First Cars

[seven]

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Ok the Blues Brothers drove a Dodge (I've got the movie poster on my office wall). Everytime I see someone driving a cop car I wonder if they're in "The Band". Nice hair by the way.



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If you had seen me drive my cop car in the early '80's and wondered if he was in 'The Band' You would be half right, worked for a heavy metal band called 'Sinbad'. Hence the hair, mine you I still got hair, only now the clippers keep it a little more presentable, plus it has change to a lighter shade or pale[:D]


The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities

[prlee]

My first car was a 1969 Mini Traveller 1100, since then

72 Spitfire MkIV
67 Spitfire MkIII
Then some bikes to accompnay the cars
80 Kawasaki 200
80 Honda CX500
81 Suzuki GS650GT

Then a move into familly cars
80 Rover SDI 3500SE
84 Vauxhall Cavalier 1600
87 Vaxhaull Cavalier SRi
90 Austin Montego GSI 7 seat estate (sorry)
92 Rover 623 GSi
96 Rover 618 GSi Cos the 623 engine went!
80 Spifire 1500 still in use
2000 Ford Galaxy (needed the space, didnt do corners)
2005 VW Touran 2.0 TDi Sport

Latest car bought in 2008

1980 TR7 DHC


Pete
81 DHC (Undergoing minor body repair)
79 Spitfire (Current Main drive)

[zoe]

mine was a bright orange mk 1 escort N reg
1275 gt mini
1100 mini clubman
mk1 opel manta
2 x mk3 cortina's
peugeot 104
2x mk4 cortina's
another Manta saloon
peugeot 305
chevette
triumph dolomite 1500
nissan sunny
triumph spitfire 1500
escort estate
2x fiesta
astra
and now my TR7 and another Fiesta !!

[FI Spyder]

My first car was a 1954 Chevrrolet I bought from my brother for $100 and I loaded up on a couple of wheels from the harrows for the weekend for the inevitable flat tires from thinish tread and gravel roads. Sorry no pictures...just took to long to put the glass plate in the camera, take off the lens cap for 60 seconds for exposure and not have anyone move during that time.[:p]
- Secondly was a new 1966 Yamaha 100cc Twin Jet (dual carbs, pistons, mufflers, bought for $475.00)
- Thirdly a 1955 Chevrolet (bought for $250)
- Fourthly a new 1968 Triumph 650cc motocycle. (my first English vehicle, bought for $1,425.00)
- Fifth was a Hillman Station wagon, about 1962 I believe, (bought for $75).


TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

[Orange Rag]

FI Spyder buys his first car for $100.00 and his last Tr7 for $100.00.
No inflation for you.

[dave.c]

I had 2 Triumph Heralds to play with before I was on the road
Then a Morris Marina estate 1800
Morris Marina Coupe 1300
Austin Metro 1.0
Austin Maestro 1300
MG Maestro 2.0
As I worked for Leyland I was very loyal (should of known better)
Opel Ascona 1.6
Ford Escort mk3
Austin Montego
Ford Escort mk3
Ford Transit van
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0cdi
Ford Galaxy
Ford Focus
Austin Mini
Triumph TR7 dhc sprint
Austin Mini
VW Golf cabriolet
Triumph TR7 dhc V8
You don't realise you've had so many till you write them down

Its hard not to be big headed driving it

[Bobbieslandy]

Ok here goes! it's a shame i didn't take pics of all my cars really,















(The burnouts on my parents drive were not down the moped!)



How to shorten a micra......





MK1 escort 1300L
MK1 golf 1300 driver
MK1 Sierra 2.0l (not a bad car for a 17 year old!)
VW Polo, gutless and a death trap
Mini clubman 1098cc
Metro 1275
Escort Van 1.8 diesel (even slower than the polo)
Ford focus zetec (my first and last ever brand new car)
Plus loads of other cars which either didn't make it back on the road or were just unfinished projects

Current cars..
Land rover Defender TD5,
BMW 330d M sport touring (soon to be chipped)
And my TR7!

[stever_sl]

My first new car is still sitting in my garage (not roadworthy) - a 76/77 TR7 depending on how you count. I bought it in 76, its window sticker says 76, its title said 76, but all the reference material says its VIN makes it a 77. I have a neat image of it but I'll be darned if I can figure out how all you guys are pasting your pictures into these messages - I'm incorrigably dumb when it comes to computer stuff...

- Steve Richardson
St Louis MO
76/77 TR7
80 TR8

[Maxwell]

Bobbieslandy

I'm not sure about the wheel trims on the MkI Escort...

Maxwell [;)]

3.5 TR7 V8 Drop Head \ Oliver
0.7 Smart Roadster \ Oscar
2.0 TR7 Drop Head - SOLD \ Maxwell
2.0 TR7 Fixed Head - SOLD \ Robyn

[Bobbieslandy]

they were XR2 Alloy pepperpots[:I], in my defence they were only there because the originals had tyres well past their best and a set of Peperpots with decent tyres only cost £40. Proper shoestring budget back then.