Your first car

[wackojacko]

Astra Bertone Coupe (MK4) with a few tweeks...

[Jaguar steve]

My Sleeper - still badged as a 1300E but with 1660 711M block, stage 3 head and 285 cam. Spent every penny I earned on it for a couple of years and the only reason Mrs JS agreed to go out with me..

[otherman]

Aha, a 1972 Triumph Spitfire Mk IV 1300 which cost me £725 in 1980. TPF&T was £185 which of course I thought was monstrous. The only pic that survives:

[Allyc85]

1.2, B reg Nova saloon in a very light green. The seats were green....and the dash....oh and the carpet too

The bodywork was in great condition for its age and I should never have sold it for the POS that replaced it

[Mattyvole]

Mine.




Liking it so far, even with the stick I get for it being a Rover

[miniman]

Pug 309 SRi which was broken into more times than Jordan.

[Hell27]

Jamirecluse said:

Hell27 said:

Mk2 Escort 1100 pop. Great little motor, £150.00 per year in dad's name insurance.

Looked like this.......



Shame they cost a king's ransom now. Who knew?

Yeah, the Mk2's are very popular now, especially in my area.What's the thing behind it?

No idea, good point (pic taken fron t'internet, so not an original)

Some 1960's Ford/Vauxhall Estate? Anyone know?

[Jamirecluse]

wackojacko said:

Astra Bertone Coupe (MK4) with a few tweeks...

Whatever the engine, I bet insurance wasn't too good for that.

Looks like I've been outdone by most others for first cars.Still quite happy with mine though.

[KelWedge]

Early 60's VW Beetle 1200 Blue apart from the Yellow metal flake Bonnet with a 2ft high snoopy sticker on it.
It was a long time ago, For my second car look in my present car list !!!!!

[diddly69]

MY2000 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 club 5 door, £1888 full comp insurance premium to start with. Kept the trusty steed for 3 years before I could get my grubby mitts on some hot hatchery

[davidjpowell]

Volvo 343. More rust than bodywork, but it did only cost £225.

RWD with crap tyres was good fun (well a bit fun).

Sadly in those days I did not know what antifreeze was and this did for the engine.

[catman]

Singer Vogue 1600. To this day, I have never experienced a car that started so fast.

It was really odd, but as you turned the key, the engine would start at exactly the same time. There was no sensation of the engine turning and then firing.

Tim

[A13]

CLICHE!

[Lets Torque]

Jamirecluse said:

wackojacko said:

Astra Bertone Coupe (MK4) with a few tweeks...

Whatever the engine, I bet insurance wasn't too good for that.

Looks like I've been outdone by most others for first cars.Still quite happy with mine though.

Don't get wackojacko started about insurance prices..

IIRC he pays £1600 fully comp with Admiral Multi-Car, mods declared too.

A13 said:

CLICHE!

That is a very smart motor! Enjoy.

[A13]

Lets Torque said:

That is a very smart motor! Enjoy.

Ha, that was my first car, i'm 4 cars down the line now!

[Lets Torque]

A13 said:

Lets Torque said:

That is a very smart motor! Enjoy.

Ha, that was my first car, i'm 4 cars down the line now!

Oh right.

[mistergixer]

An A reg 998cc Mini City E.

It was originally my Mum's car, but my brother and I 'inherited' it. My Dad fitted a small sports steering wheel (he was a co driver for a rally Cooper back in the 60s), and would attack B roads like a maniac in it. My brother drove it like a tt and eventually consigned it to the great scrap heap in the sky.

[sticks090460]

Vauxhall Viva HB. Very difficult to get a magnet to stick anywhere on the bodywork, which was a variety of shades of dark green. But it was the SL so had lovely "Ambla" upholstery, and static seatbelts. Them were 't days, I'll tell thee.

[Rickyy]

This was mine, was in great condition for a 12 year old car. A 1.9 Turbo Diesel felt like and F1 car to a 17 year old

[mattmoxon]

I don't have a picture of it but my first car (only had it 3 months) was a red K reg Mondeo, 1.6 LX with nearly 100k on the clock bought of my dad for a princely sum of £200 as a stop gap until I found something else, was cheap to insure though only £475 with pass plus not bad for a 19yo new driver, but then that was in 2003.