Thread: What was your first car?

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

214 - had the K series engine from Honda or the Rover engine?

It was a Rover engine. Only the 216 Auto had a Honda engine in MkII guise.

Beemer 2002

Originally Posted by Shakatak

Beemer 2002

Nice! There's a little black one going for sale that I know of, mint condition (well. for Thailand at any rate).

Would love it but a little bit outside of what I can reasonably justify with the wife right now.

MK1 Vauxhaull Astra 1.3S

Originally Posted by peterpan

I thought it was quite the just reward when I won it.

Indeed that would be quite the toy back then.
I remember walking through FAO Swartz in NY with my Mum and lusting over the nifty little electric cars. They weren't cheap. I had to settle for a Corgi Toy Land Rover!

Originally Posted by peterpan

It had an engine, electric one. I remember well, (nearly 55 years ago) went out with my Mum at Xmas and I put all my pocket money in the Salvation Army collectors box, so my Mum brought me a ticket in a raffle for one of these cars, I thought it was quite the just reward when I won it.

I mean absolutely no disrespect by this PP, but they had electric ride-ins that long ago!?

Odd, certainly don't recall them from my childhood and thought that it was only the yoof of today that were lucky enough to have them. I feel like I belong to some weirdly abandoned generation.

1966 Mk1 Austin 1800-



Roomy interior & nice ride. In some ways ahead of it's time.
But Lucas electronics, a bugger to work on with the transverse engine, & the hydraulic suspension had a habit of bursting, especially on Aussie roads.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by peterpan

It had an engine, electric one. I remember well, (nearly 55 years ago) went out with my Mum at Xmas and I put all my pocket money in the Salvation Army collectors box, so my Mum brought me a ticket in a raffle for one of these cars, I thought it was quite the just reward when I won it.

I mean absolutely no disrespect by this PP, but they had electric ride-ins that long ago!?

Odd, certainly don't recall them from my childhood and thought that it was only the yoof of today that were lucky enough to have them. I feel like I belong to some weirdly abandoned generation.

It was only Mid last century Ant, This one was a special I guess, I doubt wether just anyone could afford them, as I say the only way we got it was in a raffle. Back then my old man couldn't afford a pedal car for me let alone a powered one.

Cavalier hatchback (SRi, no less)

Originally Posted by peterpan

It was only Mid last century Ant

Oh, virtually yesterday then... for a bloody kauri tree!

This one was a special I guess, I doubt wether just anyone could afford them

Definately. As I say I can't recall even seeing them when I was a kid. Much less knowing they existed.

I'd wager that if you still had it know it would be worth a fair bit as a collectors item. Didn't stack it around a pole I hope!

1998 Ford Mustang GT with extras and tinted windows.....(FYI I started driving three years ago)...learned how to drive in a 1991 beat up BMW 325xi....

1961 Chev Impala 283 ci engine 2 speed auto Transmission. Bought it second hand. Drove it from northern Texas to Alaska at that time it had over 100,000 miles on it sold it to a friend in Alaska 10 years later it was still in Alaska. My friend sold it to another person who was driving it every day. Great Vehicle. like most say sure would like to have it today.

Twas a Blue Triumph Toledo, reg number JOB184N. And was given to me by my brother on my 17th birthday, he was given it by my parents a couple of years earlier. I learned to drive in it and loved it even though it was shite.
The whole family waved it goodbye the day when I sold it and the kid that bought it crashed it later that week and wrote it off.

1926 T Ford Roadster pickup, but mine had no windshield or top, was only supposed to be driven around the orchard, but i took her down to the packing sheds and took it out on the roadway and "let er rip". But I was only 9 years old.

^BG your link isn't showing up.
I went ahead and hosted it here, very cool:

Thanks dude, don't know why, but sometimes it don't work..

67' Ford Mustang (the only model with the tailights that angled in), hardtop, blue with white interior just a 4 cyl.

Followed that up with another 67 Mustang, gold, fastback, 8 cyl, 4 barrel -- that car just FLEW down I-95 in Florida when you could go all out without the d**n tourists in your way.

When I was learning to drive, Florida gave a learner permit at age 14, licensing at 16. My dad had me out on I-95 at age 13, telling me to hold in under 70 mph. That's what happens when there's no son in the family -- the oldest daughter has to substitute.

1973 Chrysler Galant
Same yellow.



It was a good small car.
Rally champion model in it's time.
It got me through university, but the back seat was a bit cramped.

My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller (The half timbered jobby)



I bought it for £450 had it for four years and sold it for £500.

Crap breaks, crap stearing, no latteral hold in the seats, a top spead of about 65 miles per hour (if you dared go that fast with those breaks) but a fabulous engine that would run for ever..... and a cranking handle if ever the battery was on its last legs.

I have very many fond memories of holidays and trips in my Moggy.

Originally Posted by peterpan

Originally Posted by bustak

1984 Chevy Chevette:


I had hub caps though!

Gotta say Bustak, yrs would come first in the "oh fvck why did I buy this heap of site " catagory, congradulations

Hey, my parents bought it for me when I graduated High School!

oh wait, no wonder I was a horrible student.

Gremlin X !



Power steering, power brakes! 5 litre engine, tons of power.

FX Holden $20, 6 volt Dc system, and ran for ever.
Column shift was a nightmare for a beginner, and the brake master cylinders heeded new cups every month.
Never had a flat tyre in 18 months.
Then I graduated to a MkII Zepher station wagon $100.
Those were great days.

Wolseley 1500 .

Anto, you are the strong silent type Eh? mind you there is not much to say about a Wooly 1500. When I was a lad only Vicars drove them. So are you are Vicar then?