What was your very first car?

[Guest]

1959 Ford Prefect - 4 door with 1172 Sidevalve engine. Drove it back from the garage, rebuilt the engine, spend 3 years doing stuff on it, learnt to weld etc. Then the Chassis rail rotted and as it was a semi unibody construction it was toast so I scrapped it. Cost me £12 to have it taken away too. Sold the engine and gearbox later for a profit on what the car cost me (£30) and what the engine rebuild cost me (£150).

First car I really had on the road was a 1967 Mini 850 which I restored and fitted a 998 Stage 3 engine in it. Went like absolute stink and looked great in the BMC racing colours (Red with a white roof). Even sourced some of the original Cooper racing stickers on it. With a fully balanced engine, it redlined at 9500rpm and with the straight through racing exhaust it sounded like all the banshees from hell had come out to play.

Cheers

[robnw67]

Vua 350m

Mine was a 1974 Ford Cortina MkIII - the one below the base model. It had a 1300cc engine and only two dials in the cabin - and both of those were broken.

Good cars though Cortinas - I've had 3 of them!

Rob

[Fish]

Mine was a 1974 Ford Cortina MkIII - the one below the base model. It had a 1300cc engine and only two dials in the cabin - and both of those were broken.

Good cars though Cortinas - I've had 3 of them!

Rob

Couldnt agree more m8 as my 2nd, 3rd and 4th motors were all mk3 cortinas.
If I see one now they always bring a smile.


Fish

[poloman]

cars

hillman imp(owned for 6months spent 5 in bits), Escort mk 1 1100cc (steering broke turning left - it went straight on), Lancia Beta coupe1600 (majic drive), riumph spitfire 1500 (onother majic drive), Suzuki B120 (awfull), Suzuki GP100 (hairdrier but reliable), Honda CX500 (met the missus on that so nufff said), Hilman avenger (total wreck), Hyundai Pony pick up (had o drive wiv me head on one side coz it was built fer midgets), Mini clubman auto (nightmare kept dropping exhuast valves), Another Allegro estate this time (awfull), Bedford Rascal (new house brick - had to slip stream lorries to get anyware), Opel Kadet (old but suprisingly good), Austin Maestro 1300, Ford Sierra 1600, Volvo 940se Turbo est (still got it For sale if anyone fancies it), Honda GL650 interstate (i know a bike), Moto Guzzi V11sport (loud), Landrover Defender 90 2.5d (also for sale having spent over a grand on it), Aprilia Futura RST100 (sublime ride - better than sex ) and the Surf.

You asked

[Vagrant No2]

First car was a Hillman Imp . Lowered with 'Monte Carlo' suspension , twin carbs , Janspeed exhaust and wide Wolfrace wheels , 13" rear , 12" front . Loads of understeer even with the race track suspension , but did out manuvere a few people until straight lines when everyone just disappeared in front of me . Wanted to fit an Escort engine to the transaxle but did not know how to do it in those days . Would have a go know .

I tended to be a bit greedy and have 2 cars at once . I had a mk1 Cavalier Sport hatch (Manta) , Dolly Sprint (excellent car) , Mini Clubman , Opel Manta , 1951 Landrover S1 1600 full tilt , Triumph GT6 , Metro ,Talbot Sunbeam 1600 (rot box) Mk5 Cortina estate ,Mini 1000 , Opel Monza GSE , Bedford Astravan , Ford Transit mk2 and Lotus Elan +2 (still got this one)

A couple of others I may have forgotten about

Rick

[Tallyman]

Mine was an all black 1958 Standard 10. Cost me £50, took me and two mates, a Scout Bell tent, three camp beds and all the camping gear from Bristol to Porlock for a long (damp) weekend in 1969. Didn't try to take it up or down Porlock Hill though, especially as the brakes weren't that good. Sold it to a small backstreet garage about a year later for £7.50 as I bought a 1964 Ford Anglia 1000cc Estate for £250. That was about 4 months wages then.

[marky]

MK11 cortina column shift with bench seats in the front it would be worth a fortune now. since been told the column shift model was very rare.
2 x MK1 escorts 1300GT MK11 Cortina 1760cc twin 40 sidedraught carbs rs box. MK11 granada 2.0L granada 2.8i ghia x mk2 capri v4 2.0 MK1 granad 3.0 ghia MK2 escort rover2600 SDI rover 3500 sdi vauxhall belmont 1.4 x 3 rover 416 sli. vauxhall astra estate 1.7td rover 820si vauxhall astra 1.4 ls
& finally my SURF

[sumo]

Mine was a 1969 morris minor,went in the garage as standard,came out........
1275 with a racing head lowered at the front,big fat wheels anr tyres(that long ago I forget what they were called,painted primer grey(thanks to the movie two lane blacktop) bucket seats 5 strap harnesses and some other bits
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Oh yeah and it was.......SUPERCHARGED

[Koi]

First car I owned (well part owned) was a 2.0S capri that had a 3.1 full race tuned engine in it. Went like s**t of a shovel and left the 2.8i capri's for dead and you think the tail end on a surf is lively, you should have driven that.
First legal car I owned was a mazda 626

[Morr]

'79 1.1L Ford Escort MkII,
'79 Renault 5TL,
'81 1.5 Fiat X1/9,
'76 1.1L Escort,
'81 Renault Fuego 1.7GTL,
'80 1.3L Escort,
'89 1.6 Lada Niva 4x4,
'91 Opel Vectra 2.0GL Auto,
'93 2.4 Hilux Surf SSR-X,
'88 2.9 Jaguar XJ6,
'90 4.0 Jaguar Sovereign,
'96 3.0 Hilux Surf SSR-G

Plus in-between... another Reno 5, 2 more MKII Escorts, '73 1.3 Beetle, '67 1.3 Beetle, Fiat Miafiori, Allegro (yuk, for about 2 weeks coz I was desperate), Chrysler Sunbeam.. and I'm sure a few more that escape me now.

[Rob]

'90 Peugeot 205 XR 1.4
'97 Citroen ZX 1.4 SX
'96 Hilux Surf 3.0TD
Mine's a short list so far, so I'll list cars my parents have had during my life (1980)!:

old R reg Lancia (UK)
In 1981, Mini Moke & Toyota Starlet (Seychelles)
B reg Volvo 340 (UK)
'85 Toyota Cressida (Yemen)
'70s Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40 (Yemen)
'86 Nissan Patrol SWB (Yemen)
'87 Citroen BX19 TRS Estate (UK)
'91 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0 V6 (Turks & Caicos Islands, Caribbean)
'95 Ford Explorer Limited 4.0 V6 (Turks & Caicos Islands, Caribbean)
'86 Jeep Wrangler 4.2 (Turks & Caicos Islands, Caribbean)
'95 Citroen XM 2.0CT Turbo Estate (UK)
'91 Peugeot 106 1.1 XR (UK)
'91 Mercedes 300TE (UK)
'98 Mercedes C250TD Estate (UK)
'99 Nissan 200SX (UK)
'02 Jaguar X-Type 3.0 Sport (UK)
Oh and my sis has got a '98 Renault Clio 1.2 RT (UK)

[RobD]

My first car was a Burgundy Fiat(Fix It Again Tam)Mirafiori 1600CL,bad starter in the cold,got rid within 2 months,then bought a Ford Cortina,great car till it was accidentally set on fire during a welding job for the MOT,oh happy days.

[Vagrant No2]

[QUOTE=RobD]My first car was a Burgundy Fiat(Fix It Again Tam)QUOTE]

Hey , how do you know my wife ? And she never fixes my cars or her own !

Rick ( wifes name is Tam)

[TOYMOTA]

Just a couple of motors i've had;
AUDI COUPE 2.2GT
ASTRAMAX VAN
BMW 316
CORTINA MK3 1600XL ESTATE
CORTINA MK5 2.0GHIA X2
CORTINA MK5 2.3GLS(WITH 3.0)
CAPRI MK1 1300GT 1969
CAPRI MK2 3.0S
CAPRI MK3 2.0S(WITH 2.2 200BHP)STILL GOT
CAPRI MK3 2.8i SPECIAL(STILL GOT)
DATSUN 120Y X2
DATSUN 100A
DATSUN 140J
DATSUN 180B
DODGE CAMPER
ESCORT MK1 1300GT(WITH 1680X/F)STILL GOT
ESCORT MK1 1300L 4DOOR
ESCORT MK1 1300XL 2DOOR(WITH 2.O PINTO 45'S)
ESCORT MK1 1300L 2DOOR
ESCORT MK2 1300L 4DOOR
ESCORT MK2 45VAN
FIAT UNO 45
FIAT STRADA 105TC
FIAT 132
FIESTA 1.1POPULAR
MINI ESTATE
MERCEDES 280T(WITH ROVER V8)
MARINA 1300SUPER
MARINA 1300 PICKUP
PONTIAC FIREBIRD 5.7 1973
PEUGEOT 405GL
PEUGEOT 405GTXi
ROVER 827 STERLING
TRIUMPH 2000
TRIUMPH DOLOMITE 1850HL
TOYOTA HILUX SURF
I think thats it.

[The Duke]

NOT MY FIRST BUT I ONCE HAD A TALBOT RANCHO EMBARRSSED OR WHAT!