The best car your Dad had....
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peugeot first attempt to take on Mercedes end of the 70s, my dad bought this brand new.. about 10k i think!
It was the 604, 6 cylinder. Dark red. Lots of fun memories of it. After that he only ever bought Mercs, most of which were zzzzz
oh and it had the same rear curtains as that one above... classy eh?
decent photo from the front found:
It was the 604, 6 cylinder. Dark red. Lots of fun memories of it. After that he only ever bought Mercs, most of which were zzzzz
oh and it had the same rear curtains as that one above... classy eh?
decent photo from the front found:
Edited by GhostDriver on Wednesday 9th February 23:52
My Dad favourite cars where his Daimler's (Jaguar), he has a series 1 XJ6 2.8 auto in brown and later a series 2 XJ6 4.2, in beige. I still remember the rocker switches on the dashboard of the series 1 with the left to right fuel tank switches, as a child I always thought of that as special in an aviation kind of way and I used to argue with a friend whose father ran a newer MB 350 SE about the best car in the world, in spite of the Daimler's knack of overheating in the summer on the way to Weston-s-Mare. The best car my father ever ran was his red Jaguar XJ-S V12 which was fantastic to a car mad teenager.
My Dad had a Formula Ford at one stage if that counts? If it has to be road-going, he had an MGB GT (chrome bumpers) and I loved it as a kid. I still have memories of sitting in the passenger seat on a nice summers day, window down and feeling like the coolest kid in the world, especially when my dad pulled over to talk to some people and their daughter, who I went to school with, was with them. Fairly sure she was impressed 
my father is a complete car nut (although sadly not been able to drive for the last 8 years due to MS)
His first car was a Frogeye Sprite,
He used to rally cross (Race on sunday drive to work on monday) an MGA, a few longman mini's, an imp, a healy.
In the mid 60's did a road trip with some mates in a moggy traveller to the nortern tip of norway and on into Finland, the following year down to Istanbul!
Daily drivers included Triumph 2000 and 2500, Rover P6 and a very early SD1 (on an s reg i seem to recall) a vauxhall Magna and one of the very first Golf GTi's edit to add, he also had a few BMW 2002Ti's that he wrote off (he always claims they had terible brakes
and a very early 5'er which i wrote off aged 3 years old (have told that story on another thread though)
Should also add the shameful ones - he had a Marina Estate .....
His best car, probably because it was his dream car to own, and i recall how proud he was to own it and because it subsequently became my dream car to own, hos 1972 porsche 911.
here is 2 rather cheezy pictures of him! gotta love them 70's wolfraces!!!
His first car was a Frogeye Sprite,
He used to rally cross (Race on sunday drive to work on monday) an MGA, a few longman mini's, an imp, a healy.
In the mid 60's did a road trip with some mates in a moggy traveller to the nortern tip of norway and on into Finland, the following year down to Istanbul!
Daily drivers included Triumph 2000 and 2500, Rover P6 and a very early SD1 (on an s reg i seem to recall) a vauxhall Magna and one of the very first Golf GTi's edit to add, he also had a few BMW 2002Ti's that he wrote off (he always claims they had terible brakes
and a very early 5'er which i wrote off aged 3 years old (have told that story on another thread though)Should also add the shameful ones - he had a Marina Estate .....
His best car, probably because it was his dream car to own, and i recall how proud he was to own it and because it subsequently became my dream car to own, hos 1972 porsche 911.
here is 2 rather cheezy pictures of him! gotta love them 70's wolfraces!!!
Edited by XJSJohn on Thursday 10th February 03:19
Before I was born he had a Nissan (or was it Datsun back then?) Cherry Turbo. Sadly written off and replaced with a Talbot Samba - this started my love for 80s Peugeots, as we were forever at the "Peugeot/Talbot garage" getting it fixed. Then when we moved to Cairo we got a Peugeot 205 1.6 SR. Five door, sunroof. Great for waddi bashing, and he got a local mechanic to fit an aftermarket aircon kit, purchased from the same garage back in Wokingham.
Then when we came back to England for a while he had a Nissan Bluebird, as my Grandad had one (which I later inherited as my first car). Then in various spots between postings he had a Cavalier SRi, a Rover 214 and another Bluebird.
My overall favourite though, was his company car in Lagos, which we took with us to Kano. A Peugeot 505 V6. It had every single option you could think of in the early 90s. Ice cold air conditioning, half leather (so you didn't get too sweaty) and was pretty quick too. His colleague had the older GTI version, but the V6 was clearly the faster of the two. He also had use of a few 504s (brand new, as they were still made there until about 2003) and I was regularly taken to school in a Volkswagen Santana, which I used to sit in on the driveway and listen to my homemade tapes on the epic stereo.
Sadly, he's become a proper old man now, and bought himself a string of diesel Citroens. They're fine I guess, but I wish he'd finally have this mid-life crisis thing and buy a proper sports car.
Then when we came back to England for a while he had a Nissan Bluebird, as my Grandad had one (which I later inherited as my first car). Then in various spots between postings he had a Cavalier SRi, a Rover 214 and another Bluebird.
My overall favourite though, was his company car in Lagos, which we took with us to Kano. A Peugeot 505 V6. It had every single option you could think of in the early 90s. Ice cold air conditioning, half leather (so you didn't get too sweaty) and was pretty quick too. His colleague had the older GTI version, but the V6 was clearly the faster of the two. He also had use of a few 504s (brand new, as they were still made there until about 2003) and I was regularly taken to school in a Volkswagen Santana, which I used to sit in on the driveway and listen to my homemade tapes on the epic stereo.
Sadly, he's become a proper old man now, and bought himself a string of diesel Citroens. They're fine I guess, but I wish he'd finally have this mid-life crisis thing and buy a proper sports car.
Garlick said:
We all remember our Dads cars, so which was the best and why?
For me it was a 1988 BMW 320i SE 2 door. He's had better cars since, but that car made me feel as though the family had made it. I loved the hunt for the right car, the test drives and finally the collection. Despite not being a child, I was still young enough to be impressed enough to love showing it to my mates.
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1990 BMW 320i SE Touring.. For me it was a 1988 BMW 320i SE 2 door. He's had better cars since, but that car made me feel as though the family had made it. I loved the hunt for the right car, the test drives and finally the collection. Despite not being a child, I was still young enough to be impressed enough to love showing it to my mates.
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. G783 HOBDad had just been promoted to the board and we went from a Montego Estate (D627 NUK) to the BMW.. It was fantastic..
A close second was when he got an 850 T5 estate, M85 OOE.. Awesome car that I rather enjoyed driving from time to time..
Just a shame that both were stolen and for doing and getting away from ram raids! The BMW was punted through the side of a petrol station (Stratford Road, Birmingham, just off the camp hill island) and the Volvo was used as a getaway car from a different ram raid (interior stripped to turn it into a rapid van!).. still the insurers paid out and both were repaired..
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