michael Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Yes it's nostalgia time again Someone started this on the MR2 forum and it seemed like a good idea for a thread. Despite the title I've picked I suspect my Dad's cars are dull in comparison to what most of you enjoyed as kids but which ones do you remember going to the seaside in? Ones I remember my old man owning when I was younger.... MK1 Escort Sport (replaced by a metallic purple MK1 Mexico I think) http://www.kowalski-net.de/henni/152.gif Saab 99 (bit of an odd choice IMO) http://www.motorsnippets.com/cars/graphics/saab/Saab%2099%20GL%205%20speed%20(1983).jpg Range Rover http://www.tobiasullrich.de/monteverdi/cars/rr/img6.jpg Ford Capri (lots of these in a short timescale) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hubble/ford%20capri%20side.JPG Then I can't really remember much until he went a bit tight and started buying crap used cars My uncle always had the best cars, loads of Alfas, a MK3 Supra when they came out, Range Rovers, BMWs before they were really common... etc etc. These days my Grandad has the best car (besides mine of course ) - an XK8 that never leaves the garage because he always uses his wifes Corsa, what a waste. So post up some pics, which car did you enjoy being picked up from your mates in or which ones embarassed the hell out of you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Hmmm we had a c reg cavalier estate in a beigy cream colour, a sky blue mazda 323, an orange Hillman with orange interior (CJ you're not the first!) a suzuki vitara, and sierra 2.0i 16v ghia (that was spanky in those days!) thats all I remember. My mums best mate had an XR2 and someone else an MR2, both D reg. Spot the people who had kids or not! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Right then from what I can remember my old man saying these are the cars he has had: Austin Healey Sprite Ford Cortina Volvo Estate Citroen thing (with gas suspension) Rover 820i Rover 820 Turbo Discovery 2.5TDi current car is a newer version of the Discovery 2.5TDi You can see the trend from young man to old age can't you !! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 My dad was and still is probably worse than me with cars. Even me little sisters aged 18 & 21 are totally into cars (although they cant afford ins. on bigger cars yet). My dad currently has an R33 Liner with the odd mod. He's had bloody all sorts: Mini's (obviously the best car ever ), alfa's, Celica GT4's, MKiii Supra's, couple of liners, Bmw 635 CSI (nice car), 3-4 Jags, Merc 500 SL (damn nice car) - there's just a few of the decent ones, but believe me he's had lots of crap too: Fiat Croma turbo (blew it up every 4 months ), G-wagon for off-roading (old style thing that just had no power) - he even had a 3 wheeler robin reliant which he was gonna mod to hell and drag but never got around to it - lol thank god Hornet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSZ Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Ford Anglia Vauxhall Viva Fiat 131 Mirafiori - orange then 6 months later rusty orange Peugeot 504 estate - 3 rows of seats i was car sick in every one of them :alien: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attilauk Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 when i was really young the car that really stands out in my memory was the Landy my old man used to drive http://www.btp.police.uk/History%20Society/Images/History%20Society/Vehicle/land%20rover.jpg although i did like the Rover SD1 he had for a while http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/images/policerover_03.jpg and the range rover was quite nice too i hated the diesel escort though http://www.pvec.co.uk/images/Gallery/Ford/scan0065.jpg when i was a little kid it was great being dropped off in any of those cars, it got a little embarrasing as i got older though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 well dad owned a 944 at 21 (brand new..and he from birmingham ) unfortunatly i came along http://www.9ss1.dk/porsche944/billede/porsche944-red005.jpg then he sold it and got a manta ...then at one point had a nova and honda civic lol http://www.carsnparts.de/PKWs/Opel_Manta_B_VL.jpg then finally a XR2i before getting a Puma Ohh remembered he had a capri he brought new 2.8i and he put giant stainless steel exhausts down each side of car, you use to burn your legs getting in and out :flame Dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Why the fuck did the police buy a diesel escort and fit cosworth alloys and look alike kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Can't imagine, but a couple of years back in Hull, our cops had the full on Escort cossie which they managed to right off 3 of them - lol. Then they had a Scooby - wrote off once or twice I think. They only got the standard protons with LPG now - that'll teach em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 from what I acn remember my old man had: mk1 Granada 3.0 ghia (sweeney style) mk2 Granada 2.0 L Mk2 Granada 2.3 LX Datsun Stanza (mistake) MK111 Granada 2.9 Ghia "" Granada Scorpio 2.9 Cosworth (factory order with manual Box) Renault Laguna 2.0 sport Renault Clio (mistake again) Renault Laguna 1.8 """ """" Freelander (another mistake) Series 2 Laguna 2.0 (at the mo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attilauk Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Why the fuck did the police buy a diesel escort and fit cosworth alloys and look alike kit? thats not the one he had i haven't got any photos of the cars he had i just did a google image search for them! he has driven some seriously quick cars done up in police colours though, like he tested an early 80's BMW 6 Series DTM car that couldn't be raced because of regulation changes so BMW tried to flog it to police forces around europe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Blimey, my old man had tons of cars over the years Chevrolet El Camino pick up. Same as this one: http://images.forbes.com/images/2002/04/29/elcamino_415x277.jpg E Type Jag Daimler Double Six Lotus Seven (a real one) Lotus Elan (1970's version) Nissan Silvia NSU RO80 (Rotary engine, something odd about the transmission iirc, Semi auto?) Range Rover V8 Land Rover Rover SDi V8 (Converted into a Pick up) Capri 3.0 Lancia Beta Ford Zodiac Ford Zephyr ...and loads of other ones I forget at the moment. Sadly he died before the MKIV was invented. He would have loved the TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale B Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 The first cars my dad had up until I passed my test (1978) were... A10 VAn Renault Dophine Daf Variomatic???????? Mini Austin Vanden Plas Princess Series II 3.4 jag 2.8 Granada Estate MkIII Cortina 2000E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_J Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 My dad has only ever had 2 cars, he just uses my mothers motors!!!! He has a pea green mercedes diesel pile of crap & a 1960's Daimler SP250 Dart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 1954 Ford F100 Pick-up 1958 Ford Fairlane 1960 Pontiac Starfire (Wide Track) 1965 Mercury Monteray 1969 Mercury Station Wagon 1971 Ford LTD Station Wagon 1973 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (Station Wagon and the longest wheelbase production car built to date) Moved to England in '76' and had a bunch of cars so boring I don't really remember them, except one of those 2 door Range Rovers, that was pretty cool. (edit to say I wasn't around to remember all those early cars personally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 He had a Jaguar XJ6, and a Lincoln Continental. I was a bit young though. When I was aware of cars he had company stuff, including a MK III supra turbo, which I loved going with him on the drive to London where he worked!! Now he has a Smart, which I have to say I'm very impressed with. Slower than a high fibre poo, but then it's not the turbo version. I'd get one if they were a bit cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 My dad never started driving till 10 years ago! My mum however had a beast of a car! http://img171.exs.cx/img171/3281/mini.jpg (without the graphics! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashpoint Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Cars that i remember were Red VW Passat (windows broke due to me and my brother getting in dukes of hazard style) and thumb shaped rust hole in wing T reg VW passat in Blue. D reg Calton H Reg Passat (written off) Toyota Corolla Mums car brother wrote that off. Nissan Primera eGT (dad) Current cars (99)Nissan 200sx Mum (2000)Lexus IS200 Dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidd Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 our old man is lifelong biker so other than my mother wanting a car he never would have bothered - she owns them but he might drive occaisionally. She's had a succession of fords - escorts, cortinas, sierras. in one of her escorts she blew the engine up then adopted one of mine and blew the engine up in that. we are a biker family. i've got 2 , my brother has 2, his fiance 1, our old man has 3 old british bikes, a couple of rough yamahas for commuting and Yamaha v-max for best when we were little the old man had a bike & sidecar before we got cars - we always said 'why can't we have a car like the rest in our street?' but the other kids thought the bikes were great so the old 'un had lots of street cred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelightning Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Lancia. (Electrics were pants.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Can't remember the exact list...but it isn't pretty-since I broke a few of them...(but this is since I was around, there was about 20 triumphs, mercs and other crap before me) Orange Granada Green Granada Silver Jetta Grey Jetta (snapped the drivers door off it, backing it out one morning as a favour to him, was looking out the door. forgot I'd opened the door on the otherside of the pillar) Gunmetal Passat (which went to mom, then me) (*KILLED*, motor gave up at 320k miles) Audi Quattro Turbo (I blew it up, no literally it went up in flames, wire burnt out and set the interior alight) BMW 320i (100miles on the clock, 1 week old, and I stacked it into a vauxhaul astra) BMW 328i (3000 miles on the clock when I showed my dad how to drive rear wheel drive, and the back end decided to introduce me to traffic light) BMW 3 series currently and a plastic 307 Believe it or not my dad still lets me drive his cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soo Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Ford Capri, I remember he had it only a few months after they came on sale. The first time I saw it was when I was on the way home from school with my mates, it came down the road in gleeming silver, and everyone stopped to stare. At that time it was hugely different to nearly everything - I remember thinking it looked like a space ship - cool ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soo Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 PS he also had a really nice Jag which I managed to crash my old Triumph Herald into when it was parked outside our house - not good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soo Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 PPS.. They say things run in families ..... our lovely daughter Helen, has managed to crash both our cars whilst parked outside our house - although I must admit she was a learner at the time so we let her off with a good battering !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outatime Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 My dads always had cool cars, as well as the odd crappy one. He's always had a Bristol 411 he got new in 1975 and a 1933 Racing Special he bought when I was about two months old. That one has got a Straight-8 going in soon. He bought another Bristol a couple of years ago and has had a few Jags, a Jeep Cherokee, Chevy Blazer, a Twin Turbo Granada Scorpio and some other things I probably forgot. Pic of the Racing Special, winning at Brooklands (i think)... http://img178.exs.cx/img178/7287/cripps4ok.th.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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