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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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My pal had a Triumph Herald. I could google but I'm sure the roof went back so to speak?
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.
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?
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?
Fiat Strada 130tc. Stuffed it into a tree and nigh on killed meself 
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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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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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.
Yep light on the steering, but quick and good for covering the girls….seat back loads of room…
A clapped out Mini great stereo i didn't give a fook about anything else.
1980s Mercedes SL320. Still drive an SL these days although thankfully not the same one as back then.
Yellow escort. Floor beneath the pedals gave way. Felt like Fred Flinstone
Ford Zephyr Six.
Bench seats front and back, in blue leather.
Column change gear stick.
Swung about like and old cow.
Bench seats front and back, in blue leather.
Column change gear stick.
Swung about like and old cow.
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 !
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 !
wings filled in white ford fiesta with red stripes ....mrs wrote it off ( done 2 more since ! )
Like to say a ford capri but it was a datson cherry,got a capri in the end though
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.
Saw the same model on Bangers and Cash go for over £7000 a couple of years ago, flogged mine to a mate for £250.
Hillman Hunter , I had a find a hill to park it as it often wouldn't start without the help of gravity.
Does OP want everyone's first pet and mother's maiden name as well?
Cortina MK1 1500 GT
Had to delete the GT to get insurance
Go faster stripes
Extensions on the wheels
Had to delete the GT to get insurance
Go faster stripes
Extensions on the wheels
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.
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
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
hello thomas. west of lanark. like that. is your name west or are you west of prob the most midland gaff you can get?
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
First car was a Wolseley 4/44 that my Mum gave me when my dad died
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.
the 60s car trade,? ........ bri nylon shirts in gearboxes !
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).
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.
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 !!
A916SPX B FORD CAPRI INJECTION BLUE
So it is still around !!
£1,700 in 1983…blue as well….changed it for 2 litre…..white red flash……plenty still around with collectors
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
VW Beetle app 1960 put a dent in the roof when overturn did no know how to drive at speed, knaive teenager..
Mitolo.Good afternoon. Not West, but now located west of Lanark.
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…
Racecourse,Loch,Willie youngs,good fish and chips….lot more….and never witnessed any bother…
Fiat 127 Special 1980. Lost in the sea at Southport when I got stuck and the tide came in
A pram, chauffeur driven by my mother,but some people called it a go car.
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 !
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 .
howard, I don't understand your post, do you mean you saw a UFO?
A Mini 1000: WH200R; paid £1100; insurance £157 Endsleigh.
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.
Red Mini reg rni 227 funny how you never forget your first reg yet can't remember your present...
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.
Barstool. Seem to remember some of them were two tone, usually cream as one of the colours.
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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