What was your first car
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obewan said: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
Hilly30si said:obewan said: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
Crazy Harry said:Hilly30si said:obewan said: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!
The first car I actually owned was an MG Magnette. I bought it for £30 and sold it to a stock car racer for £35 due to the engine/fan/ radiator being about 2 feet back from the front of the car. He said that he could crash into other cars and not damage the engine much.
I passed the driving test in a mk1 Cortina 1500 with bench seat and column change.
I passed the driving test in a mk1 Cortina 1500 with bench seat and column change.
Sth. Manchester/Cheshire border
I remember my cousin telling me, when I was about 12 or 13 - he was 10 years older, that when I learned to drive my first car should have a bench seat and column change.BeeEmm said:
Took me a few minutes to figure out why!
My first car was my mod'd '79 Mini 1100 Special
Mods included 1.75inch SU carb on Oselli inlet manifold, LCB exhaust manifold, RC40 silencer. Cooper S front disc brakes, shafts and Hardy-Spicers. Hi-Los, Spax shocks, 10" Black Mamba alloys, Corbeau hi-backs AND a rear wiper ! I even fab'd with my ex-father in law an awesome matching Mini rear-end trailer hence the tow bar :lol: Bought the Mini for £800 in '83 when I passed my test, sold it in '90 for £can't remember.....wish I never had ! God I loved that car ! 
Happy days 
Mods included 1.75inch SU carb on Oselli inlet manifold, LCB exhaust manifold, RC40 silencer. Cooper S front disc brakes, shafts and Hardy-Spicers. Hi-Los, Spax shocks, 10" Black Mamba alloys, Corbeau hi-backs AND a rear wiper !
I even fab'd with my ex-father in law an awesome matching Mini rear-end trailer hence the tow bar :lol: Bought the Mini for £800 in '83 when I passed my test, sold it in '90 for £can't remember.....wish I never had ! God I loved that car ! Happy days 
Renault Clio 1.2 8v 2006 (NJ06 YPE if I remember correctly). It’s probably been crashed or scrapped by now. Looking back I wish I had of went for something cooler as the insurance was a fortune either way 
Edit: I stand corrected just checked the mot gov site and it’s on 82k and still has an MOT
Edit: I stand corrected just checked the mot gov site and it’s on 82k and still has an MOT
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. :lol:
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. :lol:
Nice!patriot66 said:My first car was my mod'd '79 Mini 1100 Special
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Mods included 1.75inch SU carb on Oselli inlet manifold, LCB exhaust manifold, RC40 silencer. Cooper S front disc brakes, shafts and Hardy-Spicers. Hi-Los, Spax shocks, 10" Black Mamba alloys, Corbeau hi-backs AND a rear wiper !
I've been looking at classic mini's recently. I'd have deffo had a punt on that one...
Colt Celeste 2:0GT .
£130 very well spent! :lol:
£130 very well spent!
:lol:
buzyg said:
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.