Scully Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Saw an absolutely pristine Triumph Vitesse down town this morning, in that gorgeous cream colour. Apart from farmyard cars and tractors in my youth, I learned to drive in one of these on the road which runs along the bottom of the Fells the entire length of the MOD ranges at Warcop Army Training camp. My Dad at the time had a big red Vauxhall Victor I once took out unaccompanied after removing the L plates (my sincere apologies for that Dad) and my driving instructor had a Mini Clubman in which I took my test, and passed. My first car was a lovely dark blue Triumph Herald. Loved that car. What did you learn to drive in on a public road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 rover 110..........with the leather bench seat.....everytime you went round a sharp right hand corner yer bum would slide to the left ...if you didnt have the armrest down....best car for pulling and "doing stuff" to birds..................... .....the next car was a Anglia van with a mattress in the back ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) learnt to drive in a mini taught by an ex-police instructor, I always had the last lesson which usually turned into a pub crawl with me as the cabby, First car was an Anglia Van with bits of tractors in the back no mattress Edited May 18, 2015 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Learned to drive in a BSM mini in 1976. First car was a mini clubman estate in Inca yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsLad45 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Learned to drive in a mark 1 fiesta. First car was a 1ltr mini clubman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewi76 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Learned to drive in an old mk1 fiesta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Driving school A40, Practised on Dad's SIII Morris Oxford and Mum's 1931 Austin 7 (bit tricky that one, with the "back to front", 3 speed, non-syncro gearbox and the cable "just pray" brakes.) First car was an A35 We were a Longbridge household! Edited May 18, 2015 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutt Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Saw an absolutely pristine Triumph Vitesse down town this morning, in that gorgeous cream colour. Apart from farmyard cars and tractors in my youth, I learned to drive in one of these on the road which runs along the bottom of the Fells the entire length of the MOD ranges at Warcop Army Training camp. My Dad at the time had a big red Vauxhall Victor I once took out unaccompanied after removing the L plates (my sincere apologies for that Dad) and my driving instructor had a Mini Clubman in which I took my test, and passed. My first car was a lovely dark blue Triumph Herald. Loved that car. What did you learn to drive in on a public road? as an apprentice mechanic I used to be last away and first in so I could drive the cars in and out of the workshop then bought a mk 1 cortina and drove to work and back with a mechanic who had had passed his test on the day I was due to take my test I had to drive to the test center early and park the car outside by myself and hoped none of the examiners sore me as the other lad went on holiday without letting me know .Anyway past first time The first car I drove other than mine was a herald I collected it from a customer to take to the workshop for new rear cross members to be welded bloody awful cars to work on could never replace the exhausts without heating them up and bending them to stop them from knocking against the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted May 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 .....the next car was a Anglia van with a mattress in the back ! My sister learned to drive in an Anglia, and a local builder has two Anglia vans, both heavily customised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Tractor at 14 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les*1066 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Ford Escort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Croc Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Commer Highwayman, with a column change box One like these https://uk.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylc=X1MDMjE0MjQ3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LTkwMwRmcjIDc2EtZ3AEZ3ByaWQDBG5fZ3BzAzQEb3JpZ2luA3VrLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMQRwcXN0cgMEcXVlcnkDY29tbWVyIGhpZ2h3YXltYW4Ec2FjAzEEc2FvAzE-?p=commer%20highwayman&fr=yfp-t-903-s When I passed my test, I bought a ford 100E van, 998cc 3 speed, 0 to 50 in a fortnight job, loved that motor, travelled all over the south of England in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillfrbs Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 mini metro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Commer van. First car was a mini van I shared with a brother. I remember reading his diary once: It had entries like - Tina - no go, Karen - wrong week, Louise pojic, When I asked what that meant he told me it was 'pull out job in car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Russell Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 My dads montego estate then with a proper instructor a 1996 astra tdi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 My first car was a lovely dark blue Triumph Herald. Loved that car. One of those powder blue 12/50 Had no brakes unless the handbrake was pulled mostly on I sold it to my mate who knew all about this but just forgot, and then drove it into his girlfriends dad garage door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Learnt in my dads old vauxhall Bedford van with no windows in the back doors. First car was a Triumph dolomite 1500 HL. Quite fancy buying a Dolomite Sprint now. Edited May 18, 2015 by rimfire4969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Mark 3 escort...... First car was a Hilman Hunter, Paid £90 for it, cost £89 to insure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Learnt in my dads old vauxhall Bedford van with no windows in the back doors. First car was a Triumph dolomite 1500 HL. Quite fancy buying a Dolomite Sprint now. At my local car auction the auctioneer always called it a domolite sprite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Commer Highwayman, with a column change box One like these https://uk.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylc=X1MDMjE0MjQ3ODk0OARfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LTkwMwRmcjIDc2EtZ3AEZ3ByaWQDBG5fZ3BzAzQEb3JpZ2luA3VrLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMQRwcXN0cgMEcXVlcnkDY29tbWVyIGhpZ2h3YXltYW4Ec2FjAzEEc2FvAzE-?p=commer%20highwayman&fr=yfp-t-903-s When I passed my test, I bought a ford 100E van, 998cc 3 speed, 0 to 50 in a fortnight job, loved that motor, travelled all over the south of England in it I had a commor van used to love the sliding door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad1 Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) My dad had a audi engine in a mini ... god knows who done the transplant but it was a autocross car and it was ******* quick !!!I learned in that but the first car I bought was either a r5 gtt .. or a Fiat uno turbo ie ... Edited May 18, 2015 by mad1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 I learnt to drive in a mazda 323 , the first car I had was a Triumph 1500 TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Ford Popular E93A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 A Type 2 bay window VW camper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 I learned on a tractor, and then in a Ford D750 16 tonner, before taking 4 lessons in a mini clubman. 1275GT, and taking my test in a 1300 GT which I passed first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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