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8/1/2010 18:34:48

davidhowson

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Just a bit of fun which started over on another thread, the question is
What was the first car you owned, and is it a case of the first love cuts deapest or a skeleton in your closet!

For me, my first car is a bit of a skeleton - Austin Allegro 1500 super, but worse of all it was turd brown! Owned it for about two years and it never let me down; amazingly. I also leant to drive and passed my test in it so maybe I secretly still admire my little Allegro.

Anyone better that?

-David-

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8/1/2010 18:46:36

lozcb

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Ist car and Passed my test in an MGB GT british racing green , chrome wire wheels, sunroof and and instead of a pink slip i got a posing pouch

regards loz

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8/1/2010 19:02:05

bill

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Loz
that's a car to remember not forget! Mine (well....my mothers realy but she never drove it!?!) was a simca 1000 reg BY5932 (Greek!) rear engine small car. Fun in the rain in the Greek roads....

8/1/2010 19:41:08

peterC

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Did have and MGB soft top - but first car 850cc Mini G Plate followed by an Alegro 1750 special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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8/1/2010 19:52:55

davidhowson

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Oh my, I graduated to a 1750 HL Allegro - some people never know when to stop eh?

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8/1/2010 20:39:45

348azeus

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1972 Marina Van...Resprayed it red and 're-upholstered' it with a mixture of brown shagpile carpet and acrylic fur. Stuck on a homemade fibreglass front spoiler and painted the tyre sidewalls white with dulux. Motorola 8 track stereo and a Sparkomatic graphic equaliser. It looked great.

8/1/2010 20:55:38

Parisien

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I think I can trump all those "looser" mobiles......................

ahemmmmmm..........

a 1967 Ford Anglia 105E in dullard grey..........it was 11 yrs old when I bought it.................

Beat that guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P

8/1/2010 21:41:51

lozcb

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Parisien

I think I can trump all those "looser" mobiles......................

ahemmmmmm..........

a 1967 Ford Anglia 105E in dullard grey..........it was 11 yrs old when I bought it.................

Beat that guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P

Complete with Carlos fandango wheels eh Frank

regards loz

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8/1/2010 21:44:54

Gring

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A crappy 1.6 litre Citreon BX, cost about £300, it had a lever to make the suspension go up and down. That was fun for a couple of mins.

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8/1/2010 21:52:29

Evoluzione

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A brand new Peugeot 205 XR at the age of 18, cracking little thing and in the handling/ride stakes it would give some of todays hatches a run for their money. Sadly it was written-off after two weeks of ownership in a most spectacular collision with a large Subaru.

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8/1/2010 21:55:17

Phil H

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1968 HB Viva SL.

Passed my driving test, bought the car, got married, then took it on honeymoon. All within the space of two weeks, and a veeeery long time ago.

PH

8/1/2010 22:10:19

davidhowson

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Some great cars in that list guys!! I think the prize vehicle so far has got to be the vastly under-rated modified pasion wagon that is the Marina van

However, from Citroen BX to Lamorghini takes some beating!
Keep them coming, I think the winner could still be lurking under cover somewhere....

I thought about extending this to ask, which car do you most regret selling / writting off... but that may open some wounds! But for me, I wish I still had my Lancia Integrale

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8/1/2010 22:52:39

Safrane

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Ford Fiesta 950 Pop+ in cream BVM 851Y...Had a little foot-pump for the window washer, and I fitted a 10 speaker radio cassette and front fogs + driving lights...then colour coded the mirrors and bumpers...god I was sad. Moved onto a Metro City D516 LNA in Moonraker Blue...ah memories...took my first real girlfriend to the lakes in it and got frisky on the fells

...car got stuck and had to get a ruddy farmer to pull us out of Cartmel Fell...happy days.

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8/1/2010 23:12:39

Gring

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quote:

ORIGINAL: davidhowson

However, from Citroen BX to Lamorghini takes some beating!

Interestingly Marcello Gandini an Italian car designer designed both the Lamborghini Countache and Diablo, also several Maserati's including the Ghibli 2, and believe it or not the Citreon BX !.

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8/1/2010 23:31:51

M44K TS

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My first car was/is my Mini, bought it as a 1 owner 44k mile carback in 2001 in absolutley immaculate condition when I was 16, passed my test, then drove it for a few years Spent god knows how much on it, probably too much then turned my interest to other cars, sort of forgot about it and neglected it for a while, then a few years back decided to get a full resto job done on it. I'd hate to think how much I've spent on it over the last couple of years.

Hopefully it's all been worth it, I know the sheer lunacy of skipping it down a B road a little too fast makes me giggle like mad, it's so addictive.

Old exhaust on this pic..

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9/1/2010 11:04:41

Predator

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I had a red XR3i

Hey, it was cool back then, especially for an 18Y/O

John

9/1/2010 11:19:28

MAF260

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I can't beat the Marina van, but my first car was also a Marina - 1.8 coupe! I was 15 at the time and never drove it on the road

It was a hideous pile of [email=cr@p]cr@p[/email] which handled like a blancmange, but was quicker in a straight line than most of my mates 1.1/1.3 Escorts/Avengers etc. at the time.

9/1/2010 17:17:24

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Volvo 740 Estate. Built like a tank, with enough space to get 7 mates in. I remember clipping a wall while turning up a drive way ... the wall came off second best

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