FabSwingers.com forum: What was your first car?

By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

I had a 1965 green Holman IMP, unfortunately it never passsd it’s MOT

So then bought a 1967 white mini 1000

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By *yrdsisWoman
over a year ago

Gleam Street

A 1969 Morris Minor... loved her and was gutted when I moved jobs and had to sell her

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By *andare63Man
over a year ago

oldham

"I had a 1965 green Holman IMP, unfortunately it never passsd it’s MOT

So then bought a 1967 white mini 1000

I think you mean Hillman Imp .... ? Engine in the boot !! I had a Hillman Avenger ... loved that car !!!

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By *eriousGuyABCMan
over a year ago

( WEST OF ) Chippenham ish

P reg yellow mk3 1.6 cortina, changeover model with mk4 interior.

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford

VW Beetle. It was really shiny in places, sadly really rusty in other places

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

Mr ford escort

Mrs renault 4

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By *ister KinkyMan
over a year ago

Sussex

Talbot Horizon

Green with a brown vinyl roof.

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Mine was a 1.3 l Austin maestro and Mrs was a 323 Mazda Fastback or she may have just stole my car

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

A 1991 1.1c metro

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By *corpio67Man
over a year ago

hillingdon

Standard vanguard

4 cylinder 2 litre engine

Kept blowing the head gasket until all the piston cylinders shattered 10 miles from home!

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

Morris Marina 1.3, Had it 3 Months it failed it Mot miserably so i scrapped it.

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By *hezzie BikersCouple
over a year ago

Chesterfield

Mr Triumph Spitfire

Mrs Hillman Imp

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

1980 something vw polo....brilliant car...

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Shit.

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By *irth.Minge.FireMan
over a year ago

Seen in far off places

Jensen Interceptor

Just a runaround...

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By *hekaiserMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

BMW 318...1994 model

Was a great car.....

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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

"I had a 1965 green Holman IMP, unfortunately it never passsd it’s MOT

So then bought a 1967 white mini 1000

I think you mean Hillman Imp .... ? Engine in the boot !! I had a Hillman Avenger ... loved that car !!!

Yeh it’s my phone hilman imp,

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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

"Jensen Interceptor

Just a runaround..."

Of course it was aren’t we silly thinking anything else?

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

Nova Antibes 1.2 petrol.

Didn’t last very long as sterling snapped and ended up in the back of a cavalier on stanage moor near Sheffield. 6 days I think.

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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

"Nova Antibes 1.2 petrol.

Didn’t last very long as sterling snapped and ended up in the back of a cavalier on stanage moor near Sheffield. 6 days I think.

Oops

Hope you sorted an alternative

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

A blue 1.1 Metro, rotten right through and it always had water in the foot well!

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

"Nova Antibes 1.2 petrol.

Didn’t last very long as sterling snapped and ended up in the back of a cavalier on stanage moor near Sheffield. 6 days I think.

Oops

Hope you sorted an alternative "

Waited a few months and got a nova splash. Luckily that didn’t end up in a canal

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By *uzukiNo1Woman
over a year ago

Rhyl

Mrk 1 escort, rally prepared....red n white....sigh

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

Fiat Punto

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

Vauxhall Nova. It was so noisy we called it the beast.

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By *luttyzoeTV/TS
over a year ago

Lutterworth

Mk2 cortina , oh how I wish I had not wrapped it around a tree

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By *unloversCouple
over a year ago

rotherham

Mk 2 Ford escort

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

A peddle car, it went really fast down hills.

No brakes.

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By *ruebameMan
over a year ago

from the womb and tryout to get back

My first car was a mitsubishi shogun 1994 lasted 6 month and got sick of it then got a Nissan Skyline and loved it that much I still have it in storage

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

Mini

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

"Mk 2 Ford escort"

Me too! Crap colour though Sierra beige! Cost me 350 in 1988.

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

1994 1.7 turbo diesel Vauxhall Astra Saloon. My parents gave it to me when I passed my test and they bought a new car

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

"Mk 2 Ford escort"

MK 3 Ford Escort 1.3L in Ford Diamond white. I swear it was magnetic as everyone kept hitting it

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

L reg Corsa

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By *aren1956TV/TS
over a year ago

Fakenham

A blue 1967 Wolseley 16/60. Like a gentleman's club on wheels.

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

1973 Triumph 2500 PI, did 125 Mph like a bullet but only 17 Mpg, whether you hammered it or not,

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

Vauxhall viva in white

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By *airyfatmanMan
over a year ago

by 'ere

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By *airyfatmanMan
over a year ago

by 'ere

A mk1 Ford Fiesta 1.1 ghia with the rally type spotlights mounted on the front. I miss that car

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

TR6

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

Mini 850. Sliding windows, floor start, 3' gear stick..

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By *havennaturistsCouple
over a year ago

Banff

MGB roadster......never had so many girlfriends!

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

Alphasud. Absolute fucking rustbucket - you could see the road through the floor. Loved it though.

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By *MP3Man
over a year ago

Between Scylla and Charybdis

An Audi A3. I didn't notice a lot of Vorsprung durch Technik to be honest

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Depends if you mean legal or not

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By *rogMan
over a year ago

basingstoke

Volvo 345 GL 1981 ( X reg)

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

Mk1 escort bought it before I past my test loved it now I've got a mk2

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

"Alphasud. Absolute fucking rustbucket - you could see the road through the floor. Loved it though. "
yeah but great engine

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By *eriousGuyABCMan
over a year ago

( WEST OF ) Chippenham ish

"Talbot Horizon

Green with a brown vinyl roof.

I learnt to drive in a Horizon with the post office.

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By *ewrocksWoman
over a year ago

button moon

Fiat panda with a chok

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

A 1987 Honda Civic....brakes died after a few months, so had to perfect the art of stopping the car with the handbreak...had a few hairy moments with that!!! The follys of youth!!

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

"Alphasud. Absolute fucking rustbucket - you could see the road through the floor. Loved it though. yeah but great engine"

Indeed. It was the start of my life long love affair with Alpha Romeo

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By *omerset tvTV/TS
over a year ago

Weston-super-Mare

1971 Austin Maxi no powering steering like driving a tank lol

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

Blue Talbot Horizon...still remember the reg now

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

Biggles- it flew!

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

Bedworth

I still drive my first car, bought her after having half a dozen driving lessons and drove her occasionally on L plates before I passed my test.

She’s a cute little MX5, black with red mohair hood. I call her Phoebe

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

fiesta titantium 2010

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By *ed LipstickWoman
over a year ago

Fucksville

Pale blue C Reg Nissan Cherry. Loved that car

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By *ocketman20Man
over a year ago

Douglas

"A 1991 1.1c metro "

Me too, but mine was from 1985 (in 1993)

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

Mk1 ford escort Mr

Mini van Mrs

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By *tella Heels OP TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

Mk1 ford escort was my second roadworthy car

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By *ister KinkyMan
over a year ago

Sussex

"Blue Talbot Horizon...still remember the reg now

Yup, me too. LKN111W was my Horizon.

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