Your first car...

[migrant]

Its interesting that they call them 'Woodies' I was always led to belive that a 'woodie' was something else...

That kind of woodie was sometimes utilized in the woodie auto, depending on how impressed the date was

[margaretcarnes]

Mine was a Moggie 1000 saloon. Cost about £30 in 65. Had a couple more later - there was very little to go wrong with them! Running repairs could be carried out with a pair of tights, or silver paper from a cig packet depending on the problem.
We can't explain the use of wood on the Traveller, but for the 'anoraks' it was ash. Best custom Morris 1000 I've seen was a van done in willow pattern.

[Nereus]

This thread is bringing out the age brackets, is it not???

My first "roadworthy" car was a 1953 Mk 1 Ford Zephyr, second (3,4 5th?) hand, around 1962.

The actual "first car" was a 1933 MG Magna L type, 6 cylinder OHC engine, mechanical brakes, and very rare now. As a young fool I sold it before getting it on the road, as my Father bought it for me before I had a drivers licence, and I was in the process of overhauling it.

In recent times I have tracked the car down and found that it was sold and returned to the UK following the passing of the owner at the time. I was informed that more than $100,00 AUD (circa 50k GBP), changed hands.

[Terry]

The first one was a 1962 Triumph Herald 1200 Covertible identical to the web photo below. 100 quid in 1969 - it went for about 4 years before there was more rust than steel in the chasis!



After a short flirtation with a Ford Corsair 1600 GT in 1972 I then invested in a 1968 Triumph Mk 111 Spitfire (1296) - great car - 7 years - 3 engine rebuilds - lord knows how many clutches - gallons of redex in the pots and a load of fun.

Oh - and 342,000 miles!

Same as web photo below (with boot rack) but in 'Conifer Green'



The Company cars that followed were exceedingly boring!

[hhfarang]

My Dad was always a "Ford man" and it rubbed off on me I guess. I learned to drive on my Dad's '64 Ford Galaxie (tank!) like this one...



Then I did most of my high school dating later in my Mother's '66 Mustang exactly like this one...



And then I bought my first car in '69...

[PeteC]

All old Tennessee bootleggers drove Fords, except the Dukes of Hazzard. Maybe they were from Georgia? Pete

[hhfarang]

Pete, interestingly enough, my grandfather was a bootlegger for a while and I think he drove a souped up Ford pickup, but he lived in Arkansas!

[STEVE G]

My first car was a Ford as well, but not as impressive as HH's collection, it was a 1977 Ford Escort 1600 Ghia with a real vinyl roof and wood effect dashboard trim!
I think I paid 700 pounds for it in about 1982.
Here is a picture of a similar one I found on the net:

[PeteC]

.....In recent times I have tracked the car down and found that it was sold and returned to the UK following the passing of the owner at the time. I was informed that more than $100,00 AUD (circa 50k GBP), changed hands.

You're right about the age thing! . All of us probably have things like above in our past. For me, five full shoeboxes of mint condition baseball cards my Mom threw away when I was in the service. Those things went back to the mid 50's and no doubt they would be worth close to your car above if not more. When growing up so many relatives who passed away and so many antiques given away simply to clear their belongings. Madness! Pete

[DSB]

My first car was a Sunbeam Rapier, 1976 version, looked good, even sounded good, but not as fast as it looked! I had that one for 4 years before marriage took over!

I found a photo of something like it, but I have not got my photo rights thingy yet.

[STEVE G]

My first car was a Sunbeam Rapier, 1976 version, looked good, even sounded good, but not as fast as it looked! I had that one for 4 years before marriage took over!

I found a photo of something like it, but I have not got my photo rights thingy yet.

One of these?

If so one of my friends had one that I used to borrow sometimes and you're right, it sounded and looked a bit more spectacular than it was!

[JimmyGreaves]

Ford Anglia BUT 749B Green

Turned it on it's side after a barn dance one night in mevagissey with 4 guys and 4 girls in 1972, no lady that night for me :-). The mist came down on the way home on this tiny steeped banked country 1 laned road, I was full of guiness, driving at about 8 miles an hour, went up the bank, car went on it's side. Drove home to Nottingham with the drivers door tied up with rope.

[bluezephyr]

Not a personal picture, mine was black. 1957 handed down to me in 1966 when I turned 16. It was a tank with a 289 V-8 and ran like a bat out of hell. A funny thing also, you could actually open the hood, look down and see the ground. Only 'engine' in those days, not all the clutter like there is today. Pete

I aint afraid of no ghost

My first car was a metro, i had a thing for spotlights and got a mate to wire up 3 pairs, knackered the battery after the first winter, was good for flashing people though, lit up the inside of their cars very well

these are only pics of one of my old cars from back in the day, the rainbow window tint was a bugger to put on and also a pain to see out if the sun was shining




Oh the days of cruising up Yarmouth

[DSB]

Thanks, /steve g, that's the one.

[elem]

Mine was a RED 2cv....