Your first car...

Post by **Vital Spark** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:55 am

I bought my 1968 Triumph MkIII when I was just 18 (1979). It cost me 250 pounds to buy and 130 pounds to insure. It was my pride and absolute joy. I sold it a couple of years later for 200 pounds because it needed a bit of work for the MOT and I didn't have enough money to get it done.

Out of curiousity I've had a look a few sites and they're now selling for around 3,000 pounds.

Sadly, I don't have any photos of my car, but it was black and looked just like this one...

VS

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:18 am

My first car was a silver Cortina mark IV Ghia. I smashed it up one night after far too many ales. You have to learn I suppose...

Again I dont have any pics but this is the same model and colour.

Post by **Big Boy** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:58 am

My first car was a clapped out Ford Cortina Mk 3. I spent a fortune getting it restored. A kind lorry driver cane along and pushed me off the road and through 2 walls, and a guinea pig cage - no guinea pigs survived.

Post by **caller** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:17 am

Mine was an Austin 1100. British Racing green of all things and it cost me £175. I was 19 at the time. Got me and 3 mates down to North Devon from London once, God knows how, especially as we had to take the old hilly A39 route!

Randy's first car was my fifth!

Post by **Big Boy** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:20 am

Randy's first car was my fifth!

Who sold it to who?

Post by **migrant** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:19 am

My first car I bought from my father, who later admitted to knowingly overcharging me for it.

Not the first, but my favorite car I had was brought to mind by VS, a 1968 MGB convertible. What a fun car. I lived by the beach and went to college. Running up, and down, the coast was a lot of fun.

Had some great comments when I put my Saint Bernard in the back seat (well, OK, the back seat and part of the trunk)

Thanks for the reminder VS

Post by **PeteC** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:30 am

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

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:54 am

Sweet buffalo nipples it has wood cladding...

Post by **PeteC** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:04 am

Randy Cornhole wrote:Sweet buffalo nipples it has wood cladding...

Yep, it was towards the end of the 'woodie' era which really started around 1946 in a serious way when manufacturers started putting real wood panels over metal. 1940-45 some Fords and others still had solid wood rear side and back panels. I think it all started during those war years when steel was in short supply. Here's some examples. Pete

http://www.pbase.com/xl1ken/sbw

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:39 am

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

Post by **caller** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:40 am

Pete, that's not a car - round these parts anything that big is called a bus!

Post by **PeteC** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:44 am

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

That term never came into use in the colonies in the UK sense, probably because of the confusion it would cause.

Pete

Post by **PeteC** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:47 am

Here's a 1948 Ford with solid wood doors and panels. We had one, and I've been told it was my ride home from the hospital. It was gone before I reached an age where I could remember it. Pete

Post by **caller** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:58 am

In the UK, the old Morris Minor Traveller had a fair amount of wood on it - not sure why? Still see these around - I think they're indestuctible? Looks a bit puny in comparison though!

Post by **PeteC** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:28 am

I think you had models with more wood on them than that. I remember seeing some UK TV shows set in the past where I seem to recall heavily wood cladded or solid vehicles. Maybe 'country doctor' or 'country vet'? Pete