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Mine was a purple Mk 1 escort 1.3e 1974 great car big bore k and n and lowered with spax suspension
Name the first car you ever owned and the year
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Fist ?
Never felt like fisting it to be honest but it was a "F" Reg (1969 ?) Hillman Hunter 1500.
I thrashed it up and down the parkways (Trying to get the ton) and the engine threw a rod through the side of the crankcase.
Replaced that with a 1725GT engine & box from Seaton Scrapyard (near Morcott).
We couldn't afford to throw stuff away back then and obviously I never told Insurance about the change either !
Never felt like fisting it to be honest but it was a "F" Reg (1969 ?) Hillman Hunter 1500.
I thrashed it up and down the parkways (Trying to get the ton) and the engine threw a rod through the side of the crankcase.
Replaced that with a 1725GT engine & box from Seaton Scrapyard (near Morcott).
We couldn't afford to throw stuff away back then and obviously I never told Insurance about the change either !
1971 Austin MiniVan
Went from a 1275cc to an old grasstrack 998cc in my ownership. Was originally an 850cc.
BMW Dakar yellow, sportspack arches, 13x7 inch superlite alloys, custom interior, escort Recaro reclining bucket seats, modern cooper grill, tubular manifold and downpipe with a custom playmini exhaust + ICE
Amazing car, got rear ended by a volvo
Went from a 1275cc to an old grasstrack 998cc in my ownership. Was originally an 850cc.
BMW Dakar yellow, sportspack arches, 13x7 inch superlite alloys, custom interior, escort Recaro reclining bucket seats, modern cooper grill, tubular manifold and downpipe with a custom playmini exhaust + ICE
Amazing car, got rear ended by a volvo
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My first car in 1991 was a 1977 (S reg) Ford Fiesta 1.1 - complete with incorrect number plates on front and rear and a hole in the boot that let in the exhaust fumes.
Loved that car. Not to the point of fisting though.
Loved that car. Not to the point of fisting though.
this guy is the most likely to fist his car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BFsQ_28Co
actually think its @mrk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BFsQ_28Co
actually think its @mrk
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Mine was a 2002 VW Polo 9N 1.2E.
Moxxi.
Still the car I've owned the longest and I've had 8.
Moxxi.
Still the car I've owned the longest and I've had 8.
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Rover 216S 1987. In 'old codgers gold' colour with brown velour seats. Smokin'.
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1978 Austin Allegro L. Owned it in 1996. Rusted away so replaced it with a 1979 Silver one. Awesome cars
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Vauxhall Corsair 1.2 SXi in silver, 2005 model with Irmscher exhaust and body kit from brand new.
I absolutely adored that car. It was noisy, punchy and just the right amount of body kit for a 20 year old to be proud of. It was my pride and joy until I sold it for a 2007 VW Golf GTD which was a whole different ball game and caused me all manner of trouble with faulty pumps and repair bills.
I absolutely adored that car. It was noisy, punchy and just the right amount of body kit for a 20 year old to be proud of. It was my pride and joy until I sold it for a 2007 VW Golf GTD which was a whole different ball game and caused me all manner of trouble with faulty pumps and repair bills.
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bought in 2006. It was a 1988 Escort 1.4 GL. Wasn't the greatest car in the world and only had it for just over 3 months when it decided to chew the clutch going up the ramp in a multi storey
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1965 Austin Mini 850. 28 bone crunching horsepower.
No door handles just pull cords. No power steering, ABS or even a nod to driver safety really. Wipers were no more than a gesture to the weather. Loved it, spent hours and hours on it. Clutch cylinder failed on me one night and emptied it's contents over my lefty foot. Still drove it home, little hero of a car.
No door handles just pull cords. No power steering, ABS or even a nod to driver safety really. Wipers were no more than a gesture to the weather. Loved it, spent hours and hours on it. Clutch cylinder failed on me one night and emptied it's contents over my lefty foot. Still drove it home, little hero of a car.
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Are you trying to phish our bank secret questions?
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A 1996 Nissan Almera from 2007 to 2014 or so. Boring, reliable but certainly preferable to all my friends' rattly, uncomfortable and tiny punto/corsa/clios of a similar vintage.
No it wasn't a private plate! The sills would rot through, my Dad patched them up several times before each MOT.
Also very unsafe (it got 1½ stars when NCAP first launched, in part due to a catastrophic seatbelt failure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqhVPWVaKTQ
No it wasn't a private plate! The sills would rot through, my Dad patched them up several times before each MOT.
Also very unsafe (it got 1½ stars when NCAP first launched, in part due to a catastrophic seatbelt failure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqhVPWVaKTQ
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01 fabia with the worst colour interior i've ever seen on a car, technically cream but practically beige with stick figures in the doors.
for £1800 though you don't really get to be all that picky and credit to it she kept ticking for 5 years and probably longer if i hadn't decided to change up.
for £1800 though you don't really get to be all that picky and credit to it she kept ticking for 5 years and probably longer if i hadn't decided to change up.
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Bought a 02 EP3 Civic Type R, in er, 2002.....
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Citroen AX GT.
Fun little thing!
Fun little thing!