AndySpak Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Vauxhall Chevette "L" in Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJam75 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Old 'M' reg Truimph Toledo.. in ..er.. brown. .. still.. look at me now !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Old 'M' reg Truimph Toledo.. in ..er.. brown. .. still.. look at me now !! When I read this I looked at your avatar. Is this not quite what you meant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indyzed Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Vauxhall Chevette "L" in Brown Was this similar to the American Chevy Chevette? I'm still learning my European only cars Isn't Vauxhall basically GM Europe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indyzed Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Can't believe I missed this thread before. This was my first - a 1954 Morris Minor, with split windscreen and original pop-up "trafficators". I bought it in 1969 for £10; the original 803cc side-valve engine had seized so I towed it home, picked up a more recent Morris Traveller with a good 998cc engine but rotten bodywork, swapped the engine into the saloon and was on the road for £25 plus a couple of days hard work. I just watched the 5th Gear episode where Tiff drives one around their track. That car actually was quite well balanced for its day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Vauxhall Chevette "L" in Brown Was this similar to the American Chevy Chevette? I'm still learning my European only cars Isn't Vauxhall basically GM Europe? Vauxhall/Opel is GM in Europe but I don't think they sold this in the states did they... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indyzed Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Vauxhall Chevette "L" in Brown Was this similar to the American Chevy Chevette? I'm still learning my European only cars Isn't Vauxhall basically GM Europe? Vauxhall/Opel is GM in Europe but I don't think they sold this in the states did they... That particular model didn't make it stateside but it sure looks like our Chevy Vega from the 1970's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Can't believe I missed this thread before. This was my first - a 1954 Morris Minor, with split windscreen and original pop-up "trafficators". I bought it in 1969 for £10; the original 803cc side-valve engine had seized so I towed it home, picked up a more recent Morris Traveller with a good 998cc engine but rotten bodywork, swapped the engine into the saloon and was on the road for £25 plus a couple of days hard work. I just watched the 5th Gear episode where Tiff drives one around their track. That car actually was quite well balanced for its day! It was really, even allowing for the fact that performance was very limited. They did have a slight tendency for wheel bearings to crumble unexpectedly, and two of my friends both had the unique experience of watching their own wheels overtake them! I am reminded of a previous thread in here about winter driving - the Morris was really good in the snow, due probably to low torque and very narrow tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 May have already been covered somewhere but hey... Mine was a 1.3 ford fiesta mk1 super sport I thought it was the dogs nuts and faster than anything on the road mine was a ford focus studio 1.4 loved it now got a Z hhaa just a bit of a change:P at those doors............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 1971 1200cc VW Beetle Marina Blue (£400 which my dad lent me) - I loved it to bits - until some knob wrote it off in his Sierra! Incidentally second car was a 1971 1300cc Deluxe VW Beetle Pastel white and 19 years later I still have that car - needs a resto but this is the year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Ford Capri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmJak Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 peugeot 405 1.9 tdi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 My first car was a Nissan £500 1.0 Gold(rusted) Micra....had to scrap it after i tired to get it upto 60 mph on the M1...still the scariest thing ive ever done in a car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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