Oldest car in your street..

[scaryoldcortina]

More random thinking today.. on my way out of the street I decided to take a quick poll of vehicles based on age, and the results were a bit surprising. I don't live in a well to do area as such, it's a mine terrace in the back of beyond, most houses are owned, but only because they were cheap (like cheaper than a decent car..). Despite this, there are only 2 vehicles older than 1998/S (not counting myself) and they are a 97/R kia magentis and a 94/L punto with lots of rust and flat tyres that doesn't ever seem to move. I noticed the same thing at ASDA. Nothing before mid-90's at all, and I had a random conversation with some lads in their early 20's driving a red corsa combi (ex-pat )who liked my car, but didn't know what it was. It's not like it is an oddball import thing either, it's a cortina!

 

Anyway. my car is almost 3 times the age of the next oldest car in the street, and that looks about ready for a big yelllow wheelclamp and a spot of hi-abbing come the first of next month. What must the neighbours think? (actually, I know what they think, I just don't care)

[brammy777]

Well, the oldest car on my street is a 1985 911 but its only there at odd intervals now, its been owned by the same person for years now. Other than that there is a P5 up somebodys drive, along with a Minor and a mid seventies Aston Martin V8. All the rest is new stuff though. As for supermarkets, well I guess all of you on here know by now that half my spots are taken in the same Morrisons car park, its the best car park in Basingstoke for pictures. The local Stellar was there this morning, as was an A plate G class and the A reg Capri owned by someone who works there.

 

But I do agree with your main point, cars before 95 are certainly getting harder to see now.

[Albert Ross]

Oldest car other than mine is my Son's Punto on a R plate.

Others are V, W, 05, 06, and 59. (06 is my Focus)

Otherwise..... 1961 Land Rover, 1970 Land Rover, 1989 Sapphire, 1991 Discovery, 1991 Sierra Estate, 1992 Sierra Hatch, 1996 Scorpio Cosworth, 1996 Citroen AX, 1998 Vectra.... bloody hell. I need a cull.

There's only 6 houses in our street.. I am greedy aren't I?

[Angrydicky]

I'm pretty sure our 1932 Austin 7 is the oldest car in our street. Followed by:

 

1936 Morris Eight

1957 A35 (mine)

1958 A35 (mine)

1958 Aston Martin DB2 (derelict!)

1959 A35 (mine)

1963 FB Victor (my dad's)

1967 Morris Minor

1968 Morris Minor

1968 MK1 Transit pickup

1971 Land Rover

1971 Morris Minor Traveller (my dad's)

1973 Land Rover

1976 Triumph Dolomite Sprint

1982 Honda TN Acty

1985 Honda TN Acty

1985 Leyland recovery truck

1985 Austin Maestro (mine)

1986 MK2 Fiesta

1986 Sierra XR4x4 estate

1986 2CV Dolly

1988 Mini City

 

Probably some others (it's a long road)

[Tayne]

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[pogweasel]

1930's Austin.

 

Same guy also has a 50's Magnette, chap over from him a Triumph Toledo, 'nother chap has a Mk2 Cortina, there's a cat-piss XJ6 on the corner, a Mk1 Capri that lives just beyond that... then there's "Alan" who is a serial restorer, currently pottering about in an A55 pre-farina, but goes through loads of big farinas, P5's, Z-cars, Yank stuff etc...

So my crispy Maxi and skanky BMW are spring chickens by comparison.

But then I live in 'shitesville' it would seem.

Basically larger ex-council places, all with pretty big gardens and most with garages/workshops. GR8 4 TAT.

[Mr H Sceptre]

My Maxi is the oldest ('71), but there is also a '76 Triumph Toledo further down the street - owned by some chick.

[maxpower]

on my street the oldest car is a "N" reg nissan terano or summit like that

 

then a "S" reg corsa... "T" reg focus(boot model)

[CreepingJesus]

Thinking about it, there's only a couple of streets where we live, and the cars get older the nearer our house you get! The old lady next door doesn't have one, otherwise there'd be 3 P-plates in a row.

The only anomaly is the K-plate Stag along the road. It's tatty, parked up, but saveable. Want.

[GJR 11L]

Imagine my shame at finding that my Dolly (1972) isn't the oldest car in the street.

 

Fella along the end runs a '67 Beetle, opposite me is a garaged A30, circa 1955, which comes out on the occasional Summer Sunday, gets driven around the village, then put away for another week, month, year. It didn't come out at all between 2005 and 2007.

 

Beyond those though, it's very much a Silver, 18 Month old Ford or Vauxhall kind of place.

[Lord Sterling]

My car is the oldest on my street. Most cars on my street are pre-51/01 old prefixes.

 

Most are boring and easily forgettable cars, and most of them are in a shitey condition aswell. Only notable examples a mate of mine a few doors up has an import Pajero on a K-plate that hasnt moved for years. Down the road is a Nissan 300ZX on a J-plate, taxed but never seems to move (Shame because it looks nice) a few doors from that is a crusty F-plated BMW 325 cab that also hasnt moved for a very long time.

[Split_Pin]

My street is fairly good:

 

D-reg Capri 1.6 laser (mint)

M-reg Fiat Cinq

G-Reg Porsche 944 Convertible

Mk2 MR2 on a private plate

V reg Lotus Elite or Eclat Excel CPTC

N-reg Starlet 1.3 Turbo import (sounds great- can actually hear it coming back just now)

S-reg Tigra

Mercedes Convertible in a garage ( looks like an 80's one, sorry dont know my Mercs)

A lot of other cars are fairly old in my street but not that interesting, like my V-reg Vectra, W-reg Astras and Renault Lagunas.

[Timewaster]

The oldest car in my street is mine a '92 Sierra although my bike is older being on a 'G'.

 

Actually, there is an old giffer a few doors down with a CPTC Saab. I suspect that is late '80's so I may h ave been usurped.

[warren t claim]

My car is the oldest in my street. All my neighbours have 51 plate or newer. By some coincidence my house is also the only home that doesn't seem to have an account with the Provident Personal Credit Company as well. No-one can accuse me of being a social climber!

[Pete-M]

My stuff is by far the oldest in my street.

 

I live in a road where people tend to stay for years and only leave in a coffin. The next people to move in tend to be early '30s and think of themselves as being successful for being able to buy a house in this area - so they all want the newest cars they can buy to keep the illusion going.

 

Next door has an 08 Mazda 3 and an 09 Megane, for example, I alternate between the 85 Rover and random '10' plate stuff, so they can't work out if I'm skint or loaded.

 

I was in Cheltenham yesterday, loads of old stuff around there. Nice.

[barrett]

Loads of awesome cars

erm, can I have some pics please? I'd love to see that Aston...

[Cavcraft]

Oldest car is my my 1989 Merc 190E (technically not on the street as in my garage) followed by my lad's early ('J' reg) Astra. If two wheelers count then I reckon my Vespa (1987) is probably the oldest of the lot.

 

Usual array of local shite, nothing too interesting I'm afraid, including chod fodder such as a handful of Rovers, Saxo (with a very hot female owner), 406, rusty arched old (1996 I think) Civic, and the usual array of humdrum rep-mobiles.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Next door is a bit of a Citroen enthusiast, and has a Traction Avant, but it rarely sees the light of day. He has a few cars, actually, but I'm not sure where he keeps them...a very early XM sometimes makes an appearance in his drive. Also has an absolute minter of a Merc 190.

 

As is so frustratingly the case with many streets in Britain now, ours is largely populated with 51 plate onwards motors.

[seth]

There's a fair old mix on my road. Quite typical of a street where half the houses have been converted into two (or more!) flats so there's quite a mix in value of the properties.

 

There's the E plate Rover 216 Vitesse that's been on a drive opposite for as long as we've lived here. A bloke up the road has an early nineties S class and a similar era (boxy style) Bentley. Think there's a minty low mileage Mk2 Consul still in a garage up at the end so that's the only car that would be older than ours. Newly moved in Euro neighbours over the road are obviously into the rock n roll type scene and so have a mid eighties Chevy wagon that he painted flat black as that suits that scene so well... My immediate neighbour who always tinkers with his cars did have an E30 and a Sierra in the past but is currently on a Focus.

 

I'll have to take a look when I go out later and see what the oldest "normal" car is.

[carlo]

Next door is a bit of a Citroen enthusiast, and has a Traction Avant, but it rarely sees the light of day. He has a few cars, actually, but I'm not sure where he keeps them...a very early XM sometimes makes an appearance in his drive. Also has an absolute minter of a Merc 190.

 

As is so frustratingly the case with many streets in Britain now, ours is largely populated with 51 plate onwards motors.

Never understood why they chose that 51/02 system. Looks boring and naff and can't make it any easier for the cops with plate recognition. I always thought putting the letter in the middle was the obvious solution.

 

Unfortunately my R plate 406 is beaten by a couple of P plate Rovers, and a pretty nice '62 Ford Classic in someone's garden.

[MK5 Escort]

One of our neighbours across the road has a double garage. Inside he's stored a mint (and I do mean seriously mint - genuine showroom condition) 'Y' reg Ford Capri 2.8i Special. He bought it nearly new and has only used it very occasionally ever since and only ever on dry days. When we moved here almost ten years ago, it had only just gone over 10,000 miles when I spoke to him . What a lovely sound that Capri makes... Sadly, he doesn't have anything else interesting. A 56 plate Renault Modus in the colour of a bruise and an 08 plate horrible new shape Laguna estate.

 

Other than that on our Cul-De-Sac, it's mainly a sea of Vauxhall's under five years old (the factory is only a few miles from me), plenty of new to six month old Luton registered jobbies which are usually treated roughly (the employees) with a few 03-06 plated Ford's mixed in. A few Audi's only a couple of years old and someone at the top has an 03 plate Vauxhall VX220.

 

The girl across the road recently picked up an 'X' plate very early Corsa C SXi and her father has an early BMW Z3 on a 'P' plate as a second car, but it's garaged an rarely used. Usually his missus drives it. Their main car is a red 08 plate Astra Sporthatch which I think has only been washed four, maybe five times since they bought it (new).

 

Our immediate neighbours probably have the oldest car next to the Capri, an 'R' reg mk3 Astra Premier which is now starting to look a little ropey. They did have a 'J' reg Peugeot 106 1.4 in metallic green for many years as a second car. That was sadly carted off on the back of a low loader a few years ago.

 

Someone towards the top of our Cul-De-Sac hasn’t long picked up a brand new VW Golf R.

 

In the next street, someone does have a black 'H' reg Nissan 300ZX which the lad who owns it seems to be forever working on whenever I pass. However, it's not in our street so I can’t really include that.

[scooters]

at the moment my 1990 535i is the oldest (and fastest) in our street of car tedium....none of our vehicles is under 15 years old -

 

my Dafs will be the oldest when I get them back to scotland

[FredTransit]

I'm pretty sure our 1932 Austin 7 is the oldest car in our street. Followed by:

 

1936 Morris Eight

1957 A35 (mine)

1958 A35 (mine)

1958 Aston Martin DB2 (derelict!)

1959 A35 (mine)

1963 FB Victor (my dad's)

1967 Morris Minor

1968 Morris Minor

1968 MK1 Transit pickup

1971 Land Rover

1971 Morris Minor Traveller (my dad's)

1973 Land Rover

1976 Triumph Dolomite Sprint

1982 Honda TN Acty

1985 Honda TN Acty

1985 Leyland recovery truck

1985 Austin Maestro (mine)

1986 MK2 Fiesta

1986 Sierra XR4x4 estate

1986 2CV Dolly

1988 Mini City

 

Probably some others (it's a long road)

I want to move to your street! Ours are the oldest in our street, possibly. There is a beetle under a tarp that somebody tinkers with, but no idea how old it is.

[scooters]

i lie - somone has just parked a 1932 Alvis Speed Tourer in our street - in condition 2 - he uses it as his daily driver - cool or what - needs a good polish and a bit of fettling - camera is kaput so can't snap it

[wuvvum]

There's quite a mix of stuff in my road. Oldest is probably a late '50s Fergie tractor - the same chap also had a 1968 Morris Minor (which I sold him) but think he may have got rid as I haven't seen it for a while. There's also an immaculate K-plate K10 Micra, and there's a red Capri 2.0S which is about most weekends, and a J-reg Nova down the other end of the road. Other than that it's mostly boring modern stuff (apart from whatever I happen to have lying around, though at the minute the oldest thing I have at home is the E-reg Scirocco).

[theorganist]

There is a guy in my street with a 1930 something Morris 8 and a Morris post office van (not sure of the name of the model) from a similar period.

 

He also has a couple of other 'vintage' cars hidden away.

 

Apart from those the next oldest is my Austin 1100.

[meggersdog]

Our street of 26 houses has the following

L.reg really battered Toyota with parcel tape holding a headlight in.

N.reg Mondeo with almost intact bumpers

An Austin Mini hidden in a garage but I don't know what year

R.reg Fiesta

Sierra stockcar (doesn't count as not roadworthy)

N.reg Astra diesel (which I sold to him 6 years ago and MOT'd it today)

T.reg Astra saloon

My H.reg Discovery and E.reg Meastro

nextdoor's G,reg Rover (pre K sealies model)

L.reg Citroen AX

 

Just around the corner is a C.reg ('65) Spitfire that the owner sometimes takes to work.Oh and he has an 85/86 C.reg Mini his daughter is learning to drive in.Further up from him is another Mini (T.reg I think)

[Captain Mainwaring]

There's a fair old mix on my road.

Noticed that myself when I was in Camden last year, you get all sorts of shite in London.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Mine, '88 530i. next oldest is a mint G plate Escrote Ghia 1.6 Auto, otherwise the usual 51 - 09 plate porridge.

[Richard]

There's a circa-1970 Mustan that blats up and down the street now and again but I've never worked out if it lives here. other than that there's a bit of mid-1990s chod. The oldest one I can think of is an L-reg Astra but neither it nor its owner will get much older if he pulls another stunt like he did at 3:30am a couple of weekends ago.