| Here's another - first car..... 21:44 - Oct 12 with 4627 views | YorkRanger |
As the football dessert extends into a second week.
What was the first car you owned.
I started with a J Reg Austin 1100 that I wrote off in an accident in Balham. Moved on to a Talbot Horizon which was a dreadful car that used to die in the rain.
After that a Mark 3 Cortina V reg. Great car and loved it.
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| Here's another - first car..... on 09:26 - Oct 13 with 1521 views | londonscottish |
In 1983 or thereabouts I bought a Mini Clubman for £175 from the aution in Kinross, Fife.
Out went the engine, in went a tuned 1275 lump with lots of tuning bits - fast road camshaft, double valve springs, Cooper dizzy, Dellorto 40, LCB with Janspeed exhaust and Cooper back box. All held in reign by some front disks. Which never worked properly.
Made a great noise but was terrifying every time I had to stop.
And water would make its way in the holes in the floor at the front, run to the back under acceleration then slosh into the back of my shoes under braking.
Oh, and the bonnet once opened and wrapped itself over the screen and roof when I was crossing the Forth Road Bridge at speed at night in the dark. Somehow managed to bring it to a halt. Then realised I had to get going again sharpish as I was stationary on a major road with no hard shoulder...... |  |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 09:50 - Oct 13 with 1493 views | paulparker |
1992 i had a fiat Uno, god i used to smash the life out of that thing,
and for those who lived around Ruislip, Ickenham , Hillingdon etc i apologise as its was most probably me doing wheel spins in residential streets around that time
i seem to remember one evening i had a tenner left in my pocket and instead of filling the car with petrol i filled it with chip oil and lawn mower petrol from the old mans mower just to pick my mates up to go to the pub,
the old man wasn't impressed having to pick me as the car was smoking and chugging along the m40 smelling like a fish & chip shop or the time we went swimming at the Lido after coming back from clubbing and i left my car keys in my shorts ,
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| Here's another - first car..... on 10:02 - Oct 13 with 1486 views | wombat |
| Here's another - first car..... on 09:50 - Oct 13 by paulparker |
1992 i had a fiat Uno, god i used to smash the life out of that thing,
and for those who lived around Ruislip, Ickenham , Hillingdon etc i apologise as its was most probably me doing wheel spins in residential streets around that time
i seem to remember one evening i had a tenner left in my pocket and instead of filling the car with petrol i filled it with chip oil and lawn mower petrol from the old mans mower just to pick my mates up to go to the pub,
the old man wasn't impressed having to pick me as the car was smoking and chugging along the m40 smelling like a fish & chip shop or the time we went swimming at the Lido after coming back from clubbing and i left my car keys in my shorts ,
those were the days |
Beat this , my first car was a mark one ford fiesta , yep boring as feck but it did have one thing going for it , it was covered in Guiness and QPR sponsership logos , yep mine was a sponsered club car , great fun taking it away game man cit being particualry hairy experience as one of the locals took humbrance to the QPR Logos and decided to rub a meat pie all over the windscreen as we exited the ground , the choice was stop clear the meat pie from windscreen and probably get hammered or drive on head out of the side window until we could find a safe parking space , we went for the later |  |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 10:13 - Oct 13 with 1481 views | DWQPR |
During the summer of 1983, when I was 17 and learning to drive I looked after my Dad's shop in Shepherds Bush for a fortnight whilst they went on holiday. After my parents came home, instead of paying me the agreed cash he went and bought this from a customer
A 1976 Citroen Pallas 2.3l Apart from the 2.3 litre petrol engine that drank like a fish, it had power steering, electric front windows and the fabled hydrolic suspension. And it was the same colour as this one. Hasten to say it was a disaster in the making, firstly the ignition barrel went and given that I couldn't afford to get it replaced the only way to start it was to hot-wire the car from under the bonnet, great when you are up the West End at night and the old bill come sniffing round. Eventually half wrecked it and still managed to shift it on to some unsuspecting fool, when only a week later the power-steering failed. Have never bought a Citroen since and have never had a car with such a big engine either! |  |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 10:18 - Oct 13 with 1476 views | robith |
30 years old and I don't even have a provisional license. Lived in London my entire life so have never really had any dying urge to |  | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 10:51 - Oct 13 with 1461 views | loftboy |
| Here's another - first car..... on 08:31 - Oct 13 by YorkRanger |
You could be right LB....may have to bow to your superior knowledge. It was the square shape. |
This was like mine |  |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 12:06 - Oct 13 with 1394 views | YorkRanger |
| Here's another - first car..... on 10:51 - Oct 13 by loftboy |
This was like mine |
That looked like mine but it was definitely a V Reg. Not sure how much difference there was between a Mark 4 and a Mark 5? | | | |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 12:31 - Oct 13 with 1373 views | loftboy |
| Here's another - first car..... on 12:06 - Oct 13 by YorkRanger |
That looked like mine but it was definitely a V Reg. Not sure how much difference there was between a Mark 4 and a Mark 5? |
Very little, a mk5 was a bit plusher than a 4, slightly different rear panels and the indicators were different, a lot of mk4's had vinyl roofs for some reason. | |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 12:33 - Oct 13 with 1370 views | loftboy |
| Here's another - first car..... on 10:51 - Oct 13 by loftboy |
This was like mine |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 12:39 - Oct 13 with 1366 views | loftboy |
I also had one of these, a 1972 mini clubman, was seeing a bird at the time, used to park up in a country lane, the whole of the front seats would tip forward giving loads of room in the back for jiggery pokery!!
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| Here's another - first car..... on 13:16 - Oct 13 with 1347 views | stansleftfoot |
Ray Wilkins on Chelsea Bridge in a clapped out purple Ford Escort and as I pulled up in my Yellow mark 4 or 5 Cortina GT of some sort, first company car, 2.0 OHC with black detailing, no chrome......for some reason I seem to recall a moustache on Raymond who was losing his hair already.....1977/78 I guess....Legend! | | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 13:27 - Oct 13 with 1331 views | R_from_afar |
In common with a few others on here, my first car was a Metro, a 1.0L which my parents insisted on buying me. That was very kind of them but I actually had no desire to own a car and never asked for one, being happy to cycle everywhere. Perhaps they wanted to ensure I wouldn't borrow their semolina brown Avenger (with one of those linear speedometers).
The Metro was nicknamed "The Flying Bogey" because it was snot green and I once got all four of its wheels off the ground going over a humped back bridge I hadn't seen coming. It must've been a tough little car because it survived the very hefty landing.
The gearbox was a shocker and had to be replaced; that was a common issue. Amazingly, I don't remember it rusting much.
Not a bad car all round, pretty roomy and it could shift reasonably well. Or was it just that I was fearless when overtaking back then?
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| Here's another - first car..... on 13:52 - Oct 13 with 1321 views | dolcelatte |
MG BGT - still got it 31 years later! Needs restoring though... |  |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 15:32 - Oct 13 with 1278 views | Bedford_R |
1984 - Ford Granada 2.3GL in Blue. Bought it before I passed my test. Always been a tall fellow and smaller cars I just could not get comfotable in.... [Post edited 13 Oct 2014 15:33]
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| Here's another - first car..... on 16:17 - Oct 13 with 1224 views | loftboy |
| Here's another - first car..... on 15:32 - Oct 13 by Bedford_R |
1984 - Ford Granada 2.3GL in Blue. Bought it before I passed my test. Always been a tall fellow and smaller cars I just could not get comfotable in.... [Post edited 13 Oct 2014 15:33]
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Always wanted a Granada, fell in love with the mk1 watching the Sweeney, the mk2 was even better and the mk3 was the ultimate in comfort, I think it was the running costs that put me off. | |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 16:30 - Oct 13 with 1212 views | DaBurgh |
1972 Chevy vega... silver
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| Here's another - first car..... on 16:49 - Oct 13 with 1189 views | Bedford_R |
| Here's another - first car..... on 16:17 - Oct 13 by loftboy |
Always wanted a Granada, fell in love with the mk1 watching the Sweeney, the mk2 was even better and the mk3 was the ultimate in comfort, I think it was the running costs that put me off. |
I had a MK2 Granada and it drank petrol like water. My brother and his best friend all had them. They had Ghia's I could only afford a 2.3 GL. It was great when we all went out in our cars together. Certain people thought we were a bunch of blaggers on a job ready to rob. | |
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| Here's another - first car..... on 16:50 - Oct 13 with 1186 views | QPR1882 |
Brown Cortina MK 2 1600E with a black vinyl roof |  | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 17:27 - Oct 13 with 1158 views | westberksr |
passed test in 85 and spent a few years with free loan of Dad's Renault 19, then Ford Sierra whenever he didn't need them. had to do the odd taxi trip for Mum as a penance but that was a small price to pay for a weekend set of wheels.
then had to get a car for work and bought a 1979 Ford Escort 1.3. written off within a few months in a head on (not my fault guv) and then company cars for a few years. |  | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 17:50 - Oct 13 with 1149 views | StraightR |
Austin mini, 1975 or thereabouts, when I was living near Olympia. Looked good - nudge bars, spotlights etc. - but was a complete heap of rubbish that cost me a fortune. It died on the hard shoulder of the M6 one weekend. Sold it to a scrap dealer in Carlisle for the price of the train fare back to London. |  | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 17:55 - Oct 13 with 1144 views | queensparker |
I'm a bit later than most of you: a red Peugeot 205 from the late 80s that felt it was made of tin and had to have the choke out at all times to get anywhere (remember those?)
It met its end in Ealing when a mini cab steamed onto a mini roundabout when it was my right of way and tore the whole front off. Was bloody lucky he didn't go into the side of the car, it was a total mess |  | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 17:57 - Oct 13 with 1140 views | terryb |
The year was 1969 & the first car was a Morris Minor. The British equivalent to the Beetle. At this time there was no maximum speed limit.
One month later a brand new car was overtaking uphill & round a bend on the rood between Wycombe & Amersham. My minor proceeded to push the other car all the way back down the hill! Thank God it was a tank!
Needless to say. It was a write off. | | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 18:03 - Oct 13 with 1134 views | terryb |
| Here's another - first car..... on 22:06 - Oct 12 by loftboy |
Was 17 in 1984 and for my birthday my parents got me a 1967 vauxhall viva for £25 with a years tax and mot, my dad took me out in it every Sunday morning, passed my test first time 30 years ago next month, and it's all thanks to that car, the first car I paid for was a 1978 mk2 escort. £500 and it was the dogs bollocks. |
I also owned a 1967 Viva 105E, but mine wasn't too old.
To this day, it is the most enjoyable car I have owned & the performance was exceptional. You could chuck it round bends & the acceleration in third was superb.
Not the most comfortable, but a great drive. The engine was written off on the M6 coming back from the 4-2 win at Wolves in '73. I wanted to be home & out by 8ish. Instead I ended up on a train to Berkhamstead & then walking to Chesham! | | | |
| Here's another - first car..... on 19:57 - Oct 13 with 1080 views | Monahoop |
My old man gave me his old 1973 Saab 96 V4. Great car, beige in colour, built like a tank and had a column gear change. Mechanically it was sound, reasonably economical on petrol, put it into free wheel mode for long journeys like on motorways and you made a considerable a saving. Rust on the chassis got the better of it in the end. I couldn't afford to get it fixed for its MOT so I got rid of it to my car dealing uncle who originally sold it to my pop. It ended its days on an Army tank firing range! |  |
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