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I'm so old my first car was a trade-in once owned by Fred Flintstone. It needed new tyres and brakes and the engine left a lot to be desired on the hills.

Had a pretty useless heater and the roof leaked.

Thankfully that was some years ago but i have the modern day equivalent... A Land Rover Defender!

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I first posted on this when it stared but here is my list including bikes

 

N reg Yamaha FS1e (Purple)

M reg Suzuki GT250 (Red)

L reg Hilman Hunter (White)

S reg Ford Cortina 2.0 GL (Yellow)

W reg Ford Fiesta 1.3 Supersport (Red

Y reg Ford Escort XR3i (Red)

D red Mitsubishi Galant TD (Red)

D reg Ford Escort XR3i (Black)

M reg Peugeot 405 Estate TD (Green)

51 reg Renault Laguna 2 Sport Tourer Dci (Very light green)

03 reg Nissan X Trail Di (Silver)

07 reg Nissan X Trail Dci (Silver)

56 reg Seat Altea FR TDI (Silver)

 

 

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1947 MC TC. Bought it for £150 and sold it 18 months later for £250 as I was fund raising to buy myself out of the Army!

 

The only car (of well over a hundred plus) that I regret selling and almost weep when I see what they fetch now but hey ho, I needed the money!

 

I think it went to the USA - DDR 16 was the registration number

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let me think?

in the following order:

 

Bedford H.A van (yellow, Ahhhh when petrol was about a quid a gallon )

vauxhall opel manta (comfiest car ever had)

allegro (travelled all over in that car)

hillman imp (great fun)

mini (great fun)

datsun sunny (super reliable)

nissan micra (super reliable)

citroen ax

citroen saxo

escort estate (bloody rubbish)

volvo estate (done over 200,000 miles in that, never missed a beat)

xtrail (current vehicle)

 

Bikes: from memory in order first to last

 

gitane rev and rip

xt 125 trials

ty 125 trials

cr 125

c50 ( several of)

c90 \( two of)

yzf 600 (two of)

raleigh chopper

racer

bmx

mountain bike (current

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My first on the road car! Was a mini 1275 gt which was fully rally prepared, got pulled all the time in it but I did drive like a bit of a d##K...

 

Then the list is endless, here's a few..

 

Mk1 fiesta xr2

Peugeot 205 gti (1.6) in Miami blue wish this was still in my garage)

Mk2 escort rs Turbo

Fiat punto gt

Peugeot 405 sri

Peugeot 405 mi16

Citroen saxo vts

Citroen xarsa vts

Renault Clio 182 trophy,bought new kept it for 3 years as a second car and sold it for what I paid for it (it was a cancelled order so I didn't pay VAT) wish I still had this too.

Lotus Elise

Then lots of sports bikes!!!!!

 

Married and kids!!!!!!! Boring stuff to follow....

 

Volvo xc90

Vw tiguan, worst car I've ever owned

Alfa 147

BMW 130i m sport with 300bhp (wife liked driving it more than me!!)

Audi a6 black edition

Jeep patriot(gun truck)

 

But by far one of the best was a jimny that I bought off here as my first shooting truck, it was a heap, but it took me back to when I first used to drive heaps around the fields on the farm, it smelt funny, the wheels would shake when I got to ,50 mph my missus refused to get in it... however I sold it a year after buying it for double the price I paid to someone who wanted it for off road use.... still miss it as does my daughter..

 

There's loads more but it would take me too long to list!!! Just think of all the money we've collectively lost!!!

 

Tedly

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Morris 1000 Traveler, reg was 668 BCA, you could use the starting handle to start it when the battery was low, only had synchromesh on first gear, a complete new exhaust system cost me £3, had trafficators not indicators the one drivers side used to stick a quick bang on the door post would release it. Great fun.

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1979 Volkswagen Jetta 1800 ruby red metallic paint, tan valour, what they would call a panoramic vinyl sun roof, that would detatch itself and flap on the back window when 50 MPH was achieved. bought of my brother for 300 quid I loved it.

Fiat UNO Turbo IE

Way before insurance outrun the cost of the car.

Crazy car, torque steer was lethal.

now that was the car my mate had. Wow was I jealous what a car :good:

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£30 Morris Traveler, split windscreen one, 850cc, needed brakes sorting and a clutch, couldn't afford a good one, learnt how to fix it on the drive under my dad's instruction

Ford Consul convertible, column change, bench seats, great fun but what a shed. blew that up coming home from Liverpool on the east lancs

Ford Cortina MK1, ex rally car, cosmetically looked a wreck but was mechanically sorted, even down to DS11's and VG95's, knew enough then to be a part time mechanic on racing cars, so could sort everything, chased by the police often, never caught, I was total lunatic,

then numerous Alfa Romeo's

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A Talbot samba. Paid £20 for it, lasted 6 months before the breaks failed and I stuffed it into a lamppost.

 

My car after that was a 1l 1986 vw polo. God I loved that car. Essentially a go-kart, but so much fun around corners. A small engine and a wide wheelbase meant brakes were largely optional when throwing it around country lanes.

 

Ah, good times.

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A mark 2 escort popular plus HNO 57T. I paid £300 quid for it. Blew it up on the first night out, but learned so much over years of pulling it to pieces and "uprating" it. Ruined many an engine and back seat in it.

It's now been rebuilt as a Rothmans rally replica with a full BDA set up, ZF box and atlas axle, the guy reckons he's spent £35,000 getting it there from what I've been told.

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