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Post by brin on Mar 27, 2016 19:39:02 GMT
Vauxhall viva 1992 j reg in this color., i crashed into the back of a mark 1 cortina, it fell to bits lol.   |
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Post by brin on Mar 27, 2016 19:43:17 GMT
First car i can ever remember from my childhood, my dads vauxhall vanguard, mum, dad, 5 kids, a dog, and the luggage, for a week in a caravan in clacton.. magic. I know its a P2P sight..  |
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Post by uncletone on Mar 27, 2016 21:44:50 GMT
So young.... 1949 Morris Oxford: Attachments:
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Post by brin on Mar 27, 2016 21:47:28 GMT
So young.... 1949 Morris Oxford: excuse me while i run round our kitchen holding my privates , shouting to my wife, quick come here and look at this, its lovely. ..beautiful car
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Post by oldnick on Mar 27, 2016 22:14:42 GMT
So young.... 1949 Morris Oxford: Are we playing spot the difference?
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Post by duck on Mar 28, 2016 7:30:18 GMT
My first car a 53 Beetle (like the one below) was older and slower than me .... so I fitted a Porsche motor and box (why didn't I keep any photos!) Then I moved onto more sensible motoring.    But I'm a motorcyclist really, I currently ride a +200bhp supercharged motorcycle that I built. |
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Post by MoneyThing on Mar 28, 2016 8:33:18 GMT
Don't seem to have any actual pictures so lifted these off Google: My first car (age 16 on the Isle of Man). 1967 Mini Countryman -  Then at age 18, when a long load space in the back and a tow hitch proved more useful, a 1980 Land Rover 109 S3 Safari -  |
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Post by adrianc on Mar 28, 2016 8:53:39 GMT
Then at age 18, when a long load space in the back and a tow hitch proved more useful, a 1980 Land Rover 109 S3 Safari - Our current fleet contains an s3 88". Utterly ridiculous in all practical ways - the back is tiny, and gawd knows what it does with all the fuel, because not much gets used for forward motion. I love it. The rest of the fleet? Three Citroen 2cvs (one normal one, one van, one Mehari - tupperware jeep. Van and Mehari are projects) Two VeloSolexes (think of grandmere's cast-iron bicycle, with a 50cc hairdryer on top of the front wheel) 1988 VW T25 camper (our home for a year and a half and twenty countries, a couple of years ago) ...even the nice sensible everyday car is 19yo. Previous crimes against automotive common sense include four Citroen CXs, a couple of proper Saab 900s, and some Alfas. Both SWMBO and I had 2cvs as our first cars - her first one is the one we've still got, <mumble> years later. One of the Slowlexes... 
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Post by JamesFrance on Mar 28, 2016 9:02:41 GMT
My first was a 1927 AC I.5 Tourer bought for £40, but my second one which I paid £100 for and used every day, was a 1922 Aston Martin shown in the link below. The present owner has owned it since 1958 just after I sold it for £125. One of the very few cars I sold for more than I paid. astonmartins.com/car/bamford-and-martin-twin-cam-16-valve/ |
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Post by brin on Mar 28, 2016 9:05:41 GMT
My first was a 1927 AC I.5 Tourer bought for £40, but my second one which I paid £100 for and used every day, was a 1922 Aston Martin shown in the link below. The present owner has owned it since 1958 just after I sold it for £125. One of the very few cars I sold for more than I paid. astonmartins.com/car/bamford-and-martin-twin-cam-16-valve/I bet you wish you had it now... value today? 
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Post by JamesFrance on Mar 28, 2016 9:11:31 GMT
I bet you wish you had it now... value today? No idea, but one of the production tourers with a replica racing body sold for over £230,000 at auction.
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Post by jonno on Mar 28, 2016 9:59:16 GMT
I started with a Triumph Herald (navy blue with a white stripe) in 1975. It was a D reg and cost me £200.
Since then:
Triumph Spitfire (wreck); Renault 5 ( ); Opel Commodore(I became known as the "Executive Student"); VW Scirrocco(first decent car); Saab 99 Turbo(complete lunatic,but wish I still had it); VW Golf GTI(bit of a disappointment); Saab 9000 Turbo(the acceptable face of lunacy); Porsche 944S(not as good as the real thing); Mercedes 300CE AMG Coupe(absolutely loved it but became a money pit);
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Jaguar XKR 4.2 supercharged (licence killer, but what a drive).
Sorry if I've bored the ar*e off everyone
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Post by ablrateandy on Mar 28, 2016 10:48:52 GMT
I had a Saxo first that lasted ten months until I got a TVR Chimaera 500. Then I had my first kid and got a Saab 93 Turbo, marketed to the then-wife as a "child friendly convertible". Now I'm on the "Acceptable face of lunacy" with an RS6 which has enough space to be a sensibly family car to fit all three kids in. I'll keep this a good few years. Fabulous car.
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Post by JamesFrance on Mar 28, 2016 13:35:29 GMT
I once compiled a list of all the cars I could remember owning and kept it, including those mainly used by my wife. Unfortunately my eyesight means I have given up driving now. Always rather a petrolhead so it does goes on and on and on................
1927 AC 1500 Anzani with dickey seat
1922 Aston Martin TT1 racer Green Pea
1932 Austin 7
1938 DKW
1938 Morris 8
1946 AC Saloon
1958 Austin A4O
1957 Morris Minor convertible
1960 Simca Aronde Etoile
1961 MGA 1600
1963 Hillman Imp
1962 Sunbeam Rapier
1964 SWB Land Rover
1960 Morris Minor convertible
1964 Fiat 500
1965 Austin 1300 GT
1966 Triumph 2000
1956 Bentley R
1967 Sunbeam Alpine
1967 Sunbeam Tiger
1968 NSU Prinz
1965 Jaguar 2.4
1966 Aston Martin DB5
1972 Triumph Spitfire
1973 Rover 2000 TC
1970 Lancia Fulvia
1973 Alfa Romeo GT Junior
1972 Mercedes 350 SL
1972 Jaguar XJ6 2.8
1974 Reliant Scimitar
1974 VW Camper
1975 Citroen 2CV
1976 Jaguar XJ6 3.4
1977 Alfasud
1978 Jaguar XJS
1979 BMW 323i
1980 Porsche 911SC Sport Targa
1982 Talbot Samba
1983 MG Metro Turbo
1983 Volvo 360
1985 Peugeot 205D
1988 Peugeot 205 1.6 GTI
1990 Mazda 3 Coupé
1995 Volkswagen Polo
2005 Renault Clio
2010 Renault Clio GT
6 Motorcaravans from 1986 on and various motorbikes.
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Post by registerme on Mar 28, 2016 15:13:09 GMT
Renault 5 () My first car, and I agree with your sentiments. It doesn't deserve a picture. After that I left it ten plus years before buying a new Mini. Then, on realising that I drove it so little it was effectively a pile of tenners blowing away in the wind I sold it. Haven't had a car since .
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