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What was your first car

Post by Sidewaze Samm » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:15 pm

In 1980 bought a £300 1973 Ford Cortina 2.0 GXL in Bronze. Had a shopping list of venetian slat blind thing for the rear window and set of chrome 5-spoke wheels - two weeks later wrote it off, on the way from buying the wheels to get tyres fitted on them! :headbang:
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Replaced it the following month with another one, in red with a too-low air dam and too-wide white coach stripes. And vile green seats that would have matched the original car colour nicely. :sick:
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2008 E85 3.0si
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What was your first car

Post by stupot1 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:37 pm

Jembo wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:23 pm Ex Italian Job police car, Alfa Romeo Gulia
What a fantastic motor!
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What was your first car

Post by Marlon » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:48 pm

A green Rover 2000 tc
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Post by road warrior » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:54 pm

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i think you were all spoiled, my dad lashed out 10 quid to buy me one of these.. i was 16 and used to sneak out with my untaxed un insured un mot'd car at night when it was quiet. 3 speed box power house.. just dont ask it go faster than 40...
i sold it 12 months later for 15 .. oh yes. i was a businessman :rofl:
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Post by Smartbear » Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:03 pm

My first car, 1293cc mini which I spun off the road and collided with a tree :o
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Post by GBZ4 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:20 pm

A 1957 Ford Popular 100E in Grey :thumbsup:
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Post by Frankie169 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:50 pm

Jembo wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:23 pm Ex Italian Job police car, Alfa Romeo Gulia
Love it, here's my Italian contribution, my second car 1.3TI Alfasud. This was only 5 years old!!!!,, door dropped, spoiler coming off, seats knackered, jacking point rusted, (put a hole in the floor jacking it up only to find it had inboard discs Grrrr), killed engine with a broken cam belt, Despite that I still bought another, this time a 1.5TI had that for 6 months before it put a hole in a piston. Have to say though it was a fantastic car to drive and have never EVER had a front wheel drive car that handled as well, whatever speed the handling was so neutral, no over or understeer just went where you pointed it. Would of loved another Alfa but just not brave enough, went for a Z4 instead.
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Gave up after that and bought a sprint which nearly killed me a couple of times in the pouring rain
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Post by roofer84 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:01 pm

I had a 1969 Triumph 1300 in primrose yellow and had it painted in Inca yellow and did the bottom part of the boot lid in vinyl roof material to make it look like a Dolomite Sprint .

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Post by buzyg » Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:32 pm

Nissan Cherry 1.3L

Mustn't forget the L. Think that ment mine came with a steering wheel. :wink:
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Post by RustyZ4 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:24 pm

A ford Capri 1600 GT,, bright orange :P with a gear stick that would keep popping out, till I glued it in with Araldite, a drivers seat that would recline itself every time I went over a nasty bump, and a tappet rattle I never got on top of, cant remember exactly how much, but £400 rings a bell
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Post by Clarkie » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:33 pm

1982 1.3 HLE Mini Metro in errrrrrr Brown! with very brown interior :cry:
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Post by Beeacon » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:37 pm

My first car was a 1997 BMW Z3 2.8. The insurance was cheaper than the typical Vauxhall Corsa or Ford Fiesta, and loved every moment driving it.

I just haven't had the heart to sell yet... look at those sad headlights :cry:

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Post by john-e89 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:48 pm

Blue mini metro identical to this, bought it off my mum.

Passed my test at 17, then let my 15 yr old girlfriend have a drive up on the moors out of the way, who promptly put it through a dry stone wall after confusing stop with go.... :roll:

Patched it up, ragged it like you did at that age and wrote it off..... :lol:
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Post by markplant » Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:35 pm

srhutch wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:53 pm
markplant wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:33 pm 1984 Opel manta berlinetta
Please tell me it was a coupe.

I had a 1979 Hatchback. Coupes were much better looking though.

First car was a Fiat 127 though :oops:
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Both hatchbacks, as I went to have a 87 gte as my second car
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Post by montymog » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:10 pm

a triumphTR6 in mimosa yellow with hard top for the winter 2.5 straight 6 ahh memorys :)
e85 3.0si monaco metallic extended oregon cream leather.m seats all electric with heating and extensions.m multifunction s/wheel reverse sensors.light maple wood trim m suspension ect.ect. running on eagle f1 assy 3s

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