58classiccars Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Do you remember your first car, mine was a Austin A40, as rotten as hell but it did get me about, with my TAX IN POST on the windscreen, what was yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milford Cubicle Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Mine was only 4 years ago!It was a Volkswagen Polo Coupe S. The cambelt slipped and mullered the engine, it went to a Polo enthusiast down in Perth for spares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Here's mine, took this pic with my trusty old Practica camera just after I bought her in May '85, a few weeks after passing my driving test. GR8 for getting pulled over by plod everytime I drove it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason A Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I bought a then 20 year old Cortina 1600E which unfortunately got stolen 2 weeks after I passed my test. Thieving b'stard scum. Replaced it with a mk1 Cavalier VFX 418S (I think) which gave sterling service it must be said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Was looking forward to seeing that one again, BSG!! Ace motor. With apologies to Pogweasel, 1998 Daihatsu Mira Classic Turbo 4WD, bought in summer 2005: I know it looks daft, but that's why I like it, it's just utterly ludicrous. It easily remains the most baffling car Daihatsu ever imported here, especially since they only did them in the absolute top spec with turbo and fulltime 4WD - why? God knows. Despite this, I managed not to launch it into a ditch and I've still got it, though I've not used it on the road for about a year now. Soon it'll get some attention, I'm probably going to order in a stainless exhaust for it or something to make up for the neglect and hopefully it will continue to be impeccably reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 A '68 Mini 1000 in white with a black roof.I took the front bumper off & hammered the seam flat,fitted a JPS gearknob,Maestro steering wheel ,& Cooper S steels.Then I drove it up the back of something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Ahh, happy dayz. Skoda Estelle 120LS, B118CVV in 'autumn gold' aka 'vomit chunks orange'. Quality. Flat out, everywhere, crashed it alot, broke it even more often. Various bits fell off or worked intermittantly if at all. Motoring at it's very finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milford Cubicle Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Did they sell those officially in the UK Hirst? Didn't realise that!Must have only sold a handful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Did they sell those officially in the UK Hirst? Didn't realise that!Must have only sold a handful50 of them I'm led to believe, they came through as a limited numbers import and were converted to "UK-spec", by that meaning they put a converter and an mph sticker on the speedo and lashed a foglight on the back. As they are first registered under Daihatsu UK, they are effectively UK cars so they're not flagged up as imports. I suspect dealers had them sat around for a bit as they were priced up at £8995 back in 1998! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 On day of purchase (1993) Just noticed you can just see the back end of my neighbours Stellar in that photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Mk3 Escort van, 1.3 petrol in beige. CVG514Y. Bought in 1999 for £375 with nearly a year's test, got me to the south of France and back without missing a beat. I've got a picture somewhere - when I find it I'll scan'n'post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 On day of purchase (1993) Just noticed you can just see the back end of my neighbours Stellar in that photo!Snap! My first self bought and paid for car after I passed my test. Was blue when I got it but got brush painted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 First car - when i was 14 - Fiat 126 Personel4First car on the road - Mini 1100 Special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Snap!I think we've done that before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximalist Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 First car: 1959 Austin Cambridge A55 mk II bought in 1987. The car still exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 1982 Talbot Samba 954cc LE, bought 1990 with 30k miles Fitted: Banded steeliesPainted the bumpers body colourRover 200 headlamp washPug 205 1.6 GTi engine & 'boxGLS interiorMG Metro boot spoilerOld Mitubishi Something-or-other bonnet scoopMate of mine made me up a single box 2" exhaust Insurance here in N.I. was crazy at that time - mine was costing me £60 a week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58classiccars Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 my first moped was a Norman Nippy, I was pissed off as I wanted a Yamaha fS1E, but I did not have the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aled Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 first bike garelly concorde, to get me back and fore to work 40 miles a day.first car 1966 hillman hunter 1725, fbx744d paid £50 and cost £25 to get through mot in 1979. run it round for 2 years part exd for a escrote that lasted 2weeks, didn't like the car deffo the biggest load of shit i ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten2001 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Cor! I had the Norman Nippy with the two speed Villiers 50cc lump, mysteriously seized solid after sitting around for a Month!My First bike was a 1967 Raleigh Wisp UYY634FMy First car was a 1964 Wolseley 16/60 APK24BMy First van was a 1963 VW Split Screen 593AVB and like Seths gorgeous A35 was registered in Croydon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58classiccars Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 my first van was a Bedford ca, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 first car brought - 850 mini, long time dead, first legal car cavalier mk1 2dr saloon, black, stolen off my driveway .o.arse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Mini 850, has it sprayed in Hammerite silver by a bloke where I had a holiday job. I thought it looked bloody great ! ( You used to be able to get a Finnigans clear lacquer 4 XTRA SHINE but I've not seen that for ages) Got sandwiched about two months later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2driver Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 1974 VW 'Jeans' beetle. RBT 858M. Bright yellow, furry seat covers to hide the very poor state of the denim style upholstery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hand painted FIAT 127 [turquoise] that I bought off and sold back to a decorator (who painted it originally ) before I had a licensce, so strictly speaking I had a black 1980 Golf 1043, with GTI stripes and genuine GTI single lamp grill and wide steels. GR8 FOR BE N RACED BY EVERYBODY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 First Bike: Suzuki TS50ER - SBJ 419WFirst Car: Citroen 2CV6 Special - HMR 733NFirst Car after passing test: Renault 12 TL - UNK 963MFirst Van: At 38, I've yet to own my first van, but always fancied a Mitsubishi L300, Mazda E1600, or Renault Trafic....Think I might get one of those Mazda "Bongo" Camper/Dayvan things one day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 First car I sort of owned.... yellow 1200 beetle, GNM***N which was given to me by a guy who had gone travelling and decided not to come back. He described it as 'lovely condition', I saw it more as 'a bloody deathtrap'. Got it shipped to a garage for a quote, they kept the nice steering wheel and scrapped the rest as it was rotten as anything.First car I legally owned, a Kasan Red 1303S, PPC434L. Sourced by the garage who inspected the above car, did 18k in one year and never really missed a beat. Fantastic introduction to motoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 First car I ever owned - 1984 Renault 5 Le Car 2 TL, 3dr in red. Ended up with lowered, uprated suspension, Spax shocks, Le Car Turbo wheels and terminal rust. Sold it to an enthusiast down in Kent who broke it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUNO Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Mine was a 1939 Ford Perfect. and it was SPRAY painted blue while i had it.it survived an electrical fire and was px'd for a 1952 Hillman Minx. That all took place around 1964-5 so the Ford was only 25 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 First bike: MBK 51 Swing (an updated Mobylette), bought new in 1993.First car (as opposed to van): 1985 Mini Mayfair in silver with a leaky rad and knackered head gasket, and wipers that wouldn't switch off, and a leaky sunroof, and crap brakes, and generally a complete heap of shit, but still amusing to drive, and managed four months of motoring with the temp gauge bouncing off the red zone before being sold for £30 more than I paid for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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