Anyone remember their parents reg numbers?
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Bloody hell, I must be ancient compared to some of you lot!
CUO678L - Austin 1800 Landcrab. Bought while on holiday in Cornwall to replace the Austin 1800 Landcrab we'd travelled down in, which had eaten its gearbox.
BJP700T - Fiat 131 Mirafiori, the car I learned to drive in. I loved that car but if you listened carefully you could *hear* it oxidising.
My dad had a grey Cortina 2.0 Ghia with the black vinyl roof too, as immortalised here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77yEvuFDsg
CUO678L - Austin 1800 Landcrab. Bought while on holiday in Cornwall to replace the Austin 1800 Landcrab we'd travelled down in, which had eaten its gearbox.
BJP700T - Fiat 131 Mirafiori, the car I learned to drive in. I loved that car but if you listened carefully you could *hear* it oxidising.
My dad had a grey Cortina 2.0 Ghia with the black vinyl roof too, as immortalised here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77yEvuFDsg
Only one.... JMD 103 which my father owned up until about 1953 when it was sold. Me being a small schoolboy back then. Memorable car though. The family's first ever car. My father died over thirty years ago but by an amazing coincidence, recently I was informed that JMD 103 still exists and not only that, is in remarkably good health.
I bet my car mad oldest son will remember the registration numbers of my more memorable cars, not just those with personal plates either.
I bet my car mad oldest son will remember the registration numbers of my more memorable cars, not just those with personal plates either.
MEE 434R - Early Volvo 245DL Estate with the round headlights - Age, rust and too many faults killed it.
E824 YAK - Austin Montego 1.6L - Passed to my brother as inherited money to buy replacement
K270 PGV - Volvo 940GL Saloon - Automatic gearbox failure ~98k miles, not worth replacement box
MJ52 TXX - Honda CR-V SE (Now on a private plate) Current car
Those are the only cars he has owned in the past 30 years. He tends to keep them until they become too expensive to repair in relation to the value, and kept them all polished and perfect. He was livid when the 940's box went, apart from faded red colour, the car was mint.
E824 YAK - Austin Montego 1.6L - Passed to my brother as inherited money to buy replacement
K270 PGV - Volvo 940GL Saloon - Automatic gearbox failure ~98k miles, not worth replacement box
MJ52 TXX - Honda CR-V SE (Now on a private plate) Current car
Those are the only cars he has owned in the past 30 years. He tends to keep them until they become too expensive to repair in relation to the value, and kept them all polished and perfect. He was livid when the 940's box went, apart from faded red colour, the car was mint.
Dad's cars, after a series of three wheeled Bonds and Reliant Regal/Supervans, driven because you could do so on a motorbike licence, finally he got nagged in to passing a proper driving test by Mum, and this is where my memory kicks in:
JJO 446F - Mk2 Cortina estate, 1.6, silver
DUV 770J - Ford Zodiac Executive Mk4, 3.0 V6, silver then sprayed black for some bizarre reason
PKX 788M - Triumph 2000, pale dog turd beige, a let down after the Zodiac.
Then he died in a motorbike crash (funny, I don't recall the motorbike's number plate, it was a green Kawasaki 650 though I think, I'm not a great fan of bikes, even less so after his demise on one, even though it was the fault of an Austin Princess driver) and Mum takes over car owning duties (she had a Triumph Herald and a Singer Chamois herself alongside Dad's cars but I fail to recall those number plates):
A227 XRX - Mitsubishi Colt 1.4, black, with that weird 4-spd manual and extra Power/Economy level alongside
B181 NPL - Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia, met red. swank. Learnt to drive in this.
E46 KPH - Daihatsu Fourtrak, two-tone blue/silver, sodded off to live in Spain with it whilst I went to University. After this she's had quite a few cars, the only one I can remember the plate of though is a green MG Maestro, G508 HOX, I used love driving that about (others were 2x FIAT Multipla, 1x BMW 318i, now on a FIAT 500L).
I can remember the plates of all 34 cars I've owned.
JJO 446F - Mk2 Cortina estate, 1.6, silver
DUV 770J - Ford Zodiac Executive Mk4, 3.0 V6, silver then sprayed black for some bizarre reason
PKX 788M - Triumph 2000, pale dog turd beige, a let down after the Zodiac.
Then he died in a motorbike crash (funny, I don't recall the motorbike's number plate, it was a green Kawasaki 650 though I think, I'm not a great fan of bikes, even less so after his demise on one, even though it was the fault of an Austin Princess driver) and Mum takes over car owning duties (she had a Triumph Herald and a Singer Chamois herself alongside Dad's cars but I fail to recall those number plates):
A227 XRX - Mitsubishi Colt 1.4, black, with that weird 4-spd manual and extra Power/Economy level alongside
B181 NPL - Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia, met red. swank. Learnt to drive in this.
E46 KPH - Daihatsu Fourtrak, two-tone blue/silver, sodded off to live in Spain with it whilst I went to University. After this she's had quite a few cars, the only one I can remember the plate of though is a green MG Maestro, G508 HOX, I used love driving that about (others were 2x FIAT Multipla, 1x BMW 318i, now on a FIAT 500L).
I can remember the plates of all 34 cars I've owned.
My late father in law's initials were BRW, he tried to get a plate in the early sixties but couldn't find one to match so he bought the nearest he could 7BMW this was on one of the very first silver shadows, the 4 speed 6.3 litre version, apparently one of the first 100 made.
When he died in 1980 his car was left in the lockup garage at their house near Thruxton and is still there. I tried to get my now ex mother in law to do something about it. The car is way beyond being MOT possible, she has now lost the number and I guess will never be able to get it back again.
When he died in 1980 his car was left in the lockup garage at their house near Thruxton and is still there. I tried to get my now ex mother in law to do something about it. The car is way beyond being MOT possible, she has now lost the number and I guess will never be able to get it back again.
DR277B - NSU (white)
NW962B - Chrysler Alpine (gold)
ACL45B - Datsun Cherry (blue)
F654KSO - Nissan Bluebird (blue)
I don't remember the ones after I left home though. The reason that the first three all end in B is because we were living in Germany as my dad was in the British Army, so they are BFG registration numbers, not UK ones.
NW962B - Chrysler Alpine (gold)
ACL45B - Datsun Cherry (blue)
F654KSO - Nissan Bluebird (blue)
I don't remember the ones after I left home though. The reason that the first three all end in B is because we were living in Germany as my dad was in the British Army, so they are BFG registration numbers, not UK ones.
DRV80 Standard 8 1948 (new!)
DRV 870 Standard 14 1948 (used & so thirsty it was known as sucker!)
then a series of real porridge: A30 (to save fuel cost after the 14!) Hillman Minx V11 then
YKX444 Series1 Sunbeam rapier with special floor-change & overdrive. Pippin Red & White
Then I left home & there were more Rapiers & Rover P6's so I lost track of the numbers!
DRV 870 Standard 14 1948 (used & so thirsty it was known as sucker!)
then a series of real porridge: A30 (to save fuel cost after the 14!) Hillman Minx V11 then
YKX444 Series1 Sunbeam rapier with special floor-change & overdrive. Pippin Red & White
Then I left home & there were more Rapiers & Rover P6's so I lost track of the numbers!
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