McSpredder Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Rover 16 (late 1940s model). Nominal 16 horsepower, and only about 16 mpg . Very soon traded it in for an LE Velo, which did 80mpg. I covered a lot of miles on that bike, but it was tricky at night because the headlamp (6v Miller electrics) seemed to produce only about one candle power. And the hand-change transmission (with a lever working in a "gate" on the RH side of the tank) meant you had to take one hand off the bars when changing gear, which could be a disadvantage on icy roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 57 minutes ago, Harnser said: Model T Ford . harnser thought it was a "velociraptor"....what you broke in .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, Mungler said: DUO 428C MkI Cortina. Was a 1500 4 door, but I put a 1600 cc rally engine in it and made it look like a Lotus Cortina. Hillman husky dark green with a cream roof, was 17 and i went on my first holiday on my own in that old car took my Springer with me i kept it about three years was solid as a rock ex army with low miles . Sold it to get a MK 1 cortina 1500 super Edited March 18, 2019 by B B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 1986 Iroc Z28 T Top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 1998 landcruiser amazon. Got put down as a named driver 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Old L reg 1500 Hillman Hunter in white In fact car history: Hilman Hunter 1500 (White) Mark 4 Cortina 2.0 GL (Yellow) Fiesta 1300 Supersport (Red) XR3i (Red) Mitsubishi Galant 2.0D (Red) XR3i )Black) Peugeot 405 STDT estate 1.9td (Green) Renault Laguna2 Sport Tourer 1.9dci (Green) X-Trail 2.2di (Silver) X-Trail 2.2dci (Silver) Seat Altea FR 2.0TDI (Silver) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Baby poo coloured Mk1 nissan micra. 1ltr. Used more oil than fuel and exhaust fell off every day. I loved that car, it hated me.... Rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 15 hours ago, dead eye alan said: 1959 Austin A35 in old English white NBN768 had seven people in it one night the prop was rubbing on the floor all the way home. My second car was a Ford 100E escort (had a wood frame thingey on it) The engine had a Willmot conversion on it went like stink but the wipers were useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow243 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 first legal motor was a daihatsu fourtrak van type passed my test in it blooming great motors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 MK1 Golf in a lovely green and left hand drive, the same as this . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoy1979 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 1986 Austin Metro 1L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Isetta Bubble car with single cylinder BMW engine. Bought for £18 and sold for £24 a year later. First proper car was a `Sit up and beg` Ford Popular, registration number OFN 753. Then went posh with a Mini Countryman Reg.No. 7351AC bought for £165. Wish that I still had some of the registrations. It`s funny how I can remember car reg. numbers from years back, but sometimes don`t know what day of the week it is ........ or who I am. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 39 minutes ago, Old Boggy said: Isetta Bubble car with single cylinder BMW engine. Bought for £18 and sold for £24 a year later. First proper car was a `Sit up and beg` Ford Popular, registration number OFN 753. Then went posh with a Mini Countryman Reg.No. 7351AC bought for £165. Wish that I still had some of the registrations. It`s funny how I can remember car reg. numbers from years back, but sometimes don`t know what day of the week it is ........ or who I am. OB hello OB, i know the feeling not mine but dads old car was a Wolseley 444 with a reg 41 BMK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Triumph Herald. Cracking little car which had a sun roof, and could turn on a sixpence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Scully said: Triumph Herald. Cracking little car which had a sun roof, and could turn on a sixpence. Yes, I had a couple of Heralds and really liked them, but they didn't turn quite as tightly as the Bond 3-wheeler that I drove for a while in the mid-1960s. Single front wheel drive, Villiers 197cc mounted on an arm that rotated a full 90 degrees either way, so you could park in a space just a few inches longer than the car. Reverse obtained by running the 2-stroke engine backwards, via the SIBA Dynastart. If the battery was flat you could open the bonnet, stand on one leg, put the other leg into the engine bay, and thus operate the kick-start. Not a very effective tart-trap (expression coined by Motor Sport editor Bill Boddy in connection with some low-slung sports car, maybe a Marcos, that pulled the birds and was hard to get out of). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 First car was a C reg (b)Anglia -- second shortly after was a Jap engine Moggy 3 wheeler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooder Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 First car was a Vauxhall Viva HB estate, paid £60 for it. DBP660G (1969). traded it in for a (1974) FORD CAPRI mk1 A face lift model PFN505M marine blue, loved that car but ! worst car I had was a Princess 2.2 hated that car cant remember the reg number it was so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 1984 Mini Metro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Scully said: Triumph Herald. Cracking little car which had a sun roof, and could turn on a sixpence. Snap but no sun roof. Holes in the floor to watch the road go by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutt Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 NOT MY FIRST CAR BUT THE FIRST ONE DRIVEN BY ME AFTER PASSING MY TEST TRIUMPH HERALD DROVE IT FROM THE GARAGE I WORKED AT TO A BODYSHOP TO GET THE REAR CHASSIS WELDED THEY WERE ROT BOXES . First car owned by me mk1 Cortina 1200 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landy george Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 I always had motorbikes so never had cars but my first daily from work was a Bedford Rasal. 10 up back from the pub was fun bouncing up the road 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYA117 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 A 1967 Series 11A 88" diesel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRDS Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Blue Allegro when I passed my test in 1982, gearbox fell out going round a roundabout! Bloody awful in hindsight but as my first car I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchers Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Moggy thou 1965 reg, getting it on three wheels round a corner was scary. Getting breathed by the fuzz was scarier, thank God got some exercise bumping starting it half an hour beforehand. Next car was a mini ,God I loved that car more than my motobikes as I could get a girl in the back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Golf seal engines were fitted to mo as t card when they had reached 60 to 70 thousand he engines were knackered and needed reconditioning. Swapped for a gold seal unit. Had one or two in the late eighties that had gold seal engines fitted, usually British Leyland cars. Couldn't list my car history, had 17 cars the first year I was driving. Bought three before I was 17. Used to buy stolen recovered or lightly damaged and repair them, run them for a bit and sell on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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