first car

[Clive Henry Jones]

Maroon Singer Vogue, that was a hand - me - down from my dad when he upgraded to a Mk1 Ford Escort.

Registration BWO99B. It had a Motorola radio and a "tape" speedometer. I always laugh when I look back because the 0 - 45 part of the tape had been sun bleached a orangey - red, whilst the 45+ part was pristine scarlet, shows you how fast my dad drove!

I used to enjoy going to watch rallying at that time (70's), and jazzed it up with a pair of Cibie Oscars and a "Chrysler 1600" sun strip - Rootes Group (Singer, Hillman etc) had been bought out by Chrysler at this time. I think they rallied Avengers, so my allegiance was with them, although it was Ford who were in the ascendancy then.

Eventually scrapped off as an MOT failure, front shocks & springs shot.

Was replaced by 941 MOF Austin mini, but that's another story...

Clive.

[Polly1970]

I passed my test in '93 and took over the family car which was a blue citroen bx yes the one that lifted up when started lol it did freak me out a time or two but i loved that car it was my first ticket to freedom lol well ok to shopping without hubby but same thing

[RoddersC4]

hehehe............my first motor was a 1978 T-reg Ford Escort 1.3L 2-door,in what was called cosmos blue,had that from 1987-88 and couldn't get rid of it quickly enough,cost me £475 in October 87 and P/ex'd 6 months later for £150

[Andy the Tiler]

1982 Daihatsu Charade , little 3 cylinder thing it was.Got it from a scrapyard for £150 , all it needed was a new clutch and i was away.

[David]

The first car I owned was a 1984 A reg Austin Metro and I loved it it was a great little car and I was very sad to let it go. Strangely enough, I bought it off my driving instructors dad!

Wonder what happened to it?

[leethev]

Blimey all you lot did well ( with the exception of dean) my first motor was a 1971 maxi in 1981, total chick magnet (not). And i had to make do with the mono radio, no boom boom boom stereo's then!

[steve edwards]

hey i used to have a vauxhall viva , not that i shout about it though , but my first ever car to drive was a mk1 ford escort , in orange , it had cortina steelies and it was great , she too has also retired to the scrapyard in the sky , but i got a tenner for her and i still have her number plate on my shed door

[Buzz]

Mine was a 1971 Austin 1100. (GMY753J). in 1980. Paid £150 for it

Dont know which is sadder. Admitting owning the car or remembering the reg after 26 years !!

[steve edwards]

hey thats cool , i can remember ALLmy car reg,s and ive had loads

[Cal]

my father gave me my first car...his 1978 3 litre granada ghia.( a la sweeney)
i was 17 at the time and though i was GOD, all my mates from school were still on mopeds or push bikes and i had a what was at the time a luxury mota!!

[steve edwards]

ah our first cars , to be fair if i could have any of my old cars back i would have my mk1 escort

[Garry Turner]

Mine a 1959 Austin Mini in 1985 £150

[ziggy1a1]

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My first car was an Austin Allegro 1300 SDL 1975 model (HGT151N) bought in 1983 for the princely sum of £545. Ran like a dream til I sold her for £200 in 1990.

[Hooper68]

Re: first car

An old maroon mini which I loved and very rarely let me down

[baggieman0]

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Well, can anyone beat this for a dodgy first car? I had a Skoda Super Estelle 120LE (TOF 797Y) in red handed down when my parent upgraded to a Nissan Cherry! It had a nasty habit of breaking down on islands, at traffic lights or on dual carridgeways, I had it for a year and then upgraded to a Nissan Cherry myself, which at the time I thought was the height of luxury, it had a working heater, stereo, engine, I loved that cat until my girlfriend's spacial awareness let her down and she drove it into a wall while getting onto the drive and knackered the passenger door.