First Car

[empip]

Split windscreen, black, moggy - on L plates.

 

[masona]

Morris Mini 1000cc, wish I've kept it, now a got Mini Cooper 500, only drive it in the summer

 

[Trazor]

morris marina.

Rust in peace..........................

Mine...........Simca 1501...........

Does anyone remember the Allegro with the square steering wheel...

 

[Tim 77]

'c' reg Fiesta Pop plus, it cost more to insure than it did to buy!!

 

[Thermo]

a renault 14 gtl

flat battery
alternator died
cv joints went twice
brakes seized up
lots of rust

just after i agreed a trade in for another car the starter motor went, someone broke in and tried to nick but they couldnt start it! Wouldve got more on the insurance.

oh and gear box fell out 2 months after i got rid of it, i only had it for 6 months!

 

[Steve]

On a quiet night, if you listen carefully, you'll be able to hear a Ford popular rusting.

 

[bernardgreen]

On a quiet night, if you listen carefully, you'll be able to hear a Ford popular rusting.

Ford Pops. Nice car. Where are you 971 EVX I do miss you.....

 

[mlb3c]

jeeeez....

a 1974 Ford Pinto stationwagon...primer gray paint, no air, no power steering, 4 cylinder, dk blue vinyl seats....entirely too much metal on the inside...I sizzled (literally) in August.

I've come a long way baby

 

[pitbull]

Reliant Robin.

 

[Nige F]

. Mine was a Triumph 1500 TC, reg no. GAP 395M..

Sussex registration in Albania mine was a Scootacar Mk. 2 with a Villiers 200cc. engine

 

[JohnD]

mine was a Scootacar Mk. 2 with a Villiers 200cc. engine

Wow!

 

[securespark]

jeeeez....

a 1974 Ford Pinto stationwagon...primer gray paint, no air, no power steering, 4 cylinder, dk blue vinyl seats....entirely too much metal on the inside...I sizzled (literally) in August.

My Alfa had vinyl seats.....Owww!

A later Maestro had leather seats. They actually gave me second degree burns (as classified by A & E (ER to you mlb!!) in the summer of 1990...

 

[JohnD]

were these burns on your knees?

 

[securespark]

Knees?

No, thighs....


Why??!!

 

[RF Lighting]

Friction?