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We have had VauxhallVictors an Opel Kadet Austin s Ford Thames Van Bond Mini Car 3 Wheeler Suzuki Jeep to name a few.. June..

Errol, johny morris was a frequent visitor, Twycross zoo was a smashin family day out xxLynnxx

I loved it and was quite saddened when he passed away - I understand he fell out with his family in later years and never had the opportunity to make up

My first car was a 1959 coffee & cream ‘Standard Penant’ it had a cute eyebrow over the windscreen. Cost £25, drove it for 5yrs & sold it for £50.

Triumph Mayflower Humber Hawk

Vauxhall Velox Vauxhall Cresta Anglia 100E Zephyrs, Zodiacs, the list goes on lol

can you imagine this thread in ten years' time? So, Shane and Kylie, what was your first car? Um well I had a Nova. So did I. And me. But mine was smart because it had funny lights. etc lol

Crossley

2 Volkswagon Beetles one reg'd 1956 bought it 1960 in Germany didn't have a petrol gauge when engine spluttered you had to move a lever with your foot and you then went on to the reserve tank - about a gallon. 2nd was 1972 vintage. 1937 Morris bought it 1965 for a tenner and Insurance cost me £13! . Sunbeam Talbot convertible - had to start it using the starting handle as even with a new battery it rarely started using the electric starter. Old Daimler mmmm all that room in the back!. 1960s Mini. 1960s Hillman Minx. A big 1960s Fiat looked like an Austin Cambridge. 1972 Vauxhall Viva - from new but everything went wrong with it. a 1970 Austin Cambridge. 1960s Fiat 500cc van 1970 Citreon G Sports - or summat like that. 1982 Ford Fiesta. Mid 80s Fiesta. 1991 205 diesel. 1997 KIA Pride. Current 02 Yaris. Think thats it. Ron Oh and pre cars 3 motor bikes a 175cc BSA Bantam Super (1958), An AJS Sports 250 cc single and a Royal Enfield Constellation 700c power galore! Oh dear I forgot to add the old round shape Austin Cambridge 1960s vintage I bought in Bahrein in 1968 also forgot to mention I had an old Morris (?) Marina sometime in the 70s - a load of scrap iron really

I had one of the last Citroen GS to be brought into the UK and constantly regret getting rid of it - bought an Alfa Romeo this week and am in love with it - proper boxer engine that absolutely growls

My brother had a Lanchester which wouldn't go in reverse. He used to drive into a pen to turn it round. He took my mum and dad for a short spin one Sunday afternoon and Mum was dressed in her slippers and pinny having just washed the dinner plates. The car broke down and they had to come back on the bus. What a laugh that was.

Standard eight Hillman Imp my first two cars, cost me £100 wow

Austin Sheerline, Jaguar Mk 2, Austin Camvridge and a Morris Minor. Always knocked the indicators of that when you got out the door. Preferred the motor bikes though. Ariel Square Four with jampot suspension and an Indian Chief with a bucket seat.

I have driven: Talbot Horizon, Hillman Minx, Vauxhall Cresta, Vauxhall Wyvern, Austin Maxi, Austin A35, Austin A40, Austin Cambridge, Bedford 3 tonner (does that count?) Armstrong Siddely Saphire, and one of those old Wolsley police cars that had a bell rather than a siren. And a Riley with wooden wheel arches. Also a Rover 800. len

The first car I drove on the road legally was the driving school, ford anglia( the one with the sloping rear window), no seat belts in those days, and cos I was a bit short we put a block of wood under the back of the seat to raise it up a bit. first car I bought was a 1960,1500 wolseley,next was a '61,1600 singer Vogue, then a '67austin 1100, another(65) Singer vogue, then a X reg renault 14, then a J reg,renault 19, next was a N Honda Civic... now with special plates on.... oooops!!........Not THOSE special plates........cherished numbers. I meant...... Bob

Son has a Fiesta mk1 Supersport,1,300 made 29 on the road today

Ford Corsair was the 1st car I drove, colum change boyfriend had the Cortina (bl**dy posser!!) Then a black Mini with my name 'all' over it! (but blew the head gaskets like they were going out of fashion!!!) Kim

is that mph?

When I was learning to drive, drove an old red mini with a push button starter on the floor and pull-cord door handles!! After that a Hillman Imp and a Ford Popular.

my great great great grandfather had one of those Minis too (only joking - I remember them well)