What Was Your Very First Car?

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Are you sure that was the capri reg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

must be getting old PFG414J followed by JJY529P ; G484WFJ was an XR3i I had much later on had 130k on the clock when sold and still went well, did say I could remember most just not in the right order

[Guest Captain Daz]

Triumph Toledo.

 

1300 brown.

 

Put loads of Dolomite stuff inside which brough it up to about 1978.

 

Changed everything including engine, fuel tank and windscreen.

 

Written off by a really bad coach driver who slammed in to the side. Got screwed by insurance co.

 

I loved my first car.

 

Would I want it back?

 

Nah.

[Guest Paul Kirby]

Vauxhall Viva HB - I put Corbeau GT4 seats in it along with Cosmic steering wheel, dash mounted tacho, 8 Track Stereo, 2 speakers on the rear parcel shelf. Outside; Wolfrace slots mags all round, pinstriped highlights around the door handles (kit bought from Santa Pod). 1159 cc engine developed porous cylinder liners which lead to oil in the water etc, so I upgraded to a 1256 HC engine - oh the power! I thought it look a treat until I ran into the back of a Rover P5 during a snow storm. Third party fire and theft insurance only = pride and joy reduced to an expensive still life feature in my back garden until I sold off the salvageable parts

 

Would I still like it? Only for the nostalgia.

Edited June 15, 2008 by axle man

[Guest 2Bornot2B]

1953 Ford Prefect E93A Bakelite city inside!

One went through the classic auction last week for £1500, lucky I wasn't there or it would be alongside the 2B now!

[Guest paulwillie1000@yahoo.co.uk]

Allegro 1500 special, built like a tank,and fast down hill.

had loads of fun in the back of it!

[Guest stuart_]

my first car was my doner car, so it realy will be my kit car.

 

stuart

[Guest zoomzoom]

Hillman Super Minx series 4 1725cc dark green

 

KHV 188D

 

Bought off my sister for £100 when i was 16

 

great car

 

[Andy Spencer]

Vauxhall Chevette GLS Hatch, white, MFH 849P. Rostyle wheels and a respray along with the 'sporty' red interior kept my interest through college. Sold it for £300 to a local guy who scrapped it soon after. Bought my Gran's 11 year old 1983 Fiesta Mk 1 Pop Plus 1100 A190 FBC with 10k on the clock for £500. Put an XR2 interior in it and did 60k trouble free miles over 4 years and sold to a friend. Was still on the road a couple of years ago, don't know now.

 

Would only want them back for novelty value, like others I wish I had a large barn and could retire everything I've had for future use.

[Al Milton]

Mk 1 1600GT Capri (GFN 763L). Bought it with a blown engine for £25. Stuck a 2 litre Pinto in it (from a scrap MK1 Granada), fitted a pair of twin 40's (picked these up from a local scrapper), chrome Rostyles and the obligatory bag of cement in the boot - not that this helped!

 

Sprayed metallic red with go-faster stripes and fitted high back seats and furry dice. Sold it for £350 to a guy at work who wrapped it round a lampost two weeks later, thankfully no-one hurt. Yes he did take the bag of cement out!

 

Great fun car, great memories. Can still remember the stick I got for dropping the radiator after fitting the 2 litre ..............

 

Al

[Jez Morton]

Mine was 1.6 MK1 Cavalier, gift off the old man. We had to respray it first and magnets wouldn't stick to it if you know what I mean.

[Guest mikea]

NLV 633F . Black Mk3 Triumph Spitfire (blue when I bought it) . Bought for £40 (car was £30 but it had a motalita steering wheel .. hence the extra £10) when I was 16 .. then rebuilt .. finally on the road when I was 18.

 

yes I would have it (or any Mk3) back .. great fun .. lots of greasing involved in running one though. Only let me down once .. in mid wales 150 miles from home when it broke the crank !

[nicko]

Mine was a Mk2 Escort van, T reg, riviera blue, 1300 crossflow. Great fun, but the only reason I'd have it back is for it's value.

Mind you, my mate hated it 'cos it was quicker than his Mk2 saloon, and his 1.6 capri

 

Nick

[Guest Quarks7]

Mine was a 1979 MK4 Cortina (2ltr GL model) reg number GBY 215T

 

I fitted a front grille from a MK5 Cortina, Wooden dash from the Ghia model & a black vinyl roof (anyone remember them?) l then set about taking an angle grinder to the rear to fit the rear light clusters from a 1979 Granada. As the Cortina wasn't as wide as the Granny the lights touched the number plate. So it was all lights from the back and I thought it looked the dogs danggely bits. Only trouble was I hadn't thought as far ahead as how to fix the new lights in place. So if you opened the boot you could see the Mechano and body filler fixings

 

The lights never got a chance to fall out though Cos I rolled it and it caught fire within 3 months of passing my test!

 

If anyone had told me then that nearly 25 years later I'd be driving a car with the same running gear I'd have laughed at them. Just goes to show you eh!!

 

Would I have the Cortina back??????

 

From a memories point of view yes, cos you always love the freedom of your first car. But to be honest it was a pile of cack and cost me a fortune so probably not. Anyway it was a bit crispy round the edges after the fire!

[Guest yokel]

1974 M reg hillman hunter gls! 1725 holbay on twin 40's as standard! spent ages doing it up, rebuilt the engine, learned the twin choke cold start method too! passed my test and was seduced by a mk1 cavalier! would have it back any day, just for the sounds!!!

[Guest chris brown]

1934 or 5 Austin Seven Ruby well 2 in fact one had a broken chassis and the other had a seized engine so a transplant soon fixed that they cost me £5 each (£5 was just under a week’s wages) This was followed by a Nippy (rag top version of the Ruby)

Would I have one today? Not for every day use. Anything that you have to fit cable benders to the brake cables (foot brake not hand brake) has got to be scary on today’s roads. No give me my hood any day.