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Anybody remember the first car you owned?
Anybody remember the first car you owned?
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Foyles, a late friend of mine knew all the tricks, he sold cars from the fifties up to the seventies, the old black cars used to get a polish with linseed oil and something else to make them shine for a few days.
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Big Aitch if you go onto dartford tunnel crossing payment and put your reg in it comes up
A916SPX B FORD CAPRI INJECTION BLUE So it is still around !! |
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£1,700 in 1983…blue as well….changed it for 2 litre…..white red flash……plenty still around with collectors
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guinness bottle label tax discs !
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1972 Vauxhall Victor ...i bought it when i passed my test aged 17 in 1977...bench seats coloumn change ...god i loved that car bought it for £300 sold it for £350
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Blue Ford Escort Popular Plus, 1986, bought new for under £4k,
Did over 90,000 miles in around 9-10 years before the rust pretty much finally did for it, and it didn't like starting on cold mornings. Loved it. A sad day when it departed. |
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That's the first car I put a dent in Scamp, an FE victor brand new, didn't even have number plates on, managed to hit a wall with it when moving it to the car park from the workshop, 3 valleys, yes it is still getting moted every year, but mileage history looks a bit dodgy. I know for a fact it did at least 5,000 more miles as I disconnected the speedo for about 6 months when my wife was driving it mainly.
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I had a 3.0 L capri ghia was going to get it turboed 3rd party insurance only £750 they were the days and boy oh boy was it quick.
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VW Beetle app 1960 put a dent in the roof when overturn did no know how to drive at speed, knaive teenager..
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Mitolo.Good afternoon. Not West, but now located west of Lanark.
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Clyde valley used to be my fav haunt…still would be if I was still nearby….
Racecourse,Loch,Willie youngs,good fish and chips….lot more….and never witnessed any bother… |
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Fiat 127 Special 1980. Lost in the sea at Southport when I got stuck and the tide came in
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A pram, chauffeur driven by my mother,but some people called it a go car.
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Triumph Spitfire 1500 in red ( 1979 ) I once drove to the Dales and at dusk stopped near the source of the River Wharfe 5 miles out of Hawes right on the tops. A silent light ( on a craft I believe ) under intelligent control came down slowly to have a look at me / the car. Moved off at great speed and appeared to "ride a wave " just before going out of sight. It was thought by many to be a woman's car so maybe that explains the interest !
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Brian , my mate's Hillman Hunter in 1973 held the record for coasting down Polehill into Sevenoaks , there was a given point where you had to switch the engine off (obv going as fast as possible ) and a few bends to negotiate , but we got past the garage and were still jumping up and down when we made the pub on the right (Wheatsheaf ?). Happy hooligan days .
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howard, I don't understand your post, do you mean you saw a UFO?
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A Mini 1000: WH200R; paid £1100; insurance £157 Endsleigh.
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Formoftheace. You left out some then. Cedar Ballroom (Palais)- Memorial Hall- Golf Course- Clydeside tomatoes. Black Bull- Corra Linn- Horse and Jockey- Silver Bell. Lanimers Day- Tinto Hill- River Clyde. Happy days.
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Yep fab areas Tommy….
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Red Mini reg rni 227 funny how you never forget your first reg yet can't remember your present...
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Around 1970 me and a few mates bought an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire for about £40. It was a beast, with a 3.5ltr engine. The big lights on the front, leather seats and all of that. Only trouble was we could not get it to start. We had the gangster pin stipe suits and hats at the ready but it refused to budge. So cut our losses and sold it on for £20. Believe only a few thousand ever made, would be worth a ransom now. Young fools I suppose, but with an eye for talent none the less.
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Barstool. Seem to remember some of them were two tone, usually cream as one of the colours.
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big aitch , yes. Didn't believe they were here at the time due to light years to even the nearest stars so I put it to the back of my mind. I now believe that beings possibly millions of years more advanced than us are certain to have capabilities we could hardly dream of. One thing I believe likely is that many don't have home planets as such.
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