My First Car...

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  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    ;lol
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    My first car was a 1963 Hillman Imp, bought it for £150. I swear it had to be push started more often than not.

    Still loved it though
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    What would £150 be today? My first insurance was £1,200 and that was with some fiddling.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    £1200 ;nonono
  • SwissironSwissiron
    SuzanneClaret said:

    £1200 ;nonono

    that's cos Outcast was 12 at the time

    ;lol
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    CleverTrevor said:

    Does anyone remember those 'stick on' heated rear windows?

    And connected to either side of the ignition coil for power ;biggrin
    SuzanneClaret said:


    I loved cars then, you never see one any more with a different colour door or bonnet.

    Still see the occasional one on the M1 - always brings a smile
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    The imp had some innovative features for its day, the 875cc engine was rear mounted and the rear window was actually a hatch so you could access the rear storage compartment created when the rear seats were folded down.

    Quite nifty don't you think.

    Just to be clear, mine was a 1963, and I did pay £150 for it, what I did not tell you was that it was 16 years old when I bought it.

    It was a fun car, one of my mates had a similar vintage 850cc mini - we went many times down the A127 towards southend together, the Imp was more spacious and practical but the Mini was more fun to actually drive.

    Thanks for posting the picture ;ok
  • SarawakammerSarawakammer
    edited March 2016
    A minivan in jaunty yellow. A snip at fifty quid. The gear lever jumped out of third, so to this day I drive with one hand on the gearstick (even in my automatic.) It was burglar-friendly, since you could push the windows sideways & start it with a screwdriver. My so-called friends often took advantage of this.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    My old Viva was so damp in the passenger footwell that mushrooms grew there. Never risked trying if they were edible though.
    Eventually sold it to a work colleague for £25 who used it for a few weeks before abandoning it. He hadn't told me of this and I got a notice from the police about abandoning an unlicensed vehicle. Fortunately, and rather bizarrely, I had given him a receipt for his £25 because he asked for one and had taken a copy and sent it to the police saying I was no longer the owner although I expect it must have still been registered in my name.
    Neither of us heard any more about it so never knew what happened. Perhaps the police broke it up and sold it for parts.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    ... or developed a lucrative side-line in mushroom farming ;hmm
  • krapnotpukrapnotpu
    My first car was a 1969 Triumph Herald. Pukka old car. ;ok
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    edited March 2016
    Ford Cortina MkIII

    Resprayed and nice new rims.....loved it.

    Had a problem with the harsh winter of the late 80's can't remember the exact year....when to start it, pulled the manual choke out and it came out, right out about 6ft of wire inside the car.....then the cable to the battery terminals snapped in the freezing cold....

    After that it was a couple of Capri's a 1.6GL and a 2.0S

  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Capri ;carew
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    You know it.....

    If it was good enough for Del Boy, then it was good enough for me.

    Never did get the one I really wanted, the 2.8i ;weep
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    I'd have one now if I could.

    I loved my Capri like I've loved very little else...
  • secrethammersfansecrethammersfan
    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    My first car was a 5 door renault 5 its was a nightmare in winter, with ice on the inside of the windscreen I had to scrape the inside and outside then it misted up when the heater got going

    My Mam had a Renault 5, a model built to cater for the niche "Suicidal Masochist" demographic.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    MJ_IRONS said:

    3 litre Capri from 1980, just for you Suze

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    Be still my beating heart.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Every time I look at this thread I think of this song:

  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    ;lol
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    Hillman Avenger for me. I bought it in 1980. I think it was a '71 or '72 model.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    edited March 2016
    Did any of you have one of these? ;lol

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  • Brother_SledgeBrother_Sledge
    My first car was a tractor you could get a licence for one at 16 - no cab just hop aboard and you could start it with the dipstick
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    ;thumbsup

    I wish I'd have known that Bruv, would have been interesting driving a tractor to school ;hmm
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Austin - that Harrington looks really sharp ;ok
  • HantshammerHantshammer
    Ford Corsair V4 , £200 secondhand. You always remember your first car!
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    Brother Sledge, I think that beats everyone ;thumbsup A few weeks a Palestinian boy told me he failed his driving test recently but it was ok because he could drive his tractor
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Austin - I bet it was, certainly not a journey for the faint hearted, I bet you do roller coasters in your sleep ;lol
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    The Corsair was the baby brother of my 1962 Thunderbirdimage
  • crusadinghammercrusadinghammer
    1959 Morris Minor - Bought it in 1968 & sold it in 1972.

    A few weeks ago ( 40 + years later) the now owner tracks me down & rings up asking me if I want to buy it back! I was tempted & went & had a look at it but it was in such a poor state I resisted the temptation. If the guy had looked after it it would now be worth about 5 times what I sold it for in 1972.

  • billybondsbeardbillybondsbeard
    edited March 2016
    Mini 1000 - Metal flake purple with a white stripe, and dunlop alloys. Had an octagonal wooden steering wheel. The guy who had done it up had put in a replacement custom dashboard. Looked really cool. Unfortunately for me, he had mixed up the choke cable with the heater control cable. In the winter months, I kept running out of petrol and was freezing cold - I just couldnt work it out, but I kept it a secret from my dad, as he was a Ford man, and said my car was a pile of rubbish. When I told him eventually about the problem when he came and rescued me for about the third time for running out, he popped the bonnet and sussed it out in under a minute. I had only been driving it for a year.......
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