Being the very new proprietor of new-to-me Peugeot estate got me thinking about the marque, when I remembered that I really used to fancy a particular Peugeot back when I was a kid. It was the Peugeot 505, and the only model that ever really had a foothold in Canada.
We were travelling across the West to the Rockies in Alberta once, and there was one parked outside our motel. I remember talking to my dad about it, and saying that I liked the way it looked – especially its cool front lights shape.
Any odd* cars you fancied in your childhood?
*Odd meaning the sort of car that would be less likely to have attracted the interest of your mates.
My dad’s mate had eclectic tastes in cars when I was growing up. He had a Bond Bug at one time! 😀
The car I remember most was a Citroen CX that my dad borrowed off him for some reason (can’t remember why now). I thought it was fantastic and long held the belief that I’d own one one day. I remember persuading my dad to get me a brochure from the local Citroen dealer and cutting out all the pics and pinning them on my bedroom wall.
I had an X19 – cracking little car – stuck an Uno Turbo lump in it, then a 20V Coupe Turbo – used to eat GTI’s, etc for breakfast!
Have a hankering to do another with a full digital dash, this time.
The Argyll was made in Lochgilphead (where i went to school for a few years back in early 80’s) and my mums dad used to occasionally do work for Bob, he had a tiny workshop which was full of stuff that fascinated me as a kid and i used to love going for test drives down to Inveraray and back as it felt like getting into a spaceship but more often than not there was mechanical issues with the cars and they ended up getting trailered back to the workshop. For a brief time though i was the most popular kid in the school 😀
I’ll pop over later and see if my mum has any pics in her scrapbook.
Bedford van and 480 +1 . I think, if I analyse that, it’s probably because I had the matchbox cars.
I still want a vauxhall viva hc or firenza. Not even a droop snoot, a normal one. But I think these days you basically have to buy a VIN plate and a ton of sheet metal and make your own
Is a Golf VR6 an ‘odd’ car for someone to want, then?!
No idea. In my 30s I finally could afford a nice car, so bought the VR6’s successor the Golf V6 4motion (1st car with the Haldex AWD system). Absolutely loved it, even though it drank petrol like is was going out of fashion…
The X1-9 was a good car to get parts off for my Panda. I was planning on stealing the wheels off a breaker’s one when I got rid of the 4×4 and bought a Mk. 2 Golf GTi.
After my dad bought one, I always fancied the Rover Vanden Plas. It was the first car that I ever saw a V8 in and was one of the most luxurious vehicles I have ever been driven around in. Then my mum killed it. I remember wanting the salvage the engine out of it…
Woke up one morning when I was about 6 and found this in my Dad’s Garage……It was a prize in a CoCa Cola competition and he was delivering it to the lucky winner…
Denim upholstery and a fridge in the boot….full of Coke.
Pretty cool when you’re six.
I had a Citroen BX which looked like that. It was the best ever car I’ve owned for long journeys, (and I was travelling for work back then, so it did plenty of them.) Finally got rid of it at 180k miles as the hydraulics were just too expensive. My cousin had a 16v one. Mental.
Anyhow, wanted one like this. Owned one briefly and would again, but arkward to Cary a bike.
I had a BX, one of the first ones. It was sh!te. Possibly due to being pre-owned by my dad, I don’t know, the choke valve would stick open in cold or when it felt like it.
Should never had traded from the GSA. Did have a big carrying capacity though.
It was quirky, futuristic, went like a train (to my 17 year old foot anyway) and did silly miles (iirc, we sold it to a work colleague of my dad who saw 200k on it)