FabSwingers.com forum: your first car?

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

Your first car is like you first love, you never forget it.

Mine was a metallic bottle green Vauxhall Viva. It had a black vinyl roof and was so basic it never had the optional extra of a cigarette lighter. it was a crock of shit, but i loved that car!

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

Mine was a Brown Toyota Corolla, loved it and went like a little rocket, I can even rememeber it's registration number

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

a 1959 mini ... wish i still had it, be worth a feckin fortune now

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

capri 2.0s A reg in jet black

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

Mine was a daewoo matiz called margaret

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

Ford Cortina 1600E Mk2, beautiful car.

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By *ursevampsWoman
over a year ago

bucks

mine was a exes car ei learnt to drive then i got in to a saab 93 twin turbo automatic convertible was a gorgeous car loved it to pieces have decided when im 40 another convertible

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

A ford clit (Sierra)

Aptly named cos at the time every cunt had one

Copywright-Roy chubby brown

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By *ratsweetkittensWoman
over a year ago

stalybridge

a snot green 1979 ford fiesta 950 pop bought for £150

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

"Ford Cortina 1600E Mk2, beautiful car."

my dad had a mk2 lotus cortina. great car!

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

Ford Cortina 1600E Mk2, beautiful car.

lovely car and worth loads now .look great in purple or gold]

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

I learnt to drive in a variety of cars as it was basically any car Dad had going spare from the garage for me to practise in.....my first car when I passed my test was a converted white Fiesta van, reg GBV 71W, it had a dodgy starter motor so I had to carry a hammer round in the glovebox and when it cut out I just popped the bonnet and gave the starter a tap to get it going again....nowadays prob wouldn't be able to get to the starter motor and would get arrested for carrying offensive weapon

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By *acavityMan
over a year ago

Redditch

A VW Golf mark 3, in metallic Jade.

Sweet car. I saw a similar looking one parked near to work today, and did get a little wistful.

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By *ady n the trampCouple
over a year ago

Chudleigh

my first car was a ford pubic... it was made of old corsairs boom boom

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By *ervindorisCouple
over a year ago

stafford

Triumph Herald 12/50 with cross ply tyres - a real handful in the wet

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

Datsun 120Y....in turquoise...it was the dogs bollocks....

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

"Ford Cortina 1600E Mk2, beautiful car.

lovely car and worth loads now .look great in purple or gold]"

Mine was "light Orchid" was the colour of pink Champagne with black vinyl roof!

I have to admit i did nearly buy another one when i got divorce settlement but joined Fab instead so i didnt become boring!!

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

A red Cavalier SRI. At 18 I thought I was cool, then I grew up

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

Nova 1.2 in black new when I turned eighteen.

Nova 1.5td with Izuzu block almost killed me more than once

E type 4.2 le mans wreck and four years to restore god I mIss her

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

Ford Orion...had a great sound system when i brought it...but the floor was like a rotten peach...just the one MOT.

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

Ford Cortina MK V, 2.3 v6 with auto box, that was replaced with 4 speed manual.

Soooooooo much torque! such fun.

Ended in such a mess

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Yellow Triumph Dolomite Sprint....then hubby let me loose on his beloved Triumph Vitesse for a couple of weeks before he brought me a Golf.

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

A mini.

Reg NPY 21F

Slide windows

Plastic coated wire to open the doors

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By *eamCouple
over a year ago

Exeter

Mine was a ford Anglia which I bought at auction paid £35 for it, back in the 70'is. It was an old police car you could see where the old stickers had been...

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

A Talbot Avenger, £250, did about 20,000 miles, bargain

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

My first car was stolen! couldn't tell what make it was dark

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

Mine was a brand new 1974 3 litre V6 that my parents got me for my 18th

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

"Ford Cortina MK V, 2.3 v6 with auto box, that was replaced with 4 speed manual.

Soooooooo much torque! such fun.

Ended in such a mess

had one of those many many yrs ago but kept the auto box .very fast car in its day .ive had quite a few cortinas the rarest being a 2 dr mk v

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

Black BMW M3....and i make sure I mention this in my approach messages!

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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago

central scotland

"Mine was a brand new 1974 3 litre V6 that my parents got me for my 18th"

Think that may have just been a dream I had my first was realy a 1967 I think Hillman Imp which cost me £120 and the window washer was a little rubber thing on the floor you pumped like hell with your foot but it was a great little car except for the fact when you went over 60 it wanted to take off.

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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

Mine was a Mini Clubman Estate in brown but I sprayed it BRG.

It was just about big enough for me and my drum kit.

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

Mine was a 2CV. I loved that car.

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

Ford Capri Laser ,not a good idea really had it four days and wrote it off ,

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

just bought my eldest boy his first car a vauxhall corsa he sits in it and it brings back memories for me im hoping it will be his memory later in life

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

dont drive and never will,but if i could it would be a mini ,car ive all ways wanted

sam x

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

I know I'm old but I'm looking around for my first one. I'm thinking a cheap old fiesta.

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

"Ford Capri Laser ,not a good idea really had it four days and wrote it off ,

i still own one

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

"Triumph Herald 12/50 with cross ply tyres - a real handful in the wet"

Snap, bought mine for £35 and sold it minus a functional engine for £35

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

Datsun f2 with a hole in the footwell of drivers side! Moved the mat and could see the road, was good for makin the car go up hills better with the use of both feet! It was my Flintstones car

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

A Vauxhall Viva HB 1.6, 2 door, white with black vinyl roof. It was a right bag of shite

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

"Your first car is like you first love, you never forget it.

Mine was a metallic bottle green Vauxhall Viva. It had a black vinyl roof and was so basic it never had the optional extra of a cigarette lighter. it was a crock of shit, but i loved that car! "

Audi 80 sport ....loved it. It had three bar gauges - I had no idea what any of them were for, but I sure loved looking at them lol

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

Mark II Vauxhall Cavalier. It was a two-door and had one door wired shut cos the lock was fooked so passengers had to get in it a la Starsky & Hutch.

Once, I went out in it when it started raining, so I put the wipers on and on the third swish they flew off and landed in the road. As I opened the door to go and get them the door fell off.

I left the pile of crap where it was and went and bought an Austin Princess which was an even bigger pile of shite!

I'm much better at picking cars these days.

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

"Ford Capri Laser ,not a good idea really had it four days and wrote it off ,

my fourth car was a Capri 2.0 GT. 6 pot dashboard that looked so cool. i really loved that car, felt like crying when someone did a hit and run in it.

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

1973 Ford Transit Ambulance, I bought this after passing my test for the mobile disco jobs,

more than once people would comment on how many stiffs had been inside her.

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

Mine was a blue ford fiesta. I was the first of all my mates to get a car so it went everywhere, always with a car full.

Remember going out in york one night. Got back to the car and realised we had no petrol to get back, no money cos we were all daft enough to spend our very last pennies, and being 17 no credit card for back up.

I swore I would never sell it if it got us back in one piece. It was totally chugging as we pulled into my street but it didn't let us down. Did I sell her? yeh, I traded her in for a younger model, I betrayed her and all she had done was be loyal. Wonder where she is now?

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

"I swore I would never sell it if it got us back in one piece. It was totally chugging as we pulled into my street but it didn't let us down. Did I sell her? yeh, I traded her in for a younger model, I betrayed her and all she had done was be loyal. Wonder where she is now?

She probably went back to York and waited and waited for you to come back but eventually fell into the drug scene and ended up selling her chassis down a back alley to the first Allegro that would have it. You utter bastard!

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By *ood girl Bad GirlTV/TS
over a year ago

Huntingdon,Cambridgeshire

My first ever car was from the Matchbox range,a green capri,ive still got it up in the loft

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

LMFAO! I know I'm such a bitch. Someone probably even spunked diesel in her petrol only hole.

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

Mine was a vauxhall cavalier and the back axle went in the end, well it was an x reg so well old. My next one was the same but a H reg, I think, thought it was great as it had tinted windows! woo hoo!

Sold that for a Mazda 323f with flip up lights, wished I had kept it

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

Mine was and still is a red 1991 1.8c ford sierra in perfect condition and no rust

great car never fails.

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

"Ford Capri Laser ,not a good idea really had it four days and wrote it off ,

my fourth car was a Capri 2.0 GT. 6 pot dashboard that looked so cool. i really loved that car, felt like crying when someone did a hit and run in it.

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know how ya feel there

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By *razydriver8Couple
over a year ago

plymouth

mine was a peugoet 309, with a sun roof.

the thing i remember most is the roof leaked, no matter what i did, and when i went round corners the water sloshed around the back seat well. lol ,

but I loved it, the freedom to go where i wanted was amazing..

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By *entscotscplCouple
over a year ago

falkirk ish

after driving my old mans ford anglia

my own first car was a triumph 2000 mk1

a flying machine in its day

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By *amslam1000Man
over a year ago

willenhall

my first was a split rears screen beetle with the 6volt battery worth a fortune now but the rust worms eat it booo

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

"my first was a split rears screen beetle with the 6volt battery worth a fortune now but the rust worms eat it booo"

My first VW T2 Camper van was 6v lol. I've seen brighter candles than those headlights, but I wish I still had it - would be worth a fortune now

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

Vauxhall nova in faded blue, complete with imobiliser (toggle switch on ignition wire lol) and dubious stain on back seat (still don't know to this day what it was

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Oh, and I even remember reg number lol

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By *embsblokeMan
over a year ago

Godalming

I had a Mini Traveller that my Grandad gave me and to top the lot he had hand painted it with red Hammerite!!!!

Mind u my second was a Jag XJS (it was the 80's and they were worth F-all)

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

An Austin A35 Countryman ... basically a van with windows and a back seat! The engine was shot so I shoehorned a Riley 1.5 engine and gearbox in it. That was OK until I blew the engine up so I replaced the egine and gearbox to one from an MGB! That lasted a fortnoght until some wally pulled out in front of me leaving me no room to stop.

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By *U1966Man
over a year ago

Devon

Cream renault 12 k reg 1972 used more oil then petrol in the end allways started first time

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By *issNaughtyxxxWoman
over a year ago

Aberdeen

Golf TSI automatic with hand control's

I learned o drive at a young age with a mini and the tractor on the farm but after a bad accident i had to learn to drive with hand control's.

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

XArrrFweee i and it was shit the engine was a a burner but hey the alloys looked good.

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

An ugly as sin horrible green coloured SAAB 95 Estate car of 1972 vintage, a column change gearbox, 8-track cartridge stereo, HEATED SEATS (remember this was a 1972 car!) and 7 seats which when folded a certain way made for a great passion wagon - once you got over the looks that is! Ha-ha, great thread thanks for starting this made me smile and remember some good times

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By *ll of a QuiverCouple
over a year ago

Douglas

A Fiat 127 in Bronze with alloy wheels and a fabric sunroof.

Probably long since been eaten by the rust fairies now.

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

The amazing thing about this thread, apart from the memories, is the fact that cars were painted such disgusting colours in the 70's. I had a beige Mk2 Capri. who in their right mind would buy a car from new in beige?

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

Maroon ford Orion 1.6GL

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By *lassic1Man
over a year ago

bellshill

Blue and white Ford Consul Classic with bench seat and column change....loved it.

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By *anda man.Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Passed my test August 1966,eighteen years old,England had just won the Worked Cup..

Dad gave me his old banger,a Jowet Javelin,reg JVU 311...column gears and a bench seats back and front....me and my mate pulled many a bird in that motor.

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

Mine was a pearlised white mini...ohhhh i did love that car went like a rocket,surprising what you get in and upto in a mini

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

Fiat Punto called Pippa. I made it look like a shoebox!

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

"Passed my test August 1966,eighteen years old,England had just won the Worked Cup..

Dad gave me his old banger,a Jowet Javelin,reg JVU 311...column gears and a bench seats back and front....me and my mate pulled many a bird in that motor."

Just had to google what one of them was, never heard of Jowet before

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By *ovedupstillCouple
over a year ago

mullinwire

"Ford Capri Laser ,not a good idea really had it four days and wrote it off ,

i still own one

love capri's.

had one and an opel kadette before i started driving, and a mk3 escort one i passed, lasted 7 days until it went upside down over a 30ft grass bank.

then got another that rotted away and finally a mk2 cav sri replica. it all went downhill from there

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

First car ( and several ones after) were a metros.. first one was a 1.1c

got it with not a bit of rust on it.

Was great little car to learn to drive in.

but after passing test I traded up to a R114 GTa.. so basically a newer model metro with a bigger engine.

Cali

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

Black Landrover defender........, and still have one today as toy (not the same one)

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

Mine was a peugeot 306 to learn in... would have been perfect had i had a licence and not leant it to a family member who crashed it and didn't tell me... then everything on it proceeded to fail and then the DVLA took it away because it was parked in the wrong place with no tax...

... but my first proper car ( and the one i have now lol ) is an Austin mini mayfair and its better than my first love.. because it gives me signs when its gonna let me down... and i can always fix it!

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

My first car was an old brown Vauxhall Chevette. Know as "the flying turd". A heap of rubbish but did me a good turn..

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By *ubbyandwifeCouple
over a year ago

manchester

Mine was a ford XR3i

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By *ubbliciousWoman
over a year ago

Bedfordshire

First car I drove regularly was my mum's Black BMW 318iS. It was an R reg if I remember correctly. Very quick! The first car I bought for myself was a black peugeot 206 1.6 16v with leather interior and all the optional extras. I loved it. Then some wanker reversed a lorry into it and smashed it through a wall. I was devastated! Never had a car I loved so much since! Currently driving a 2008 Renault Megane. I advise anyone reading this to NEVER BUY a Renault! Or a Fiat for that matter.

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

"My first car was an old brown Vauxhall Chevette. Know as "the flying turd". A heap of rubbish but did me a good turn.."

My mate had one we affectionatly called a 'Shove It' as we ended up pushing it every where!

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

1963 rambler soft top. I'm not that old just bought a old car. The front seats would fold down even with the back seat to make a queen size bed. Perfect car for a horny 17 yr old

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

1972 MK 1 Escort, dark green, you could break into it with your front door key, had it nicked twice.

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By *aptain smilesMan
over a year ago

brewood

mk 2 Transit in rust but with it own matsress

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