Your Parents Cars!

[bothwell_buyer]

This is easy, mine did not drive

When I can remember the 30 odd cars I have had, I will put them on here (maybe minus a couple of

french ones or Chatman might get revenge :D )

Paul, re the nedflanders, I think i've still got bits in my garage, well roofbars anyway, could not make them

fit the rav. May have to dump !

Dave. ;)

Ok folks I'm playing the special dispensation card from Paul since my folks never drove. So far I've remembered

20. So it all starts in 1979........................this may take a while.

Mk2 Ford Cortina 1600E (share of with my mate) , Hillman Avenger 1600

Mk3 Ford Cortina 1600L , Mk3 Ford Cortina 1600 XL

Mk3 Ford Cortina 2000E , Mk5 Ford Cortina 2000GL

Mk1 Vauxhall Astra , Volkswagen Golf 1800 GL

Peugeot 309 Sport , Renault 19

Volvo 440 LE , Citreon ?

Volvo 440 XEi, Renault Megane sport Coupe

BMW 318 SE , Vauxhall Astra SXi

Landrover Freelander 1.8 ? , Landrover Freelander GS 2.5 V6

Ford Focus C Max LX D , Ford Focus 1.6 Sport

Current Rav 4

Ok, let the p*ss taking begin

Dave

Citreon

Renault Megane Sport :

Peugeot 309

Nedflanders (and a V6 I bet that drank like a fish in water :lol: )

Ok better get these out of the way then.....(playing my amnesty card as well) :D :D

FIAT 126 Sport (Fix It Again Tomorrow) Rapped it around lamp post on black ice

Ford Cortina 2000E (full lengh sun roof..wicked B) )

Opel Manta GTE 2.0 (Black and lovely got me my first 6 points)

Austin Montego 1.6 (Exhaust fell of at hanger lane)

Ford Fiesta Ghia (start of baby years)

Ford Sierra GLS 2.0

Start of company cars.....

Ford Fiesta 1.25

BMW 525 (Bloody tank) had while waiting for 306...ex MD car and knackered...

Peugeot 406 Estate 2.0 (Had this while they ordered me another 306 Meridian estate as the first fell of the car carrier delivering it :crybaby: )

Peugeot 306 Meridian estate 1.9 DT

Peugeot 306 19DT

Renault Laguna Sport 1.8

Renault Scenic 1.8 Privallage

Renault Magane VVT 1.6 (fat ar** one and could scalp you on the boot lid....ouch!!! and quirky gadgets as well)

Current RAV4 D4D........

A Fiat 126 wrapped around lamp-post - what ??? You showing off that you had a stretched version long enough to go around a lamp-post??!!

Had a Montego at one point when working for BT - great on the straight but had problems if the car had to go round corners.....

I'd a Peugeot 205 - great car but traded it in for a new Citroen BX Estate - nice car. So nice it got stolen when 6 months old and driven around a field, over boulders, and through trees. Unfortunately Arnold Clark made one of the worst repair jobs in his life and I never saw the BX again as I sold it to Arnold whilst it was in '000s of bits on his workshop floor. I think it was the first diesel engine he'd encountered.

I'll need to remember wot company cars I had now....

The old man also had a Hillman Avenger - rust red- and a blue Sunbeam Rapier (old style from the 60s) with the 1600 engine.

[Manxrav]

My Dads car list ( bless him)

Austin A35 Van

Morris Mini Van

Simca Van ( remember them)

Renault 12

Renault 4

Mini 1275 GT

Fiesta XR2

Diahatsu Sportrak

Toyota Landcruiser

Rav4 Freesport 4.1

VW Golf GT-TDI

As you can see a very varied array of cars plus he,s never out of mine

Clare :(

[Sussex_Paul]

Been laughing out loud reading this!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

The wife will surely know what website I'm on now!!!

There's been some fantastic skeletons coming out of closets...............

Maxi's and All-agro's galore!!!

Dave, you must have kept Ford in business back in your Cortina years!!!

Chatman, Austin Montego

Can't wait for Anchorman to return, God only knows what delights will be in store from him!!!!

My own car list (clearly played under a joker as well) is as follows:

Mk1 VW Golf GTi

Peugeot 205 GTi 1.6 (wanted a 1.9 but couldn't get insured)

Renault Clio 16v

Renault Clio Williams I

Ford Mondeo ST24 (had two kids now)

Audi A4 2.4 SE (fell in love with all the leather and the red dials - handled like a bar of soap)

MK4 VW Golf GTi (needed a boot to put dog in)

4.2 Rav4 3 dr NRG (wife wanted a 4x4 I wanted something sporty, guess who won this argument)

4.2 Rav4 5 dr XT-R (the toyota bug has bitten)

4.3 Rav4 T180

(MKII Audi TT on order.................)

So there you go!!!!

[dave.m]

Hi Paul, old Fords eh, what can you say love them to bits. Every time I see an old 1600E or 2000E

I still go "wow". Still cool, look at life on mars, all be it if you were a cortina fan you knew that was

GXL and not an E as the E's never came out till later (pardon the pun). Is this nostalgia or am I being

sad again

Anyway you dont kid us for 1 minute mate, bloody Mk1 GTI my a&*e what about the ones

before the golf ?

Dave ;)

[Sussex_Paul]

Remember Dave, I'm only a wee young thing!!

Age 18 (in 1986) that was my 1st car!!!!

I forgot to mention, it too saw a bit of action with a lamp post on one occasion - but it wasn't my fault honest!!! :P

I unofficially learned to drive in my Dads Vovlo 345, then did my lessons in a Micra! B)

And as for Life on Mars - TOP QUALITY

I'll take it that its a fair representation of the 70's Dave , only I'm too young to remember!!!!!

[chatman]

Hi Paul, old Fords eh, what can you say love them to bits. Every time I see an old 1600E or 2000E

I still go "wow". Still cool, look at life on mars, all be it if you were a cortina fan you knew that was

GXL and not an E as the E's never came out till later (pardon the pun). Is this nostalgia or am I being

sad again

Anyway you dont kid us for 1 minute mate, !Removed! Mk1 GTI my a&*e what about the ones

before the golf ?

Dave ;)

Paul

:lol: :lol: GTI's and Turbo's ehe...... Bet you had the points to match....(Original Dagenham Man)

On way home tonight Saw a Ford Capri Tickford Turbo Very good nick and sounded awesome....Twin pipes and the guy driving it had a big smile :D :D

[samsite999]

my cars? i thought idd add to this :)

1.2 Nova (im so sorry)

Fiat panda (F reg)

Pug 205 GT

Opal manta GTE 2.0

Opal manta 1.8 belenata

Ford XR3i

Ford orian

Honda Civic 1.5 LSI

Toyota Supra 3.0L (H reg i think old shape)

Mini Clubman 1275GT

Pug 205 SR

Fiat Bravo 1.8 HGT

Toyota Mr2 G lim

Toyota Celica GT4

wow, that was a lot, i didnt releise how many cars i have had, and im only 24!!

[Fujisan]

Right after a word with my Therapist, here goes:

Allegro 1.3 White - Drank oil by the bucket. Also a puncture magnet, ended up carrying 2 spares. Rolled everywhere like a drunken sailor on a stromy sea. Sold to an old guy who gave it the complete inspection, when he pulled the dipstick out it was as dry as a desert, he squinted at it and declared that was fine! I ran to the bank with the money!

Mk 2 Capri 1.6 GL Red, Black Vinyl roof - Beautiful car all washed and polished. Unfortunately it liked standing still as well. At first a pig to start cold, new plugs, leads, dizzy and coil sorted that. And them it became a pig to start hot, new carb sorted that. I was on first name terms with the AA by this time. Handling on the orginal Firestones in the dry was tail happy, in the wet murderous! Goodyears tamed that. Met a swift and violent end when a low flying Rover 214 knock the whole back axle six inches sideways!

Mk 1 Fiesta 1.1 L White - All I could afford after the Capri was shovelled off the road. Plucky little solider that refused to die. Thrashed it everywhere. People could hear it at max revs miles away. Had a compression test done on it and the best cyl was only 17%, use to say it was trying to become a 1.3! Had to unplug the crackcase breather from the air filter and feed it under the car because the carb didn't like sucking on oil fumes, only to plumb it in again at MOT time.

Sold the car to my brother, who a couple of years later sold it on and I would still see it driving around town after that!

Mk 2 XR2 1.6 Red - Loved that car. Never any trouble but sold it in less than a year because it felt underpowered. Didn't help that my mate had a fuel inj'd Astra GTE.

Series 2 Escort RS Turbo 1.6 Black - Got me into some trouble that car. It nearly sucked my mate out of the rear seat when I was doing 125 with the sunroof open! Scared the life out of family and friends but I loved it. Munched it way though tyres and front brake disc's. Disc's would last less than 20K and a good front set of sticky Yokohama's would be shot in under 7K. Still the Recaro's in that car are the best car seats I've ever had. It only let me down once when the alternator died just outside the car park of a U2 concert in Leeds!

Puma 1.7 Black - Where the RS was raw power the Puma was finesse. Couldn't match the RS in a straight line but in the twisty bits nothing could catch it. But again after a few years the underpowered feeling got me again and the fact that water was filling the drivers footwell. So p/ex'd after a few weeks of dry weather!

330 Ci Silver - Still my favourite! Relaxed and comfortable when you wanted it to be, blow the doors off anything when you gave it the message. Miss that car, lot's.

X3 3.0 auto Blue - Think ex-press car, it was fulled loaded with every toy, Sat-nav, TV, the lot. I saved £14K on list when I got it six months old. For a big heavy truck it could move fast and handle well but not for long. Reset the trip comp, give it the beans and watch the mpg dancing in single figures. Even driving like a nun, 21-22mpg was the best I could get. It just became to expensive to run, with a raft of bills on the horizon (tax, servicing etc) it had to go.

RAV XT4 2.2 D4D Silver - And the story continues, so far so good. Does just like it says on the tin and more. Very happy.

[chatman]

Allegro 1.3 White

ROFL

:lol: :lol: :lol:

No no stop :lol: :lol:

[dave.m]

Ok you've got me started now. Pity we did not have forums when I took this photo 22 years ago of my MK5 2.0GL :D :D

Dave ;)

[Chris.S]

My dad always had company cars

i remember

a mk1 escort 1300e

Several morris marinas

a 2 door mk3 ford cortina

talbot horizon

talbot avenger estate

Mk5 Cortina estate

[chatman]

Blimey dave now you've started something....

Just riffled through my draws at work and scanned this image in....My Old Manta 2.0 GTE and you can see my dads old red Astra Sport in the background....

(me not being one to take it off topic :rolleyes: )

[bothwell_buyer]

Reading through this string and I remembered that I bought an Austin A35 saloon. Cheap and without looking too closely. Mechanically almost ok but the floor was becoming detached from the car, as was the handbrake lever.

Total laugh :lol: - I drove it 16 miles along the M8, doing no more than 30mph, to a friendly MOT garage, to be told that it was needing welded (kinda knew that) and that only 1 brake worked :shutit: , and it wasn't the handbrake. It got moved to a guy on the south side of glasgow (what a character) who was able to do amazing things to renovate cars. Cos the car looked ok, it got used for a BBC TV production. However, it wasn't economic to repair so I never saw it again.

[dave.m]

Blimey dave now you've started something....

Just riffled through my draws at work and scanned this image in....My Old Manta 2.0 GTE and you can see my dads old red Astra Sport in the background....

(me not being one to take it off topic :rolleyes: )

Chatman, that is one seriously cooooooooooooooooooooooool car, :o

Dave. ;)

[dave.m]

Remember Dave, I'm only a wee young thing!!

Age 18 (in 1986) that was my 1st car!!!!

I forgot to mention, it too saw a bit of action with a lamp post on one occasion - but it wasn't my fault honest!!! :P

I unofficially learned to drive in my Dads Vovlo 345, then did my lessons in a Micra! B)

And as for Life on Mars - TOP QUALITY

I'll take it that its a fair representation of the 70's Dave , only I'm too young to remember!!!!!

Paul, wee young thing ? you are only 7 years younger than me

This thread is a cracker I think as you are doing the nostalgia bit you need

to do another on hi-fi's and music :D

Cheers,

Dave.

[Sussex_Paul]

Totally agreed on that one Dave!

Can remember wanting one like mad as a spotty teenager!!!

That seriuosly cool tartan Recaro interior!!! B)

Seems like theres been a few of you on here with a GTE - Very jealous!

Fuji, I lost count of the amount of traffic light burn outs I had in my 205GTi against Mk2 RS Turbos!!!

Another car with a fab interior IMHO!!!

Chatman, Tickford Capri B) B) B) I take it, it was a white one!!!!!! :P

[Fujisan]

Chatman,

I started at the bottom, the very depths of the bottom, in fact the black region, beyond the very depths of the bottom, with the Agro.

It only makes me more grateful for what I have now. Character building!

You should know all about that.....you had french cars!

But that Manta GTE is looooooooovely I should have had one of those instead of that money pit Capri.

Dave,

If you start the TOC RAV4 Pink Floyd club.......count me in

Paul,

205 GTI's, Astra GTE's had some good times playing with those guys, depending on the state of my tyres at that particular moment.

Golf GTI's had put on to much lard by then......they were easy meat :D

[dave.m]

Dave,

If you start the TOC RAV4 Pink Floyd club.......count me in

Fuj, you know what happened when you asked for singing penguins or whatever it was

so you never know :D

Re the work thing I was asking you about, I never got to do the fitting bit. I started apprenticeship

on the machines / cnc's. Still doing it but moved onto a staff position 12 years ago. Worst thing ever

coming off the tools, now about 2 stone heavier

Dave.

[dave.m]

Fuj, oh what the hell, wont get time tomorrow as I have to take a quick trip to Preston/Longridge

and back.

So as i have said on another thread, "here you go Fuj".................... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U

And just to stay on topic, Pink Floyd's very first mode of transport was a 1930's Austin Chummy. First owned

by Nick Mason's father, like this-

http://bluebell.p7.org.uk/index.htm

Dave ;)

[Fujisan]

Wonderful Dave Thank you

Nearly went to see Floyd on the Division Bell tour but I asked my mate, he hesitated.....and we all know what happens to he who hesitates

Re work: I was the other way around, lost wieght going from days has an apprentice to shift work. Must of been those big meals in the canteen the dayworkers enjoyed

But now that I'm stuck in the control room most of the time, it takes great will power to avoid browsing on junk all shift!

To get us back on track, these were the vans we were using in work when I joined shift, Hyundai Pony pick-ups (in that shade of Red as well)

[GT4 BOOSTER]

this was my dads 1st . both images are examples ,not the originals.See if anyone can guess what they are.They both came with BURN YOUR BACK vinyl seats i remember that much . :censor: er !!!!

2nd.

[Uncle Bob]

Well from my earliest memories (aged around 4 years )...

Ford pop,

Ford Classic,

Ford Cortina MK2,1600

Austin 1300,

1973,Vauxhall Viva HC,1256cc

1978,Morris Marina, 1800,

1984,Vauxhall Astra 1300,

1986,Nissan Sunny,1600 SLX

1996,Toyota Corolla, 1300GL,

2004, Toyota Corolla 1600 XT3 ,5 door, still has this one :)

[dave.m]

this was my dads 1st . both images are examples ,not the originals.See if anyone can guess what they are.They both came with BURN YOUR BACK vinyl seats i remember that much . :censor: er !!!!

2nd.

First one is an elastic band powered Daf second is a sporty looking Vauxhall Viva.

Dave. ;)

[aiberdonian]

this was my dads 1st . both images are examples ,not the originals.See if anyone can guess what they are.They both came with BURN YOUR BACK vinyl seats i remember that much . :censor: er !!!!

2nd.

First one is an elastic band powered Daf second is a sporty looking Vauxhall Viva.

Dave. ;)

Back in the 1960's we came across an old piece of paper with a list of cars my father had in the 1930's and 1940's which I updated in the 1970's with the ones he'd had since and I finally found it again yesterday.

Once you see these maybe Doric boy needs to be prefixed with 'grumpy old'

1926 Hillman 11 HP

1928 Austin Seven 4 St Tourer

1928 Austin Seven 4 St Saloon

1929 Riley Nine Saloon

1929 Austin Sixteen

1929 Austin 12-6

1932 Triumph Eight

1933 Ford Eight

1929 Lea Francis Fabric saloon

1932 Hillman 14

1931 Morris Oxford

1928 Singer

1928 Austin Seven

???? Morris Cowley 2 Seat Coupe

1932 Avon Standard Special

1927 Lea Francis

1927 Wolseley Twelve

???? Wolseley Hornet 6 Cyl Fabric Saloon

1932 Singer Eight

???? Morris Major

???? Lea Francis 16 HP

???? Talbot Nine

???? Austin Seven Gordon England 2 Seater Tourer

???? Standard Big Nine

1933 Austin Seven Saloon

???? Ford Ten 4 Seater Tourer

1933 Alvis Sports Saloon

1926 Chenard Walcker 8 Seater Saloon

1935 Riley Nine Saloon (RG 3018)

1934 Morris Family Eight Saloon (This is where I can remember them from) (RG 2614)

1935 Triumph Gloria 10.8 HP Saloon (CLE 998)

1955 Austin A30 (ETS 108)

1957 Austin A55 (VUU 506)

1937 Triumph Gloria Vitesse 4 Seater Tourer (SU 3305) I still have this one in need of some TLC.

1960 Wolseley 6/99 (WSR 480)

1960 Austin Westminster (SSA 981)

1970 Austin 1100

1973 Morris Marina (BSF 478L)

1978 Princess 2200 (GGB 807T) Last car when he stopped driving in the 1990's.

There were also 12 motorbikes on the list as he had managed to get a motorbike licence when he was 14 with the help of a local garage owner 'bending' the truth about his age.

[Uncle Bob]

this was my dads 1st . both images are examples ,not the originals.See if anyone can guess what they are.They both came with BURN YOUR BACK vinyl seats i remember that much . :censor: er !!!!

2nd.

First one is an elastic band powered Daf second is a sporty looking Vauxhall Viva.

Dave. ;)

Back in the 1960's we came across an old piece of paper with a list of cars my father had in the 1930's and 1940's which I updated in the 1970's with the ones he'd had since and I finally found it again yesterday.

Once you see these maybe Doric boy needs to be prefixed with 'grumpy old'

1926 Hillman 11 HP

1928 Austin Seven 4 St Tourer

1928 Austin Seven 4 St Saloon

1929 Riley Nine Saloon

1929 Austin Sixteen

1929 Austin 12-6

1932 Triumph Eight

1933 Ford Eight

1929 Lea Francis Fabric saloon

1932 Hillman 14

1931 Morris Oxford

1928 Singer

1928 Austin Seven

???? Morris Cowley 2 Seat Coupe

1932 Avon Standard Special

1927 Lea Francis

1927 Wolseley Twelve

???? Wolseley Hornet 6 Cyl Fabric Saloon

1932 Singer Eight

???? Morris Major

???? Lea Francis 16 HP

???? Talbot Nine

???? Austin Seven Gordon England 2 Seater Tourer

???? Standard Big Nine

1933 Austin Seven Saloon

???? Ford Ten 4 Seater Tourer

1933 Alvis Sports Saloon

1926 Chenard Walcker 8 Seater Saloon

1935 Riley Nine Saloon (RG 3018)

1934 Morris Family Eight Saloon (This is where I can remember them from) (RG 2614)

1935 Triumph Gloria 10.8 HP Saloon (CLE 998)

1955 Austin A30 (ETS 108)

1957 Austin A55 (VUU 506)

1937 Triumph Gloria Vitesse 4 Seater Tourer (SU 3305) I still have this one in need of some TLC.

1960 Wolseley 6/99 (WSR 480)

1960 Austin Westminster (SSA 981)

1970 Austin 1100

1973 Morris Marina (BSF 478L)

1978 Princess 2200 (GGB 807T) Last car when he stopped driving in the 1990's.

There were also 12 motorbikes on the list as he had managed to get a motorbike licence when he was 14 with the help of a local garage owner 'bending' the truth about his age.

Look at that list ,you could almost fill a classic car show with that lot....although i would guess the rust bug has killed them off long long ago :( :)