myeates
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 06:47 PM |
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1.3l 1988 f-reg VW polo great little car
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mark chandler
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 06:55 PM |
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MKIII cortina, 2.0litre XL, PON 633M
Followed by a MKI 3.0 litre Ghia Granada, in proper sweeny colours, now that was a cracking car !
[Edited on 10/6/07 by mark chandler]
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westf27
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:12 PM |
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Anglia 105e 997cc with stromberg carb,peco exhaust.band widened steel wheels and 1340 control arms.Speedograph dash and shag pile carpet.43bhp and
thought i was the boy
happy days
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Hellfire
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:15 PM |
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1984 Peugeot 205GTI. Brilliant little car but cos me an absolute fortune in repairs. I worked out that during the time I had the car, all factors
considered, it would have been cheaper to take a taxi to work every day and I worked over 100 miles away from home 
Phil
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:18 PM |
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1.0 litre Fiat uno IE mambo no less. Would love to say it isn't still my daily driver....
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Simon
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:21 PM |
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Technically first car was a '56 oval window beetle, I was given when I was 16. V rusty, and eventually scrapped.
"Proper" first car, ie me legal, it legal was mothers 1973 Fiat 500.
Sprayed it black with flames behind front arches
ATB
Simon
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asn163
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:41 PM |
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Pale blue MKIV Ford Cortina 1.6L, POL 806R.
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:46 PM |
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1972 FORD ESCORT Mk1 1100 L in daytona yellow. VAV 716L and the start of a passion for cars, the quest for power, handling and everything mechanical
ever since. OH and grimy dirty hands ever since. Happy days indeed where did they go
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:54 PM |
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2.4 Mk2 Jag. £25.00 of a mates dad. Only had 55k on the clock. Garaged for 4yrs, put some go juice in and a charged up battery. Started first turn of
the key.
Had it four days and some Ar$ehole Robbed the twin carbs and cam covers, then butchered the dash. Got £11.00 scrap!
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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lsdweb
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 07:54 PM |
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Mark 2 Escort (P Reg) - road rally car. Lotus Twin Cam - bast*rd to maintain but lovely looking and running on Castrol R.
Arches, Bilsteins, full cage, LSD. Holes in floor...!
Did some stage rallies and scared myself!
Put a Pinto in it in the end. Then put it sideways into a stone bridge one night.
I wish I'd kept it and still had it under a sheet somewhere!
Wyn
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ned
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 08:14 PM |
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UAA994M 1974 Triumph Toledo 1300 in ice blue, with doly sprint alloys
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Danozeman
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 08:17 PM |
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I had a 1275 MIni. Lovely car i want it back. I know where it lives and its a state now...
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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adithorp
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 08:24 PM |
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Austin 1300. It was scrap in the corner of the workshop, engine and knackered gearbox in another corner. Test to see what I'd learned; A case of
I could have it if I could fix it. Complete strip and rebuild of engine (boss paid for the parts!). Machined out damaged gearbox casing, repaired and
rebuilt. Lots of filler on the wings and new sills. Sold it 2 years later for £90.
Adrian
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Spyderman
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 08:48 PM |
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1971 Ford Crapi MK1 1.6L.
Paid over the odds for it but loved it to bits. It could understeer or oversteer and sometimes both, but I certainly learned a lot about driving with
that old thing.
Kept it until the jacking point went up through the floor when trying to change a puncture.
Ah the fond memories!
Spyderman
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matt.c
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 08:53 PM |
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83 Old "Y" MK 1 GOLF, Dark blue with a black bonnet as the old one rusted away
Black bonnets on modded tin tops now seem to be the way!
WOW i started a trend
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coozer
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 09:25 PM |
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Well, everyone else had motorbikes for the pit heap scrambling but for me at 14 years old, a BMW 2002!
First legal car at 17, blue '74 Morris Marina, 1.8 TC with a tacho! Nice and fast, at the time, thats how I learned to steer with the back
wheels and thats why I hate front wheel drive cars now!
Gave it up when I passed me test and bought a Kawasaki Z1000ST. Oh, how I wish I'd kept that bike
[Edited on 10/6/07 by coozer]
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Chippy
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 09:54 PM |
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1938 Morris Series 2 Two door,(kerb sweepers), tourer. 27 bhp side valve engine. Swoopy wings, and running boards. Oh boy what a bird
puller, I was the only one to have a car, all the rest had m/bikes. The car, by the way, was one year older than me, at the time. Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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Agriv8
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 09:55 PM |
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950 fiesta pop in cream MMMMM nice.
still never really let me down as they were simple as hell.
Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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bigrich
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 10:00 PM |
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1973 Morris Marina Coupe 1.8, finished in a lovely shade called Harvest Gold.
bought and sold before i got a liciense
Traded up to a Viva SL 1974 M reg
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A pint for the gent and a white wine/fruit based drink for the lady. Those are the rules
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RazMan
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 10:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
Anglia 105E 997cc 1964 model reg: CJJ201B with 5.5J steel wheels .
Cost: £210 from a garage circa 1971
That might have been my car!! I part-exed it for a Mk1 Escort around that time in Upminster Essex.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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flange nut
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 10:03 PM |
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Ford Thames 15 cwt van.
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robinbastd
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 10:13 PM |
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1960 Austin A40.
Steering wheel the same size as a buses, substandard remould crossply tyres, then a MK1 Escort van.
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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t.j.
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 07:34 AM |
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1976 Ford Fiesta 1.1 S
Please feel free to correct my bad English, i'm still learning. Your Dutch is awfull! :-)
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trogdor
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 08:19 AM |
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1976 saab 96, which i still have and intend never too sell. Its getting further and further away from the road tho.
my proper fisrt car, ie one that i drive on the road is a 1988 nissan micra with four gears, is such a great car, gf loves it to bits.
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wheelfelloff
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| posted on 11/6/07 at 09:17 AM |
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I can't believe how young you lot are and so many "normal" road cars, must have something to do with the cost of insurance these
days. My first car, a Ford E93A Special, that meant that someone had taken the body off and fitted a "sports" body that looked like a
proper Bentley only much smaller. It came with cable brakes too, very useful for steering, push gently and hit the nearside curb, push harder and hit
the offside one. Blind panic and it would stop dead straight. First legal road car a Turner Sports that in those days cost me £30 to insure at 17.
Excellent car and had great fun eating sugar sandwiches in St Ives (well it was 1968), only problem with it the back wheel kept falling off. Never had
a hood but still drove it all year round even though by then I also had a minivan for "rainy days", oh the joys of youth.
Regards
Keith
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