The best car your Dad had....

The best car your Dad had....

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CTS86

197 posts

177 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Had a couple of Capri's prior to it but the old man was riding around in the this when I was born (his had spotlights though). I love these...



Traded it in not long after for a more family friendly A reg Orion Ghia before going down the company car route for the next 15 or so years. Nothing you'd class as exciting in that period (although he did have one of the very first of the latest shape S40's, which coincided with me hitting 18 & being allowed to drive it on his work's policy). Hours of fun making up site visits he'd apparently been on in order to claim back on the fuel I'd gone through on weekend trips to South Wales & such!

He now has the following (with blue leather). Not my cup of tea in fairness but he's happy enough with it (when he drives it). Less than 10,000 miles in 3.5 years...


king arthur

6,534 posts

260 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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One of these...



and one of these...



but in a sandy gold colour, and I can still remember the reg no.

Then one of these...



The last "Jag" he had, before moving onto a couple of these...



Both in S and Si form. Around the same time he also had one of these...



Doniger

1,971 posts

165 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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One of these, just like that apparently. It was gone long before I was born, sadly.

Years of alcoholism and general fail on his part meant that the only cars I remember him having were either my uncles, or french, crap and embarrassing.

Twincam16

27,646 posts

257 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Annoyingly, he sold it before I was born:

One of these:



With one of these squeezed in under the bonnet:



Turned out to be an ex-factory development mule.

Of the ones I can remember, it's a toss-up between this:



And this:


Twincam16

27,646 posts

257 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Johnnytheboy said:
What about your mums?

My mum ended her driving career in a (1990s) RS2000. Great car.
Vauxhall Chevette with RS stripes she tried to peel off as she thought them 'too showy', a beige-with-brown Metro that fell apart on a regular basis and even when bought had mould growing in the window-runners, and a much-abused Fiat Punto. Nothing special at all.

Twincam16

27,646 posts

257 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Highway Star said:
This bad boy (or one like it)



I can't remember the last time I saw a 505 GTI on the road. All 140-odd bhp of V6 goodness.
There's someone living not far from me with an absolute minter in metallic gunmetal grey.

robsa

2,253 posts

183 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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My Old Man had many great cars when I was a kid, being a true petrolhead; Lancia Fulvia, Alfa Romeo's, Golf GTi, Rover P6 3500, Renault 5 Gordini... but the one that I loved the most was a car I have never seen since on the roads, and would dearly love to own one day. When I spotted it in a traders showroom in East London, I just couldn't keep my eyes off it. The wideboy salesman was a right Delboy - right down to the greased-back pomaded hair and the pencil 'tache. My dad loved it too, although mum thought it a little bit 'loud'... it was bright orange with black racing stripes on, of course it was loud!
When my dad opened the back to look at the engine there was a bottle of whisky sitting in there! The car was, though, immaculate. I used to sit for hours in it in the garage pretending to drive up to scotland and back, snuggled into the black vinyl bucket seats - I can still remember the smell of the interior now.
It was such a bright colour and so loud, such an odd thing for my very conservative father to own, but he loved that car as much as I did. I think it finally went as a trade in on a metallic green Audi 100 GL5e, another great car. But no other car came close to the Simca... it was a kids dream!



Ours was exactly the same, down to the leaping deer on the side, and I would love to see another one day.

philmh

363 posts

170 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Back in the 80's my dad had mk2 granadas. My favourite was a gold 77'S reg saloon with the subtle black rubber boot spoiler, and wide wolf race alloys.

LuS1fer

41,069 posts

244 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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robsa said:
. But no other car came close to the Simca... it was a kids dream!



Ours was exactly the same, down to the leaping deer on the side, and I would love to see another one day.
Not a Rallye but saw this on Tenerife last year



Killer2005

19,579 posts

227 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Aside from an old Volvo 240 GLT, I cant think of any decent cars my dad has had redface

robsa

2,253 posts

183 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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That is a clean car! Even though they are only 1000cc, they had a very revvy, willing little engine and went well .
There are a handful of Simca Rallyes in existence, from what I can gather, but try finding a RHD one! I wonder if there is even one left? Would love to know what happened to my dad's old one. Thanks for the photos though, it's lovely to see one again.

6potdave

2,273 posts

212 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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Either this:


Or this (which he has now):


The TVR was a bit more brutal, but the AMG does it almost as well with a touch of luxury.

jeremyc

23,262 posts

283 months

Saturday 12th February 2011
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'73 Audi 100GL was my favourite, in exactly the same colour as the picture below (though with a black vinyl roof and Webasto sunroof, natch). thumbup We always had to "hit the ton" on our annual holiday pilgrimage. smile



My uncle however, who was young enough to effectively be an older brother, had a much more interesting collection: cloud9
- Mini Cooper S
- Mk1 Escort Sport
- Mk2 Lotus Cortina

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Johnnytheboy said:
What about your mums?

My mum ended her driving career in a (1990s) RS2000. Great car.
My mum would always get my Dad's old car.

Dad would drive for a year - 18 months, usually lots of miles, then he would hand the car down to mum so that when it got sold on it looked like a lower milage one owner

Crafty bd hehe

twazzock

1,930 posts

168 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Before I was born he had a 2.8i Capri. Then a fking Orion frown, Mondeo (meh), now an E36 328i Sport, which I approve of! thumbup

traffman

2,263 posts

208 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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The coolest car my dad owned was a lovely metallic blue Citreon CX Athena on a v reg back in the early 80s.

Loved that car , id happily purchase a gti 25 now.

the_scorpion

1,128 posts

194 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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I don't know if it was his best car but it was my favourite.

1969 Plymouth Fury.

Bronze when he bought it.



He sprayed it white. (trophy on bonnet was for joke and not fitted)




TVR1

5,460 posts

224 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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1979 Silver Shadow 2, Regency Red with Biscuit leather.Sadly became a bit bent outside Harrods in 1983.He had it for 2 years, looking after it for a relative who was in jail for selling arms to the wrong country. I still have a pic somewhere...

LC23

1,285 posts

224 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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A 1968 Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce. He bought it at about 6 months old and still has it to this day. That car is never being sold.

550Hep

3,135 posts

216 months

Sunday 13th February 2011
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Mk3 2000E Cortina, Brooklands 280 when I was younger, the latter he had when I was learning to drive and it was one of the first cars I drove.

Post me leaving home he went onto barges and a couple of highlights are a 24v Senator in dark blue which he never had anyone get in his way on a motorway!

He also had one of the very last E32 750i's which was probably the most comfortable car I have ever driven. The 750 always sticks out in my mind as it was the first car I ever drove in Germany flat out on the Autobahn, on a road trip dad and I had to CeBIT in 95' ahhh good memories..