220 CDI (My first ever new car. Still don't know why) 1999 Range Rover P38 4.6 Vogue (Jeez it was thirsty but it had a playstation and Screens in the Headrests ) 53 plate Landrover Discovery TD5 XS 53 Plate Range Rover TD6 Vogue 57 Plate Range Rover TDV8 Vogue Mixed in amongst these but I can't remember the order, at least 4 land rover defenders, Mercedes SL, TVR Griffith 500, Another Discovery TD5 (still got it) Plus some deeply forgetable cars as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprackles Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 1956 split screen moggie minor. 803cc of sheer unadulterated power. it was made before I was born. loved that car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AVB Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hillman Avenger - 'J' suffix reg which was a 1972 car I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Ford sierra 1600 gl Austin maestro 1300 Ford orion 1600i ghia Escort rs turbo Escort rs 2000 4x4 Vauxhall vectra 2.6 gsi Bmw 318i Ford c-max and a Suzuki jimny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 1960 Riley 1.5ltr TC. Real walnut fascia and trim and real leather upholstery. Went like .... off a shovel and was a real quality car when new. Built like a tank by comparison to today`s tinfoil cars. Cost me £60 in 1974 with 60,000 miles on the clock. Simple to work on and fun to drive. Sadly, the rust got to the front bulkhead and repair was uneconomical otherwise I`d still be driving it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silpig5 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 passed test in 1988 , had a 1981 alfa romeo sprint veloce . wgf785w . 1500cc flat 4 , twin 45 dellortos and it was either 55 6months or a cool 100 for the year road tax . still was 500 quid insure as a youngster but it was my dream car and flew everywhere . happy dayz gone by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricko Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Vauxhall Viva HC deluxe LFS 230P Ruby Red Written off, 2 months later, idiot on moped coming around blind bend on wrong side of road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Nt my PIc but Standard Vanguard 1950 phase 1 Three speed column change , with bench seat ,, oh the memories, and petrol at around 2s 6d per gallon ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinold Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 ford anglia loved it but did i get p####d when petrol hit 60p a gallon (knew i should have stored it) lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Crikey some cracking vehicles here, comfortably beats my D reg 1984 maroon metro with Bon Amiee written on it, which i bought in 1993, gearbox died in 1994, RIP. Tight Lines Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working dog Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Mk 1 Escort in green and rust NVS 478M. Cost me £425 Soon discovered that the floor was rotten and ended up replacing most of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 hillman hunter deluxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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