FabSwingers.com forum: What car did your parent's drive in the 70s

By *ommodo OP Couple
over a year ago

OX16

A Morris traveller

A Morris marina

A Ford cortina estate

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By *instonandLadyAstorCouple
over a year ago

Not where we seem to be...

"A Morris traveller

A Morris marina

A Ford cortina estate "

Neither of my parents had cars, nor my grandparents.

I'm the first person in my family line to drive and own a car.

Also the first to do an apprenticeship, own a property and get divorced.

Winston

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By *iss E99TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Taunton Somerset

Ford cortina I have the photos to prove it

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By *ornycougaWoman
over a year ago

NORWAY Wherever I lay my hat

Renault 12 - don't make em like that anymore

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By *aughty but nice...Man
over a year ago

Staffs

Mk 2 ford Cortina

Also a Vauxhall Viva

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

Allegro, with tan plastic seats

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

pontiac firebird

... thats clearly a lie but im sure thats what dad wanted to drive...

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

Can't remember, wasn't born

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Datsun sunny and a larda Estate plus a few different minis which i wish they had kept as id be rich

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Don’t know I wasn’t born.

The mr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bloody hillman imp!

4 kids in the back was not fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rover

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

My dad had a vauxhall or 2 as I passed my driving test in 1971 I had a Hillman imp

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not sure whether these tip into early 80's too... Datsun, Cortina, Mk2 E.scort (wasn't permitted to write word in full) , TR7.

NBVN x

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By *arehamMan
over a year ago

handforth

Austin a35 van

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

A Ford.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Austin A40, mini 850, Ford Taunus, VW beetle, Triumph Dolomite. MK1 Ford Esc rt. Dad wasn’t a car enthusiast he just seemed to buy anything local that would get get us back to Germany as he was in the Army.

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

Renault 16. Quirky looking, large for its day and in a horrible grasshopper green livery.

The only car I ever felt sick riding in, due to its very soft suspension.

Their starters always sounded odd. Had orange headlights as well.

Put me off Renaults (and all French cars) for life.

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

My dad owned a car bodyshop, and also bought and sold cars, too, so we had lots of different cars in the 70s.

The ones that stand out are:

Mark 1 Ford Capri 1.6

Mark 2 Ford Capri 3.0s

Ford Corsair GT

Rover P5B 3.5 V8 Coupè

Sunbeam Rapier Fastback

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
over a year ago

Portstewart

Dad had a couple of minis then went to a bigger car

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vauxhall victor in the early 60's, roads were concrete , neighbours came out to see it, then a really old skoda ,used to cut out uphill,a really old charabang ,row of 4 bench seats ,crashed in a ditch on a bend .

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By *adMerWoman
over a year ago

Sandwich

Mk 1 cortina

Mk 2 cortina

Mk 3 cortina

In the 80’s they both had BMW’s. I missed the leg room in the Cortinas.

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By *oding1Man
over a year ago

marlow

As I had my first car in 1968.

Maybe not the question for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Datsun cherry

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Public transport/ walking

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By *uxuriantCouple
over a year ago

Cornwall

Vauxhall Viva

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cortina lotus MK1 1300e then a MK3 cortina 2000e got the ford bug from dad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Austin Cambridge estate, big old bus !

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I saw some old pics a while ago and was surprised to see a cherry coloured Morris Marina.

The earliest car I could remember was a Vauxhall Chevette, then a Renault, then a couple of Montegos.

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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago

North Norfolk area

Wolseley 1500

Austin 1300

Austin Allegro....yes, tan seats and "square" steering wheel!!!

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By *ewisbi76Man
over a year ago

west edinburgh

Reliant Scimitar. thought it was an awful car back then but if you see them today they actually look quite cool.

Recently seen pristine versions parked on the street in Edinburgh, and in a driveway in Oxford. even looks good in the classic 70s "corduroy brown" colour

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

Ford Cortina

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

Reno 4

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By *ottom charlieMan
over a year ago

washington

"A Morris traveller

A Morris marina

A Ford cortina estate "
quite a few coz my dad always seemed to only buy cars that were ready for the scrapyard but the first car was a blue ford popular..

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

My dad had various company cars.

Jaguar XJ6

Ford Granada

Vauxhall Carlton Royale

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

It was before I was born so I've only seen pics, but my dad had a bright orange 3 wheel bubble car he looked hilarious in it, he was 6'2 so no idea how he got in or out of it, but he looked like he was wearing the car!

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By *avexxMan
over a year ago

cheshire

ford consul big bench seats would come in handy today

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By *weetiepie99Woman
over a year ago

cardiff

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

None, zero, zilch.

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By *weetiepie99Woman
over a year ago

cardiff

Ooops...Fiat Mirafiori

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By *otallysmoothMan
over a year ago

Telford

Bedford dormobile, mum can't drive, dad could

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Vauxhall viva & he kept the damn thing for nearly 20 years. Still had it long after I was born. I have memories of how hot those vinyl seats could get in the summer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mk1 Ford Cortina, then a Capri. That was a nice car.

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Lanson

Gosh loads,

A40

Ford zephyr

Talbot Sunbeam & Horizon

Austin Allegro

Rover SD1 plus another (older) big Rover

Triumph TR7 & Spitfire

Probably more but those are the one's that come to mind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Something long, in brown or caramel

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Austin Allegro, every winter we’d push that the thing as it’d never start.

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By *m3232Man
over a year ago

maidenhead

Triumph Stag for Mum. jag coupe Mustang Mini Mgb Rolls another Stag are a few of what he had.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Triumph herald

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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

My mum had a triumph herald and my dad had a ford cortina

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

"Triumph herald

My 1st car was a Triumph Herald 13/60. Wish I still had it.

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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

An Austin 1800 and a VOLVO 245

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By *m3232Man
over a year ago

maidenhead

"Triumph herald

My 1st car was a Triumph Herald 13/60. Wish I still had it."

Forgot my Mum had two different version early one she loved and late one she didn’t like it

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By *he ass man 666Man
over a year ago

paradise city

"pontiac firebird

... thats clearly a lie but im sure thats what dad wanted to drive..."

Always wanted one

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

I think they had a triumph spitfire, before I came along and they needed a proper car to fit us all in. The first car I remember was a fiat Strada. It was orange

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By *moothshaftMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Vauxhall Wyvern. The first one I can remember.

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By *SMystiqueTV/TS
over a year ago

NYB

I'm not sure they were old enough to drive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ford Corsair then a Ford Granada

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

I think it had wood around the windows. A Morris something maybe?

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"I think it had wood around the windows. A Morris something maybe?"

Then a long orange Es-cort I think. What were the extra long cars called.?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't know, as I grew up in care! Most likely they didn't have anything.

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By *LIVEANDKICKING100Man
over a year ago

DUBLIN

Austin Maxi. Fiat 127

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"I think it had wood around the windows. A Morris something maybe?

Then a long orange Es-cort I think. What were the extra long cars called.?"

An estate car. Can't remember the model though, but thought it was a Ford.

I just remembered we had a blue car when I was about 6. Probably another Ford. Possibly a Cortina.

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By *he_TicklersCouple
over a year ago

Havant & Aberdare

Ford cortina

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By *sh91Man
over a year ago

Blackburn

Vauxhall viva

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple
over a year ago

chester

An orange Datsun Sunny

Black pleather seats

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

Moggie 1000 traveller, Austin 1100, Austin 1300 saloon and estate, fiat 131 unfortunately not the 2 litre twin cam.

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

None all my dad had was a pushbike..we weren't living in a cardboard box poor..but he definitely couldn't afford to run a car..

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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago

Redhill

When they got married my dad was driving a ‘72 Ford Maverick

The first one I remember was a ‘77 Ford Mustang… that used to break down everywhere. So stressful

But the most memorable was a VAM Pacer- like the one Garth drives in Wayne’s World. But ours was cherry red. My brother and I used to ride in the back/boot. Seatbelts? What seatbelts?

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Can't remember, as I was born in 72. I know we drove a volvo estate in the 80's though.

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By *kinkycpleCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

My mum had a brown 911t and I remember the interior like yesterday, and it’s what gave me the petrol bug!

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

I remember my dad having a zeffer (not even sure that’s how it’s spelt) it was huge with one long seat in the front

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

I think everyone in the 70’s had a Ford cortina at some point…

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

None. My Dad cycled to work, we walked to school and my Mum used the bus to go shopping and to work. We went on holiday by train and sent our trunk on 2 weeks ahead of our holiday.

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By *aturechapMan
over a year ago

leeds

Allegro chevette cortina my arse still aches at memory of those seats

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By *rMs.NeekCouple
over a year ago

Worcestershire

In order to bring back these memories.... Mr has a Marina estate, an Ital, a Triumph 2000 and a citreon CX....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vauxhaul nova

Prior to that a reliant Robin

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By *isAdventure69Woman
over a year ago

Hampshire

Mostly Jags xj6 , I also remember them having a Citroen Mehari which I absolutely loved and a DS21 which I hated , very much an old man’s car back then

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

Ford capri Estate

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By *ragaCouple
over a year ago

Salisbury

Ford Thames van we used to go camping in to Cornwall

Morris Traveller 1000 in white

Ford Focus uMK1 1300 xl Estate in brown (not a focus but the wort e*c*rt is banned)

Ford Cortina MK3 1600GT in sebring red, which I took over as my first car in 1980

Happy memories of them all...lots of home maintenance with Dad and my Grandad

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

My parents had so many car's.

Car's in the 70's weren't great and very unreliable and rusty.

From crappy camper vans to awful triumph 1300, vauxhall victor and esc ort van.

But my dad managed to borrow a awesome 3ltr Capri for a while.

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By *aturefun63Man
over a year ago

Belper

Parents never had a car so were bus wankers

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