Xela Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: forgot about that, that's either equally mundane or rather beautiful depending on how old it was Or the 'updated' version, the Austin Ambassador. My Dad had a bottle green Morris Marina estate with brown vinyl seats. It rusted so bad you could literally put your hand through the bodywork without any real resistance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VILLAMARV Posted March 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just in case its all a bit niche to the youngsters.....here's what you could have won! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Austin bingo is harder than I thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 9, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 9, 2018 33 minutes ago, Xela said: Or the 'updated' version, the Austin Ambassador. My Dad had a bottle green Morris Marina estate with brown vinyl seats. It rusted so bad you could literally put your hand through the bodywork without any real resistance. We had a Marina too ... see previous comment about the shite cars my dad bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I just noticed the water skis in the speedboat there. The idea of darts players from down the pub off Bullseye actually winning and then faceplanting the surface of the water on some lake with their spoils is making me chuckle to myself. And now mrsVM wants to know what's funny.... here we go another unimpressed withering stare awaits I guess 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 My first car was a Morris Marina! Ex police car. So obvs, I got pulled over regular as clockwork because they all recognised it and wanted to have a look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted March 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2018 3 hours ago, bickster said: My Dad at various times owned a Maxi (orange) an Allegro (beige) and the piece de resistance... a red Austin Princess I see your Princess and raise you: The Ford Anglia. We had one of these until I was 16. I used to lie down on the backseat (see: deck chair) to avoid being seen dead in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rjw63 Posted March 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 I had an Austin Maxi, but eventually graduated to this...I miss it so much. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2018 33 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: I see your Princess and raise you: The Ford Anglia. We had one of these until I was 16. I used to lie down on the backseat (see: deck chair) to avoid being seen dead in it. My dad used to have a Triumph Herald. My memory is it looked much more old fashioned than other cars on the road and even as a 7 year old I was confused why when the windows were closed there were gaps at the top of the window. Great British manufacturing at its finest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted March 9, 2018 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 46 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: I see your Princess and raise you: The Ford Anglia. We had one of these until I was 16. I used to lie down on the backseat (see: deck chair) to avoid being seen dead in it. I used to get a lift to school from my mate over the road his dad always had really old cars for about 3 or 4 years I went to school in one of these A Ford Zephyr - even back then I thought it was cool 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2018 My Dad had a real rally after the Herald when he had 2 Cortinas, great cars really. The first one metallic gold, the second one Metallic puke green with a black vinyl roof. Then a return to horrendously crap car form with a Montego, surely the worst car in its class ever. I mean, how many do you see on the road now? For a relatively modern car I would be surprised if there is a single example still running. It's funny really. For 99% of things, if they were made years ago they tended to me much better made and built to last but modern cars are far better made and hugely more reliable than old cars. You would normally expect a more modern thing to be a cheap flimsy throw away bit of tat with a 2 year rust expectancy but it's the total reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 9, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: My Dad had a real rally after the Herald when he had 2 Cortinas, great cars really. The first one metallic gold, the second one Metallic puke green with a black vinyl roof. Then a return to horrendously crap car form with a Montego, surely the worst car in its class ever. I mean, how many do you see on the road now? For a relatively modern car I would be surprised if there is a single example still running. It's funny really. For 99% of things, if they were made years ago they tended to me much better made and built to last but modern cars are far better made and hugely more reliable than old cars. You would normally expect a more modern thing to be a cheap flimsy throw away bit of tat with a 2 year rust expectancy but it's the total reverse. Diesel Montegos had Perkins engines in them, absolutely great engines, would go on forever, shame the rest of the car was a rusting piece of crap in 5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2018 Remember when the Maestro was supposed to be a talking car? Bwahahaha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisagg75 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, bickster said: I used to get a lift to school from my mate over the road his dad always had really old cars for about 3 or 4 years I went to school in one of these A Ford Zephyr - even back then I thought it was cool my dad had one of these.the car after this was a Vauxhall victor.it was light blue and had one long front seat,every time we went round a corner i'd slide along it.the gear stick was on the stearing column,loved it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 5 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: Not even the worst car I ever had. I reserve that title for the Rover 214 from the 90's. Handled like a boat. I had a white Rover 214i as my first company car, and I absolutely loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 10, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Risso said: I had a white Rover 214i as my first company car, and I absolutely loved it. It was basically a Honda rebadged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 6 hours ago, Risso said: I had a white Rover 214i as my first company car, and I absolutely loved it. Hire car lottery threw up one of the bubbly shaped ones from the late 90's once - that was alright. The one I owned was a real love hate relationship. I hated driving it but it is easily the least expensive car I ever ran spread out over the time I owned it and it never let me down. It was a bargain. So it's hard not to remember it with some fondness. I had a MK1 astra now I'm thinking back. Bought for £50 with 6 months tax and mot. Ran that for a summer. Then it had to die because it was only really the rust that was holding the body to the chassis. Scary really when you think about it. The folly of youth. The memories though. Cars is a weird one with memories. Like chapters in the book of our lives for those of us that got ourselves a license and been on the road ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 10, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2018 This is turning into The Boring Thread. Cars, yawn. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: This is turning into The Boring Thread. Cars, yawn. Old cars though.... But thank you for bringing it to my attention moon-man. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) My first Imp. But look at those trousers. About 40 years ago Edited March 10, 2018 by Robtaylor200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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