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Originally Posted by JoeyDeacon

And it had a valve radio too which took ten minutes to warm up

One of these, same colour scheme, was my second car.

I think its fair to say that we, as a collective, have been the proud owners of, what can only be described, as some serious shit boxes.
This is the same as my first car, mine has long since bitten the dust but the reg was VOO 42W.
It was absolute gash, my dad bought it for me for £400.

I kept it 2 years, it was fun, mainly because I didn't know any better and my dad wouldn't let me anywhere near his pride and joy, a sapphire Cosworth.

The fiesta had a 1.1 litre engine and if you went anywhere near 70mph the keep fit windows would roll themselves down cos of the vibrations.

Eventually upgraded to a much more civilised escort xr3 in bright orange with italic "escort" written up the sides.

My mate had one of those, only his had a 950cc engine and was ALL beige!

I remember lording it over him with my 205, with all of its luxuries; items such as an n/s wing mirror, reversing light, parcel shelf and heated rear windscreen.

Before licence Triumph Herald 1200 £75 7 bolts and the roof came off and she would slide the back end around all day
with licence Mk 2 Cortina A bag of bolts that took a half turn on the steering wheel before anything moved
Triumph Herald 13/60 Got it running then joined up, it then went through all my friends
Fiat 131 Mirafiori A v fast rust bucket able to get down to devon fully laden on 3 cyls
Triumph Dolomite 1500HL No top end, but would slide and drift great fun
Ford Granada 2.8 Could see the petrol gauge move when using heavy pedal
Ford Granada 2.8
1972 Dodge Challenger 440 6mpg when using heavy pedal but the most fun ever
Saab 9000 2.0
Saab 9000 3.0
Saab 9000 3.0

1. Datsun 120Y
2. Chrysler Alpine
3. Vauxhall Viva
4. Lancia Beta HPE 2.0
5. Ford Capri 1.6LS
6. Renault 5
7. Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia
8. Renault 19
9. Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 TS (Blew Up)
10. Alfa Romeo 159 2.4 JTDm
11. Ford Mondeo 2.0 Estate (Because of these)

Apart from a Morris 1000 who's ownership was debatable, (every squad passing out of training seemed to have held the keys at some time) and a few Green Minis (painted various primary colours) and Land Rovers my first own car was a Sunbeam Vogue.

£400 1275 mini clubman, smoked like a smokey thing
Ex RAF Ford Escort 1600 diesel estate. Slow buy reliable
Range Rover Classic 3.5 V8
Discovery 3.9 V8 Auto
TD5 Disco