What was your first ever car?

[cheddar]

My first car was an orange 1985 VW scirocco 1.8GTS, bought it off my brothers girlfriend for £150 the day after I passed my test. Cost me £1600 to insure it.
It ended badly when a Volvo pulled out in front of me a few months later.

 

[slade1]

1950 6 cylinder Vauxhall, I wanted a 1948 Chevrolet couldn’t afford it.

 

[Smart320]

Mine looked exactly like this, never had a photo of mine as at the time in Rhodesia it was pointless having a camera as you couldn't get Film - seriously! (Actually, if you had a film to be developed then they would sell you one. But of course getting one to get developed was a mission).

NB. This was in 1979 and I was 20 at the time. Bought it off my Captain who had it stashed away in his garage. I think I paid Rh$500.00 for it. (£550.00).

Very nice, mine was a saloon , in a very smart metallic green with a black vinyl roof. Fabulous green leather and walnut trim inside . Ran it in the early seventies, was a second car used mainly by my wife, great space as we had 4 children however I shudder when I think of it now, a car seat for the baby , no other restraints .

 

[SmartAmg]

Vauxhall Viva HB, then a
Mk4 Cortina Ghia, then a
Vauxhall Royale, then a
Opel Senator 3.0 CD, and
on and on and on, you get the idea.

 

[fourwheels]

Mine first car was a 1947 Austin 8 which I bought around 1961 for I think £50.
Then spent weeeks rebuilding the side valve engine only to find it had a cracked block. Good old Holts block weld or something kept it going until I sold it.
Remember replacing brake shoes and dismantling carburettor.
Also remember unbolting front and back wings to replace the p shaped trim that was fitted between body and wing.
Did all this need doing - I doubt it but I learnt all my car mechanics from that car.

Just remembered LPH857. Anyone got that Reg now, or is it on some luxury car somewhere?

 

[MangoMan]

Very nice, mine was a saloon , in a very smart metallic green with a black vinyl roof. Fabulous green leather and walnut trim inside . Ran it in the early seventies, was a second car used mainly by my wife, great space as we had 4 children however I shudder when I think of it now, a car seat for the baby , no other restraints .

I have to say we never had Car Seats for kids at all... Didn't even know they existed until my 2 kids were in their mid/late teens when we came back to the UK in'99. Seat Belts were a luxury! And even when they were fitted it was only compulsory to wear them in the Front Seats, and in a pick-up, (Bakkie) or van/lorry you didn't have to wear them at all.

Actually a lot of the time when we all went up to the Eastern Highlands, (Inyanga) I used to borrow the company's old Mazda B2600 pick-up and the kids used to sit in the back on the garden chairs! 280 k's there and 280 k's back! And this was in the mid/late 90's!
Google Maps

Sorry, brings back good old memories of a different time......... Long gone now of course.

 

[CJD]

A red Fiat Strada - "hand built by robots"
Still have the registration etched in my brain OTO 218W.
It did me alright.

 

[John]

Opel Manta 2.0 GTE Exclusive back in the early 90s. Marvellous car to have with 110BHP and a 2.0i engine - when all your mates and peers had Cortinas, Capris, Fiestas, Montegos etc.!

I tinted the rear lights as was the trend back then cos I fought I was cool.

Insurance was £900 for a year.

Was a great car - paid £1700 for it in 1994 and sold it a year later for... £1700 albeit in not quite the same condition as when I bought it. By then it had a rear axle from a 1900 Manta (bent the first one), only 4 original alloys, it had been keyed, knackered clutch and battery. Suffice to say I didn't look after my early cars!

 

[Neiltodd]

Morris Marina 1.8TC

 

[GeeJayW]

Austin A40 like this one ('67 I think)..

 

[Dizz]

A 1975 1275cc Austin Allegro
I was 17 years old and the car was six years old, bought at auction with a huge oil leak that was easily sorted by my mate with six months mechanic experience under his belt [emoji3]
Not the most exciting car but it was a lot warmer/ dryer than my 50cc bike and the girls didn’t seem to mind either.

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[jacksona]

1973 Mk1 Escort 1100 (not even the L). Cost me £300 and £130 TPF&T. 17 years later I finally got the Mk1 I really wanted. Sold it a year later, and regretted it for the last 17 years (and not just because it's now worth 10x as much as I sold it for)

 

[Benzmanc]

Facelifted MK1 VW Polo in Gambia Red. Reg YWH 596V

 

[saff]

1961 Ford Consul 375

 

[190]

OK for a laugh I'll post my first car



This is a reliant supervan - I kid you Not !

There was some method in my Madness. I bought this in 1970 at the age of 16 and drove it on a motorcycle licence. The object was to learn to drive. I simply got in it and drove without having a single lesson unless you count steering around a field in my dads car sitting on his lap. At 17 I passed my test first time without ever having had a formal a lesson so it served it's purpose.

My first real car was one of these. It was great car if a bit soft in the corners . Reason for choosing a Humber Sceptre was it had the same twin carb engine as the Hunter GT but much cheaper insurance. Overdrive on 3rd and 4th gave it long legs and meant the speedo could be made to show 120mph on that downhill section of the M62.

One snowy night in Norfolk it ran a conrod bearing which welded the shells to the crank journal. That was an engine out job, crank re-grind and conrod repair, all for £25 and then put back together. Happy days

 

[John]

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Is that picture from the Haynes Motor Museum?

 

[ernie]

Mine was a 1954 Wolesley 6/80 nought for £185; burned oil and needed a clutch; eventually burned out its valves (as they all did), but I did all my wenching in that car before I sold it to buy an engagement ring...

Ernie

 

[AMGeed]

1959 Ford Anglia 105E followed by my dads Triumph Herald 12/50.
Passed my test in a 1966 Ford Corsair 2000 in 1970.

 

[moonloops]

Ford Fiesta Popular Plus 750cc's of magnificent power (45 BHP IIRC)

The "plus" part of it meant I had electronic washer pumps instead of the manual foot pump on the floor ?

 

[190]

Is that picture from the Haynes Motor Museum?

Wilson Motor museum - wherever that is. I just looked online for a white Humber Sceptre like mine.