First Car
Forum rules
Please be sure you are acquainted with the forum rules outlined within our FAQs.
Help support the site by using our Amazon Affiliate link when making any purchases from Amazon.
Please be sure you are acquainted with the forum rules outlined within our FAQs.
Help support the site by using our Amazon Affiliate link when making any purchases from Amazon.
- The Subhuman
- Superstar
- Posts: 55501
- Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:03 am
- Location: God's own county
Re: First Car
Yes but when?
Ford Cortina no idea what mark...I was 24. Have very little interest in cars tbh
Before that
CJ250T
CX500C
Z900
CX500C
Ford Cortina no idea what mark...I was 24. Have very little interest in cars tbh
Before that
CJ250T
CX500C
Z900
CX500C
"Never debate an idiot, they'll only drag you down to their level and they have the advantage of experience"
Re: First Car
I too had a CX500
after my Suzuki GT250
1st car was a Talbot Alpine, and I then swaped it for a Ford Capri vinyl roof an all
after my Suzuki GT250
1st car was a Talbot Alpine, and I then swaped it for a Ford Capri vinyl roof an all
Song machine is coming down....
And we're gonna have a party Uhuhu
And we're gonna have a party Uhuhu
- leic white 63
- First Team
- Posts: 1294
- Joined: Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:57 pm
Re: First Car
ford fiesta ghia mid 80s rot boxes back then.
Re: First Car
Ditto, except mine was pale blue. Paid £250 for it. Three months later it was stolen and wrapped around a lamp post. Got £600 off of the insurance. Invested in a beautiful white Triumph 1500 TC, which took me all around Europe.
Delapsus Resurgam - When I fall I shall rise!
Re: First Car
Bronze Mk2 Escort bought off a mate for a couple of hundred in 82, radio set on fire as I took it for an MOT following week passed the MOT minus the radio and still smelling of smoke
A bumble bee under the laws of physics shouldnt be able to fly, but it does because no one has told it that it can't
Re: First Car
Ford Zephyr IV mark 3, 1703cc - ex-army, 75 quid. Bench seat, column change, brilliant. Lots of things I didn't know when I bought it but it turned out I got one of the few examples of a column change that was absolutely tight - it was a joy to drive and we had great fun, but there was a reason for the price.
Problem was the rust in the end - it looked alright but the sub-frame was slowly rusting and I had to trade it
First car but never even thought to take a picture of it.
Problem was the rust in the end - it looked alright but the sub-frame was slowly rusting and I had to trade it
First car but never even thought to take a picture of it.
- YorkshireSquare
- Administrator
- Posts: 11583
- Joined: Sun May 18, 2003 1:34 pm
- Twitter: @motforum
- Location: Leeds
- Contact:
Re: First Car
Rover Metro
Absolute rust bucket.
Absolute rust bucket.
- herefordbornleedsboy
- Reserve Player
- Posts: 494
- Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:42 am
- Location: Hereford
Re: First Car
Baby blue Fiat 500. Not my choice. The Mrs learnt to drive first so got choice on the car.
- rich_leeds64
- Site Contributor
- Posts: 3482
- Joined: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:08 pm
- Twitter: @richleeds64
- Location: Leeds LS27
Re: First Car
1973 Ford Escort 1300L In red, bought it in 1981 for £275 which I thought was an absolute fortune in those days.
- beer belly bert
- Subs Bench
- Posts: 757
- Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:39 am
- Location: bottom of a glass
- The Subhuman
- Superstar
- Posts: 55501
- Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:03 am
- Location: God's own county
Re: First Car
You had a loft conversion in it?
"Never debate an idiot, they'll only drag you down to their level and they have the advantage of experience"
-
- Guest
Re: First Car
When I was at school, I had a few weeks off to go to work with my brother, his mate had a Zephyr, bloody lovely it was, leather seats were just top quality.Norm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:18 pm Ford Zephyr IV mark 3, 1703cc - ex-army, 75 quid. Bench seat, column change, brilliant. Lots of things I didn't know when I bought it but it turned out I got one of the few examples of a column change that was absolutely tight - it was a joy to drive and we had great fun, but there was a reason for the price.
Problem was the rust in the end - it looked alright but the sub-frame was slowly rusting and I had to trade it
First car but never even thought to take a picture of it.
- NorfolkWhite
- Manager
- Posts: 4912
- Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2016 10:57 am
Re: First Car
Looks like I’m the first to vote with a Mini, was a GT1275, used more oil than petrol....oh and it was brown.
- Muppet the Cat
- Moderator
- Posts: 13033
- Joined: Mon May 29, 2017 9:42 pm
- Location: Cardiff
Re: First Car
Also a Mini for me Norfolk.NorfolkWhite wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:56 pm Looks like I’m the first to vote with a Mini, was a GT1275, used more oil than petrol....oh and it was brown.
Couldn't tell you what model or engine size though. All I remember is that it was that horrible non-descript sandy brown colour and leaked like a sieve. I had to sell it within 6 months as my student over-draft in my final year was getting bigger than my bank manager was willing to allow.
Re: First Car
Then I'm the secondNorfolkWhite wrote: ↑Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:56 pm Looks like I’m the first to vote with a Mini, was a GT1275, used more oil than petrol....oh and it was brown.
Just a regular mini, regustered 1960 something (this was in 1978). A mate of me Dad's got this rusty old green mini with holes all over. He filled and then sprayed it the colour I wanted.....bright yellow. It was the love of my life, I spent a fortune on black go faster stripes, furry yellow and black seat covers, fitted new carpets myself. It had a bent gearstick that wouldn't go into first, and a starter button on the floor. Headlights were dipped by a foot pedal....and if anyone has driven up Garrowby Hill in Yorkshire (1 in 6), you will understand why I had to stop in the layby half way up, gather myself ( and the mini) and set off again with one big push. Happy days
Re: First Car
Ok......make me the third mini....muppet nipped in to second whilst I was typing
- Muppet the Cat
- Moderator
- Posts: 13033
- Joined: Mon May 29, 2017 9:42 pm
- Location: Cardiff
Re: First Car
Such a gent Muppet
Re: First Car
Mine had the front bench seat with the column change and the handbrake on the right, so I could comfortably get 6 in on occasion, but with the smaller engine I had to change gear a lot. The Zephyr VI was the bees knees overall with a 2.5-litre engine, but I loved my IV to bits - space, comfort, cheap class.gessa wrote:
When I was at school, I had a few weeks off to go to work with my brother, his mate had a Zephyr, bloody lovely it was, leather seats were just top quality.