Cars we were brought home in

[AXrescuer]

According to my brother, I was brought home in a black 1959 Standard 8 called Betsy. That was way back in April 1961.

 

Similar to this one I imagine:

[ayd]

will have to see if my dad has pics next time I'm up North but it was one of these -

 

 

had to go not longer after I came along as I was the 3rd child and apparently Mum complained it was awkward getting us all in and out....he's never forgiven me for it..

 

First car I actually remember was a Red Renault 12 TL Reg. WEK 876S

[hammy]

 

Exactly the same as this, but on Toyota wheels rather than Wolfrace slots. Didn't last very long as my Dad sold it and his bike and acquired a brown Cressida because it had more room.

 

 

Will have to dig out photos of them both.

[Colonel Privet]

Knew I'd got one somwhere. Not exactly the car I was brought home in, but Father Privet's first motor. Not the best photo, but it's the only one I can find. I reckon this must have been taken in the summer of '71...

 

[Justin Case]

My father was in the Fire Service when I was born. It would be nice to think that I came home in something like this, but unfortunately they'd gone long before I came on the scene :

 

[Mr H Sceptre]

A blue one of these, mock-wood panelling. I was born in 1971 so I guess it was a 1968-1969ish model.

 

[j-j]

I do have a pic somewhere but can't find it, bear with me.

- want to see.

[AXrescuer]

My father was in the Fire Service when I was born. It would be nice to think that I came home in something like this, but unfortunately they'd gone long before I came on the scene :

 

So was he Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble or Grubb?

[DoctorRetro]

I was brought home in one like this in 1980.

My little boy was brought home in this, back in 2012

[sutty2006]

Think I was brought home in a Sierra sapphire LX. Definitely shite. 

[Stinkwheel]

How have I not seen this thread before now?

Anyway, I came home in one like this....



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[twosmoke300]

Carry cot in the back of a mini van apparently.

Oh and on trade plates too ?

[egg]

I think there was another more recent thread that discussed this. I came home on my mum's lap in one of these

[HillmanImp]

When I sold the Jag of much beigeness just a couple of months before my lad was born I was gutted that the first car he was is wasn't going to be a Jag anymore. I really hadn't thought the whole thing through. 

Thankfully JohnK came to the rescue and he got his first ride in a waft of luxury listening to dub reggae.

[loserone]

Eldest came home in the Toledo 20vt of many shiters.  Youngest was already home.  

 

I came home in an R14.  Mrs L1 in an Alfasud

[MiniMort]

I believe for me it was one of these beauts. We kept it for many a year. I can remember waiting outside the school gates in it on my first day too

[tul66]

I collected my sister & nephew in a Fiat Strada Cabrio. A616GRS if I remember rightly; long gone. 

[sierraman]

1982 Talbot Alpine in metallic brown.

[TheIsleofShite]

A Last Edition Beetle like this one

[Eyersey1234]

Probably the Mk2 Escrot my dad had at the time. 

[Austat]

My older brother was taken home in Ford XE Falcon Wagon. Same colour and red side stripes as this one, except one of the rear doors didn't open:

I came home in a 2000-2001 Renault Scenic like this one:

[Skizzer]

This is quite a thread resurrection.  Great to see lots of old names on the early pages.

Renault 10 for me, like this one.

They were a somewhat leftfield choice even when ours was new in 1968.  But my father did have a tendency to plough his own furrow.

[bunglebus]

I came home in this '66 Super Minx (that's me in red)

 

20170821213033_01 by RS, on Flickr

 

My eldest came home in this - actually took this in the hospital car park

 

Macktwo001_zps1c6ad6db by RS, on Flickr

[Skut]

I would have come home in a dead ringer for this.  Same colour, wheels, spec. 

JCN 700N was gifted to my Dad around 1980 from his Mum who bought it new..

 

[ETCHY]

Ford 100e Popular with a sidevalve engine.

Bloody hell I feel old.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

One of these, apparently , for extra jeopardy it had a paraffin tank strapped on the back as it was winter. Also, according to family folklore my mum had to walk in front with a torch part of the way home because the fog ( smog) was so bad , this meant my dad had me in his arms and steered with one hand, so effectively I was behind the wheel from birth!  Although it should be noted my parents were little more than children themselves , being 17 and 16.

[maxxo]

One of these beauties, same colour too

We had it for a few until all went wrong and it was replaced by a 1995 mitsubishi galant, then a c4 picasso (looked good but was awful) and now my dad drives a spaceship civic

[MorrisItalSLX]

I would have come home in my Dad’s Mitsubishi Magna Wagon.

It was just like this one, only his was a strange metallic pink colour.

It was a company car and Dad was very pleased when he got it as he specifically asked for a station wagon instead of a saloon and the only wagon they could get was a top spec one with alloys, colour coding, velour and electric everything, his colleagues were very jealous.

[JeeExEll]

(In 1968), a 1964 B-reg 997cc in a light fawn colour. My carri-cot (with me in it) was often just placed in the back along with the electrician's tools and drums of cable.

A few years later my younger bro came along and was brought home in something a bit more sporty. A H-reg fern green 1600E just like this one.

[Mally]

I was 6 before I ever went in a car,  even then it wasn't ours.

My dad had a Combination until he passed his car test age 54. couldn't kick the bike up any more due to byssinosos.

Quite likely that's what I went home in,

BSA, Norton, Panther, Triumph.  Who knows, I can remember all those.