What was your first car? (not toy)

[Mackenzie]

This, pretty much. A 1968 Morris Minor in Trafalgar Blue - Reg. No. RPM 951G, it was two years younger than me.

btw, did I mention?

My second car was a 1954 MM.....the only car I've ever sold for more than I bought it for. The brakes (or lack of) was frightening, especially as it wasn't fitted with seatbelts

 

[Superphil]

Simca 1100 'L' reg

 

[acrossthepond]

1974 Triumph Toledo in white (ish) HCF154N

What a motor - I loved that car, unfortunately it did not love me.....

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

 

[happypig]

1968 Mini 850, blue with a white roof. Sold it to a welsh rastafarian

 

[drew]

1974 Triumph Toledo in white (ish) HCF154N

What a motor - I loved that car, unfortunately it did not love me.....

So was mine. White 1300, CPM 108K (1971). Cost £390 and my first insurance premium was £68. How times change.

 

[southstandandy]

A Vauxhall Nova back in 1987 - I now drive a Lotus which probably spends more time in the garage than the bloody Nova ever did!

 

[StanmoreSeagull]

A red Nova 1.3 SR (D reg) - bit of a boy racer car back then but it was NOT chaved up thankfully! Bit of a rust bucket but managed to keep it on the road for ages and never broke down.

 

[The Offspring]

A 1985 Renault 11 RXE 1.7, it ended its days 9 months later in a field on its roof, I was paying more attention to changing a cassette tape than the road!!

 

[Titanic]

Ford Escort Mexico 1.6 MK 1

 

[Albalbion]

VW Golf Mk2, loved it, great car, til i hit a lamp post and wrote it off.

 

[newhaven seagull 85]

peugeot 104

 

[Return of the Rev]

hillman super minx

 

[Return of the Rev]

hillman super minx

the beast

 

[clippedgull]

the beast

I think its best not to mention the 4th gear incident in the hire car at the top of North Road for an away match we were on our way to

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

1965 Cortina 1600GT White ELA 114C

 

[tedebear]

One of these...

Then when that disolved one of these...

 

[BensGrandad]

a 1938 Morris 8.

 

[devonsi]

H Reg. Ford Cortina Mk2 GT, in midnight blue £350 in 1985 Plymouth it was gleaming, passed driving test on the Thursday, Drove to folks in Burgess Hill on the Friday, Clutch lasted till Exeter, RAC repair lasted till Church Rd, Burgess Hill & a cloud of matching blue smoke, what a Pile that was... ;D

 

[Dr Q]

A C reg Fiat Uno (red). Drove all the way down to Southern Italy 4 times for my research fieldwork, and never missed a beat.
When that died I got lent an A reg Renault 11 by my brother-in-law, only intended to keep it for a few weeks, ended up driving it for 3 years!