What was your first family car?

[hogmaw]

We had a Rover 2000 in the early '70s, like this one. My dad kept going on about how good it was cos it was a 2 litre.

 

What was yours... pics please (doesn't have to be the actual car itself!)

[Ian R]

Ford Granada 3.0 Ghia

 

 

was white as well

[Ewen]

First one I remember was a Beetle. I think he had two. Then a Variant fastback, then two Fiat 850 coupes. These would have been through the '60s and early '70s. He stayed with Fiats through to the '80s, then moved on to Mazdas.

Edit...I vaguely remember him having an NSU RO80 too whilst I was in boarding school, circa '74.

[stinboy]

My dad had a silver Vauxhall Ventora in the late '70s. Very fond memories of that car

 

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[JamieP]

First car i remeber my dad having was a navy blue hard top V12 e-type (i have some pics of it somewhere with me pretending to drive it at the age of 3) and mum had an estate austin allegro.

[AndyT]

A40 van, Wolseley, Consul. A40 AC was a 6 x 4 bit of metal that lifted out of the roof.

[Mike]

The first one I remember is a Ford Cortina... it was green, and my sister inherited and trashed it almost in the same weekend

 

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/g4vvq/images/cortina.jpg

[gordy07]

The first car i remember my dad having was a jobby brown austin allegro!

 

But when i was born he had the old lotus jonh player special i cant remember the model

 

He has got 2 saabs now so things arent looking up!

[Pot]

The earliest one I can remember is a green Ford Cortina... I really wish Dad still had it now!...

[Pot]

The first one I remember is a Ford Cortina... it was green, and my sister inherited and trashed it almost in the same weekend

 

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/g4vvq/images/cortina.jpg

 

Oh, get in there as I'm posting my post!... I think ours was a T-Reg...

[Guigsy]

Looking back at it my family has had a lot of Jap Cars.

I know my dad had a mazda of some kind. Not sure what it was but he towed our caravan with it but it didnt have enough puff so he had a turbo fitted i think... Not sure i will have to ask him but it kept over heating so he got rid of it for...

...A Mk3 supra NA auto in silver which is the first one i remember properly.

And my mum had a red civic.

Then my dad got a white Mitsubishi Sigma, 3L awesome car. All kinds of electrics. hydraulic suspention. 4 wheel steer, looked as mean as feck and sounded great. ooooh found a link

My mum then got a white mitsi colt.

My dad got rid of the Sigma (wish he hadnt as they seem rare. have only seen one other) and got a S type Jag.

My mum got a gold yarris,

I got a 1.2 Clio,

Then my mum got a mini cooper.

My dad got another S type, I got my facelift 5 speed NA, and my mum got a SLK.

Then i got my UK TT

[liam1]

my dads first cars the mk4 cortina was a good car 2.0 ghia if i remember rightly he loved it, the cortina estate was a banger and the marina he customised i was very young and thought it was fantastic he but a body kit on it bonnet scoop i remember the back end was raised up with a lot bigger rear wheels he did some graphics himself wish a had some pics.

 

 

[Mrs H]

We used to have a green Morris Marina, we used to call it the 'Screamer Marina' because you heard it coming before you saw it:d

 

Vicki x

[Guigsy]

We used to have a green Morris Marina, we used to call it the 'Screamer Marina' because you heard it coming before you saw it:d

 

Vicki x

I used to have a girlfriend i called that...

[Mrs H]

I used to have a girlfriend i called that...

 

 

Too much info:

 

Vicki x

[Marco]

This is the first I remember my parents had:

It was a blue 1.1

 

 

After the fiesta, an escort 1.3! w00t

...also blue!

I was around 12 at the time and thought the car was just amazing

 

 

http://www.oye.no/AllMyCars/FordEscortMk3.jpg

[SUPRALOOPY]

Morris 1800 Bloody bullet proof that was. We then did one up for Rally's for a customer and he won bloody everything in that tank!!

[JamieP]

This is the first I remember my parents had:

It was a blue 1.1

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/samyboy/Fiesta/SUNP0014-2.jpg

 

After the fiesta, an escort 1.3! w00t

...also blue!

I was around 12 at the time and thought the car was just amazing

 

 

http://www.oye.no/AllMyCars/FordEscortMk3.jpg

 

Lol, i know the lad that owns that fiesta, his name is Sam.

[stevie_b]

Mk1 escort I think, when I was very young:

 

http://www.manchesterclassicfordclub.co.uk/images/escortchris.JPG

[garethr]

Ford Pop Reg. HB 8002

[Pixelfill]

As far as I can remember

 

Austin Maxi - R reg - red

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Austin_Maxi_1750_HL_1972.jpg/800px-Austin_Maxi_1750_HL_1972.jpg

 

Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6 - X reg - gold

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/editorial_images/non_imported/vauxhall_cavalier.jpg

 

Rover 216 SE - E reg - gold

http://www.aronline.co.uk/images/r200_03.jpg

 

Ford Escort 1.4 LX - L reg - red (my first car)

http://www.guaranteed-car-finance.co.uk/uploads/ESCORT%20M%20REG%20,,PX.jpg

 

Peugeot 306 1.4 - S reg - red

http://www.mirfieldmotorspares.co.uk/Images/PEUGEOT%20306%20MERIDIAN%201999.jpg

 

Seat Ibiza - MY05 - blue (!)

http://www.smartplanet.com/i/s/news/transport/seat_ibiza.jpg

[Marco]

Lol, i know the lad that owns that fiesta, his name is Sam.

 

Small world, I found it on google images

[ivan]

Austin 7

 

Then a Singer 8,

Singer Gazelle,

Humber Hawk,

and finally a Daimler SP250 "Dart".

[Lbm]

Austin Maxi (with rear seats down- we'd have 3 sleeping bags in the back for those *long* journeys home from the relatives- Health & safety? )

 

Morris Marina (Umm...)

 

Austin Princess (Looked like a Lotus Esprit to me no really.)

 

Rover SD1 (I liked it)

 

(MG?) Montego Efi (Digi dash was quite good)

[sdavies]

First car I really remember (I count remembering as being able to remember the reg plate colour and shape) is a Red Ford Cortina they called LULU (probably down to the number plate ULU 682M).

 

Looked something like:

 

 

Most notable comments on this car - I have a memory of having the door slammed on my hand, and it disappearing from the same Leos supermarket car park twice within 2 months, only to be returned with a full tank of petrol (more than it was stolen with) and no damage within a few days each time! (Better class of car thief back in the day I guess ).

 

After that a green Morris Marina SKG 16S - wonderfully named: Morrie!

 

Looked a bit like this (obviously in green):

 

http://www.necpwa.org.uk/NECPWA_New/Marina_Blog/Marina_Blog_files/shapeimage_1.jpg

 

Bloody great car! Seemed to just keep going and going no matter what.

 

Following that (can't remember if the car died or we traded it in) a blue 1.6 Ford Sierra A676 VNV.

 

http://www.carpages.co.uk/ford/ford_images/ford_sierra_05_08_05.jpg

 

This was an ok car, no real love or memories for it. It rusted like a mofo! Traded it in for way more than it was worth to move onto a slightly newer Silica Gold Sierra 2litre EFI Ghia model (E38 SWO) which in fact was doing extremely well until about a year ago (we sold it on to a friend back in the day that actually looked after it so well he pretty much rebuilt the thing over time) when it caught fire mysteriously outside his ex girlfriends house when picking up his young son (I suspect an interloper in this car's demise!).

 

Looked a bit like this one, only seemed slightly curvier/neater (body coloured bumpers):