My first car

[malumbu]

Wolseley - now we are talking (although in my dad had one of those)

So onto dad -

First car I remember was a Khaki Morris 1800 (aka land crab) - there was an Morris Oxford before that but I only recall that in photos

Followed by a Wolseley 16/60 - auto gearbox always going wrong and car flooding on starting

Then another 1800 - green Austin

Followed by ..... a flame Austin Allegro. All down hill for Leyland then. I quite liked its quirkyness but of course it was rubbish - failed clutches, failed engine, overheating, soft suspension and body rot. But great square steering wheel

[Michael Palaeologus]

Fiat 126, faded red. Air cooled engine, little sound proofing.

[Jah Lush]

1965 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur Sports Saloon.

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag237/jahlushhead/Keith-Richards-Blue-Lena-1965-Bentley-S3-Continental-Flying-Spur-Sports-Saloon-8_zpsvem2xsgt.png

[KidKruger]

Probably had a useful back seat Jah - huh ?

[Jah Lush]

Oh yes, a very useful backseat indeed, Kid. It's where I spent all my time when I had the Bentley. I don't drive, I leave that to the chauffeur. Unfortunately, I had to let him go when he got the au pair in the family way. I let him have the car as a goodwill gesture. He'd become rather attached to it.

[KidKruger]

Yeah I wondered why I'd not seen you sailing past in it before.

[Seabag]

I bought one of these when I was 17, mine was black and dark red with wide wheels

I loved it.

http://www.classic-auctions.com/Images/Report/111C/44979.jpg

[Loz]

Oh, that is awesome. What is it??

Not sure it would be that alluring to the opposite sex, though. Which is kind of important to the average 17 year-old boy.

[Seabag]

Loz Wrote:

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> Oh, that is awesome. What is it??

>

> Not sure it would be that alluring to the opposite

> sex, though. Which is kind of important to the

> average 17 year-old boy.

It's an Austin A40 Devon

I found it hanging arse end hanging out of a garage in Bognor

I paid ?95 for it and that front bench seat was very nice thanks very much

[womanofdulwich]

1978, not sure if t was a Deluxe model, but it was one up from a 50cc Honda moped

http://www.classicandsportscar.ltd.uk/Ford-Anglia-105E-De-Luxe/classic-cars-sold/17017

[randombloke]

B821SCG Vauxhall Cavalier 1600L in red. Company car leased through Swan National. Picked it up at the office on my first day as a Sales rep at company in Southend January 1987. I dented it in the first weekend I had it.In fairness I'd only driven a Nissan Cherry and an 1100 Escorts two door previously and I'd driven home to the Wirral in a blizzard.

[Jeremy]

Think Seabag wins. It looks like one of Mr Miyagi's classic cars...

[Siduhe]

Vauxhall Nova 1.2 in maroon. Much like this, but with more rust and a leaking windscreen.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/vauxhall/5642259.jpg

[mikeb]

White Nova saloon. A thing of sleek beauty with a boot large enough for a barrel of beer.

It was this car that taught me that when the red oil light comes on, it means "stop immediately!!", not "keep going until the next garage and then top up". At least it gave me the opportunity to replace the 1L engine with something a little bigger.

https://definitelymotoring.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/30-years-vauxhall-nova.html

[sanity girl]

Pickle Wrote:

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> Mine was a 1976 Toyota Starlet, in a fetching

> shade of orange. I loved it, got it just as I was

> leaving secondary school and starting uni (lived

> in NZ, a car was necessary).

Mine was a tomato red Toyota Starlet - old and clanky, but did the job!

[johnie]

Cortina Mk2 estate. It was ace, but the rubber on the cross-ply remoulds would peel off if I pushed more than 70mph.

[Salsaboy]

That is a beautiful piece of art.

johnie Wrote:

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> Cortina Mk2 estate. It was ace, but the rubber on

> the cross-ply remoulds would peel off if I pushed

> more than 70mph.

[Jeremy]

Yep, that Cortina is awesome!

[Salsaboy]

In fact I've decided I want that one.

[kristymac1]

A bronze old (old) A reg 998 Nissan micra, both my dad's and brother's motorbikes were at least 50% more powerful. Me and the fella spent many an hour 'leaning forward' to get us up hill on drive from Liverpool to London! Loved her....

[malumbu]

All this reminds me of a motorbike accident in Jersey in 1982. A Riley Elf turned right across me and over the handlebars I went.

What's a Riley Elf I hear many of you say. Well there was also a Wolsley Hornet. http://www.classicandsportscar.ltd.uk/Wolseley-in-our-showroom Great days when BL kept some of their old brands for more exotic versiiion of their range - in this case a couuple of odd looking minis.

Shame BMW couldn't do anything more exotic with the new mini.

Second car was a Dodge Avenger. A Hilman Avenger with a Dodge badge on it. Never found out why it had a Dodge badge on it (Dodge and Hillman then being in the Chrysler empire - it wasn't a South African model as they were made out there)