Which Car Do You Remember with Affection from your Youth?

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Caused by the transverse torsion bars that offset the wheels, so different wheelbase on each side!

That's a wonderful example of wacky French engineering. Thanks.

 

[Blue Hills]

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Unfortunately I think we might be a bit too late.

now now.

 

[Nigeyy]

Was it the second gear syncromesh?

Been in an Esprit over here at around 120mph on a public road, needless to say I wasn't driving.

Lotus Esprit my first boss had. It was white, the roof was level with my knees and I bloody loved it. He never drove it as it needed a gearbox rebuild, so it sat at his farm garage next to an older Europa, hey ho.

 

[midlife]

Sorry for the stock photo but I remember with affection all those abandoned cars we played in during the 60's..... Endless hours of fun

 

[User10571]

Sorry for the stock photo but I remember with affection all those abandoned cars we played in during the 60's..... Endless hours of fun

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Along with the galvenized wire milk crate used exclusively for sterealized milk - is that still a thing?

 

[Fnaar]

Dad's first car was a Morris Oxford estate, bought off his mate, who was a butcher: He once took me and 11 other kids out for the day in it!!!!

Second was a Ford Corsair: lovely looking but always breaking down

 

[midlife]

Along with the galvenized wire milk crate used exclusively for sterealized milk - is that still a thing?

Not seen a tall glass bottle for "steri" milk for years!

 

[Rezillo]

My first car - photographed from an angle that doesn't show it leaning to one side. There was more isopon than steel in its bodywork and it coped with water ingress from the wheel arches by having it drain out through holes in the rear floorpan.

 

[Cycleops]

Second was a Ford Corsair: lovely looking but always breaking down

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Those Corsairs were quite fast. Long before cars were made safer for pedestrians though. One half went over the top and the other went underneath!

 

[Blue Hills]

Dad's first car was a Morris Oxford estate, bought off his mate, who was a butcher: He once took me and 11 other kids out for the day in it!!!]

Yes things were kinda more easygoing in those days - now of course your dad would be condemned in the press, villified on social media, possibly banged up. A few of us once sat in the back of an old Morrris van on a trip to the seaside and I remember a 70s trip for a week or sos camping with the scouts - something like an ancient comma van, all the camping gear chucked in the back, bunch of us quite happily lying on top in the gap between the top of the tent pile and the roof. I don't think any scouts were on the roof rack.

 

[Blue Hills]

My first car - photographed from an angle that doesn't show it leaning to one side. There was more isopon than steel in its bodywork and it coped with water ingress from the wheel arches by having it drain out through holes in the rear floorpan.

What's the "caroline" sign in the rear window? The radio station of old? Homage to an ex occupant of the rear seat?

 

[Blue Hills]

Dad's first car was a Morris Oxford estate, bought off his mate, who was a butcher: He once took me and 11 other kids out for the day in it!!!!

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Second was a Ford Corsair: lovely looking but always breaking down

I always liked those Corsairs. They seemed to disappear from the roads pretty fast though. Was it a very short run or did they just all rust away in double quick time?

 

[Profpointy]

Those Corsairs were quite fast. Long before cars were made safer for pedestrians though. One half went over the top and the other went underneath!

The v4 engines in the corsairs ended up in the early saabs after they moved on fro. the 3 cylinder two strokes but, before they went for the triumph dolomite engines.


Oh dear, I am revealing my nerdiness here aren't I

 

[stephec]

Rover P6 V8. The British Citroen DS. Futuristic styling, though brawny rather than elegant. Futuristic, comfortable, fast, good handling. And then came the B and the V8. Problem keeping up with bank robbers in Jags, Sir? Then the P6B V8 is just what you need. If you were hard as nails, yet sophisticated and on the side of the good guys, you drove a P6 V8. It was the Lewis Collins of motoring.

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I adored them, and in '97 I finally acquired a 1971 P6B V8 in almond, just like the one in the pic. Such comfort, such style, 14 to the gallon. Sadly sold in 2002 to pay my divorce solicitors bill, and sadly missed. I may yet have another.

I always (still do) wanted one of those.

About ten years ago there was a 2600 for sale two miles down the road from me for £850, but when I took a look at it it would've needed that much filler that you may just as well replaced every panel.

I didn't even bother starting the engine, maybe one day.

 

[User10571]

[QUOTE 5107798, member: 76"]My first car was one of these....

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Although it actually looked more like this one....

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Aaaaaarrrrggghhhhhh!
Please. No.


Make it go away.