What is the most old school low spec car you have owned
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I had 3 Vauxhall Vivas - Two HBs and an HC. All very basic and to be honest terrible cars. My first I paid £80 for and it had a furry dashboard!
A Renault 5TL was also a very basic car that came next - but it was reliable (something the Vivas most definitely were not).
A Renault 5TL was also a very basic car that came next - but it was reliable (something the Vivas most definitely were not).
Paulwirral
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Wow , I've had so many as I'm coming up 50 next year , but a few that stand out are
Mk 3 cortina with a rover 3.5 v8 engine
Datsun 240 z
Rs 2000
69 mustang 351 Cleveland engine
Numerous 3 ltr capris , mk 1 of course
Another capri with a rover v8
Opel manta with a , ironically , ford 3.0 v6
Then up to date
Tvr s2
Griffith 500
Worst thing is the mustang cost £800 , rs 2000 in lime green £750 !
Lastly , a z3m coupe that I sold last year , needed the money for another property project
No traces of traction control or any such nonsense like that
Mk 3 cortina with a rover 3.5 v8 engine
Datsun 240 z
Rs 2000
69 mustang 351 Cleveland engine
Numerous 3 ltr capris , mk 1 of course
Another capri with a rover v8
Opel manta with a , ironically , ford 3.0 v6
Then up to date
Tvr s2
Griffith 500
Worst thing is the mustang cost £800 , rs 2000 in lime green £750 !
Lastly , a z3m coupe that I sold last year , needed the money for another property project
No traces of traction control or any such nonsense like that
I had one of these:
as my first car too in white with a white painted grill. It was a 1981 X-registration 1.1L and would just touch an indicated 100mph down hill with the wind behind it
It ended up doing a fair impression of this:
after landing on its roof in a country lane four months after I bought it. A sad day, I loved that car and the freedom it gave me.
I suppose my most basic car has to be my Westfield, but that doesn't count.
Zed_Steve said:1983 (Y reg) Ford fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus in Champagne Gold.
as my first car too in white with a white painted grill. It was a 1981 X-registration 1.1L and would just touch an indicated 100mph down hill with the wind behind it
It ended up doing a fair impression of this:
Jollyjoiner said:but then it looked like this, oops :|
after landing on its roof in a country lane four months after I bought it. A sad day, I loved that car and the freedom it gave me.
I suppose my most basic car has to be my Westfield, but that doesn't count.
Austin A40 while I rebuilt a Mini.
Don't get much more low tech than an old A series engine, simple gearbox and prop to rear axle. Leaf springs and drum brakes.
Paid £50 and scrapped it after 3 months
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Don't get much more low tech than an old A series engine, simple gearbox and prop to rear axle. Leaf springs and drum brakes.
Paid £50 and scrapped it after 3 months
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It was a chevette, i have blocked all the other details frpm my mind.
Actually I lie, I had a rover 3.5 with the shark nose while I was in the third form at school but my dad took the keys before I ever got to drive it. Swapped for a maxi I won at cards.nWhich I never even saw.
Shame but probably just as well.
Shame but probably just as well.
it had vinal seats, no radio, don't think it had a heated rear window and it had alloy wheels with a different make of tyre on each rim. But I thought it was the nuts 
My first car after leaving university was a green Mark 1 Hillman Husky estate which by the time I bought it was already old. I remember it had a heater which i believe was an optional extra :lol: no radio and just one large single spotlamp, and an AA member's badge and a top speed of 65 MPH. I had it for about 2 years before it finally gave up the ghost.
1970 ford escort van. 1100 cc and 44 bhp. Bought it in 1978 when at uni. Dad bought me a sticker for the rear window
'Passion wagon - don't laugh your daughter may be inside'
Very useful van til the front wheel fell off!
No radio, no carpets, no heater, vinyl seats
:evil: :wink:
'Passion wagon - don't laugh your daughter may be inside'
Very useful van til the front wheel fell off!
No radio, no carpets, no heater, vinyl seats
:evil: :wink:
first car was a fiat 123BIS
i rolled this after losing it on a sharp bend, going too fast, and having no experience. (only been driving a few months) hit the hegde and went over back onto the wheels and then back onto the roof.
the replacement car was yugo55
wasn't fast, but had a cd player, heater, was pretty much indestructible mechanically (till the big end went), and allowed me to escape the village.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yugo+55&tbm=isch&imgil=_km0muvrAG-gVM%253A%253BczVK8rFLzMRFSM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.motorstown.com%25252F48446-zastava-yugo-55.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=_km0muvrAG-gVM%253A%252CczVK8rFLzMRFSM%252C_&usg=__o_JAEk-Hvai64fYW4FCGfz1cO6g%3D&biw=1366&bih=633&ved=0CCwQyjc&ei=Fv2XVJv1DIrY7AarjoCoBQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=_km0muvrAG-gVM%253A%3BczVK8rFLzMRFSM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.motorstown.com%252Fimages%252Fzastava-yugo-55-01.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.motorstown.com%252F48446-zastava-yugo-55.html%3B800%3B600
i rolled this after losing it on a sharp bend, going too fast, and having no experience. (only been driving a few months) hit the hegde and went over back onto the wheels and then back onto the roof.
the replacement car was yugo55
wasn't fast, but had a cd player, heater, was pretty much indestructible mechanically (till the big end went), and allowed me to escape the village.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yugo+55&tbm=isch&imgil=_km0muvrAG-gVM%253A%253BczVK8rFLzMRFSM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.motorstown.com%25252F48446-zastava-yugo-55.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=_km0muvrAG-gVM%253A%252CczVK8rFLzMRFSM%252C_&usg=__o_JAEk-Hvai64fYW4FCGfz1cO6g%3D&biw=1366&bih=633&ved=0CCwQyjc&ei=Fv2XVJv1DIrY7AarjoCoBQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=_km0muvrAG-gVM%253A%3BczVK8rFLzMRFSM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.motorstown.com%252Fimages%252Fzastava-yugo-55-01.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.motorstown.com%252F48446-zastava-yugo-55.html%3B800%3B600
DS3 better to drive than my old Z4 was :exitright:BMWZ4MC said:I had one of these:
Zed_Steve said:1983 (Y reg) Ford fiesta 1.1 Popular Plus in Champagne Gold.
as my first car too in white with a white painted grill. It was a 1981 X-registration 1.1L and would just touch an indicated 100mph down hill with the wind behind it
It ended up doing a fair impression of this:
Jollyjoiner said:but then it looked like this, oops :|
after landing on its roof in a country lane four months after I bought it. A sad day, I loved that car and the freedom it gave me.
I suppose my most basic car has to be my Westfield, but that doesn't count.
Never managed crash mine, had a couple of small offs. But used to thrash it to within an inch of its life a few times. Resulting in a couple of costly engine rebuilds, and a replacement reconditioned engine in the process
