Not my idea but seemed like a good one, so I'll start it off:
Me and my 1978 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 taken in North West Arkansas 1993.
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Not my idea but seemed like a good one, so I'll start it off:
Me and my 1978 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 taken in North West Arkansas 1993.
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My motors are bygone even though I'm still using them:
First car...
My thoughts on the genius of choosing an English classic built by the famously motivated skilled artisans of the 1970s may be found here
I'm looking forward to some nostalgia here!
Me in 2000 with our first car in Qatar - ex-police Landrover Disco, V8, manual box. Great fun. Until it wasn't.
Then a little earlier? 1998? My wife's 320i. Straight six engine was a peach. I loved its slack, loose nature.
In roughly chronological order. Missing a Mercedes CLK & a VW Polo, maybe others, because I can't find any photos
My grandmother's car which I inherited on my grandad's death in 1985.
1955 Series II Morris Minor. My dad failed his first driving test in this. Won't ever get rid of this one.
My first car bought circa 1980 aged 17. Austin 1100. Cost me £100
Second car, mark 1 Ford Escort, (hand-painted with a brush) £200
Mark 3 Ford Escort bought after University in 1986
Datsun 280ZX, 2-seater
BMW 325i. One of my favourite cars that I have owned.
Toyota Celica GT4
BMW 3-series estate. Not sure of the model. Nothing special.
Mercedes C-Class Estate.
Mercedes SL500....lovely but made me too anxious to own because my son had a tendency to wash cars
using half a brick rather than a sponge. Also, as the speedometer needle rose, the fuel guage went in the
opposite direction. Had 17K on the clock when I sold it. Regret selling :-(
From the SL500 to the Nissan Micra. First time my son saw this he called it the 'Monkey car'. I can see his point.
Skoda Octavia Scout Estate
Skoda Kodiaq...worst car I've ever owned. I felt that the car was driving me rather than me driving it. For example
slamming the brakes on because it thinks I'm about to hit the car in front, doing the same when I go around a left hand bend,
radar picks up a wall or a hedge & presumably thinks I'm going to go off at a tangent, usually with no car in front. Parktronic
being set off by its own exhaust fumes. Never went out in it without calling it a 'stupid car' at some point. Decided that I needed
something retro which did what I told it & didn't have alarms going off all the time.
Hence....Land Rover Defender from the last year of production. 7800 miles on the clock. Planning on keeping this for some time.
Brings a smile to my face on every outing.
^^^ I'm also looking forward to some more motoring nostalgia, I very much enjoyed this post:
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It's been 5 years since I sold it, but there are still times when I miss my Noble P4 replica.
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Sometime in the late 80s, in Wales with my Caterham 1600 Crossflow, twin Weber’s sticking out the hole in the side of the bonnet!
Loved it - however I could actually get more luggage on my motorcycle than I could in the boot of the Caterham!
It’s long gone, as is the moustache, and most of the hair... only thing still with me is the Sub 16800 on my wrist!
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Unfortunately, I no longer have a Caterham - J7 SUP is long gone!
I bought the car directly from Caterham, kept it for a few years then I sold it back to Caterham and they gave me £500.00 less than I paid for it in the first place!
Apparently the new owner picked it up and wrote it off at the first roundabout he came to!
RIP, J7 SUP
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I've had quite a few cars over the years, all were the usual family-orientated fare but when the time came for us to have two cars, I bought my first Land Rover, a 90. Flat as the proverbial but had some great days out in it. Then a newer one, in Rioja red metallic came along. Had it for 16 years and it was incredibly reliable. I only changed it when the dreaded chassis rot took hold and it was cheaper to buy one which already had a galv chassis conversion. I still miss it and kid myself that when I win the Lotto, I'll get it fully restored. That's Mrs Sish in the hat, in case anyone was wondering...
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Good grief, a Rover Vitesse, what happened to all of them? I had a "C" reg silver one, had a rudimentary trip computer, worst MPG away from lights a bit sharpish was .5, best was backing off after coming off the Orwell bridge from 140mph + at 199! Cheers, John B4
My lovely 883, bought new July 1987, took it in for its first service a fortnight later after a nice little tour, and written off August bank holiday 1987 by a nice lady in an Astra who wanted to use my bit of road. One of the two vehicles I would be unable to choose between if I could only have one of my many past loves back.
My old Radical SR3 which was road registered and the little blue Merlyn which isn't
Father against son that day - I would have been soundly thrashed had it not been for youthful over enthusiasm resulting in (another) snapped driveshaft on the SR3
merlyn sr3
Loved this back in the day, bit of a chick magnet too...
69 left hooker
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And another that I owned.
I obviously liked red VW’s!
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First car I actually bought - probably 1997 - a
1990 XR3i with the Cossy alloys and the rs turbo spoiler. Was a minter when I bought it - about 30k miles.
Think I paid £4k for it. Loved it. Could not afford to fuel it tho! Was only warning about £200 a week!
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What a great thread.
@Steve - love the S16. Quite rare IIRC.
@C - love the alloys and the family resemblance to the 356 is clear. Fantastic.
'68 Midget on Wimbledon Common in 1979:
My first car, a 1956 Buick "inherited" from my dad when he got the 1959 model:
My second car - a 1963 Karmann Ghia while I was in the Marines (with my dear mom):
My first brand new car - a slightly modified 1969 VW Beetle:
Fall of 1969:
My 1971 Fiat 124 Coupe:
Another modified new 1973 VW Super Beetle:
My 1974 Mazda RX-4 Rotary engine (in front of our new home under construction):
My turbocharged 1978 Buick Le Sabre Sport Coupe:
1981 BMW 5-Series:
My 1986 Honda Prelude and 1987 Jeep Cherokee:
My 1988 Pontiac Bonneville when we moved from Minneapolis to Phoenix:
That brings me to about 30+ years ago. Several of my older new cars aren't presented because I never digitized the photos.
Don't have too many pics of my bygone motors, but found this one from another life...
Great thread, I’ll be posting mine up in stages there have been so many !! This was my first proper mode of transport after my Chopper.
Honda XL 125 my pride and joy outside my mates house
And this my Dads Triumph Herald and GT6 I learned to drive in when I was very young on private land, I’m behind the wheel of the GT6 of course
The car I legally learnt to drive in, Austin Princess in a lovely matt ( knackered ) Burgundy finish
More to follow when I’ve found the photos
Edited to add I’m not proud of the Princess, just to be clear, but it got me through my test
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1944cc, huh? Mine was only 1904! Built from a shell, originally a dark green 1500cc, the engine had a counterweighted Okrasa crank, balanced and stress-relieved Porsche 912 conrods, Gene Berg valvetrain and a pair of Weber IDF's. Changing the plugs on cylinders 1 and 3 meant removing the carbs.
I used it regularly for about two years, then sold it to a comedy impresario from Scotland.
Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
I owned that 928 for 16 years. Still have the GT4.
My first really nice motor. Had this as a company car when I was 23
Drove like a tw8t all the time. 44k miles in 14 months
Not my car, but had one of these brilliant little cars for 3 years & did 84k miles in it. Mostly going away on rock climbing trips.
This was a lovely car
Heavy, tall engine made it understeer a bit when "pressing on" though
This is a Radio 1 FM limited edition 205 GTi 1.9
They made 25 to celebrate 25 years of Radio 1 FM. Mine was car # 13.
Then I got my first Elise in 1997
Brilliant when working, but it was a bit of a problem car & in the end Lotus replaced it after a year with a new one.
I'll always remember this as the car that started my track driving career.
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
Liked these 2 from my past.
This is my Austin Princess, pictured in 1988. I hated this car; not for any fault on the part of its designers or manufacturers. It was simply a long way past its best.
The rear nearside door was patched up with filler that had never been painted and it would very often fail to start. I used it to visit my girlfriend at York University most weekends. Fortunately the Alcuin College car park there was at the top of a hill. Typically on a Monday morning I'd have to get the engine going by pushing it down the hill by the driver's side door frame, with my left hand on the steering wheel. I'd then leap in before it picked up too much speed, and clutch start it when it had gained sufficient momentum.
It finally came to the end of its life going over a hump-back bridge near York, when the suspension collapsed. It was an extremely uncomfortable ride after that, though I did drive it back to Hartlepool.
Rallye Golf G60
This was the second I’d owned. The first was green.
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I had one of these for over 10 years. Audi Ur 20v quattro turbo. It was a true love affair...
I had two of these, 1983 and 1985 I will dig a photo out
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Had a rummage in the loft through some old albums and found this one of both the Quattro's i had together,
also found a couple oldies from my highly unsuccessful rally career,
AVO Mexico,
RS2000,
Talbot i built from a bare shell,
Ive also had over years
First car, Vauxhall Viva HA,
Ford Cortina Mk2,
Triumph 2000,
Renault 14, these 2 while the rally cars were being repaired
RS2000 Mk2 Droop Snoot,
1967 Porsche 911s 2.0,
Porsche 924 after i wrote the 911 off,
the 2 Quattros,
Audi 100 Q when kids come along and you need a 4 door,
Mondeo V6 Ghia X,
Galaxy,
Honda Stream,
Honda CRV,
Freelander II
and Currently an Evoque Autobiography
In no particular order
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