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I remember my dad wanting one of these when his company car was up for a change.
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The guy who ran the car fleet said no and that my dad should come up with an alternative... So he put together a list that contained this and others like it.
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He got his.
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Can't really remember exactly what I wanted him to buy, but around that era he went through a number of spectacularly unreliable motors ranging from Austin Allegros and Princesses to Morris Marinas.
What I DO remember is that my brother and I crashed his brand new Marina the day after he got it. I was 8 and he was 7. Dad took it over to show his father and left us in the car WITH THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION.
When you're 8 years old in the 1970s, your only knowledge of how to drive a car comes from bad saturday matinee movies where the action is filmed against a moving backdrop while the actor moves his hands rapidly from side to side. Cue collision with immovable wooden telegraph pole and a soundly-smacked arse. Didn't do me any harm though...
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At around that age my dad had a company helicopter at his disposal so [i]what car[/i] didn't really come into it! If my memory serves me right he drove a Jaguar Mk IX at about that time. Blimey, how pretentious does that make me 😳
This. Yeeeeeeeeee Har!!!!!!!!!!!!. (and the bows with the flaming arrows to match)
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Can't believe no ones mentioned this.[ur Quattro]
After his 2.8 injection Capri, he bought one of these (older, not the 20v, but in Nautic Blue). Flash git was only in his mid-30s.
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After his second Quattro (black, natch), he nearly changed it for one of these...
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Told you he was flash....
At various times he had
Lime Green Escort Mexico
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White Manta - seen rallying as late as 2003
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Black 5 GT Turbo - Hard to find a picture of one that hasn't been "modified"
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Green E36 M3 Evolution
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I would've been 8 when he had the Renault 5, I can still remember the noise and the rush when the Turbo kicked in.
He has got a lot more sensible in the last ten years and now wonders why I am so interested in performance cars 🙄
I always wanted to see a Rover SD1 on the driveway, instead we were treated to a succession of Austin 1100's, Maxis and Mini's. I guess it was this that taught me car maintenance - I spent many an hour at weekends amongst scrapyards with my dad...
Rancho - My 4 yr old son is now playing with a toy rancho I had as a youngster - the real thing might not have been as tough as it wanted you to think it was but Corgi can build one with bombproof build quality!
One of these 6 wheeled buggies. But couldn't decide between the Space 1999 one:
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or the Banana Splits ones:
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Thinking about it now it's a no contest. NA NA NA, NA NA-NA NA....
As there were five kids by then, we wanted space, so after he drove one of these
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under a lorry in the fog, we got one of these
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though years later after a Victor we eventually got round to three rows of seats with a Saab 95, 504 Family and a CX familiale. Never thought of sports cars at all till later.
An Austin Princess, tin gin palace, if I remember correctly! He nevre did get one tho', too s****y.
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but we had one of these
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1985, so obviously I wanted him to buy one of these:
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..but he bought one of these:
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Pretty good match I thought. God I loved that car.
Stu_N > you are me and I claim my five pounds.
(apart from the 'owning a Jetta' bit)
A white Rover SDI wedge shaped thing. With a big viking ship tastefully painted on the bonnet of course.
Or this
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/splattergraphics/3651995407/ ]1923 Ford Model T Hot Rod[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/splattergraphics/ ]splattergraphics[/url], on Flickr
Or this
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/kittikatt/382630843/ ]Beach Buggy front[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/kittikatt/ ]kittikatt[/url], on Flickr
We had one of these
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/austin7nut/5313409786/ ]1974 Wolseley Six[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/austin7nut/ ]Austin7nut[/url], on Flickr
Life's kinda like that isn't it
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but he just got a boring 2litre version on steel wheels.
Then he had a couple of Rover 800s before turning into a boy racer and having 4 of these:
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I remember reading about the Ferrari Mondial as a kid and thinking it would make a great family car - 4 seat you know!
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Wanted : land rover series 2 - just like grandads
Had
Mk 2 xr2i followed by an 88 audi 100 sport and a massey fergusson digger ( when your 8 that is ultra cool )
doesnt work without pictures ....so
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Wanted
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Had exactly like that minus them spong like driving lamps .....
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to that in white (bleugh)
with a side helping of
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to even things out ....
now rocking
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Fast and comfy - for 2 ..... 3.5 V6 CDI. has 4 seats but at 6ft 3 my knees hit the dash with the seat right back and there is about 3 inches for rear passengers legs .... but by **** it shifts !
i best not have kids any time soon - ill be the ultra uncool father ... a partner van and a land rover 90.
When I was 8 I wanted him to buy this:
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or at least this:
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However as there was no Corvettes or Batmobiles in Poland at that time so we had this:
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followed by this:
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Wanted a Ford Capri, obviously because of the Professionals, alas, we had this.
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The dashboard was quite cool though.
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Three of them I think, followed by this, a Citreon BX
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Mind you someones done an up to date concept version of the GSA which I wouldn't have minded if I was still that age.
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Had to settle for a MK2 Escort Poular (i.e not even a radio) 1.1 in Signal Orange.
At least you could find it in a car park...
Another kid lusting after an SD1, instead we had a litany of crud that reads thusly;
peugeot 404 estate in powder blue
Renault 12 estate in metallic blue
Polski Fiat 125p estate in beige
Lada Riva
Lada Cossak beige again
Proton 1.5 twice mint green
I decided to leave home at that point
Something that didn't smell, break down constantly or that cost more than about £50 would have done 😥
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still remember it fondly and pretty sure this is why I have had a few 106 rallyes and gtis and can't quite bring myself to buy another sensible family wagon
when i was 8 pops was changing the company car from the 1.6 gl cortina in blue to a 1.8GL sierra in white! i used to think you could get 15 people in it!! i was very sad!! (stil am come to think of it!!)
honestly dont remember wanting anything else, how sad am i! lol know i got super excited about getting the next new company car in 1990 and that was a sierra 1.8 GLX in blue! and would argue till blue in the face that it was Far superior to Any Vauxhall as it was a Ford and they were simply better! haha!
My dad got one of these just after I passed my driving test and his company insurred me on it.
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It was brilliant. It is probably the reason why I bought The Mighty Vectra 20 odd years later.
I was quite happy. My dad had one of these.
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I thought the fins over the brake lights were the coolest thing ever. but then I do work in IT now so I'm probably not the best barometer for what's hip and down with the kids.
When I was older mind, my dad got the most awesome car on earth.
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Now that's a car to learn to drive in. No wonder I'm such a brilliant driver now.
I always wanted my dad to get something like this
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Me and my brother used to spend hours designing them as kids and wanted one so much. I was always going to make my own when I grew up.
have you made one yet?
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Cavalier Calibre. A real dreamboat at the time. We ended up with an Ital.
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Have I hell.
I was also going to buy a truck and travel across Africa.
Not done that either.
Wanted
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Got (at the time)
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Then later he finally came good with.... x2 (+ a 147)
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and... (this actual one)
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crap cars we had before (renault 4, renault 6, renault 14)
Hmmm my 1st car was a 14....
Oh my next door neighbour had a Dino for a while in the 70s.
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Later on we had
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[i]Have I hell.
I was also going to buy a truck and travel across Africa.
Not done that either. [/i]
I think it's probably a good thing anyway. The reality is usually nowhere near as good as the anticipation. I remember as a kid I thought driving a Ferrari would be the most awesome experience ever.
But it wasn't. It was like driving a badly made Fiat.
We had one of these;
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to be honest I don't remember being traumatised by goign round in it but I remember hoping we'd have a proper car like all my freinds families did.
My parents did have 4 kids and a large dog, though, and subsequent experiments with a Cortina Estate proved that a minibus was probably a good choice in the days before people carriers.
A Scooby WRX STI-UK 🙂
Got:
MG Metro
Tipo
Escort
Rover 214
Astra Estate
Tempra Estate
Vectra estate
Focus Estate
MG Midget (now mine 🙂 )
Punto
I wanted my Dad to get a a
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but he ended up with a
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and my mum got a
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How times have changed. I remember lusting after a Fiat Tipo turbo.
Had a poster of this on my wall and really couldn't understand why we didn't have one in the garage
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Did have one of these though (2 actually, but I was only 5 when they had the first one)
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I had a 5GT Turbo as my first car (student loan paid the insurance!) and loved it. A mate still has a 16k miler sat on his drive under a cover. Probably appreciating in value if it's not rusted away!
my dad had one of these when I was about 11
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then two of these (one after the other, not at the same time)
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then one of these (which he still has)
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He likes his jap cars pointy, does my dad.
I must be the same age as Harry as I wanted a Matra Rancho and a Fuego as well.
Instead we had a succession of Cortinas and Sierras.
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Eventually I persuaded them to go for something a little more exciting.
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Not great to look at but the suspension was cool.
Derek_Starship ... that's a Uno Turbo 😉