Bananaman Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Best car my dad had was a Ford Escort RS2000 back in about 1979-1982, he managed to wanggel it as his company car.... Lucky b****r. I remember going down to the Norfolk Broads in it having to navigate as he was overtaking lines of holiday traffic and not being able to wipe the silly grin off my face! Also remember him picking me and some mates up from a camping trip in North Wales when we were 16 (p****d for a week in a field, kind of reminds me of Le Mans ) and hot footing it back to Manchester down the country roads....... I think my mates were quite impressed too.... Before he got a company car he had an MG midget which i thought was OK but what impressed me a lot more was the guy who lived opposite him had a TVR Tasmin(?) 1600 coupe... I thought that car was soooo cool! Quote
AidanPlace Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 My Dad, the Rev. Place.........................has never had a good (cool) car. Selection of Simca's, citroens etc. What hope do I have Aidan Quote
echoz Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Series 2 ford escort RS Turbo. Remember spending 3 hours fitting a dump valve on christmas day after we cut some piping to short Loooove that car and still want one now 10 years after he sold it Quote
davidgh Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Probably this. -- but he is 87 years old now Acknowledgement to: Classicandperformancecars.com Quote
matt_c Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Biscuit Coloured Cortina (I can't remember the year as I was quite young in the 70's ) followed by a Metallic Green 2.8 Granada Ghia (Not the best car of it's time but I used to love it). Matt Quote
scott beeland Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Same here...Metallic Green 2.8 Granada Ghia....Or possible the MG Metro Turbo that I rolled/ killed when I was 17 Quote
*Emma* Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 My Dad never had a car, he couldn't afford it. However, I have a great photo of him astride an Ariel motorbike when he was in the Home Guard! Quote
RedditchJay Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 mmmm hard one as my dad was a Transit van fan....... didnt go in for cars much...... Quote
Nic Ayre Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Mk1 3 Litre Capri which he used to use on road rallies. But the one he should have kept was an Ex-Works Mk1 Cortina GT, complete with the right OO number plate. Quote
fatbaldbloke Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Bearing in mind my Dad would now be 96 if he was still alive and when he was he was a coffee taster and nothing to do with engineering; the best cars were the 1964 black P5 Rover 3 litre and the 1965 Daimler 2.5-V8 (based on the Jaguar Mk II). I can still remember some of the reg number, GGX something, something, something, C. Thanks for reviving happy memories of the cars and my dad Quote
moomin Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Could have been the mini pick-up before I was born, but probably it is the MG Midget he bought when I was 11 - the car that really got me into cars, and is now, 25 years later, sitting in my garage as my current project. moomin Quote
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 My dad used to work at the triumph car factory in coventry and regulary came home in Triumph Stags, GT6's, TR6's, TR7's (yuk), 2500PI's, Dolomite Sprints For himself he had a Herald and then a Toledo Quote
John Fisher Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Dad had a few cars in his time, but one of the best I remember is a Wolseley 6/110 Wonderful car from the days when you could recognise makes/models from 50 yards away Rose tinted glasses at the ready Fish Quote
jak Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Cavalier SRi, Insured for me to drive!! I loved that car Quote
Paul Aspden Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Probably a Mk2 Cortina 1600E, which replaced a toledo. The triumph had a bad habbit of pushing the crank out of the way rather than disengaging the clutch! Happy memories. I recall him taking the passenger seat out so that our large german shepard could come on holiday with us! Quote
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