Old man's car

[STUNO]

My dad's list.

 

Mid-1930s. Morris 8 wrecked when he missed a bridge.

ww2. army vehicles

when I arrived 1947. 30's Vauxhall 16

The rest all new

1951 Ford Prefect

1953 Vauxhall Velox

1955 Velox

1956 Ford Zephyr

1958 Zephyr

1961 Zephyr

1963 Zephyr 2 major accidents, one of them a fatal.Repaired, 2nd one a week after he got it back, while mother was driving.

1965 Hillman Super Minx

1969 Hunter

1975 DATSUN 180B, his first auto trans.

1979 Toyota Cressida. Written off by mother in 1982

1982 Toyota Cressida

1989 Toyota Corona Amon liftback. Google "Chris Amon". His fastest and best handling car

Also his last, died 1990.I think I did most of the

miles in that as he was unwell the whole time.

There are a few photos about but I will have to search.

Mother had a few too starting with a 1962ish Herald. At least 1 got written off! A Corolla

[dollywobbler]

This is one of the few photos I have of my father (died when I was very small in a hang gliding accident, not making that up)

 

I don't know what either of these vehicles are, my mother could probably give me a clue if I asked her, I suppose

 

Edit: taken some time in the late 70s (he died in '79)

 

 

Triumph TR2, 3 or 3A if no-one's guessed it yet.

[Christine]

So it is .. I thought his right  leg was a running board. 

[Slartibartfast]

So it is .. I thought his right  leg was a running board. 

 

I've just spent an embarrassing amount of time looking at Google images trying to match that protrusion to the lines of the various image results before figuring out it was actually jeans.

 

I like how wing-mirrors were clearly some kind of ridiculous unnecessary accessory that he couldn't be bothered with.

[dollywobbler]

Yet he did go in for the triple-pack wiper spoilers. You don't see those very often these days.

[Tayne]

Dad is on the front page of that website, I'm not clever enough to do pictures when I'm posting on my phone

 

 

This guy?

 

[martc]

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Slightly off-topic, but here we have a v-twin superbike, who's registration number references a v-twin superbike, but many years in the future. What are the chances of that?

 

PS It's the picture of the Vincent, with reg number KTM...

 

http://www.ktm.com/gb/naked-bike/1290-super-duke-r/

[dollywobbler]

Your dad is Jeremy Corbyn?!

[Louise2cv]

Yes that's him, thank you Tayne

[Christine]

There's an old 3 wheeler Mog in a shed at a farm i go to..Matchless engine

[steve_earwig]

GNNNNAH! I've always, always wanted a Morgan 3 wheeler. Gotta be a Matchless too (of course).

 

Slightly off-topic, but here we have a v-twin superbike, who's registration number references a v-twin superbike, but many years in the future. What are the chances of that?

PS It's the picture of the Vincent, with reg number KTM...

http://www.ktm.com/gb/naked-bike/1290-super-duke-r/

So I'm not the only one to notice that!

[steve_earwig]

Btw I've always wanted to know if my dad's Black Shadow still exists (rumoured to be in a museum in the US) but I've no idea how to go about finding out. My dad doesn't know the chassis number, sadly. I've even asked on the Vincent forum but no dice.

[gm]

loosely on the topic of old photos and family cars, here's one of my younger self, clearly impressed by my dads new Dastun Cherry 100a

 

 

and he's a pic of the man himself, I'm not sure if one of the motors pictured belongs to him but the chubby toddler in his arms certainly looks familiar (Thaxted, 1971)

 

 

a bit of googling brought up a couple of pics showing the same scene over the years, with period chod

 

 

 

and to round it off, here's one of myself, little sis and me mam perched atop our Toyota Corolla 1.4 GL (Pyrenees, ~1984)

 

[needforspeed]

No pics but most of my dads cars had been Ford's, first memory in a car of his was a red mk1 capri, then loads of other Fords. Used to buy loads from auction and sell em on!

As he got a bit older he became a right tight old bastard and would drive anything as long as it drove. I remember him coming hom with a mk3 ttansit minibus with 5 seats in it, back doors hanging off. He got it for 50 quid he fixed doors and used it for a good bit. I used to walk to school rather get a lift in the "spaz bus"

Had a horrible fucking Yugo heap of shite in a burgandy which was awful, think he paid about £20 for it!

Last i remember him having before he died was a Fiat 127? I think it was a tiny little thing. Again bloody horrendous