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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:52 pm

I read earlier on BBC News that it is 50 years since the first Ford Escorts rolled out of Halewood.

And I remembered them being new, which did make me feel rather old! :(

Then I realised that the Anglia 105E began production in the year I was born :eek:

Still the same year did produce the Mini and the MKII Jaguar, so it wasn't all bad news! :lol:

So what car was introduced in the year you were born?
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Post by bmwaddict » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:11 pm

The first e30 3 series??? 1984 :D
Still never owned the model that first got me into BMW's when I fell in love with a Macau blue 325i sport which was parked on our street as a kid.
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Post by 1000rr » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:30 pm

Robert Louis Stevenson’s locomotive. :cry:
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Post by PerryGunn » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:32 pm

a few nice ones

BMW 3200 CS (the first BMW to feature the Hofmeister kink)
Alpine A110
Jaguar E-Type
Volvo P1800
Alpina Roadster S #320
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Post by RickRob » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:46 pm

Here are a few from 1956:

BMW 507 (I was surprised they were introduced so long ago)
Studebaker Golden Hawk (only included because I had a Corgi model)
Tourette (maybe it caused bizarre behaviour)
Renault Dauphine
Jaguar Mark 8
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Post by BMWZ4MC » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:57 pm

I’ll have the 507 please :wub:
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Post by MACK » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:59 pm

RickRob wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:46 pmHere are a few from 1956:

BMW 507 (I was surprised they were introduced so long ago)
Studebaker Golden Hawk (only included because I had a Corgi model)
Tourette (maybe it caused bizarre behaviour)
Renault Dauphine
Jaguar Mark 8
The BMW 507 has still got to be the best looking car BMW have ever made. Grand daddy of the zed 4 you can kinda see in the zed proportions how it harks back to the 507

BMW E21 3 Series 1975. I guess without the success of the first 3 Series none of us would have zeds and consequently no forum!
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Post by gov » Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:07 pm

1948 Riley 1.5 - my birth year :cry:

My uncle had one - same colour - he used to take me out in it
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Post by RickRob » Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:09 pm

gov wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:07 pm1948 Riley 1.5 - my birth year :cry:

My uncle had one - same colour - he used to take me out in it :D





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Post by EssexZed » Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:11 pm

I remember the launch of the Escort - I was 13 at the time. Went on to own a MK1 1300XL Estate. It proved to be a pretty simple and reliable machine.

Cars launched in 1955 included;

VW Karmann Ghia
MGA
Triumph TR3
Mercedes Benz 190
Jaguar Mk1
and in the US, the Ford Thunderbird
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Post by Zoomer » Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:18 pm

Ford GT40
Aston Martin DB6
Triumph TR4a ( had a TR4 myself)
Dodge Charger

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Post by maxman » Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:02 am

Cars from the year I was born
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Post by bluespit » Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:09 am

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Post by Mr Tidy » Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:59 am

EssexZed wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:11 pmI remember the launch of the Escort - I was 13 at the time. Went on to own a MK1 1300XL Estate. It proved to be a pretty simple and reliable machine.
My driving instructor had a run-out MKI 1300XL 2 door on an M-plate. A great car IMO - after all I passed my test in it! :lol:
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Post by MACK » Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:00 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:59 am
EssexZed wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:11 pmI remember the launch of the Escort - I was 13 at the time. Went on to own a MK1 1300XL Estate. It proved to be a pretty simple and reliable machine.
My driving instructor had a run-out MKI 1300XL 2 door on an M-plate. A great car IMO - after all I passed my test in it! :lol:
That's a great idea for another thread "Cars you past your test in." Might just start that.
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