My Mum with my Dad's Austin A35?? I would of been a baby at a guess.
Ding dong! Your mum looks quite tasty there.
Your dad's car....
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Ding dong! Your mum looks quite tasty there.
VW microbus. With curtains, a fold out table and some kind of highly hazardous fire extinguisher in it.
Austin Cambridge estate (Countryman?). Automatic, which lost reverse gear when we were on holiday in Dorest. YPN699 (blimey, where did I dredge that memory up from?). He made a wooden table affair to fill the rear set leg space. This was then covered in cushions, so we three children could sleep on the big drive down to the West Country for holidays.
Renault 6. 850cc. Hear it roar. Torsion arm suspension. Watch it wallow. He was working for Mullards at the time and put electronic ignition in it, a thermostatically controlled fan and dim dip headlights.
Vauxhall Viva, which I drove into the back of Roger Harris's car on the way to see the Life of Brian.
Austin Cambridge estate (Countryman?). Automatic, which lost reverse gear when we were on holiday in Dorest. YPN699 (blimey, where did I dredge that memory up from?). He made a wooden table affair to fill the rear set leg space. This was then covered in cushions, so we three children could sleep on the big drive down to the West Country for holidays.
Renault 6. 850cc. Hear it roar. Torsion arm suspension. Watch it wallow. He was working for Mullards at the time and put electronic ignition in it, a thermostatically controlled fan and dim dip headlights.
Vauxhall Viva, which I drove into the back of Roger Harris's car on the way to see the Life of Brian.
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Melonfish
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arranandy
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This is a great thread.
My dad doesn't drive and never has so my mum was always the driver. The cars I remember from my childhood are;
VW Beetle. A sort of pale blue colour
Austin Maxi. Purple with red vinyl seats
Mini Clubman. Bright yellow!!
Toyota Corolla.
Volvo 340
Ford Fiesta
Peugeot 106
My dad doesn't drive and never has so my mum was always the driver. The cars I remember from my childhood are;
VW Beetle. A sort of pale blue colour
Austin Maxi. Purple with red vinyl seats
Mini Clubman. Bright yellow!!
Toyota Corolla.
Volvo 340
Ford Fiesta
Peugeot 106
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Bought brand new 1977ish and scrapped 3 years later 
, put me off Citroens for life
, it had crank handle like a diesel cement mixer so if it did not start with the key you could start it with the crank handle
, put me off Citroens for life, it had crank handle like a diesel cement mixer so if it did not start with the key you could start it with the crank handle
Dogtrousers
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Black Morris Minor soft top (??? YOK)
Green Morris Minor traveller (276 MOG)
Dark blue Austin 1300 (XOA 976 J)
Baby-poop-yellow ("sand glow") Austin Princess. (no idea).
Green Morris Minor traveller (276 MOG)
Dark blue Austin 1300 (XOA 976 J)
Baby-poop-yellow ("sand glow") Austin Princess. (no idea).
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1969 Mini Cooper - KTH517G
1973 Morris Marina Coupe TC -FJR344L
1975 Datsun 120Y - JCY700N
1979 Ford Cortina 2.0S EOY853T (yes, this is a toy, couldn't find a decent pic of a real "S")
1983 Ford Sierra 2.0GL A779VWO in which I passed my test.
Do you remember when the Sierra came out it was called a "jelly mould" as it was though of as so rounded and characterless. Seems we have gone much more rounded and characterless since then.
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My dad worked in the automotive industry, making components. I suspect he may have chosen the cars that the bits he made ended up in. So a kind of vested interest brand loyalty in that case.
guitarpete247
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He then got a Morris 8, Morris Minor Traveller. Hillman Super Minx, Vauxhall Cavalier, Rover P1 3.5, (he then bought a batter Rover 100 and rebuilt it, gave it to my middle brother who promptly sold it), Toyota Corona (my youngest brother got this and he turned it over in the snow). Another Toyota so soulless I can't recall it and currently a Toyota Carina.My dad learnt to drive in granddad's Ford V8 Pilotthen bought himself an Austin 7 Ruby
as his first car.
My dads car choices depended on how we were financially so we went from cool to OMG quite regularly, here we go from what my memory can muster.
Sunbeam rapier
Austin healey frogeye sprite
Rover v8
Triumph 2000
Vauxhall victor
Vw fastback (hated at time but in love now)
Reliant kitten :/
Volvo 240, 360 and 480
I then left home
Sunbeam rapier
Austin healey frogeye sprite
Rover v8
Triumph 2000
Vauxhall victor
Vw fastback (hated at time but in love now)
Reliant kitten :/
Volvo 240, 360 and 480
I then left home
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Yes, I remember the jelly mould jibes. I think Hyundai (who assembled Mk4 Cortinas in Korea a the time) ran an ad for one of their products which did feature a jelly mould resembling closesly a Sierra hatchback. I also remember the back window of the Sierra estated being described as a goldfish bowl.
I had a Sierra myself, bought when I was 18 with expensive finance) which I absolutely loved. Until I wrote it off on a wet night on a blind bend. Ended up on its roof. luckly for me the only window not to break was in the driver's door. Walked away without a scratch. Had I been anywhere else in the car, or had anyone been with me, there would have been some serious injury.
