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Mine was a Ford escort, colour Red, F reg

move out the way Lady Puller coming through.

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I wish i kept pics it was a C reg astra
 
White metro :D my mate had a escort like that went about 5 different shades of red
 
I had a b reg fiesta. Manual choke. Took it for an mot and was told it was 2 cars welded together!
 
I thought i was in General off topic. Any chance the thread can be moved please.
 
1978 now - my first motor was a MK 1 Ford Lotus Cortina reg KDF 521E
an absolute beast cost me £220 when an average wage was £30 a week
I was 20 years old and silly.

I totalled it around a big tall lampost at junct 11 m4 reading one night
absolutely hammered but still drove it home -woke up next morning
with no recall -anyway CHK
 
Hilman hunter "1725 super" DSM244L
got it for £25 ! Was rotten, had a puncture and jacked it up. It went up at first, then came back down as the jack went trough the floor.
driving down the motorway the near side wing hinged open amd fell off.

sold it for £30 scrap. £5 profit!
 
WPO542K silver 1100 Mk 1 escort, ordered by plod to take it off the road after handbrake test by plod failed, he pushed fm the front and his oppo told me to take my foot off the foot brake, as I knew the handbrake was not that good!, Soooooooo one good shove and back we rolled into a Rover 2.3? jam sandwich and took out the head and fog lights and left a big dent :) Seems they couldnt claim against me as they had ordered me to take my foot off the brake pedal, but I found it impossible to take my motor on the roads thereafter as I kept being pulled over!!! I didnt worry about any damage to my little motor as the only good panel was the roof :):):)
 
Austin Allegro
Mark 2 Escort
Mark 1 Fiesta
Mini
Datsun Cherry
Cavalier
Toyota Starlet
Montego x 2
Maestro 2.0 efi
Mark 2 Astra
Vauxhall Vectra x2
Dodge Neon
Pontiac Grand Prix
Daewoo Lanos
Renault Megane Scenic
Nissan Almera
Ford Focus

Vans
Toyota Hiace
Citroen Dispatch
Ford Connect
Fiat Doblo
Citroen Relay
Citroen Berlingo
 
First loaned car
Mondeo estate
Renault espace

Bought a 106 - had it for five weeks and trades it in for first decent mota


Volvo s60se nc51 vlw
 
Rover 200, 97 reg. Bought for 800, spend another 800 keeping it alive in my first year. Gave up bought a golf GTI didnt spend a penny for four years lol.
 
First car Morris 1000 dark red ......reg 611 HOD......worth more than the car can remember the smell of the leather seats and the damp lol happy days regards turnpin:rofl:
 
R.Oak said:
Rover 200, 97 reg. Bought for 800, spend another 800 keeping it alive in my first year. Gave up bought a golf GTI didnt spend a penny for four years lol.
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thats what happens with Gtis once youve lost yer licence for 4 years :)
 
Ford Orion with ANAL as the number plate. Awesome
 
A bedford CF van called Gladys. Claimed to be an ex tour van from the Shadows. I won it from my boss on a coin toss, so it cost me nothing - but could have cost me £100 if I had lost the toss.

Painted blue on one side and black on the other to confuse witnesses. :)

True story.

Unfortunately I tried to drive it down the gap between our house and the neighbours. Didn't quite work. Sorry about that soil stack Roy! :)
 
Mk 2 cortina, I bought it before I passed my test and mum and dad went on holiday and came back to the old cortina nicking my dad's spot on the drive, he went ape
 
mine was a mk1 vauxhall astra 1200L in parchment beige BAJ 68Y. picked it up on the dinnertime as it was only over the road from the site i was working on, come hometime - i couldnt find the reverse, had to ring garage to find out!!
 
Mine was an old 1973 1500 Austin Maxi. Brilliant motoe, easy to work on. The only number plate I remember is off my land rover.

B466 FAV.

RIP old girl. You're why the first marriage didnt work.......
 
croppie said:
Mine was an old 1973 1500 Austin Maxi. Brilliant motoe, easy to work on. The only number plate I remember is off my land rover.

B466 FAV.

RIP old girl. You're why the first marriage didnt work.......
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I thought your average Hobbit's first car was made by Triang :)
 
Well the mark 2 escort was TUG 37W, the fiesta was JAG 798Y, the mark 2 astra was B644 DTN, second vectra was S369 DUP. Used to be able to remember most of my reg numbers.
 
My first car was a ford fiesta xr2 metallic blue pepper pot alloys was on an f reg paid £50 for it as a non runner one battery later I was the coolest cat in town
 
Triumph Dolomite 1850 HL. I wanted the Sprint but couldn't afford the insurance.
 
Loved my older cars. You could actually fix them without having to plug them into a computer to tell you what was wrong.
 
T reg Ford Fiesta, it was the same age as me, Rudolpho was his name. 995cc engine wow, it started to shake when you got near 75mph :lol:
 
I did 100mph on motor way to Wrexham once the highest motorway in England rapidly became the shakiest too!
 
Ermintrude said:
I did 100mph on motor way to Wrexham once the highest motorway in England rapidly became the shakiest too!
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Oh it was in a pug 106 D with cracked windscreen and a drivers door that only opened from inside.

Down hill and in the rain.

Quoting your own posts instead of editing them is an amazing way of boosting your post count. If dancin was about he would be giving me some abuse!
 
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Oh it was in a pug 106 D with cracked windscreen and a drivers door that only opened from inside.
Think we have dukes of hazard entrance
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Hillman Imp, 875cc of moped power - It seamed like a good idea at the time. Heater was rubbish but was very good in snow. Binned it into a wall in the peak district chasing a Yamaha 200. Bought a Fiat 131 after that, clearly not learned anything about cars.. ha ha
 
Irish said:
rudolpho ?????????????????????????????
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I have no idea why mate, my dad coined the name and it's stuck for the last 20 years :lol:
We had to do a fair bit of welding to the old boy, I still remember sitting in the back seat with a fire extinguisher and water filled spray bottle while my dad welded near the petrol tank... them were the days ;)
 
Irish said:
rudolpho ?????????????????????????????
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The words out of my mouth,

Dont blame your father Ian tell the truth, lol
 
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