cars youve had in the past

[JeffC]

reminiscing about the early days got me thinking about some of the cars ive  had to run around in since I was 17 +  Ive had and Ive had quite a few , Some i try not think about, i never keep a car more than a few months..  so what have been your favourite cars you had over the years ...

I"ll kick off with...

my first car in 1987 was. 1979 T reg  talbot Sunbeam 1.0ls cherry red , wrapped it around a stone bridge 3 weeks after passing my test    replaced it with A 1256cc chevette in cream ..

opel ascona 1.6

talbot sunbeam 1.6 hi lift cam, snapped chassis

peugeot 104  1360 twin carbs, quick car !

mg midget 1500 blew crank 4 times. shed

in 1990.. 1979 chevette with twin cam 2.0 fiat engine on twin 40"s , sold that then bought my first hot hatch  

1982 X Vw Golf gti 1.6 (the revvy one ! ) mars red. rebuilt the engine 5 times

then...

fiat 127 gt 1300. quick !

fiat x19 cool!

ascona 2.0 berlineta

granada 2.3 aweful

cavalier 1.6, best sideways car to date

renault 18 turbo.. slow

xr3 carb. cam/head , revvy

talbot samba slow

mg metro rotton

fiat 131 tc rotton as a pair

205 gti 1.6

xr3I

xr2   kept 4 days hated it

205 gti 1.9   maxed it ... cool

fiat uno turbo. chipped 160 bhp

cav. sri  bought bumped and repaired

in 1995 ..Another  succsession of  god knows how many 205 gti"s my favourite being A Pug 205 cti Cabriolet 1986 D reg  ditched  the 1.6 and fitted an MI-16 lump.

1996 started a family and went from Bodyshop to doing car sales full time so  was changing my main car all the time but I think in this order...

205 mii16 cams/head 45"s

405 mi16 quick family car

astra 16v redtop

rover 216gti ( tooo revy noisy)

Nissan 200sx , 360 bhp conversion.. till it blew the box !

astra van for work .. fitted a 2.0 redtop on 45"s

then went sensible..

306 diesel turned the pump up, wound wastegate up..

405 diesel.. kept 6 month record for me

volvo 850 glt 20v

audi 1.8 t sport chipped to 190bhp (amd)

volvo 850 tdi (chipped 170bhp)

in 2000..went a bit wild .

porka 911 c/4 .. (major anticlimax)

Bmw M3 , loved it

Mitsubishi Evo5. loved it couldnt fuel it sold it in 7 days !

and I admit it ... Robin Hood S7    ditched the 1.6 pinto fitted a vx redtop (couldnt afford a westy as a weekend thing )

scooby sti.

a succession of Audi diesels far too mant to recall.

handful of Bmw 330d"s sports ( awesome handling steer from the rear!

M3 e46.

mercedes c270 cdi ( crap quality)

scooby sti 305 ppp   thirsty but looked the dogs danglies

bikes.. cbr 600 vtr 1000 firestorm, 3 Vtr sp1"s , 3 x R1"s , R6, goldwing , bandit, 3x fireblades , gsxr600 , gsxr750..

and now  Bmw 530d. 2004.  zx12 Westy. replaced with current   busa westy..

edited to add a few more ive remembered    

[fastcarl]

1978  1300  in allagro in apricot, cost me 160 beens in  87 from the block ,but loaded it up every night at work when doing up  my first house, so it actually made me a packet,lol.

carl:)

[Guest]

Mk2 Escort 1300 popular plus

Mk2 Escort 1300 sport

Aherm Mk3 Escort XR3 (minus the i)

1100 Allegro  

Mk2 Golf GTi 16v

Mk1 Golf GTi 1800cc

Renault 5GT Turbo  

Toyota Corolla (of some description)  

Renault 5 Campus  

Kawasaki ZX6R

Mk3 Golf GTi 2l 8v (current car)

1990 Westfield SEi 1760 Crossflow   (current car)

[Jonah]

1070 Cooper S

1275 Cooper S

MK1 Escort big wing. Turreted. Lotus twin cam.

Fiat 124 sport coupe. Lovely car but rusted away as you looked at it.

Lotus Elan sprint in JPS colours

MK1 Fiesta XR2.

Astra GTE 16v.

J reg 1700 Astra Diesel estate.

Westfield SEW 1600 Toyota 4a-ge.

At the time I had the Cooper,s a mate had a Mk1 Lotus Cortina, with ally panels and "A" frame rear axle. Phase 4 BRM Twin cam engine.

Also a genuine Lotus model 23 with a gull wing hardtop conversion that was apparently built to take part at Le Mans.

I could have bought either off him but didn,t  

[PapaLazarou]

Bit of a variety here.

First car: Renault 11 GTL - eeuurgh... wrot it off thank feck...

Next car: MG Midget 1500 - loved it, but too small...

So got a: MGC GT - loved its 3 litre straight 6 noise, but 'twas a shed and died...

So got given a: Volvo 340 - free, so it had be okay.  No, it was awful.

So had to buy something better: Mondeo 2.o Zetec - liked it, but kids came along meaning...

Changed it for a: Vauxhaul Zafira - erm, practical...

Now finally have a: Seat Altea (good car), and my WESTFIELD (at last).

Took a while, but finally got some fun on the driveway...

[Animal]

3 cortinas

3 granadas

escort

allegro

cavalier

marina

audi 100

carlton gsi 24v

2 shoguns

l200 animal (current)

westfield (current)

bmw 318

bmw 330 covertable

bmw z4

mercedes 220 sport

not in the right order i think thats it

[steppenwolf]

Austin Minivan - green (Persian carpet in the back)

Hillman Imp - blue (black grill and spot lamps)

Mk 1 Escort 1100 - metallic green (hmmm rust ...)

Austin 1100 - white (actually, surprisingly nippy)

Hillman Avenger - blue (please, let's not talk about this)

Morris Marina 1800 TC - orange (MG engine in a shed)

Datsun Bluebird 1600 - yellow (very yellow!

Fiat 132 - metallic blue (Poor man's BMW lookalike)

Ford Cortina Mk IV - metallic brown with tobacco vinyl roof (I am just so embarrassed      )

Ford Capri 2 Litre Oyster Gold with light brown vinyl roof (this was a cool car!

2nd car Morris 1000 - Pastel Blue (traditional British)

2nd car Triumph Vitesse 2000 Drophead overdrive - white with blue stripes (lotsa fun until the rust re-appeared)

2nd car Vauxhall Chevette London Special (trust me, it wasn't 'special'

2nd car V8 Rover - white (what, a second car?  )

Ford Granada Ghia 2.8 - metallic black (I loved this car)

2nd car Ford Cortina Ghia 2.3 V4 - beige with tobacco vinyl roof (what a dog!

Ford Granada Ghia 2.8 (Scorpio style) - metallic red (Jane loved this car but it was a dog pile in my opinion!  )

2nd car Ford Escort 1300 - metallic blue with black vinyl roof (pin stripes and rear spoiler - hmmm yummy)

BMW 320i - white (what a crap car - I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER BMW    )

Range Rover 3.5 V8 Vogue - Gold (I loved this car too)

2nd Car Rover Montego Countryman - metallic silver (despite reputation, a very nice car to drive - children loved the seven seats!

Range Rover 3.9 V8 Vogue SE - Plymouth Blue (I would have this one again)

2nd car Ford Mondeo 2 litre Ghia Estate Mk I - metallic silver (most reliable car we ever had)

Westfield Speedsport 1800 - you know how much I like this car ......

Subaru Impreza WRX STI Wagon  - special blue mica 290 BHP (nothing to touch it - I still have it and will never let it go    )

2nd car Ford Mondeo 2 litre Ghia Estate Mk II (not as good as the MK I)

2nd car Subaru Forester S Turbo - metallic silver (motor industry's best kept secret)

[langy]

Fiesta 950,

Mk 2 astra ,

Renault 19 16v

another astra,

impreza turbo,

focus ST170

Focus tDCI

Quantum Xtreme

[Mark Stanton]

Small list for me as I tend to keep em for quite a long time  

Astra

Westfield SeiW (still got it)

Escort Mk 5

Vectra Estate (V6) I liked it even if Clarkson doesn't

Talbot Pilote (Mobile Tent)

Fiat Swift Royale 610 (Mobile Tent)

BMW 3 Series Estate (current everyday tin-top)

Fiat Auto-Trail (current Mobile Tent)

[Guest]

allegro's seem to be pretty common

[Arm]

55 cars and bikes at the last count. Cant be bothered to type them all out.

Usual fast Escorts, Golfs, MR2's, Saab Turbos, Civic Vtecs etc etc.

Most unusual, maybe the diesel Matchless motorbike.

[Mark19800_0]

1997 - C Reg Mini 998 - Gold - (later 1300cc)

1999 - F Reg Citroen AX GT - White - Written off (not by me)

1999 - E Reg Citroen AX GT - Red - Written off (not by me)

2000 - G Reg Citroen AX GT - Red - Lowered - Sold

2001 - G Reg VW Corrado - Red - Lowered, 17" alloys - Sold

2003 - P Reg Audi A3 1.8 Turbo - Silver - Lowered, chipped, de badged, 18" Alloys - Still own

Westfield SEIW - Navy Blue - 50% built

[mark.anson]

Mk1 Cortina

Hillman Hunter

Mk3 Cortina

Honda 125cc Mbike

MK4 Triumph Spitfire 1300

Mk4 Cortina Estate

VW Camper van ?

MK4 Triumph Spitfire fitted with GT6 engine

Vauxhall Astra MK1

Metro (but not for long)

concours condition 2.8 Capri

1.9 Pug gti

Golf GTI. (hated it)

230 Kompressor Merc (loved it)

Vauxhall Vectra Sri with intergalactic milage

2nd car BMW Mini (current)

Vectra sri Diesel (current)

Westfield VX (current)

     

[philsugrue]

Capri 1300

Cortina 2000E

Fiat 132 Argenta

Fiat 131 Mirafiori

Escort van....fitted with 2ltr pinto & twin 40's, loads of fun

VW Polo

Capri 3ltr S

Cavalier 1.6 L

Capri 3ltr Ghia

Cavalier sri

Cavalier sr

Capri 2.6ltr, LHD

Metro 1ltr

Escort mk2

Cavalier sri

Sierra XR4x4

Metro 1.3 L

Escort RS Turbo

Rover 800

Fiat Panda.....hahahaha, and i'm 6ft 6 tall  

Volvo T5 estate

Renault 19

Seat toledo...current

Vectra sri estate

Octavia TDi....current

Volvo T5 estate...current

and of course the WESTFIELD

       

[oioi]

2002 -

somebody gave it to me

drove it for 6 months and then scrapped it.  got a phone call a couple of weeks later, "ive just bought your car from a scrappy, ive always wanted one" if only id put it on ebay...