o/t First car you always wanted/First car you got

TangerineSeasider said:
Saved my ass off and wanted a Mk3 escort, ideally red …… this would have been ideal, however my Dad told me he’d find me a perfect car…..
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As reliable as it was , he came home with a mark1 escort in dysentery beige. Hardly the fanny magnet I was hoping for……
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That 3i is exactly the same as my 1st car except mine was a B reg
 
I wanted a silver MK2 Ford Cortina 1600E ended up with a Mexico brown coloured one. So at least I had the motor of my dreams it just needed a little body work to bring it up to scratch which included 3 doors,2 front wings and a bonnet. After a respray and a contrasting tan vinyl roof fitted ONF 122H was my dream motor
 
First car I wanted was a Triumph TR4.

First car I got was a Triumph Herald 12/50. Sunshine roof, Wedgwood blue. FTD 941F.

Couldn't tell you the reg of any of my cars since...
 
Wanted an Renault 5 GT Turbo, ended up with my dads Mini. Sold it for £75 and went on the lash.
 
Always a biker so passed my test on a BSA Bantam and bought a Norton Dominator. First car was a £100 purchase off my Dad for his Vauxhall Viva CUL 892H.
 
In 1989 a colleague tipped me off about an old fella he knew who had to stop driving. He was selling his 1970 Escort mk1 1300gt. He wanted £100 for it and it was a well looked after motor with low mileage. Insurance would have been £500. I was on a YTS at the time earning £35 a week and had to let it go. Another colleague bought it, put a new wing and two sills on it and sold it a few weeks later for £700. If that car's still on the road, it'll be worth a mint now.

I ended up with a brown Talbot Avenger. It had a vinyl roof and red front wing. I bought it for £350 and sold it a year later for £250. I had a ton of fun in that car.

Back then, the mk2 Escort RS2000 was king. I did always have a soft spot for Avenger Tigers though.
 
Coinslot said:
In 1989 a colleague tipped me off about an old fella he knew who had to stop driving. He was selling his 1970 Escort mk1 1300gt. He wanted £100 for it and it was a well looked after motor with low mileage. Insurance would have been £500. I was on a YTS at the time earning £35 a week and had to let it go. Another colleague bought it, put a new wing and two sills on it and sold it a few weeks later for £700. If that car's still on the road, it'll be worth a mint now.

I ended up with a brown Talbot Avenger. It had a vinyl roof and red front wing. I bought it for £350 and sold it a year later for £250. I had a ton of fun in that car.

Back then, the mk2 Escort RS2000 was king. I did always have a soft spot for Avenger Tigers though.
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My Dad had a couple of Avengers, one was a cracking blue vinyl roof 1600 GLS, that was a great car, just like this one.

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Wanted Ford Capri
1st car Austin allegro (mustard yellow)
2 Vauxhall cavalier rust bucket
3 Ford Fiesta firefly
Shared with Audi 80 (80,000 on the clock) Shrovetide for a further 4 years.
Another Audi 80 for 5 years
Audi A3 for 5 years.
This is when it gets interesting.
Where were you when Kevin Phillips scored twice at Brighton?
At Blackpool Honda buying Civic.
5 years later A3 sold now down to one car.
November 2022 loving our Honda CV EX1.6
 
Would have wanted a BMW e30, got a Metro “vanden plas”. Cream with fake walnut on the dash; It had its upside, was pretty light when you had to push it!
 
First car I bought was a 1972 Blue Mini in 1987 for £195. Insurance cost me £200 !!! My brother had mentioned something about sub frames, but didnt really know what he was on about.
Within 3 months, I noticed that whenever I pulled the handbrake, the back seat came forward 😳 3 weeks later I got £40 in scrap for it....
Always wanted a jag, and finally (35 years later) got myself an E Pace 👍
 
Really wanted an Austin Healey Sprite I saw at a little car sales place near Bloomfield Road, ended up buying my mum and dad's Hillman Imp, it was green and with the engine in the back I had to weigh the front end down with house bricks to stop it being blown about in crosswinds 😔

LKE803F and they saw me coming!
 
As a little lad I always wanted a Triumph TR7. My first car (in the mid 90s) was a 1964 Austin Cambridge. It was prussian blue with an ivory white stripe.
 
Ford fiesta 1.1 Still remember the reg A984 LFV
I got it 1985 after saving up for 2 years with 3 jobs

I can't remember what i had for tea last night
 
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