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Morris Marina here. Bodywork was rotten but the 1800cc BMC engine was different class for it's time. Yours?
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1972 Triumph Toledo
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My pal had a Triumph Herald. I could google but I'm sure the roof went back so to speak?
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a jag v12 in 1979
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1963 Vauxhall Viva.
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A popular car in it's day sparrow. And speaking about popular my father owned A ford Popular and a Ford Prefect amongst many Ford's including two Ford Anglia's.
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1972 Vauxhall Viva
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That Viva was the first model of that particular car.
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A green Austin A40 Hereford, 1954 registered, with 3 speed column change and full leather interior.
    I converted the semaphore arm type indicators to flashing ones, mounted on the sides of the roof ... looked like a pair of ears. Like all BMC/Austin's/Morris's it eventually went too rusty to pass an MOT and was sent for scrap. Expect to see it pop up on "Bangers & Cash" one day ... is the programme repeated so often because most of its audience have dementia and can never remember seeing it before? |
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Capri 2.8……
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Beetle Duck egg blue 1.3l
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Fiat Strada 130tc. Stuffed it into a tree and nigh on killed meself
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Haha Unlucky ....111PMA - Mini and mine was a telegraph post in 1967 , row with girl who lived in Oldham at college .
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formoftheace
Date Joined: 17 Apr 12 Add contact | Send message 21 Mar 23 20:15Joined: 17 Apr 12 | Topic/replies: 7,634 | Blogger: formoftheace's blog Capri 2.8…… Had one ace. Decent enough but not the best for steering. My Fav was a Fiat 127. The engine had been rebuilt from scratch by a qualified mechanic. Never let me down until the rust got the better of it and too expensive for the MOT. Cost? Car wise the best 200 notes I have spent and a helluva power for a 900cc motor. |
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Yep light on the steering, but quick and good for covering the girls….seat back loads of room…
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alan
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A clapped out Mini great stereo i didn't give a fook about anything else.
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1980s Mercedes SL320. Still drive an SL these days although thankfully not the same one as back then.
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Yellow escort. Floor beneath the pedals gave way. Felt like Fred Flinstone
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orange volkswagen beetle
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Ford Zephyr Six.
Bench seats front and back, in blue leather. Column change gear stick. Swung about like and old cow. |
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Cost me £25.00
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1951 Ford V8 Pilot
Had it with two mates and the Hire Purchase Agreement was in my Dads name because we were too young. We were all just turned 16 and only one of us could drive (not me) and that was on a Provisional License. First night out in it we had a puncture, lost control and mounted the pavement, and nearly took the tea hut down outside Walthamstow Stadium. Changed the wheel and drove 3 miles to get petrol when we got there the attendant told us our rear wheels were glowing red. We had driven with the handbrake full on !  |
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Austin Maxi (1978)
Like a double bed on wheels |
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wings filled in white ford fiesta with red stripes ....mrs wrote it off ( done 2 more since ! )
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Like to say a ford capri but it was a datson cherry,got a capri in the end though
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Ford Escort 1300GT,4 door, square headlamp model.
Saw the same model on Bangers and Cash go for over £7000 a couple of years ago, flogged mine to a mate for £250.  |
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Hillman Hunter , I had a find a hill to park it as it often wouldn't start without the help of gravity.
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Does OP want everyone's first pet and mother's maiden name as well?
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Cortina MK1 1500 GT
Had to delete the GT to get insurance Go faster stripes Extensions on the wheels |
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Triumph something followed by a Ford something.......
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Volkswagon Beetle 1.300 blue.Can even remember the reg. Treacherous in snow and ice (rear wheel drive). To operate the windscreen washers you had to connect a tube to the spare tyre.
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Morris 1100, Austin 1300, Datsun Cherry,
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I bought a Mini new in 1981. I was over 30 and had a decent job so didn't need to dabble in second -hand stuff.
Having said that it originally didn't have a radio nevermind a cassette player and I remember being thrilled when I broke the 85mph barrier on the M1,downhill with a following wind. I hope the statute of limitations applies to speeding offences  |
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Lot of age giveaway during this lol
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hello thomas. west of lanark. like that. is your name west or are you west of prob the most midland gaff you can get?
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When I started in the motor trade in 1969 all these were extras, seat belts, mudflaps, in car entertainment consisted of either a mono Radiomobile radio or a stereo one, I seem to remember that windscreen washers were extras as well, consisting of a push pump a couple of jets and some washer tubing.
First car was a Wolseley 4/44 that my Mum gave me when my dad died |
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formoftheace, I had a 2.8 capri in 1985, it was a 1984 model, A916 SPX I sold it to a garage that was a customer of mine and last time a looked it was still around although the mileage shown on old mot's seems to go up and down and I think it has less miles on it now than when I sold it.
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the 60s car trade,? ........ bri nylon shirts in gearboxes !
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Just checked the mileage, mot done last year shows 56,000, it had done that in 1987 when I sold it. It still goes on today, they call it "Mileage Correction" now, we used to call it winding it back with a drill in the old days (Back in the day to anyone under 25).
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