What was your first car?


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My first car was a big maroon coloured Vauxhall Wyvern. It had one long seat in the front as well as the back. It was really spacious and a great car to drive.

trevorthegasman, I had to laugh at your comment regarding the tarpaulin.

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Lets be a bit more patriotic, years ago the british used to fly in wellingtons now anything goes, trainers, flip flops.

When being a kid was much simpler   

Tip for all the Audi gang if you move your seat forward more you could get even closer to my bumper.

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4571633247_7ffe5809ce_b.jpg?t=1336007219 Just found some old 35mm Photos of my first car back in 1969/70 a 1967 Pontiac Parisienne Fastback built in Oshawa.
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My first car was a 1958 Ford Squire - bought for £99 from a used car firm at the corner of Broad Street, Long Eaton in 1967. Three speed gearbox with crazy ratios, 1172cc side valve engine, and hissing air-operated windscreen wipers that slowed down when accelerating, and stopped altogether if you changed down and really clogged it. I guess it would manage about 33mpg driven carefully on a good day, downhill, out of gear and with a following wind!

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The 'old mans' last car A123 ERA (his retirement present to himself) was a Maestro it lasted our kid brother long after my dads premature death in 90

I had an ERA car too: ERA 25C a Mk1 Cortina. My first car was a Morris 1000 Traveller complete with grass growing out of the corners of the woodwork 109 MAA - wish I still had that registration! Prior to that I owned a Reliant Supervan III but I don't count that as a car.

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Once had an Austin A40 with the reg: ERY 4C .....................................my mates used tpo add 'skin' to the end of the reg..................funny if said quickly..........................I'll get me coat............

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Once had SAU 513G and I couldn't believe how many folk said it looked like 'Sausage'.

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Passed my test in 73' in High Wycombe,and living in Beaconsfield at the time, bought my brother-in-laws car, a Bull Nosed Morris DMT 53 complete with split windscreen and indicator arms, thats when you indicate with your own arm if the fancy took you, and it was'nt to cold.

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Oddly no, all sorts of people commented. I could never really understand why they saw Sausage in the plate but obiously they did.

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Compo, what's an 'obiously', not been at the grape or grain I hope................................... :unsure:

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Compo's dictionary of almost correct words:

Obiously: Adverb. To be an absolute or a certainty. Similar to Obviously but without the 'V'.

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Spoken like a true gent!.................Hic!.............I'm in a very benevolent (Shiraz) mood

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Steady on Paulus mate - it's only half past eight - there's several hours to go until falling down time!

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Beat the rush!! that's my motto........................get your place on the floor, before the amateurs get there

I'm just chillaxing................ slywink

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It was precisely that kind of behaviour that got me thrown out of a bar in Cape Town during apartheid days! I just wanted to sit down and there were no seats available - so I sat in a corner. Two heavies picked me up and threw me out. Had to explain to the South African woman I was with that you are not a man unless you have been thrown out of a bar.

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our first car 1984\5 a ford escourt estate blue in coulour only remember the last three letters of the reg were dtl dave thumps lee that how i always remembered it. dave had not long past his test when we brought it second hand. i think we have had 5 more cars since then four of them second hand but the car we have now was brand new when we had it nearly 3 years ago and it is due for renew it in september need to start looking round soon and decide what car to have after that

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First car was a 1958 Ford Squire 100E estate car (you know - the three speed box and comic windscreen wipers). Bought for £99 from a small dealer at the corner of Broad Street, Long Eaton in 1967 shortly after passing my test. Cream with a red stripe.

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The wipers all but stopped in lower gear uphills...........................worked on a vacuum pump system from the engine?

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My first vehicle was a Ford Thames van circa 1950's, not the big one, the 5cwt one, I bought it in 66 for 35 pounds, sidevalve engine wacky window wipers (vacuum driven), 3 speed box. 2nd gear was too low 3rd too high ! Woodborough road hill was a real crawl.

Puce green in colour but it was all mine and a big step up from a Lambretta ! Used to leave an oil heater thing hanging in the engine compartment when winter came to stop it freezing up.

I passed my test in a Vauxall Viva as I daren't take it in the Ford. Had 6 lessons so I could use the driving school car.

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Ar kid had a Mars Bar Viva. Found out eventually that it had it's underside riveted on and undersealed to hide it. bought it from a dealer in Nottingham too!

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Do you remember in the old broadsheet Nottingham Evenine Post on a Friday there would be pages and pages of private line ads for cars of all descriptions - often two or three columns of Ford Populars (the pre-100E model) - at prices ranging from about £25 to £100 depending on age and condition.

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