Most oddball car you ever owned?

My first car didn't have power steering.  My 2nd car did.  My first sat on the drive for a few weeks until the scrapman came.  I drove the 2nd car in the meantime.  When it was time to say goodbye, I had to move my 1st car.  I could not believe how much hard work the steering was, having by now got used to power steering.  I did 100,000 miles in that car in 4.5 years.  Goes to show you don't miss what you don't know.

I had a Datsun 120Y I think it was second car nive engineering but poor bodywork more holes than a swiss cheese

bet you wish you could buy it back for £50

1970-Ginetta G-15

Bought new and a serious bad decision...

A fantastic performance car, with over 150 bhp per ton, and cornered like on rails!

That's the good news!

It was on cross ply tyres which, in conjunction with rock hard suspension, was desperately uncomfortable to drive.

When it rained the door bins filled rapidly, and the water sploshed around like a tsunami I had to drill holes to let it out!

The sunroof leaked so, on a work day, I drove with my tie over my shoulder!

There was no radiator or fan, at the rear engine, which was a highly modified 'Rallye Imp' unit relying only on a small radiator at the front.

Unfortunately, as a result it overheated, and blew gaskets, and on each time the head had to be skimmed. which raised the compression even higher so, in the end, I had to fit a radiator and fan!

Why the hell I didn't buy a two year old Lotus Elan instead, I will never reconcile!

One seriously BIG BAD purchasing decision but, had I learnt my lesson?

Look out for my next folly, coming soon, and be astonished!

Rover 25. Electrics (of what there is) can go crazy in those cars. Had to turn the rear window heating on to open the passenger door, and all sorts of bonkers combinations. Had another car, I could only get into it through hatchback.

Wow windsor, that must have been a close call! I don't think anyone can beat that one!

(The Rover eventually packed in on the motorway, whilst journeying to a weekend holiday. That's where the holiday ended.)

hfink 16 May 20 20:43 
Wow windsor, that must have been a close call! Shocked I don't think anyone can beat that one!






I once borrowed a Mini (possibly a van, can't remember) the battery was under the seat and I was instructed to put any fire out before it burned through the seat. It did catch fire twice . What a piece of shyte.

Macarony I bought Escort in ‘87 but it was old then.
Maroon too, if that adds to its cachet.

Mk1 Mexico RS1600 Etc going for £25000 plus Mk1 1100 going for between 5 and 15 grand obviously in good condition but even scrap escoerts and 1 and 2 cortinas making good money wish I still had mine

took me a month to find a tapping I was getting from under the drivers door when i went over bumps which turned out to be an empty paint rattle can that had been used as an inner sill complete with the rattle

I had a rusty red fiat panda as my first car. The doors, wings and bonnet were on their last legs but somehow it had passed an mot valid for a year. I think I paid about £200 for it, the exhaust fell off driving it home. Next day, down to the scrappy, and hey presto my panda now had one green door, one yellow door, a couple of blue wings and a black bonnet. He was then christened Joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat and I lived happily ever after, well for a couple of years anyway until the engine packed in.

My first boss was a car fanatic lady fav. He bought a new Escort Mexico, and paid a lot for having it in black with gold leaf lines on the panels (JPS springs to mind), it was a good car. He then bought an old merc 280SL and had it renovated to 'as new' condition, stunning thing. Blew the lot in later life, either one of those cars would be good money now.