Triumph GT6 (mk1,2 or 3).
I’m in my twenties so a bit odd to be on my list really, but when I was a kid there was an orange Mk3 at my Aunts that their neighbor ran as a daily. I just love the shape, size, sound, interior and the way the bonnet opens. Glorious.
The first car I wanted was actually a van with extreme customization – I used to draw them all the time (porthole windows, big external exhausts, fat tyres, exposed air filter etc etc)
True story – a mate of a mate has just bought an XJ220 – it’s utterly rubbish! You could fit your head in the panel gaps. Same bloke also has a Testarossa and it’s amazing how many self tapping screws they use to hold them together…
Mine was an RS200 – the fastest scalextric I had. Which I’m pretty certain is worse in real life than the two mentioned above…
True story – Cindy Crawford couldn’t make a decent lasagne and had no idea of how to load the dishwasher properly.
That didn’t matter either
She also has a big mole…
It’d matter to me if I’d just forked out the amount of cash he has to buy it. Even he has admitted it’s a bit shit but as an investment it makes sense I suppose….
I’m just waiting for molgrips to post saying he fell in love with this from an early age
One of the earliest cars i can remember getting excited about is my papa’s vw beach buggy back in the 70’s, he stayed in darkest Argyll and i remember being taken for drives around the forest and singletrack roads – looking back i’m sure it was a POS but at the time i thought it was amazing as he drifted about the forest roads and beaches. I’m sure my mum has pics somewhere but from memory it looked very similar to pic below
My earliest memories are of my dad taking me to Oulton Park for all sorts of racing, and me falling in love with cars generally, but this specifically…
Still the most beautiful car ever built, combined with the best ever paint job ever applied to a car EVER!
Due to these fond childhood memories, my favourite smell is also Castrol R too. Though you rarely get a whiff of it nowadays. When I do, I’m suddenly 5 years old and stood with my dad at Deer Leep with these things roaring past 😀
Due to these fond childhood memories, my favourite smell is also Castrol Rtoo. Though you rarely get a whiff of it nowadays. When I do, I’m suddenly 5 years old and stood with my dad at Deer Leep the IOM with these thingsbikes roaring past
The Lambo and the 959 were the 2 cars which interspersed my Jamie Hibbard / MBUK and Mint posters in my bedroom. The cars my father sold which I would love to own for petrol head / sentimental reasons are Celica ST165, Vauxhall Senator (3.0l, 24v) or Rover 827 Vitesse.
Got to be the Honda NSX. About 12 years ago I nearly bought one as I had a S2000 at the time and saw it as the next step. Wish I did looking at the prices now, they were less money then for a second hand couple of years old car than they are now.