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(04-04-2020, 10:55 AM)fbaggy Wrote: [ -> ]W Reg blue (Circa 1990) Vauxhall Chevette saloon, more rust than metal on the wings, must have changed the gearbox about 4 times.

It used to shake itself to bits between about 40 and 70mph on the motorway but if I could get it above 70 everything calmed down again

Actually bought my first car from The Bank! 

One of these...



The gear change was - to put it mildly - imprecise; the lever was about a metre long.

Mk2 Ford Cortina 1600E in light blue YLF 712G (1969). Took out a bank loan of £400 to buy it in 1976 Did loads of work on it but the engine gave out. Replaced it with a 1600 GT engine that had been upgraded for a rally car. I never told the insurance company and it went like a rocket. Flogged it to my cousin about 2 years later for £600. Worth a small fortune now. Like this onebut with a Webasto sunroof on mine.

https://mathewsons.co.uk/auctions/auctio...mkii-1600e

g reg (1968) mk1 ford escort - drove it all the way to sunderland for a game just after passing my test - f*ck knows how we got there and back.

(04-04-2020, 01:48 PM)igorbalis Wrote: [ -> ]g reg (1968) mk1 ford escort - drove it all the way to sunderland for a game just after passing my test - f*ck knows how we got there and back.

My 1970 (H) Mini Clubman took us to France twice in the early 80s - including driving down to Monte Carlo and back - no RAC, AA or anything like that.

Would never consider anything like that now but it never missed a beat!

(04-04-2020, 01:51 PM)baggpuss Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-04-2020, 01:48 PM)igorbalis Wrote: [ -> ]g reg (1968) mk1 ford escort - drove it all the way to sunderland for a game just after passing my test - f*ck knows how we got there and back.

My 1970 (H) Mini Clubman took us to France twice in the early 80s - including driving down to Monte Carlo and back - no RAC, AA or anything like that.

Would never consider anything like that now but it never missed a beat!

Mate used to  drive a mini clubman 1275GT proper fast.

(04-04-2020, 01:56 PM)igorbalis Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-04-2020, 01:51 PM)baggpuss Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-04-2020, 01:48 PM)igorbalis Wrote: [ -> ]g reg (1968) mk1 ford escort - drove it all the way to sunderland for a game just after passing my test - f*ck knows how we got there and back.

My 1970 (H) Mini Clubman took us to France twice in the early 80s - including driving down to Monte Carlo and back - no RAC, AA or anything like that.

Would never consider anything like that now but it never missed a beat!

Mate used to  drive a mini clubman 1275GT proper fast.

They were (mine was a normal 1000) but are strictly pedestrian compared to most of today's cars.

Mind you - doing 60+ in a Mini felt like 150!

Mine an apple green Renault 4 1974, bought in 84 from my girlfriend’s mum in Halesowen. Heap of shit it was and only kept it a few months.

My first car was my nans 2nd hand banana yellow vauxhall Chevette. It was the antithesis of a fanny magnet! 

VW Polo. Early 90s. Was a heap of shite and kept breaking down.