Your first car

[faithhealer]

Went to a vintage car rally tonight and you know the years are rolling by when your first car is on display. Not THE actual car obviously because my Yellow Vauxhall Hb Viva, before it expired had so many rust spots it looked like an over ripe banana!!

 

[White Room]

It was a ripe old mini, to start, turn the key then push a button on the floor. My brother had a HB

 

[doug boardley]

an 850cc mini, front wheel drive was great in snow! moss and lichen round the window seals didn't make it much of a pulling machine tho:lol:

 

[CJ]

My first car.

But mine was Purple with a square steering wheel.........and a knackered CV joint & suspension

 

[videoman]

1970 Hillman Imp purchased in 1977 complete with no heater, door mirrors or heated rear window and nearly forgot plastic seats and no headrests.
Kept it for two years and used to drive around 250 miles a week in it. If it went longer than two weeks without going wrong I was doing well.
These young ones don't know how lucky they are now!

 

[faithhealer]

1970 Hillman Imp purchased in 1977 complete with no heater, door mirrors or heated rear window and nearly forgot plastic seats and no headrests.
Kept it for two years and used to drive around 250 miles a week in it. If it went longer than two weeks without going wrong I was doing well.
These young ones don't know how lucky they are now!

Hurrah, I was waiting for the first Hillman imp, my wifes favourite ever car

 

[Time's Ran Out]

226 GUU That was my first Hillman Imp - Blue , engine at the back.
1st van for work was a Morris 1000. Drove from Bournemouth to Newcastle in it with my then girlfriend - not now the wife.
Now its just the Porche - Oh how I miss those days!

John.

 

[Olz]

Ford Orion 1.6i Ghia, it was a complete reck but was given to my for free by a friend from the gym who won a new car in a competition so I cant complain.

 

[brian c]

talbot horizon was my first car although i did have an old cortina but never put it on the road.

 

[DHTiling]

http://www.chevettes.com/

A chevette but had a nissan van before that but it never went on the road...but the chevette was a good car ..

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I'am going to admit it - as well as having had a ..

!) Horizon
2)Chevette
3)VW Camper
4)Vauxhall Royale
5)etc.etc

I've also had an Allegro with a russett brown leather roof.

John.

 

[DHTiling]

You mean vinyl roof john..........leather....:lol:..as if..

 

[White Room]

OH, another one, ford cortina 1973 overhead valve, working in Bournemouth at the time for a company, ex reps car. 90'000 on the clock went like the clappers, I had 8 women and 3 mates in it once:lol:

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Well it wa like that formica stuff!

Looked like leather/peeled off like leather/didn't smell like leather!

As usual Dave you will be right and it would have been vinyl, but not as we know it Captain.

John.

 

[DHTiling]

OH, another one, ford cortina 1973 overhead valve, working in Bournemouth at the time for a company, ex reps car. 90'000 on the clock went like the clappers, I had 8 women and 3 mates in it once:lol:

Both ways eh....don't tell wivs..:lol:

 

[White Room]

:lol:

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

peugot 405 MI 16v black

 

[Terry Cottar]

1966 MG Midget in Canary yella wiv a black soft top god those were the days, flippin eck i just thought i had me first car nearly 35 yrs ago thatts scary

tel

 

[doit4u]

A 4 year old Morris Minor De Lux Model - it had a heater - bought of my Dad when he was going to trade it in for a new one in 1968. Paid him the trade in value of £200 and ran it for four years, including taking it to Norway for a year when I was working there. Only non service/wear and tear repair from new was a sheared fan blade and I went mad and replaced the water pump at the same time. Sold it with 97K on the clock for £195 and had them queing in the street in case the first person didn't want it.

Those were the days when you could climb in the bonnet with the engine and if you needed more than a flat screwdriver, a 1/2 inch spanner and a hammer to fix it was a serious breakdown. Two warning lights - ignition and oil pressure - not like modern cars with all these modern cars with all the electronics that cost abot £400 for the garage to fix everytime a light stays on.

 

[python]

mine was a mk 2 escort, two door. 1975 ex police. went like stink. oh how i miss those days. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

1985 Volkswagen Polo Coupe - scrapped it after 2 years after I failed to look after the engine properly.... didn't learn as my second car went the same way...

Now I lease a car so I don't have to use the "I'm a woman" line at the garage

 

[Dan]

Mine was a MkIII Golf 1.3, loved it to bits bit it died. Second was an Astra hatchback, 1.4, loved that and gave it an Aunt when I got a Saxo VTS, 1.6, and I rolled it and was really lucky to come out of it with just a broken nail lol. The only bit of the car that wasn't crushed (it rolled quite a few times) was where my head was, not that my head stopped it crushing, I guess it just kept leaving the floor on that bit as it rolled.

You'd have thought I learnt my lesson then but I didn't, I had after that, a MR2 Turbo, Celica GT4 Turbo, Escort RS Turbo, Corolla T-Spot and a Mitsubishi Spacewagen, a road legal quad, and a 125 crosser to boot. All at the same time, all parked in the drive or on the fronts. Had an MOT, Tax or Insurance renewal nearly every month.

Loved my cars, and still do, though I now just rob the Mrs' car every now and again as the Nivara went back to that hoax of a leasing firm. Just in talks (now I'm back off holiday) with a couple of leasing firms who should be able to sort us all out with decent deals.

Anyway, Gold MkIII was my first. lol (waffled a bit there)

 

[grumpygrouter]

Ford Cortina 1600E for me. Red with black vinyl roof. had it 3 weeks before some old biddy ran me off the road! Bless her, she never even knew!:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

 

[CJ]

So will someone explain to me.............we have all had old sheds/bangers in the past which we got with our own hard earned cash.......or as in Oli's case. Nowt

We all tinkered/fiddled with them and put on the bling (when I say bling.....I mean, it was bling in them days) you remember........go fast stripes, chrome wheel trims and the like.

Nowadays, I can't help wonder where the hell the young-ens of today get the money for the fully blinged up & top of the range customised jobs, todays kids have.

I know "Daddy" will have helped them out....maybe, But a lot of the cars they drive are sports cars compared to the likes of Allegro's and Chevettes.

I had a Chevette as well.........saloon :yikes:. Great car until the wife reversed into a road.....and missed. :mad2::mad2:

 

[python]

easy. finance. oh and daddy's help too.