FabSwingers.com forum: What was the first car you owned

By *thyorks OP Couple
over a year ago

ROTHERHAM

I'll start with mine.

Ford Cortina mk3

Cost the princley sum of £50

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

Toyota Corolla.

Very boring, very reliable.

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

Blue Simca 1100!! Was an 18th Birthday present!

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By *elshmailMan
over a year ago

neath

ford xr3i in black

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

ford fiesta bought in 1991 still no got a driving licsence

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Owned as in bought myself, a nissan micra essenza little black convertable in 07. great little car

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

Oh dear! Well, here goes...

Austin A35 van with side windows added. Small round heater under the dash (such as the dash was!

) Semaphore arms as indicators. Absolutely no safety features and solid metal everywhere! It was given to us by my parents as an engagement present. Loved that thing!

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

oops posted in the wrong thread

dont drive

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

Ford Escort MK1 good little car, was reliable and didn't cost much to run if you didn't include the welding lol

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By *ercedes62Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

MGB Roadster in british racing green.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Beetle.....it wasn't called Herbie though.

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

Ford Orion Ghia..i still remember the brick that was the pull out stereo i fitted lol

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

My first car i bought was a peugeot 306, but my first car i have owned properly with my name on the registration slip is a 1989 mini mayfair

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

Mine was a red Mini Metro

Mr B's was a cream mini

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

A £25 hilman imp..Lol it flooded when it rained. drove well tho .Oh the memories.

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

Triumph Herald, paid £35 for it and sold it for £35

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

my first car was mk2 ford escort with 2 doors.lernt to drive in it and passed my test first time x

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By *ofakindCouple
over a year ago

Running with Monkeys

Bubble shape rover 200, crashed it

then bought a hyundai accent

last two cars have been peugeot 306's

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

An x reg 82 ford fiesta in faded red that me and my best mate used to roll around in. It had a massive back sticker on the rear window of a cartoon bloke mooning at all and sundry, but we ripped that out within an hour. Bought for 35 quid and scrapped for 50. Who says there's no profit in the motor industry?

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By *heekychezzaWoman
over a year ago

warrington

"Ford Escort MK1 good little car, was reliable and didn't cost much to run if you didn't include the welding lol"

ditto

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

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

A 'Y' reg Ford Sierra

It was ace.

Had wing mirrors that flipped in once you hot 50mph so the only view on a motorway was my own knees.

Was 2 shades of blue cos I bought the wrong shade after patching up some rust.

My niece was sick in the back of it after gulping vimto so depending on what way the wind was blowing, it smelled of dettol, vimto or sick.

Oh, and it used to ice up on the inside.

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

A mini 1275gt, loved it to bits

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

Ours was a Renault 25 great big tank of a car Mr B tried to teach me to drive in it but it frightened the life outta me

It had many quirks but he loved it and I'm sure I saw tears in his eyes the day she died

I still haven't owned my own first car I only passed 18 months ago and we share our Megane so not got any old banger stories here

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

A Ford escort Mk1 ,a good car seems a little basic by todays standards.

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By *icboyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

My first was a blue two tone oval beetle...got it in 1990 and keep it for ten years...loved that car...

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

1979 Mini Clubman

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By *teborahCouple
over a year ago

warrington

1970 ford capri 1600 gt xlr

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

ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991

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By *icboyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991"

Was it the special with gold lines on it...

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

"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991

Was it the special with gold lines on it...

nope that was the mk2 capri jps from 75/76 and worth a small fortune if you happen to have one

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

Mine was a wee H reg vauxhall nova sr in red, always loved the nova but there hard to get now adays

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By *teborahCouple
over a year ago

warrington

"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991

Was it the special with gold lines on it...

You are thinking of the JPS John Player Special, they were in 1975 (N reg) how much of an anorak Im I

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

"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991"

would love a mk1 JPS special edition or a 2.8 injection

was it true that the police used to put bricks / concrete blocks in the boots of them to keep them on the road ?

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By *icboyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

I have to say I did know that too, but easier to describe as black...with gold lines...

Us anoraks need to stick together...pmsl..

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By *teborahCouple
over a year ago

warrington

Yes, my uncle had a 3 litre capri and the dealer advised him to carry a bag of cement in the boot

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By *ustyWoman
over a year ago

inverclyde

an a reg mini in blue

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

Mine was 35th aniversary mini I loved that car wish I still had it!!

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

"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991

would love a mk1 JPS special edition or a 2.8 injection

was it true that the police used to put bricks / concrete blocks in the boots of them to keep them on the road ?"

no such thing as a mk1 capri jps they were all mk2 on n and p plates

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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago

from a town near you

fiat una my Dad gave it to me when i passed my test,it had terrible hand brake and we lived at the top of a hill,it rolled back one day with the kids in the back i was in the house at the time,i ran the length of the garden jumped over a wall flung the kids out and pulled the handbrake on but it hit next doors tree and bent the door off,

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

I had a mk2 Ford Granada 2.8 V6 auto after the Mini and if you want to learn to drive and have fun try driving one of these or the capri in wet weather or the snow, feckin' brilliant! More fun than a bag of fannies!!

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

"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991

would love a mk1 JPS special edition or a 2.8 injection

was it true that the police used to put bricks / concrete blocks in the boots of them to keep them on the road ?

no such thing as a mk1 capri jps they were all mk2 on n and p plates"

the older model then with the huuuuuuuuuuuuge bonnet

maybe the one i see knocking about is an older model that has been 'pimped' in the JPS colours ?

either way, it looks cool

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

theres still a fair few capri's about and all worth very good money if in good nick.i they all have long bonnets btw but the mk1 had a boot and the mk2 and 3 were hatchbacks.genuine ford parts are megga expensive

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

Fiat 128 for me. A right heap of shite that set me back 200 squids.

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

Nissa Micra RS

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

Ford Escort 1.3 light blue.

Identical to my Mums car but 1 year older.

Alternator went the next day

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

"theres still a fair few capri's about and all worth very good money if in good nick.i they all have long bonnets btw but the mk1 had a boot and the mk2 and 3 were hatchbacks.genuine ford parts are megga expensive"

yup deffo a mk1 i am thinking of

i am now salivating looking at pics of mk1 capri's on google

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

mark 1 escort mmmmmmm nice wee car

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

hate to say this but had both a mk1 capri and a mk1 escort, in fact it was the escort that got me and K together 36 years ago next Tuesday

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

a bronze mk2 escort EPB 894V, lol, my parents bought it me when i passed my driving test

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

"Fiat 128 for me. A right heap of shite that set me back 200 squids."

yup

but don't you think there is something wonderfully endearing about really dreadful cars ?

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

i still have a mk3 capri but took it off the road for the winter

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

"a bronze mk2 escort EPB 894V, lol, my parents bought it me when i passed my driving test

haha ur as sad as me

i can remember the reg's of my first 3 cars

BNB 1 Y - a blue ford sierra

(sold to my then gf's dad for the £ value in the reg)

D 773 UFV - a maroon cavalier saloon

(nicked and burnt out)

E 33 WTJ - a maroon peugeot 405

(sold to my best mate who had it for another 5/6 years)

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

"a bronze mk2 escort EPB 894V, lol, my parents bought it me when i passed my driving test

haha ur as sad as me

i can remember the reg's of my first 3 cars

BNB 1 Y - a blue ford sierra

(sold to my then gf's dad for the £ value in the reg)

D 773 UFV - a maroon cavalier saloon

(nicked and burnt out)

E 33 WTJ - a maroon peugeot 405

(sold to my best mate who had it for another 5/6 years)"

oh, i can do better than 1st 3.... EPV 894V, ARN 802V, C481 DGH, K840 XCW, K440 MMW.... would have to put some thought into the next coule, made the mistake of sharein a car with a partner who had no respect for them and was a careless driver

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

never owned one as I don't drive..... I have chauffeurs

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

Capri 2.0 s red lovely car wish i kept it.

Had fords ever since.

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

"Capri 2.0 s red lovely car wish i kept it.

Had fords ever since."

get another one theres still quite a few around

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By *ixson-BallsMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

morris marina TC....bonnet scoops, front and rear spoilers,

went like the clappers

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

Ford Anglia, supposedly white but mainly rust .

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

A 1984 mini clubman 1.1 that eventually ended up with a 1380 supercharged metro engine fitted and was too scary to drive lol

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By *ighlandcouple40Couple
over a year ago

Inverness

1500 Avenger which I ended up rolling onto its roof in the snow, still with my L plates on ....doh

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By *weet threesome wifeCouple
over a year ago

somewhere out there

mine my wee peugeot 206 my hubby first was a austin 1800 but he said had it a day so it was a vauxhall victor 2.3 1974lol

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

"Oh dear! Well, here goes...

Austin A35 van with side windows added. Small round heater under the dash (such as the dash was!

) Semaphore arms as indicators. Absolutely no safety features and solid metal everywhere! It was given to us by my parents as an engagement present. Loved that thing!"

Yay! I had one of them for my first car too! It was my father`s cast-off and cost me nowt so I went all silly and grafted a Riley 1.5 engine in it! When I blew that engine up, it was an MGB engine that replaced it!

Sadly, it only lasted a fourtnite like that as some twat pulled out into my path on night and I was unable to stop.

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

"Capri 2.0 s red lovely car wish i kept it.

Had fords ever since.

get another one theres still quite a few around "

wish i could..got a xr2 mk1 in my garage 47000miles only...never going to part with that..just need bigger garage..or a warehouse

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By *4FantasyCouple
over a year ago

Spalding

Vauxhall Viva and I can still remember the reg RON 105M... ended up in the scrap merchants though

Kazx

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford

A Corgi,` Blue Austin Cambridge with a little wheel on top to steer it with.

Roada made out of mothers' pegs.

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Roads*

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

"Oh dear! Well, here goes...

Austin A35 van with side windows added. Small round heater under the dash (such as the dash was!

) Semaphore arms as indicators. Absolutely no safety features and solid metal everywhere! It was given to us by my parents as an engagement present. Loved that thing!

Sadly, it only lasted a fourtnite like that as some twat pulled out into my path on night and I was unable to stop.

Ha ha ha... My second car was a split screen Morris Minor! Out came the 805cc lump and in went a Sprite 1500. That lasted about two weeks as well... The extra power ripped the rear axle off! (Knew I should have done some welding first) lol

Accelerated one day and the front pair of rear spring hangers dropped and went into the raised hump at our works car park.. The car went up in the air by about 4 feet and came down with a crash!

Axle, rear springs and prop shaft we deposited in the car park and I carried on for about 20 feet on two wheels! lol

Great days!

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

Mini convertable,pearlised white...loved it..had it for yrs loved it..

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