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Made 1934 and bought 1962
After falling off in snow and ice four times on my then Lambretta scooter, I needed four wheels so bought my first car for £25 in 1962, a Morris 8 from 1934. The car shown is from the internet, so only similar to mine. My car had the registration DL 9597. I changed all the leaf springs sourced from a scrap merchant. As an RAF cadet, I had a lot of fun in this modest antique car consuming more engine oil than petrol per mile! It was very good for driving in the UK snow of 1963. No longer around, it would be worth £5,000 today as a classic car.
I sold it for peanuts when I was given my second car as a 21st birthday present.
HAGWE!
Clive
Nico inspired this post, what was your first car?
mine was a 1971 Dodge Challenger 6 cylinder 4 speed ( on the floor ) it wasn’t particularly fast, but pretty in it’s day. My father ( who was a car guy ) helped me buy it : he paid 1/2 the down payment & I covered the other half, insurance and the mon...
Nice
Way better than my anemic peugeot 104 but it always got me where I needed to be. I fully expected the follow up post to be what was the first car you crashed but Larry already answered that question (same 104 too)! Credits wiki ...
Bad driver !
Ay good driver should crash a few times in his life ! Look at all those F1 drivers !!!
Volga GAZ 3110
That I inherited from my father in 1999. This was a dream for an average family in the USSR, and was definitely an upmarket choice back then, as other options available to general public were smaller and less desired cars. However, when looking at this ca...
True, true - but still not comparing favourably to Western cars of that era.
I think Doug Demuro called this car the worst car in the World after conducting a test drive
Yep. And you needed to manually
add oil to front suspension every 3000 or so kilometers - it had a very archaic design. And it did not have independent suspension on the back axle. And - this list can go on and on
Pretty sure ...
.. the W123 220D and 240D we sometimes used back in the days took 2 lifetimes to reach 100
I remember it took 25 seconds with the 240D
So the 220D took a bit longer LOL ... Oh, and there was also a base 200D ... probably 30 seconds.
An Alfa Romeo Giulietta type 116, can’t find my pictures though
As said, not my pictures. Not the best looking Alfa but at that time, 2l engine with 136 hp. Not bad….a lot of BMW didn’t stand a chance! Cheers, Dirk ...
Now THAT is a decent first car :-)
136 hp RWD for an 18 year old LOL ... although at 18 I got to drive the 136 hp W123 of my grandfather a lot ... and I barely survived.
Well we both survived!
I still remember the first time I drove it. It was in January, freezing cold, slippery roads and the car all dampened from the inside (I was nervous after all) and all freezed immediately. Just had a small hole for the first miles driving alone. Those wer...
1966 Ford Mustang - 6 cylinder 200 Cu. In. with 3 speed manual transmission non-synchronous 1st gear
This exact color and hubcaps too: ...
My first love was a 1969 Triumph Spitfire. I completely demolished the car at an intersection when an oncoming vehicle made a left-hand turn in front of me while I was in the intersection.
The impact sent the hood up over the windscreen, mercifully sparing the driver! Photo courtesy ar.inspiredpencil.com ...
1500 bought new 1977, same colour
I bought the 1500 with cloth foldaway roof. My then baby son sat in a special child's seat on the rear shelf with his feet and legs poking between the front seatbacks. Impractical family car! My son bought similar when age 24! Clive
Rover 820Si
Green outside beige inside Must have been around 1995 Bought it second hand when it was 4 years old and was about the price as as a used VW golf but new at least 2 times more expensive ...
1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham with a 500ci V8 Engine... SIX meters long!
Was my mom's car, which at the age of 14 i would steal at night and drive. As you can guess, this was quite a large 'land yacht' of sorts. Plenty of room in the back seat. Oh yes, big roomy American car. The suspension was like a wet sponge and deflated b...
My first one was an Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 v6.
One of fhe best engines i have ever driven
Made 1934 and bought 1962
After falling off in snow and ice four times on my then Lambretta scooter, I needed four wheels so bought my first car for £25 in 1962, a Morris 8 from 1934. The car shown is from the internet, so only similar to mine. My car had the registration DL 9597....
Starting with a pre-WW2 car - wow 🤩
Very cool story. Btw. what was the second one you got for the 21st birthday?
My first one was a Volkswagen Polo GT Coupe. It was perfect for me at the time, as it was a beginner car but little sporty.
I had an accident with it after several months on a German Autobahn and get out of it without any injuries. ...
Mine was a 1970 Datson 240Z in orange.
Pic borrowed from the web. It was stolen from the street in front of my house and never recovered. Queens, NY was high up on the list of stolen vehicles back in the day. ...
I am not in your league!
Many of you started out with very nice cars. My first car was a VW 1300 and trust me I was proud as a rooster when I drove it to school. Considering its age and milage it performed well. However the 6 volt battery was a draw back because I could not insta...
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