A Renault 6, the 850cc engine version, front bench seat, gear stick coming out the middle of the dashboard, TOB 428H. Great fun to drive, it tilted sideways very interestingly on bends, and could occasionally get up to 70mph, with the wind behind it. You don’t remember the Renault 6? Hmm, I suppose it was 40 years ago 😳

One of these;

1.4 Fiesta Si in mallard green.

Regretted not going for the 1.6 within about 4 weeks of getting it and it suffered from Dagenham Orange quite badly but it was a great car.

Not mine….at lesst I don’t think it was but mine looked exactly like this after the respray. Drove all round Europe in it when I was a student. Was able to get my band plus gear in to…oh happy days. 8)

Oops double post.

993RW……a Ford Anglia 105E Super with optional 4 speed gearbox and interior light….she was two tone grey and a hoot…..only owned her for a year when all the oil seals decided they would fail…….

Ford Capri mk 1 Facelift.
Reg – M969 MGM
The only registration that I can remember of the many car’s that I’ve had since them

Surely that’s not the correct reg, that would make it a 1994ish!

Loving the 60’s and 70’s contributions.

1977 Mk.1 VW Golf 1600 GLS five door, in silver with a blue velour interior. 32 years ago. Loved that car. I sold it to my Dad after three years.
A five door version of this:

Second car was a 1976 Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior. Not this one, but it was in similar condition

There is a direct connection between these two cars-anyone know what it is? (Apart from the fact I owned both I mean)

1984 Polo 1043cc, still my favorite car out of all I have owned!

1.9 Opel Manta
Gearbox fell off driving it home from the dealer.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7cJt3rCJh4EZHJrZFQ3YzZTb28

Hillman Imp in many shades of blue.

breadcrumb – Member
Surely that’s not the correct reg, that would make it a 1994ish!

Your so right, my memory must be going, it was
MGM 969M

#idiot

Same as captainsasquatch – 1982 Renault 5TL, I think it was 1178cc and about 6 bhp

Had my 1st car when I was 14, an old Ford Popular, (this was about 1970) we lived next to a disused quarry, which was handy for ragging round. A succession of bangers (& motorbikes) followed till I passed my test in 1973 & rose to the dizzy heights of being a Mini owner! (probably circa 1968 model)

1986 Nissan Bluebird, 1.6lx.
Far bigger, faster and cheaper than the little 1.0 things friends had and well known for having an interior like a 3 piece suite, well comfy.
Also near identical to the one owned by the police man at the bottom of our lane, so didn’t attract any attention locally, handy for a new driver.

A 1977 “R” reg Mini 1000.

Cute but full of rust.

GTM Coupé mid engined, based on a mini, great fun.

1986 Volvo 240 estate with a 2.3 litre engine, it was great I could finally get to races, even when far away as the back was perfectly flat, stand the bike up and sleep alongside it.

Mini 1000. OKT146G
I thought the handbrake was to turn round if you’d left your fags, and my sister fell out going round a sharp right hander cos the A pillar was corroded and the door didn’t shut.

A 1981 Pontiac Le Mans, for those who didn’t grow up in North America.

My third car was a 70’s pontiac lemans sport coupe, not this but its the closest photo I can find

Cost a sodding fortune to run and insure at 19

Mk1 Ford Escort Mexico ,didn’t last long after an encounter with a humpback bridge and the Dukes of Hazard theme tune ,

Followed up with a replacement soon after a 2.8 Capri

1986 Nissan Bluebird, 1.6lx.
Far bigger, faster and cheaper than the little 1.0 things friends had

I’m pretty sure they weren’t faster than anything. They were truly awesome cars for the time though. I had two.

An ex- St Helens Council MK3 transit in what would now be called ‘Enduro Yellow’. If I parked it outside your house and the sun came out it would change the colour of your living room walls.

A 1996 Peugeot 106. 954cc producing 54 raging horses connected to 145 section pram wheels, via a 4 speed gearbox. Simultaneously absolutely crap and fantastic fun. I loved it.

1985 Fiesta 950cc

Transpired it was s prope bodge job repair from rear end smash.

Taught mrs_oab to drive in it, drove to Wales and lakes every weekend.

Sold it a year later for what we paid for it….

JYD 277K – Vauxhall Viva S. Loved that car, 2 door, bright yellow, shiny chrome, Rosstyle wheels.

All good until the day it burst into flames… 🙄

1934 Singer Le Mans Special Speed.

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1994 Honda Civic 1.5 LSi

Epicyclo wins thread

67 Mustang.

A gold T reg Mazda 323, got me through my car driving lessons and test (with tape on the rear window to help with the reversing part of the test).
Great old car which I sold too quickly to get my hands on an A plate Renault 5 Gordini Turbo, a real money pit of a car.

Vauxhall Cavalier Gls

Another one here who started in Mini’s 😀 B132 BNY, maroon with 12″ steel wheels and a ginormous steering wheel.

An ’82 Mini 1000 City I inherited off my aunt when she died. It had laid buried in undergrowth for years at the bottom of her garden so needed a lot of work to get it roadworthy again (but was bizarrely rust-free!) as most moving stuff had seized. It had only done 31k miles in it’s 15 years which was it’s downfall unfortunately. Between ’87 and ’91 it had only ever done 3 miles between MOT’s, it was 3 miles to the garage and back! The engine block cracked after 3 months as it had spent years only ever doing short runs.

Put it in my garage for 6 years with the intention of rebuilding it but sold it on to an old school mate as a project when I lost interest. Wish I hadn’t now, really want it back!! Saw it around a few years ago so it did get saved but the MOT test check site says it’s currently not taxed or SORN’ed so I fear the worst 😥

First car at 17 after passing test was a Fiat 124 Sport Coupe same colour and model as this. Cost me £90 from one of my old teachers.

1986 mini city e 998cc. C212 VBC. I loved that car. Gutless in standard form but the exhaust soon fell off while driving home from work one night so the only option was to fit a stage one tuning kit from mini spares. Ditched the points for an Aldon Ignitor and it drove like a totally different car. It was faster than most of the 1275s in the mini club I joined.
I’d love to know what happened to it.

MK4 Ford Cortina – it was written off when a fool decided to overtake as I was turning right = nasty smack.

There is a direct connection between these two cars-anyone know what it is? (Apart from the fact I owned both I mean)

@jimw Both designed by Giugiaro

Great thread btw

Mk2 escort 1.3 when I was 12.

At the time, my mums friend had a farm so I learned to drive around there, fixed up the engine fitted a radio, sorted the electrics etc. All good fun but it was bought out of the scrapyard so was rotten as pear. Once I put threw a spare wheel in the boot and it fell straight through onto the ground.

I hand painted it white with a brush and it didn’t look too bad from a distance. My schoolmates didn’t believe I had a car so, instead of taking them to the car, I took the car to them parking it up on the estate near school and showing them it at lunchtime 😯 I was stupid as a 15 year old.