What was your first car

MalNCH · Post by **MalNCH** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:51 am

Alfasud Ti Cloverleaf in red, absolutely loved that car, handled beautifully, unfortunately the rust issue with those early cars got it.

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:00 am

buzyg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:56 pm
Chris_D wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:36 pm 1990 Rover 214 GSi identical to this one.

A truly miserable example of British carmaking, which I suppose is why it was so cheap to buy at the time.
I think the 'GSi' stood for 'Gob Smackingly inferior' but feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
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The engine in those was actually pretty decent for the time. The rest of the car though.

My mate had one of those in the 90's he made over 200K miles in it!

Cambridge · Post by **Cambridge** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:13 am

My first car bought in 1970 was a 1959 Austin Cambridge A 55 in grey & rust!
Paid £40 with a years mot,after replacing sills part of the front floor etc sold it for scrap for £10 after doing 18000 miles.Next car was 1965 Ford Corsair 1500 GT in red paid £200, insurance cost £200 tft!

stupot1 · Post by **stupot1** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:44 am

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:02 pm
buzyg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:56 pm The engine in those was actually pretty decent for the time. The rest of the car though.
Yes, when it wasn't overheating with blown head gaskets the 1.4 K Series was a great engine.

I chose a 214SLi because the only other option offered was a 1.8 Sierra that was less powerful and had a higher BIK bill, so why would you?

The rest of the car seemed OK to me, but then it was only just over a year old at the time.

Most of them had head gasket trouble, mine cost more than the car was worth to repair!!
The Honda engine's were fine though

Beerman · Post by **Beerman** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:48 am

A 1986 D reg Mini Mayfair.

StewartH · Post by **StewartH** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:09 am

My first car was a Harvest Gold 1973/L 850 Mini. My parents allowed me to buy it when I was 16yrs old as I was pestering them for permission to buy a 50cc motorbike. I learned clutch control driving up and down the driveway at home eagerly awaiting my 17th birthday

Before I started learning to drive it properly on the road I had it painted pillar box red with a white roof, had a peco exhaust fitted, bucket seats and a 10" steering wheel - loved it!

chrissrush · Post by **chrissrush** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:00 pm

A nine year old 1967 850 Austin Mini, maroon with a silver roof & alloy wheels.
I paid £195 for it, sold it a year later for £225 and it's still the only car i've ever sold for more than I paid for it!

djstan · Post by **djstan** » Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:33 pm

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1986 Ford Escort 1.4 GL. Already 11ish years old when I bought it for £300. That there is a bonnet from a scrappie, originally brown, which I sprayed silver to match the car using copious amounts of silver Halfords spray paint except, sadly, it didn’t really match the car at all.

God I loved that car: memories of wheel bearings being replaced, filler, spray paint, the drivers door could be opened even when it had been locked, a misfire over 4000 rpm which meant you had to stall the car to cure it

Jaw · Post by **Jaw** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:57 pm

a pimp-tastic rover 414i bubble for me.

It was actually a pretty decent buy at 650 squid and 30,000 miles on the clock.. which meant in what would become a bad habit, I sold it for a rover 216 coupe moneypit.

tonyz4c · Post by **tonyz4c** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:01 pm

E30 325i Coupe ph1

PaulRUK3 · Post by **PaulRUK3** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:43 am

As soon as I passed my test in 1981, I bought a 1965 Mk1 Ford Cortina Lotus. Unfortunately, someone had previously swapped out the engine for a standard one. It still looked the dogs though (well, at least I thought so at the time), but I thought I could make it better by sticking black fur all over the dash, head liner and door cards.... oh yes, and complimented by fax fur tiger stripe seat covers

Embarrassing thinking back, but it did get some admiring looks, at least I thought they were admiring looks......

the stripler · Post by **the stripler** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:08 am

Opel Kadette coupe 1.2s in pale blue, then red!

Dam if only i still had it, worth a fortune now.
Very rare car indeed.

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stupot1 · Post by **stupot1** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:34 pm

the stripler wrote: ↑Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:08 am Opel Kadette coupe 1.2s in pale blue, then red!

Dam if only i still had it, worth a fortune now.
Very rare car indeed.Screenshot_20181102-080807_Photos.jpg

Nice car that very rare

Tinker15 · Post by **Tinker15** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:21 pm

The first car I drove and in which I passed my driving test in was a 1936 Morris 8 Tourer. This was in 1958 and must have scared the examiner witless. The photo below is not the actual car but is the same type. Just in case you are all too young to know what one is!

dr_john · Post by **dr_john** » Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:36 am

I bought a 10 year old Ford Popular in 1989, RBA 848, for £35.

It got me around Manchester every day for 3 years when I was a university student, and down to Devon each summer.

It finally succumbed to the rust and I got a fiver for it at the scrap yard.

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