The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

All these first car tales, from the 1970's.

Mine first car was a 1953 Ford 100E, bought in 1965 for £35.

My Dad had one of those. 813 PMP was the reg.
My first car was a 107E. The 1200 version of the Anglia. It was a 1967 make just before they went over to making the Escort. OYV 487F was the reg.

 

[numbnuts]

 

[BoldonLad]

There's been so many, many cars that I've owned
And they all made me cry
Still I wonder why
And they never start, never start never start
When the engines blown.
To paraphrase Sir Mick

In order:
58 2.8 Jag sedan, 59 Taunus wagon, 60s Pontiac Tempest, 62 Rambler 770, 69 VW, 74 ,75 and 85 Honda Civics, Ford Fiesta, 66, 68 and 72 VW buses, 68 Olds Cutlass Supreme, 59 Chev Impala, 93 Toyota pickup, 92 Toyota Previa (Both still running fine), 68 Chev Blazer, 92 Honda Accord, 2005 Dodge Neon, 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT, 2003 Honda Element and A 2010 Honda CRV. Right now we have the Toyotas, the Element and the CRV.

Now, there is a challenge for the old brain cells, have not owned as many as you, and not sure I can recall the model year or when I owned them, but, I think:

Ford Anglia 100E
Ford Anglia 105E
Ford Cortina Mk1 (1963 I think)
Ford Cortina Mk2
Ford Escort Mk1
Ford Fiesta Mk1
Ford Capri Mk1
Hillman Imp
Hillman Imp
Sunbeam Talbot
Ford Escort mk2
Rover (the Honda model, 216E was is?)
Ford Escort Mk3
Ford Fiesta Mk2?
Ford Sierra Mk1
Ford Fiesta mk3?
Mazda 323
Mazda 2 Mk1
Mazda MX5 Mk2
BMW 320D
Mazda 3
Mazda 2 mk2
Renault Scenic
Renault Captur

Phew! I think that is it

Least reliable by a mile, the Sunbeam, closely followed by the BMW. The Mazda’s most reliable, closely followed by the Renault’s.

 

[welsh dragon]

My first car was an Austin mini. Mustard colour. OOL 318x.

 

[welsh dragon]

Admit it. You missed us.

 

[BoldonLad]

My Dad had one of those. 813 PMP was the reg.
My first car was a 107E. The 1200 version of the Anglia. It was a 1967 make just before they went over to making the Escort. OYV 487F was the reg.

Wasn’t the 107E the short lived Ford Classic? A sort of bigger Anglia. I could be wrong, it is a LONG time ago

 

[BoldonLad]

Missed you

 

[Mo1959]

And the reg was ????

HGS 239F I seem to be quite good at remembering registration numbers for some reason.

 

[Mo1959]

Welcome back! Hope all is well.

 

[Mo1959]

Think my favourite old car was my MG Midget, also British racing green. RDS 656R. Last time I checked with Swansea a few years back to see if it still existed it said it was red so someone must have resprayed it.

 

[Dirk]

Where you been?
Thought you'd pegged it!

 

[Paulus]

Wasn’t the 107E the short lived Ford Classic? A sort of bigger Anglia. I could be wrong, it is a LONG time ago

I bow to your knowledge sir. The one I had was the 123E, in duck egg green with the white roof and stripes along the side.
As you say, it was a long time ago. 😀

 

[Paulus]

https://images.app.goo.gl/LL5g6zbEjFwveNCq5

This was the colour.
Then I resprayed it------

 

[Dave7]

We had that first rust bucket mini** till 1977 when, aged 30 I got my first company car.....a used white Escort 1100....SLP 418L.
The next car, 12 months later, was a brand new red Escort 1100. I picked it up from the showroom and felt like a millionaire.
After that, as I changed jobs i had lots of shiny, new, nice smelling cars.
**i sold that mini to a lad I worked with for £70.00. He had only had it a few weeks when there was a loud crash outside. He went out to find the car in his garden after a drunk had smashed into it.......that was the sad end of BNB 304B

 

[Mo1959]

Ooooo @classic33 Something better than snow

We've had an earthquake. I was having a siesta earlier and thought someone had hit my house with their car or something but it was felt all over Crieff and Comrie.