What was your first car

RickRob · Post by **RickRob** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:15 pm

Mark 1 Ford Escort 1100cc, SOV737H in white with two pin stripe red lines down the side. Paid £345 for it.

Never let me down, despite much provocation on my part.

Sold it two year's later for £300 and bought the most horrible Harvest Gold Mini 1000.

And I wasn't even on drugs!

stupot1 · Post by **stupot1** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:23 pm

montymog wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:10 pm a triumphTR6 in mimosa yellow with hard top for the winter 2.5 straight 6 ahh memorys

Nice!

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:42 pm

stupot1 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:23 pm
montymog wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:10 pm a triumphTR6 in mimosa yellow with hard top for the winter 2.5 straight 6 ahh memorys
Nice!

Very and I bet you wished you still had it now?

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:55 pm

A 1967 4 door MK2 Cortina 1500. Full poverty spec with vinyl seats and rubber mats on the floor, but a wooden dash out of a 1600E.

Probably spent as long with filler and rattle cans as I did driving it. It had to have a reconditioned gearbox, among many other faults!

Still luckily I was able to sell it after a year and get something a bit better.

andystone · Post by **andystone** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:05 pm

1989 ford escort ‘bonus’ 1.3

Polished the life out of that thing!

Angie4m · Post by **Angie4m** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:48 pm

2002 chilli red Mini Cooper S. Loved that car and having the massive sunroof is where my love of open top motoring came from. Just loved how airy and big the car felt.

maxman · Post by **maxman** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:55 pm

My first car was an Austin A30 reg MDM406:

Darren Slone · Post by **Darren Slone** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:56 pm

Mine was a 1968 MG Midget 1275 SWA, ODG673G, it was BRG and cost £165 in 1982 when I was 17, I had it restored and painted Red inside and out, sold it to a guy after about a year to buy a 240Z

JamieZ4C · Post by **JamieZ4C** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:59 pm

1992 Proton 1.3 GL. So crap they didn't even name the car, just the engine size and trim! Do I get the prize for crappiest/ugliest first car?!

Looked like this one...

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In it's defence, it was supremely reliable. I miss that car...

Joneeboy · Post by **Joneeboy** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:04 pm

Mine was a 1968 bronze..(there's a theme there, I just realised!) non MOT Sunbeam Imp. Paid £65. All it needed for the MOT was a bush at the top of the steering column, which cost £2.40. Those were the days!

Beatman · Post by **Beatman** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:25 pm

My first car was a J reg mk 1 ford escort 1100 in Daytona yellow

Samsdad · Post by **Samsdad** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 11:29 pm

It was a 1977 alfa romeo alfasud for me.
Started life a beautiful black, but by the time I got her in 1983 she was predominantly rust coloured

Hilly30si · Post by **Hilly30si** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:42 am

obewan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:47 pm In 1978 when I passed my test I bought 1970 Trafalgar blue Austin 1100 for £450Austin 1.jpg
It only had 44,000 miles on it
Embarrassingly I put a sports steering wheel and spot lights on it

Great little car though (until the sills rusted) - learnt a lot working on it and was good for insurance until I built up some NCD

Exactly what I bought when I passed my test in 1977 kept it four years and like yours it started to drop apart. I paid £380 for it and sold it for £120

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:45 am

Hilly30si wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:42 am
obewan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:47 pm In 1978 when I passed my test I bought 1970 Trafalgar blue Austin 1100 for £450Austin 1.jpg
It only had 44,000 miles on it
Embarrassingly I put a sports steering wheel and spot lights on it

Great little car though (until the sills rusted) - learnt a lot working on it and was good for insurance until I built up some NCD
Exactly what I bought when I passed my test in 1977 kept it four years and like yours it started to drop apart. I paid £380 for it and sold it for £120

Yea but that was still big money in those days - think a pint was about 50p then - OMG I'm starting to sound like my dad now

obewan · Post by **obewan** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:10 am

Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:45 am
Hilly30si wrote: ↑Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:42 am
obewan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:47 pm In 1978 when I passed my test I bought 1970 Trafalgar blue Austin 1100 for £450Austin 1.jpg
It only had 44,000 miles on it
Embarrassingly I put a sports steering wheel and spot lights on it

Great little car though (until the sills rusted) - learnt a lot working on it and was good for insurance until I built up some NCD
Exactly what I bought when I passed my test in 1977 kept it four years and like yours it started to drop apart. I paid £380 for it and sold it for £120
Yea but that was still big money in those days - think a pint was about 50p then - OMG I'm starting to sound like my dad now

I suppose it was but my dad advised I spend a bit more to get something half decent that I wouldn't spend all day lying under

He also advised against my first choice (Escort) because all the kids had them and they were 'ragged'

Beer (real ale) was a bit cheaper up here. Local brewery - 24p for ordinary bitter and 24.5p for best
We drank ordinary on Friday and pushed the boat out and drank best on Saturday - stopped in bed most of Sunday vowing never to do it again!

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