[Closed] What car from your past would you like to have driven?

Without a doubt...
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MUST be the 3 litre one like in The Professionals.

I'd like my 2CV. Fit some studded tyres it would probably go anywhere.

You need a vinyl roof to be like the Professionals don't you?

(Stops the reflection of your double chin apparently).

Would love to have a spin in a works Mini, just to see how it differs from a standard one, even better, would be to be driven in one by someone who new how to drive one as it intended to be used 😉

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Metro 6R4, was an apprentice at Rover when they were building them.

I briefly drove an old mini cooper 1275 well well before I passed my test. Would love to have a drive in one now.

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Just the most beautiful car ever built. Pure class

Mini lovers, this is my mate's 1275 Cooper S. With a full race cam its unbelieveable. The Shrew has driven it to Monte Carlo 4 or 5 times - flat out 😈

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Another 2CV

mastiles_fanylion - Member

Without a doubt...

MUST be the 3 litre one like in The Professionals.

The 80's rally cars are an area I could collect if I had the money (shed loads of money)
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That would do for starters

I used to have one of these back in the 70s :

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Have had an MGA, Series 1 Land Rovers, and various other vehicles over the years but its the Volvo I wish I still had now 8)

but its the Volvo I wish I still had now

Cynic-Al to the forum please.

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psling have to disagree - no great driving experience but a looker for sure. You can have mine of the current buyer pulls out...

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I would love another one of these
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In our various domiciles, neighbours all had these:
Sunbeam Tiger
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Triumph Stag
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Jensen Interceptor
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My Dad's Maxi just wasn't the same... although my lovely Triumph 2000 was the nearest I could get to a Stag.

It would have to be a mk1 or mk2 Escort RS2000 for me.

Everyday I walked to school, I used to go past a black mk2 Escort RS2000 with the flat front and 4 square headlamps. It was a fantastic looking car 8)

Although I've got a soft spot for the Opal Manta as well 8)

I remember when I was younger, one of our neighbours had an Opel Manta Exclusive which I always lusted after.

cynic-al - Member
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Death awaits!

I forgot my all time favourite. I had all sorts of adventures in mine.

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Agree, no great driving experience although a great tourer (and as a young man in those days, it had the desired effect on young ladies 😯 )

Pretty bomb-proof motor, had mine for a couple of years - metallic purple with white roof and detail when I got it!! Resprayed it to its original red (similar to the one in the picture).

Now, the Porsch; went off them when a mate of mine took himself and two others out several years ago 🙁

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hora - Member

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Death awaits!

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Its lethal to drive.

Mk1 Escort Mexico. Loved seeing them blat round Breckland Forest in my youth and spent a lot of time in the sixth form daydreaming about doing the same thing in one.

I sometimes wonder why I got rid of my Mk2 Golf Gti. But the feeling doesn't last long. About the same length of time as wishing I had my Omega MV6 back in fact. Then I remind myself that fuel has almost doubled since I had both of those, and that they would make me a pauper in a month.

This is a car of dreams...
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I had a 4 door 1600 sport with a tarted up motor that went like something that I'm not allowed to say but will leave it to your imagination off a greasy stick.
RS2000 Mk1, Mk2 or Mexico would be a hoot.
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Muy sexy!

Came close to buying an S1 many years ago, but didn't. 😥

The Jensen Interceptor would certainly be high on my list, also something Italian ie maserati
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binners, I'd love to knock her about in a sexual-domestic 8)

hora - Member
Its lethal to drive.

Proper drivers call it "lively" 😉

Anyway agreed on Masers looking good:

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My dad used to rally (as in properly) a Mini Cooper back in the 60s. Wouldn't mind a bash at that.

And I know it sounds odd but he used to have a Fiat 132 as well.... And I have a weakness for old, crap, Italian cars. Becasue they have soul.
I once drove a 131 Mirafiori and I still have a soft spot for a 131 Supermirafiori Sport. Yes, they look like a Lada (IIRC Lada bought the design) and they've mostly rusted into the gound by now, but that engine.... ohhhhhhhhhhh.... You can trace its bloodline to this, a proper mans car. Love 'em:

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Have some more 70s-90s Italian metal/rust that floats my boat:

Lancia Beta Volume X (Same engine: Fiat 2.0 TC. But Supercharged!)

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Alfa Romeo SZ

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Fiat 131 Supermirafiori Sport (Sorry)

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Fiat X 1/9
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And an Alfa 33 Permenant 4, Lancia Thema 8.32 (Ferrari V8!) Lancia Stratos..... etc etc.....

But one silly car I once saw in a dealers in Southend (They had it in for a while...) has always been top of the list. Italian again, I'd be impressed if anyone else has ever heard of it, let alone seen one...! A quick Google reveals only 300 were ever made between 86-93. Pig ugly? Yup. Countach v12 under the bonnet? Check! Love it.
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Laydeez and gentlefolk, may I present the Lamborghini LM002 😯
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OK already. Enough old crap Italian cars. My apologies. (But if I win the lottery, I'm having a garage FULL of them!)

BMW CSL Batmobile

I owned a Mini Cooper S - bored out to 1400cc - wish I still had it! It really was **** off a stick!

Happy days

Dad had one of these when we moved back to Leeds in '77
I have always loved Jags but this one was always special(random internet image but it was the same colour)
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not really MY past, but
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With regards to Capri's, this was the daddy - a Tickford. They had some association with Aston Martin, but without researching can't remember what.

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Used to have one of these. Anyone who has ever driven one will know what I mean!

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DonSimon - that is beautiful!!!

I have always had a thing for performance Fords - the Escort RS2000s and Mexicos were great.

I eventually ended up with a MkII Fiesta XR2 until I put it on its roof.

Ah, the RS200 - around at the same time as the Metro 6R4, but infinitely better looking.

Bonkers cars that were banned from Rallying for being, erm too bonkers

1994 Rover 214SEi. Because that was the nice car we had when I was learning to drive, and I had to drive the crappo Fiesta MkII with all of 950cc....

Pinninfarini Modulo.

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but more realistically, a 635 CSI

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I used to think this was the dogs back in 1978 but it looks rubbish now - espically with those 14" wheels!

The Jaguar XJ Spyder

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17 & two weeks after passing my test! at a party, guy turns up in a brand new 911SC, banker, all flash.

I comment, nice car mate, he smiles and throws me the keys!

Beat the metro I learnt to drive in I can tell you 😉

18, virgin and new at University, two girls (friends) at the bar offered to deflower me at the sametime, took me back to theirs and did.

Not my story but a true one from my boss (one of the girls).

Almost forgot! My girlfriend's granddad had one of these, (it may well have been this one...)
I really thought he was going to let me have a drive of it. Never did though, the basteward. He's dead now. So ha!

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Beautiful.

Peter, Lada bought the licence for Fiat 124, not 131/132. Sorry.
I'd like a Fiat 127, 128, 131, 132, Trabant (with the real 600cc 2-stroke engine) and many others.

DezB +100

The Dino, in my eyes one of the most beautiful cars ever, a neighbour had one in blue when I was 8.
Renault 5 Turbo 1&2
Lancia Delta Intergrale
205 T16
MK1 Works Cooper S

Oh the list goes on

Never did though, the basteward. He's dead now. So ha!

Lol - class

I worked, in a very minor capacity, on the Thrust SSC.

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I saw the 714mph record but ran out of leave before the (still standing) 763.035mph record. The fastest I saw it run was about 730.

What do I win?

Always wanted 3 cars from my childhood.
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And I've half-got one of them. 🙂

coffeeking - Member

Always wanted 3 cars from my childhood.

Pretty much every kid I new had a Lambo poster on the wall, plus that tennis/arse poster 😉

James May review on TG showed what a monster it was to drive mind, one of those things, better to keep as a dream, than acually drive I guess.

I really want my old car back 🙁
wish I'd never sold it

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always wanted a go in this one though.
My Bro is in the process of building something pretty similar though so will get a go in that eventually
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James May review on TG showed what a monster it was to drive mind, one of those things, better to keep as a dream, than acually drive I guess.

Yeah, I've sat in one - zero visibility and not overly comfortable, but I'd still like to own one as I'm a bit masochistic at times! The grin from driving/looking at it would out-do the difficulties.

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Lotus Talbot Sunbeam. The original hot hatch. I would love one, but they are getting quite expensive for a decent one.

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VW Corrado- Always thought they looked lush when I was a kid.

TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member

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I've seen and briefly considered one of these, but the combination of a fragile Maserati engine and Citroen complexity meant common sense prevailed. Pity.

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F40 is the daddy and always will be to me.

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catflees46 - Member
F40 is the daddy and always will be to me.

+1, been in one to, a special factory upgraded one 😉

Always wanted a Lancia Stratos when I was young......... still do!
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Drove one of these just after passing my test at 17. 'tWas lots of fun 8)

Coffeeking - you and me think along the same lines ... the first thought that came into my mind on this thread was this car ... the black lambo:

that sound sends shivers down my spine 🙂

Although the rear wheel on that cossie lookes horse mucked!!

"They had some association with Aston Martin, but without researching can't remember what."

They were a 2.8 special, like a 2.8i but with a limited slip diff, stiffer anti-roll bars and shocks. Tickford, who were Aston's coachbuilders and tuning shop took standard 2.8 specials, stuck a turbo in them to give 125 /155 / or 175 bhp,retrimmed the interior in full conolly hide, built a couple of extra consoles in, fitted a decent exhaust and tyres.

Many of them were fitted with that bloody awful bodykit, and front grille that caused the motor to overheat almost instantly. A very small percentage of them left Tickford without the body kit and just the mechanical and interior mods done. I own one of the latter un-bodykitted ones in black with the 175 turbo bhp kits and it's absolutely hilarious in the snow.

One of these:

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I had road going version which I lost during the 2007 Sheffield floods but would love to have a crack in one of the proper DTM versions.

Also love to have a go in one of the Cossack Mk2 Escort Rally Cars

Always fancied one of these:

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But only because I could never afford one of these:

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No pics but i loved my Pug 205 GTI 1.6 rare as hens teeth now,was on about 130,000 miles when i sold her !!!

Mini Moke

Had several in Oz throughout the years. Wish I still had one.
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Had a red one just like this.

One car from my past that I wish I could drive again? Without hesitation, it would be The Widowmaker:
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Proper fly engine, innit?, but mildly understated outside apart from the impossibly trick 16" Volk TE37s with uber-rare dish in the rears.

Sadly, my lack of ability got the better of it, and it ended up down a ditch. Backwards, you ask? How did you know?

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LP400 is way prettier than LP500s IMO, timeless design.

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And everything in it!

The Flying Ox

If you know of anyone who does the same let me know, I need an engine and running gear 😀

that sound sends shivers down my spine

rj - Member

Always fancied one of these:

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We also had one of these...
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... and I know which one I prefer. 😆

As a young un' - I don't have much past to draw on. My parents owned rubbishy cars*.

As the slightly faster version of my first car;
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or a friends parents'
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or my old boss'
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(she sold it without letting me know :-()

* My dad still owns one of these which I DO get to drive when I go back home... 🙂
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My uncle used to drive this
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I did drive it and steer (it's one man to drive and another to steer) in the early eighties. 32 turns lock to lock on the steering!

If you know of anyone who does the same let me know, I need an engine and running gear

Don't really keep up with the MR2 kids now, but if you're on imoc/mr2oc then [b]Jaffa[/b] and [b]Larry93[/b] are in Edinburgh and seem to keep their hand in with parts, engine swaps and the like. Give them a PM.

EDIT: I have the LSD gearbox and rear driveshafts from that very car if it helps?

When I was a kid and knew nothing about what makes a good car I used to think these were awesome, in a Thunderbirds type of way!...

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...I now of course realise they were very wrong indeed! I still wouldn't mind having a drive in one though.

Now you mention it, I want My old MR2 AW11 T-bar back as well :(.

Can't even find any nice pics of it.