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What was your first car?
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franks brother
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Ford Cortina 1600E
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Cian
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87-MH reg VW Golf diesel, car was only three weeks younger than me.
Taybha
Whalewhine
jakarta
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Hmmm
Dad was a motor dealer so I drove whatever rustbucket was in stock prior to being taken to the local Auction, actually learned to drive at 14 on an old airfield in a Morris Minor Pickup with so many holes in the floor you had be careful changing gear!
He was a Morris Dealer, Christ on a Bike Morris Marinas etc. were dreadful, no wonder British Leyland went to the wall - he had three mechanics doing NOTHING but warranty work!
First bike was PFK70R 1976 Honda 125S bought for £70 (told my weeping mother it was to be my one and only motorcycle as I was a skint student & couldnt afford a car but would be useful to nip in and out of town for lectures etc.)
Of course two years down the road I had a 750 Norton Cafe Racer (CJV367L where are you now?) and a fractured arm ho, ho...
Dad was a motor dealer so I drove whatever rustbucket was in stock prior to being taken to the local Auction, actually learned to drive at 14 on an old airfield in a Morris Minor Pickup with so many holes in the floor you had be careful changing gear!
He was a Morris Dealer, Christ on a Bike Morris Marinas etc. were dreadful, no wonder British Leyland went to the wall - he had three mechanics doing NOTHING but warranty work!
First bike was PFK70R 1976 Honda 125S bought for £70 (told my weeping mother it was to be my one and only motorcycle as I was a skint student & couldnt afford a car but would be useful to nip in and out of town for lectures etc.)
Of course two years down the road I had a 750 Norton Cafe Racer (CJV367L where are you now?) and a fractured arm ho, ho...
severnside gull
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an Austin Allegro with more play in the steering than you'll see at Withdean in a whole match 
sorry I don't have any oversize pics
sorry I don't have any oversize pics
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Rowdey
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From Shoreham car auctions in 1987..
http://imcdb.org/images/105/734.jpg
A Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 in lime green, the pierburg carb was shot, and it done about 14 mpg - a 6 wheel Range Rover towing a caravan done more..!
First M.Bike-
http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/honda_cb125t.jpg
A Honda CB125T which although much older than mates 12 bhp RD/RG/AR 125's, had 16bhp on tap. King of the road for a few days until the points needed adjusting yet again..
http://imcdb.org/images/105/734.jpg
A Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 in lime green, the pierburg carb was shot, and it done about 14 mpg - a 6 wheel Range Rover towing a caravan done more..!
First M.Bike-
http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/honda_cb125t.jpg
A Honda CB125T which although much older than mates 12 bhp RD/RG/AR 125's, had 16bhp on tap. King of the road for a few days until the points needed adjusting yet again..
jakarta
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Love the Comstar Wheels, I had one in silver with spoked wheels - seemed to remember it red-lined at something stupid (for the era) of 10-11K? Probably why the points needed adjusting so often?
Zamora For England
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Car - 1999 Peugeot 306 LX 1.4i
Bike - 2004 Peugeot Speedfight 2
Bike - 2004 Peugeot Speedfight 2
Rowdey
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Love the Comstar Wheels, I had one in silver with spoked wheels - seemed to remember it red-lined at something stupid (for the era) of 10-11K? Probably why the points needed adjusting so often?
Well 6v electrics didn't help..! I remember buying a new seat for £180..must have just got my first credit card to pay for it..
Yikes, that might have been the very start of my now paid off £50k debt on cards
skipper734
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This Baby. Cost £25, bench seats column change three gears. !964 don't remember what the insurance was, but it must have been cheap.
Bluejuice
Lazy as a rug on Valium
My first motor was an F reg MG Metro which I ADORED.
YES it was technically just a Metro BUT it had go faster stripes, MG badging, RED seatbelts, alloy wheels and a spoiler.
It looked a little like this
And it was the only car I've ever owned with a manual choke. Kids today don't know they're born.
Sadly it was still churned out of a British Leyland factory so it pretty much died a few years after I bought it but DAMN did I have some fun times with it.
Only a 1300cc engine but it actually shifted pretty quick for something that gets such bad press.
Cost me A GRAND to insure for 12 months which was considerably more than I paid for it whereas now my premiums aren't even 200 sheets a year.
Makes me feel OLD
YES it was technically just a Metro BUT it had go faster stripes, MG badging, RED seatbelts, alloy wheels and a spoiler.
It looked a little like this
And it was the only car I've ever owned with a manual choke. Kids today don't know they're born.
Sadly it was still churned out of a British Leyland factory so it pretty much died a few years after I bought it but DAMN did I have some fun times with it.
Only a 1300cc engine but it actually shifted pretty quick for something that gets such bad press.
Cost me A GRAND to insure for 12 months which was considerably more than I paid for it whereas now my premiums aren't even 200 sheets a year.
Makes me feel OLD
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Vankleek Hill Seagull
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A 1971 Ford Escort Mk1 1300XL (PTW811K) in white. Unfortunately I only had it for six months before the floor beneath my feet decided to give way completely, so off it went to the scrapyard at MOT time.