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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Guy on 03 July 2011, 21:52
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was just browsing on pistonheads and saw this...
WOLSELEY - SIX - AUTO - 2.2 LITRE - 1975 - EXCELLENT CONDITION- £7,995
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2797840.htm (http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2797840.htm)
don't suppose many of you will remember these... it was the first family car that I remember being in and as such has brought back many memories
this one looks to be in super condition :cool:
(http://cdn.images.pistonheads.com/aimg/2797/2797840-1.jpg)
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My old mans Capri 2.8 laser. :cool: Probably only remember it as it was once broken into and the radio was attempted stolen. Didnt get it though! :tongue:
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mine was my dads old land crab :huh: ( thats about 10 people on here who know :grin: )
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A morris marina :grin:
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Fiat 127 :grin: :grin: :grin:
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mine was my dads old land crab :huh: ( thats about 10 people on here who know :grin: )
morris 1800? virtually the same thing as the wolseley 6 isn't it?
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Mum had a Triumph GT6 in Black :cool:
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Daihatsu chamont, my dad had it for 16 years, poor old sod was virtually in tears when he Part exd it,
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There's a Rally Landcrab in Gaydon.
This is the first car I remember my Dad having:
(http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/images/develop/devalpine_16.jpg)
Nick
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Mercedes 280sel
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i also remember my gran having a mini clubman estate in white with wood side trim, it had evil blue vinyl seats that heated up in the sun and burnt your legs when you were wearing short shorts!
(http://www.malaysiaminilover.com/photo/classic-mini-mk3-mkIII/mini-clubman-estate.jpg)
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Dad's Astra GTE.
Was about 5 :) Baby seat in the back. Cant remeber any before that!
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My old man's 1.6 Capri. Beige with a brown vinyl roof :grin:
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mix between the nissan sunny coupe in red, i remember trying to get away from a spider in the back :undecided:
and also micra in light blue, had the car in the family for 20 years, scrapped early this year :sad:
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Our family car was a little Mini Metro.
Was our family car, interesting choice what with a bi-annual camping holiday to Wales.
3 kids in the back, mum and dad in front and camping gear where ever it would fit!
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was just browsing on pistonheads and saw this...
WOLSELEY - SIX - AUTO - 2.2 LITRE - 1975 - EXCELLENT CONDITION- £7,995
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2797840.htm (http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2797840.htm)
don't suppose many of you will remember these... it was the first family car that I remember being in and as such has brought back many memories
this one looks to be in super condition :cool:
LAND CRAB :grin: :grin:
Thom
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A Hillman hunter 1750 automatic, nice car but sadly was found to made of thin air at MOT time.
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my dads chavalier gsi company car, well used and abused :evil:
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There's a Rally Landcrab in Gaydon.
This is the first car I remember my Dad having:
(http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/images/develop/devalpine_16.jpg)
Nick
:grin: My dad had one of those, he went through cars like nobody I've ever known, I'm struggling to remember the first with me but then remembered this.
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/467447160_a4ffd696bf.jpg)
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(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzJGN6Rc36k8VpXjWPxQpARQ3ziGbzaQjwIoB0Q27Rt2wX4WZI)
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A Hillman hunter 1750 automatic, nice car but sadly was found to made of thin air at MOT time.
when my mum fell on hard times we had a hillman imp, some garage ripped her off big style.. it died after a week... the garage swapped it for another imp :lipsrsealed:
i quite enjoyed being in it though!
(http://slatford.co.uk/Pictures%20of%20Cars/Hillman/ImpGrizebeckDrive5Compressed.JPG)
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Imps were cool little cars Guy, great little engine too... fire pump, turned race car engine :nerd:
Thom
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My uncle's corrado g60 :cool:
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mine was a Vauxhall Chevette in brown! tasty haha
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mine was a Vauxhall Chevette in brown! tasty haha
Good old shove it! My dad had 2 of those. red Hatch then blue estate. they didn't rust much! :lipsrsealed:
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Lada riva 1300 - was the family car for many years. I got plenty of stick at school!
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My dad's red 3 door VW Polo :smiley:
Then he had a black MK2 :cool: Was only the 1.3 though :grin: :grin:
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Haha good thread!!
The first car I remember being in was my dad's custard cream coloured Lada. I remember it had a tartan travel rug over the back seat and once we were driving down to Wales late at night and a massive rock smashed a huge hole in the windscreen. In those days before mobile phones and breakdown cover we had to just carry on driving. Never been so cold!
The second car I remember was his wonderful black Capri. I have love Capris ever since, I was so sad when he sold it to purchase his (again custard cream coloured, but with a brown roof) Jag XJ6 (which was pretty cool actually, it had that wonderful old musty leather smell inside. Well I love that smell anyway).
At some point I vaguely remember a Chevette also, it was blue, possibly at the same time as the Capri or slightly before, not sure.
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circa 1930's Morris 7
Then a Morris 8 Series E
Then a 1954 Vauxhall Velox
Then a 1964 Vauxhall Victor APN 490B first car I drove on the road.
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Would have been either my uncle's Beetle or my grandfathers car which I can remember what it was like inside but can't remember what it was :undecided:
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Mine was a Baby Blue VW beetle that my dad had :cool:
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Would be one of these badboys:
(http://www.volvoforlife-fr.com/240-260_fichiers/image019.jpg)
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My grandad's mk2 Jetta. I remember dad having a Volvo of some kind but don't remember being in it.
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Mine was a Baby Blue VW beetle that my dad had :cool:
My aunts (twins) had a beetle each in that same colour, and they lived across the street from eachother :grin: Good colour, too.
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A grey Mini 1000, my Dad used to put me in my car seat and then take part in grass tracking and time trials, no wonder I grew up to love cars :grin:
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(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/car_4_Morris-Marina-431x300.jpg)
This was the first I remember, then a mk1 fiesta shortly after that a 1.1 popular plus. :smiley:
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Mine was a Baby Blue VW beetle that my dad had :cool:
My aunts (twins) had a beetle each in that same colour, and they lived across the street from eachother :grin: Good colour, too.
Was a ace colour yeah, i seen a mk1 someone posted up on here a bit back re sprayed in the very colour
My Dads was a old M or N reg i think (cant quite remember) he had a green one before that although i cant remember it
the Blue one was eventually sent to the sky i think because it rusted on its chassis, either that or the garage ripped my dad off lol!!
he had a Austin allegro after that and that wasa horific car :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Beetles do like the tin worm, my mothers was held together by fibre glass by the time she sold it and f@cking scary being in the passenger seat sitting on top of what was effectively rust and wobbly fibre glass :laugh:
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first I remember was a nearly new Allegro estate! it had all the options including seat belts, heated rear screen, fm radio and vynil seats (that were great In summer!! :shocked:)
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I'm not 100% sure but it was either my dads purple mk1 escort with flared arches or my mums black mini cooper....which I was strapped into my childseat in the rear when she collided with a wooden telephone pole due to been cut up by some prick in a builders delivery lorry. I think I was about 3 or 4 then and she's never driven since. :sad:
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My dad's brown Granada. Loved that car.
(http://www.add.ie/files/42570.jpg)
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My dad's brown Granada. Loved that car.
(http://www.add.ie/files/42570.jpg)
Cracking car ! Your Dad wasn't in the Sweeny was he :wink: :grin:
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vague memories of a crapy austin allegro in orange. remember the Granada alot more
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This is my first, my dad's Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign. Cool as f**k and cars with leather seats always remeind me of it.
(http://www.jaguar-club.net/graphics/gallery/full/81_1987_xj40_44717849996e4.jpg)
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This is my first, my dad's Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign. Cool as f**k and cars with leather seats always remeind me of it.
(http://www.jaguar-club.net/graphics/gallery/full/81_1987_xj40_44717849996e4.jpg)
I love those, always promised myself i'd get one and run it for a year just for giggles but fuel's too pricey now.
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Cracking car ! Your Dad wasn't in the Sweeny was he :wink: :grin:
Haha no, back in the day he would of been the other side of the law, before he joined the Army.
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(http://www.shaunyc.org/proj/cars/RoverSD1.jpg)
VDL 35S in dark blue, owned from new by my parents. 3500S model and very fine, too.
I remember listening to Blondie Parallel Lines on the cassette player (I can tell you're impressed), sitting outside what's now SCATS in Blackwater on the IOW.
My Grandma had a Mini 850, slightly older, in the same blue and with beige leg-burning vinyl seats. :grin:
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(http://www.shaunyc.org/proj/cars/RoverSD1.jpg)
VDL 35S in dark blue, owned from new by my parents. 3500S model and very fine, too.
I remember listening to Blondie Parallel Lines on the cassette player (I can tell you're impressed), sitting outside what's now SCATS in Blackwater on the IOW.
My Grandma had a Mini 850, slightly older, in the same blue and with beige leg-burning vinyl seats. :grin:
my dad had one of these (did they do a V8 version as I seem to remember a V8 badge on the back).. unfortunately the colour was a putrid puke green the same as this emoticon :sick:
he wrote it off by driving into a ditch and ending upside down after an office party... yes he was and he got a 12 month ban, served him right too :grin:
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my dad had one of these (did they do a V8 version as I seem to remember a V8 badge on the back).. unfortunately the colour was a putrid puke green the same as this emoticon :sick:
3500S = 3.5 V8
Ours lasted until 1986, when a coach driver smashed into it, shoving it backwards into a hedge very hard. I was the front seat passenger, it was bloody scary!
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my dad had one of these (did they do a V8 version as I seem to remember a V8 badge on the back).. unfortunately the colour was a putrid puke green the same as this emoticon :sick:
3500S = 3.5 V8
Ours lasted until 1986, when a coach driver smashed into it, shoving it backwards into a hedge very hard. I was the front seat passenger, it was bloody scary!
i am pretty sure that it said 'vitesse' on it too... but that could have been the princess :undecided:
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my dad had one of these (did they do a V8 version as I seem to remember a V8 badge on the back).. unfortunately the colour was a putrid puke green the same as this emoticon :sick:
3500S = 3.5 V8
Ours lasted until 1986, when a coach driver smashed into it, shoving it backwards into a hedge very hard. I was the front seat passenger, it was bloody scary!
i am pretty sure that it said 'vitesse' on it too... but that could have been the princess :undecided:
no that would have been the rover, sweeeeeeeeet car in their day
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2786873431_014260e78d.jpg)
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My dad Jaguar XJS probably.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Jaguar_XJS_3%2C6.JPG/800px-Jaguar_XJS_3%2C6.JPG)
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my dad had one of these (did they do a V8 version as I seem to remember a V8 badge on the back).. unfortunately the colour was a putrid puke green the same as this emoticon :sick:
3500S = 3.5 V8
Ours lasted until 1986, when a coach driver smashed into it, shoving it backwards into a hedge very hard. I was the front seat passenger, it was bloody scary!
i am pretty sure that it said 'vitesse' on it too... but that could have been the princess :undecided:
no that would have been the rover, sweeeeeeeeet car in their day
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2786873431_014260e78d.jpg)
here we go...
(http://www.roversd1club.net/events/2006/images/nat334.jpg)
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There's a Rally Landcrab in Gaydon.
This is the first car I remember my Dad having:
(http://www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/images/develop/devalpine_16.jpg)
Nick
LOL reminds me, i pissed all over my mate in his 2.0 sierra in one of these, on the M54. It was a 1983 A 1.6 LS. manual choke, electronic ign. better colour than this one thou, metallic blue :cool:
My grandad gave it to me when he brought a new car :grin: I remember it was 1990 because he brought a brand new Hreg rover 414 :cool: (i was 18 :smug:)
I think back to when i was a kid :undecided:, i can just about remember my dad having a mk2 cortina estate
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(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s353/MrBounce38/4a92_12.jpg)
I can remember my Dad's Mk 1 Escort 1300GT (similar to above). It had the twin-choke Weber carb and the ZF gearbox. One night we were coming back from the West Country when I was a baby (I don't remember this) and my Dad was fed up of the A4. The M4 was complete but not officially open. Dad went to the roundabout, moved the cones and drove onto the empty M4. With two adults. two young 'uns, a bootful of luggage and a carrycot we did 104 miles in 58 minutes :laugh:
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(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s353/MrBounce38/4a92_12.jpg)
I can remember my Dad's Mk 1 Escort 1300GT (similar to above). It had the twin-choke Weber carb and the ZF gearbox. One night we were coming back from the West Country when I was a baby (I don't remember this) and my Dad was fed up of the A4. The M4 was complete but not officially open. Dad went to the roundabout, moved the cones and drove onto the empty M4. With two adults. two young 'uns, a bootful of luggage and a carrycot we did 104 miles in 58 minutes :laugh:
M4 between swindon and maidenhead opened in 1971 (22nd December) so does that fit in with your maths? Just asking, will help you verify the story :)
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If that's the case then I can't have been in the car as I was still 4 months away. However, Wikipedia is not always 100% correct - I have no reason to doubt my dad's story but he could have got certain details wrong - such as me being in the car!! :smiley:
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If that's the case then I can't have been in the car as I was still 4 months away. However, Wikipedia is not always 100% correct - I have no reason to doubt my dad's story but he could have got certain details wrong - such as me being in the car!! :smiley:
http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html (http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html)
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My gradads Lada. :cool:
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If that's the case then I can't have been in the car as I was still 4 months away. However, Wikipedia is not always 100% correct - I have no reason to doubt my dad's story but he could have got certain details wrong - such as me being in the car!! :smiley:
http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html (http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html)
Cheers for that! I shall cross-examine my Dad and get the truth out of him!! Or at least try to. He's 72 and does tend to repeat things he's said... :grin: :grin:
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If that's the case then I can't have been in the car as I was still 4 months away. However, Wikipedia is not always 100% correct - I have no reason to doubt my dad's story but he could have got certain details wrong - such as me being in the car!! :smiley:
http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html (http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html)
Cheers for that! I shall cross-examine my Dad and get the truth out of him!! Or at least try to. He's 72 and does tend to repeat things he's said... :grin: :grin:
it's not really worth it... i'd let sleeping dogs lie! :grin:
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My dads Ford consul met green with a black vinyl roof.
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My dads Ford consul met green with a black vinyl roof.
gawsh.. thats going back a bit... can anyone beat that?!
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I think Len has :wink:
It was a 1975 version like this:
(http://ned.ronet.ru/0/Ford%20Consul.jpg)
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I think Len has :wink:
It was a 1975 version like this:
(http://ned.ronet.ru/0/Ford%20Consul.jpg)
my apologies... didn't realise he'd replied to this thread!! :grin:
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It's a great thread Guy, nice one :wink:
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It's a great thread Guy, nice one :wink:
i love seeing these old cars... wish there were more about now.
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1972 Lincoln Continental i remember looking through the oval opera window on the way to school.
I also remember the rear bench being leather and so slippy i used to slide from one side to the other when going round a bend.
Cheers for buckling me up dad! :grin:
(http://www.chooseyouritem.com/classics/photos/83000/83483.1972.Lincoln.Continental.Mark.IV.jpg)
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First family car was a green left hand drive Triumph 2000,which my old man drove into a lamp post while turning left at a junction.
Next was a brown fiat 131 which he had to weld to pass the mot.he didn't wear any eye protection and was blind for three days. :laugh:
Best car was mk1 Granada in white,in which he ran over my sister in laws foot while she was getting out.
He had several Talbot avengers which were embarrassing to be picked up in.
Think he wrote off a rover sd1 too.
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If that's the case then I can't have been in the car as I was still 4 months away. However, Wikipedia is not always 100% correct - I have no reason to doubt my dad's story but he could have got certain details wrong - such as me being in the car!! :smiley:
http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html (http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/Events/Opening_of_M4_Motorway/opening_of_m4_motorway.html)
Cheers for that! I shall cross-examine my Dad and get the truth out of him!! Or at least try to. He's 72 and does tend to repeat things he's said... :grin: :grin:
Take a look here, the timeline of what sections of the M4 opened on what dates:
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m4/timeline (http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m4/timeline) (a database of all UK roads maintained by one of my sad friends)
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As for the first car I remember...
I have vague memories of a VW Mk1 Derby, but probably only from pictures.
The one I actually remember being in was the Mk1 Jetta W reg, we had after the Derby. It was a 1.6 GLS in burgundy and brown interior, and had 5 doors, which was a huge luxury after the 3 door derby.
It looked just like this, but in burgundy and even had these wheels
(http://i52.tinypic.com/33xc6ea.jpg)
We had it till about 1985 when it was written off by a bin lorry driving into the back. It was sold to a stunt car company.
After this we had a VW Santana (Passat saloon) with a 5 cylinder engine, I think it was a 1.8. It looked just like this:
(http://en.volkswagenclub.net/graphics/gallery/full/119_santana_1982_2.jpg)
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This is the earliest one i remember, net photo so not exact car but it was in old english white with blue leather interior. We still have her now but the 25+ years of sitting around have really taken their toll!
(http://www.abbeyweddingcars.net/lulu1.jpg)
Cheers
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This is my first, my dad's Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign. Cool as f**k and cars with leather seats always remeind me of it.
(http://www.jaguar-club.net/graphics/gallery/full/81_1987_xj40_44717849996e4.jpg)
I love those, always promised myself i'd get one and run it for a year just for giggles but fuel's too pricey now.
Did somone say LPG? :evil:
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Hillman Hunter!!
(http://slatford.co.uk/Pictures%20of%20Cars/Hillman/Hillman_Hunter_with_second_of_the_four_fronts_1725cc_first_registered_October_1967.JPG)
My dad has fcuking awful car taste, until he bought a mk2 in 98'.
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mine was my dads old land crab :huh: ( thats about 10 people on here who know :grin: )
My Grandad had 3 or 4 of them,until he moved onto saabs
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This is the earliest one i remember, net photo so not exact car but it was in old english white with blue leather interior. We still have her now but the 25+ years of sitting around have really taken their toll!
(http://www.abbeyweddingcars.net/lulu1.jpg)
Cheers
:sad:
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(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzJGN6Rc36k8VpXjWPxQpARQ3ziGbzaQjwIoB0Q27Rt2wX4WZI)
Nice,my dad had one of those,first car i remember going in was his 1275gt mini
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This is my first, my dad's Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign. Cool as f**k and cars with leather seats always remeind me of it.
(http://www.jaguar-club.net/graphics/gallery/full/81_1987_xj40_44717849996e4.jpg)
I want one of these on air with some dishy wheels :lipsrsealed: An XJS is fine too :lipsrsealed:
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This is the earliest one i remember, net photo so not exact car but it was in old english white with blue leather interior. We still have her now but the 25+ years of sitting around have really taken their toll!
(http://www.abbeyweddingcars.net/lulu1.jpg)
Cheers
:sad:
I wasn't kidding............
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5541/dsc08666g.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/dsc08666g.jpg/)
:sick: :sick: :sick:
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:cry: :cry: :cry:
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4 years old, Grandads brand new Mercedes 560SEL .........letting the handbrake off an rolling it down a hill into a van at some point to point horse racing thing!
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I wasn't kidding............
(http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5541/dsc08666g.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/dsc08666g.jpg/)
:sick: :sick: :sick:
very sad to see... any chance the old girl will be restored one day?
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I think she is too far gone now, we did hope to for many years though but other projects got in the way.
But hopefully bits of her will live on in a long nose D type replica kit we have.
Cheers
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I think she is too far gone now, we did hope to for many years though but other projects got in the way.
But hopefully bits of her will live on in a long nose D type replica kit we have.
Cheers
nothing is impossible... shame she wasn't stored in the dry :sad:
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Bit of demon shine and that'll be right as rain!
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Just get it running and its a cult classic dude, withnail and I style :laugh:
(http://www.imcdb.org/i078961.jpg)
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Different model :wink:
Withnail and I's is a Mkii, Plasticfantastics is a Stype
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1st one i remember was my dad's vauxhall victor 101, bench seat and 3 on the tree gearbox....
it seemed to be huge , to me as a 4 year old..... :laugh:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd478/gimp6969/f_Vauxhall20Victor2010120Deluxe20front.jpg)
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My parents black mk2 Escort 1600 sport, with gold JPS graphics and pinstripes. A nod to the Capri, Ford had previously brought out :cool:
They sold it to someone who very soon smashed it up :cry:
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my dads silver austin metro was gutted when he part exd it for his brand new F reg sierra 1.8l costing 7 grand!!! :laugh:
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Bright orange austin maxi with black vinyl seats that had dots on them. Used to get the seat imprinted on our legs in the summer.
Blue austin allegro i can remember being rubbish
Red maestro i can remember being rubbish
Brown mini i can remember catching alight while my mum was driving and the back seat went up in smoke which i happened to be sat on. My dad was in front in his car so he got us out and put the fire out by pulling the seat out of the mini.