oadamo
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:34 PM |
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what was your first car
what was your first car
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stevec
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:36 PM |
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1960 Mini van 749 BVC
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:44 PM |
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Anglia 105e
Anglia 105E 997cc 1964 model reg: CJJ201B with 5.5J steel wheels .
Cost: £210 from a garage circa 1971
[Edited on 10/6/07 by Surrey Dave]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:44 PM |
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mini clubman 1000
bought in 1979 must have been one of the first clubmans prduced as it was well knackered when I got it
[Edited on 10/6/07 by mookaloid]
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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davie h
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:51 PM |
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my first car was a brown mk1 vauxhall astra i learned to weld on that car when i was a 17 year old apprentice mechanic in 1993. the car cost me £75
and as my parents didnt have a car or drive i had to insure it myself at a cost of £1200 but i wanted to be legal so had to pay it. iused to carry my
documents with me as i used to get pulled by the cops all the time the look on their faces when they realised i was all legal was brilliant. the car
looked a complete shed and they must have thought there would be no way it would be legal
[Edited on 10/6/07 by davie h]
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:53 PM |
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'74 Triumph 2000TC (used to tell the chicks it was a Stag with the hard top on!! )
Andy.
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GazzaP
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:54 PM |
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1984 1.0 vauxhall nova!!
www.gmpmotorsport.co.uk
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DIY Si
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:56 PM |
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A tatty mini 1000. I spent a fortune getting the body sorted and sprayed amaranth purple. I was at school, so couldn't do any more than change
the exhaust, inlet stuff and the usual stage 1 stuff, as it had to be on the road. I thinkit was standard for about 3 weeks! Even at 17 I was allowed
a 10 bhp increase for free with my insurance company! And that's a big difference on a mini.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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mark.s
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 01:56 PM |
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my dads hand painted bedford pick-up (could'nt say anything to the chicks....couldn't see em for dust!)
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:02 PM |
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1969 Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior, riddled with rust, gearbox with no syncro left, used to bounce out of reverse, but I learnt a great deal in a very
short time (it was either learn or die in it!)
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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bilbo
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:07 PM |
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My Gran's old 1.1 MkI Fiesta - in gold 
Rusting to bits.
Swapped it for an almost identical red one which was in really good nick - until I wrapped it round a tree
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fesycresy
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:08 PM |
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Volvo 345 DL (for deee lux) banana yellow.
Complete with bullet holes up the side
Blew up the engine in no time, never did like Renaults.
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The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:10 PM |
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1988 Mk 4 Escort in Blue. Used to clean it religiously every weekend
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Fozzie
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:15 PM |
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A grey Moggy.......(Morris 1000)
I loved that car....... even if you had to double de-clutch for 1st gear ........
Fozzie
edit to add.... It was a 1958......same year as Peteff's ...... 
[Edited on 10/6/2007 by Fozzie]
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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iank
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:16 PM |
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W reg (first time around) Mini 1000 Bright Yellow with fred flintstone floor option fitted.
[Edited on 10/6/07 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Paradoxia0
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:17 PM |
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A 1980 emerald green Ford Fiesta 1.1L complete with a very hady brown interior...
It was a shed, but I loved it
Mark
There is no replacement for displacement...
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:24 PM |
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1958 Moggy Thou
Brilliant motor .
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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locoR1
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:25 PM |
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Vauxhall firenza 2 door coupe looked like a magnum but was only a 1256cc painted red with bumper ect colour coded white rostyle wheels and lowered lol
for some strange reason I thought it was well cool
Dave............
 
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Check out my CB500T Cafe Racer build diary
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:26 PM |
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88 pinto sierra
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Pdlewis
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:27 PM |
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1994 Rover metro 1.4 diesel in electric blue
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Macbeast
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:30 PM |
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A 1937 SS Jaguar - yes really Bought it for £50. Wish I had it now.
I buggered up one of the half shafts trying to bump start it and bought a replacement from a shady character that used to hang around Camberley.
I fitted the replacement, not realising that the knock-off nut was the wrong hand, soon sold the car to a mate. So it was he who was driving when the
wheel came off No real harm done - the brake drum was almost as big as the wheel.
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fideel109
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:32 PM |
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A dark blue Autobianchi A112 with a 900 cc engine in it, in those days I thought I could race anyone with it.
I"ve put a bucket seat in it and also a Momo steering weel, so I've had the idea that it would go faster...., but the roalholding was
fantastic.
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smart51
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:34 PM |
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Citroen AX 1.0i - better acceleration than any other 1.0 and 50 MPG to boot. Good steering but lots of body roll. MASSIVE aquaplaning though
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:41 PM |
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Frog-eye Sprite - also had the Flintstones floor option!
Magic on corners, but used to get left behind by 1500cc VW Beetles on the straight...
Wish I still had it, 'cos now I've got the skills to fix it.
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Humbug
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 02:53 PM |
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Brown Renault 4, JDD 244N, nicknamed Elvis (because it would shake, rattle and roll )
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