Your first car. Seen one for sale anywhere?

[ringway]

My first steed was a Morris Marina 1.3 Van.

Not that I'd want to buy one, but I could find just one for sale on ebay. LINK.
Not far off £2,000, which is roughly what we paid for it at 3-4 years old I should think.

Can you find a model of your first car for sale anywhere?

 

[Scott_F]

Back in the days when a teenager could get insurance on such a car:

Jaguar XJ6 (1971) - Ref: 12814 from classiccars.co.uk

 

[renault12ts]

Does this count:

Polistil Renault 12TS Tour De France | eBay

 

[gaz_l]

Vauxhall Viva HB for me. They seem to crop up for sale quite regularly, not sure I'd want one now though. Actually, I didn't want it then much, either..

1969 Vauxhall Viva SL At ACA 23rd January 2016 For Sale on Car And Classic UK [C693601]

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

I genuinely thought this was my old car when first looking at the location, then I spotted the mileage. Mine was on 60,000 when the fuel pump gave in and I replaced the car with a white xr3i cabriolet, miss the old girl

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/181936412300

 

[renault12ts]

Mine was an electric blue...but this one got more than double the money it sold for new:

Preloved | 1973 renault 12 for sale in Brasov, Other

 

[renault12ts]

This one is a bit special:

Renault 12 Gordini For Sale (1973) on Car And Classic UK [C536094]

 

[NOMONEYBUTAMERC]

Just spotted a 1963 minivan for sale at £9500. . I paid £40 for mine in 1969. it needed a couple of valves replacing , which a mate did for me at the vauxhall garage where he worked.He skimmed the head and re-seated all the valves for £2.10s. I think I gave him £3 . (well he did fit it back together for me!).

 

[markjay]

My first car was made in 1958... my second car in 1965.

In the late eighties I spotted the 1965 car at a breakers yard while driving by....

 

[BTB 500]

This was the nearest I could find although mine was a 71/J and white:

VAUXHALL VIVA HC 32,000 miles from New ! For Sale (1972) on Car And Classic UK [C676185]

I'm not counting the Morris 1300 I owned briefly ... I only drove that on the road twice - to the MOT station, then to the scrapyard

 

[Deleted member 65149]

1952 Austin A40 Somerset
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C646070#





I bought it for £80 in 1963.

My second car, bought when I was 18 in 1964, was one of these (1954 Jaguar Mk VII M) but in British Racing Green. I paid £54 for it.

 

[ringway]

Back in the days when a teenager could get insurance on such a car:

Jaguar XJ6 (1971) - Ref: 12814 from classiccars.co.uk

And probably afford to fuel it.

 

[ringway]

This was the nearest I could find although mine was a 71/J and white:

VAUXHALL VIVA HC 32,000 miles from New ! For Sale (1972) on Car And Classic UK [C676185]

I'm not counting the Morris 1300 I owned briefly ... I only drove that on the road twice - to the MOT station, then to the scrapyard

That's actually quite a well styled car for that era. Perhaps inspired the Magnum which, as teenager, my mate had the 2300 version in deep blue/silver. Put my Marina to shame.

LOL the two journeys in the Morris 1300.





Edit: Ahem! 43 years old and never painted or welded.

 

[stwat]

Mine was blue. Loved it to bits and was gutted when I saw it under a pile of cars in the local breakers yard a few years after I'd sold it.
1978 MINI CLUBMAN for sale | Classic Cars For Sale, UK

 

[renault12ts]

This was the nearest I could find although mine was a 71/J and white:

VAUXHALL VIVA HC 32,000 miles from New ! For Sale (1972) on Car And Classic UK [C676185]

I'm not counting the Morris 1300 I owned briefly ... I only drove that on the road twice - to the MOT station, then to the scrapyard

That's a very clean car...but with 32000 miles the switches are worn. Of course in 1972, 32000 was high mileage for one of these.

 

[camerafodder]

This was the nearest I could find although mine was a 71/J and white:

VAUXHALL VIVA HC 32,000 miles from New ! For Sale (1972) on Car And Classic UK [C676185]

I'm not counting the Morris 1300 I owned briefly ... I only drove that on the road twice - to the MOT station, then to the scrapyard

Mine was '72 and purple!

 

[Scott_F]

Back in the days when a teenager could get insurance on such a car:

Jaguar XJ6 (1971) - Ref: 12814 from classiccars.co.uk

And probably afford to fuel it.

Of course I could afford the fuel - I was still living at home ! And with careful driving I could get at least 20mpg.

I used to get worried looks at the petrol station when, having filled up the left-hand tank, I'd get in and start the car before moving across to the other set of pumps to fill the right-hand one. They obviously thought I was about to drive off without paying.

 

[a111r]

Yes. In 1987 my first car was also Ambassador blue.

FORD CAPRI (CONSUL) 1962. 2 DOOR | eBay

Spares are a bit pricey now...
New Genuine Front Panel Ford Consul Classic/Capri VERY RARE!!! | eBay

New Genuine Left Hand Front Wing Consul Classic/Capri | eBay

 

[John Jones Jr]

Mk1 Ford Escort 1300 was my first. Silly money now.

 

[dozypillock]

Triumph Toledo. "M" reg. Did many miles in it. Oh, the freedom that gave me at 17. Paid £270 from a family friend.

Triumph 1500 fwd Tax Exempt Classic British Car. Like Dolomite / Toledo | eBay



Neil

Oh. Mine was only the 1300