What was your first car?

[Watanbe]

There are some serious beasts in this thread! Airframes I love Escorts and would love to hear more about this car. Feel free to PM. I'm also a keen rally fan although don't have the money or car to start.

 

[Screaming Eagle]

my first and current car:
1990 Ford Falcon EA.

Its been the family car for years, and when I became of driving age, the car was handed down to me. She runs a 3.9L (250 ci) straight six with a 4 speed automatic on the floor. I also own a 1991 Ford Falcon EA wagon as a parts car. Now how many 17yr olds do you know who can say they own 2 cars?

 

[Henk]

Well I do not have a car of my own yet, but will be getting it in December and be payed by myself.

 

[Micdrow]

Some big motors across the pond!
Most of my friends here think I'm mad, as I now have a Jeep Cherokee (it's just turned 14). Nice car, though I don't use it off road these days.It wasn't too bad when I first got it, about three and a half years ago. But now, with that 4 litre lump, and the price of a gallon of fuel in the UK at roughly the equivalent of $8.50 US.........

Hi Terry,

Yeah are a few monster engines over here across the pond. I cant say much because I currently drive this beast. This isnt my truck but everything pretty much the same but the rims and tires. I have a beafier chrome rim on my truck. My truck has the 5.7 V8 hemi in it with the high performance chip set with dual exhaust and boy does she eat gas.

 

[runningdog]

1962 Singer Vogue bought in 1978 with 20,000 on the clock loved it did another 180,000 trouble free miles before I sold it for 200 quid I had only payed £300 in the first place.

Now that brought back memories. No performance, but all the style you could want, at a price you could afford...............

 

[Njaco]

No worries Terry. Worst decision of my life was getting rid of a 1969 British Leyland LandRover 88 - Chevy 250 installed with aftermarket overdrive and a tranny brake. Freakin' miss that crate!

 

[ccheese]

What were you doing driving on railroad tracks?

Sys: You obviously know what a "shoo-fly" is. It also applies to highways.
It serves the same purpose when a bridge is under repair.

Charles

 

[syscom3]

Sys: You obviously know what a "shoo-fly" is. It also applies to highways.
It serves the same purpose when a bridge is under repair.

Charles

I thought you were going to tell us a story on how you drove your car on some tracks as a dare!

 

[Watanbe]

I now see where all the fuel in the world is going. To run the members of WW2 aircraft huge V8 beasts!

 

[Airframes]

Yeah Watanbe, you're right! Has anybody got anything seriously small, like a Smart car!!??
Coincidendce, Njaco, I had a '78 Land Rover 88, Series III, that I kept for 10 years! Had it fully kitted-out for off-roading, with cage, recovery points, harnesses, suspension strenghtened etc. That's another one I should have kept! It went about 5 years ago, still going strong in Blackpool. Used to call it (and had decal on it too) SLUF. Yes, like the A7 - Short, Little, Ugly F****r !

 

[JugBR]

a vw gol cl 1.6 5 speed, great car for rally ! great gearbox and engine, small but nervous.

 

[JugBR]

Yeah Watanbe, you're right! Has anybody got anything seriously small, like a Smart car!!??
Coincidendce, Njaco, I had a '78 Land Rover 88, Series III, that I kept for 10 years! Had it fully kitted-out for off-roading, with cage, recovery points, harnesses, suspension strenghtened etc. That's another one I should have kept! It went about 5 years ago, still going strong in Blackpool. Used to call it (and had decal on it too) SLUF. Yes, like the A7 - Short, Little, Ugly F****r !

american culture is more for the v8´s bigblocks, but today this kind of cars are considered dinossaurs, just the real enthusiasts still having these machines.

i like the ford line of 60´s, the mustangs, galaxies and t-birds, but is too rare to find here and too expensive to import from there.

 

[Henk]

This is the car I will get December.

 

[Watanbe]

This is the car I will get December.

hey mate that's a ripper, excellent little cars you will have so much fun in it! Hopefully you have some nice roads around your area to have some fun. It wont lose any value either I dont know about South Africa but in Australia these are increasing in value!

 

[tankie1rtr]

My first car was a present from my dad, he had his own Garage in a place called Oldham, Lancashire, England. it was a second hand Jaguar 2.4 MK2. when I joined the forces, I could not take a car to boot camp, so I had to sell it, It was Old English Ivory Color, Jaguar didnt do White, and it had Red Calf leather Upholstery. I sold it for £200. it would be worth £20,000 plus now.

 

[Henk]

hey mate that's a ripper, excellent little cars you will have so much fun in it! Hopefully you have some nice roads around your area to have some fun. It wont lose any value either I dont know about South Africa but in Australia these are increasing in value!

Yes thanks mate, in SA the Citi golf is selling like hot cake and luckily the roads are nice in my area.

 

[JugBR]

This is the car I will get December.

great gearbox, very nervous !

 

[Henk]

Ha ha ha... Why nervous JugBR?

 

[vonmallard]

My first car was a 1951 Chevy coupe, with a custome rip and tare interior and tires so thin you could see the air in them, paid 25 usd for it. Boy what a deal in 1968. First time it rained the paint job was down the driveway (the previouse owner had painted it with interior laytex paint) and boy was DAD mad.

 

[Watanbe]

My first car was a 1951 Chevy coupe, with a custome rip and tare interior and tires so thin you could see the air in them, paid 25 usd for it. Boy what a deal in 1968. First time it rained the paint job was down the driveway (the previouse owner had painted it with interior laytex paint) and boy was DAD mad.

Im cracking up picturing that. Bit of a lemon was it?