Title: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Lord Steve on May 26, 2009, 09:01:51 pm Just a little motoring related side issue to fill in the next two weeks.
Can you remember cars that your Dad had and what were your favourites.....? Mine: Austin Maxi, Austin Ambassador and a Morris Marina. Oh and a Mini Cooper! I know, I know but my Dad, God bless him, was an Austin / Morris / BMC / British Leyland / Rover dealer. He did, however borrow Chris Rea's dad's Rolls Royce for a week. That was fun being taken to school in it!! Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Andy on May 26, 2009, 09:13:40 pm Well M'Lord it's like this from my memory
MY DAD HAD Austin A35 / Morris Oxford / Ford Zephyr / Mark 3 Cortina 2000GT / BMW 2002i Leg amputaion now owns a something or other called a perdoua Mivi micro car thingy wotsit. Fav - Mark 3 cortina, he tried to teach me to drive in it, I did a 180 in a gravel carpark as my foot slipped off spring loaded clutch with loads a right foot, Shat a brick............ Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: F-Troop Mom on May 26, 2009, 09:22:26 pm You might be sorry you started this thread, I have a list ready.....you see, my Dad's a car guy, as many of your's are also and my grandfather owned an Olds dealership. Here's his list (hope the formatting works out), he'll be 81 in July:
1932 Ford Model B 4 Black 2 door yellow wheels hit mayors husband 1934 Plymouth Custom 6 Black 4 door trunk model hit house 1934(5) Buick Victoria 8 Black 2 door rolled over 3 times 1937 Buick Special 8 Black 4 door 6 wheeler rebuilt, 2 spares in fender 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe 6 Dark green 2 door 1939 Buick Special 8 Black Convert w/ red leather 2 door 1940 Olds 98 8 Wine red 4 door first automatic 1933 Plymouth Custom 6 Dark blue 4 door drove 20 miles 1934 Chevy Sport Coupe 6 Black 2 door 1935 Chevy Standard 6 Black 4 door somebody died in it 1939 LaSalle Custom sedan V8 Silver gray 4 door bought wrecked 1949 Nash Statesman 6 2 tone brown 2 door bathtub demonstrator 1940 LaSalle Custom sedan V8 Dark gray 4 door 1946 Ford Deluxe V8 Black 2 door 1942 Olds 78 8 Maroon 4 door 1946 DeSoto Custom 6 Cream convertible 2 door 1948 Buick Super 8 Black 4 door run into ground 1950 Buick Roadmaster 8 Bronze gray 2 door best car, No.1 1951 Olds 88 V8 Dark blue 2 door 1 wreck 1950 Chevy Special Deluxe 6 Black 2 door drive 1 month 1951 Buick Riviera Roadmaster 8 cyl 2 tone Blue hardtop 2 door 2 months 1954 Olds Super 88 V8 Cream-white 2 door 1942 Chevy Fleetline 6 Dark Green 2 door new, drove into ground 1955 Olds Super 88 V8 Dark gray-white 4 door new 1947 Ford Custom V8 Black 4 door 1950 Studebaker Champion 6 Red 4 door got in junk yard $50 1950 Olds 98 V8 Silver gray 2 door coupe 250,000 miles 1953 Olds 88 V8 Dark green 2 door 1951 Buick Super 8 Black 4 door - prison commander drove 2 weeks 1951 Ford Custom V8 Fire Engine Red convertible 1940 Ford Custom V8 Dark green wood station wagon sold for $75.00 1954 Ford Custom V8 White convertible 2 door 1954 Olds Super 88 8 Dark blue white 4 door Cindy came home in 1950 Dodge Deluxe 6 Black sedan 4 door drove 2 weeks 1953 Buick Special 8 Gray white hardtop coupe 1953 Chevy Bel-Air 6 Dark green white 2 door lemon 1957 Olds Super 88 V8 SeaMist Rose/White hardtop, station wagon 140,000 miles, brought to Fla 1953 DeSoto Super Sedan V8 Black 4 door $35.00 1963 Mercedes 190 4 Light blue 4 door worst car ever owned 1964 Ford Custom V8 White 4 door (Galaxy ?) 1961 Mercury Comet 6 Black 4 door drove 1 month 1962 Chevy Corvair 4 Yellow convertible worst car ever made 1953 Olds Super 88 V8 Dark green 4 door 1968 Mercury (Montego?) V8 Yellow & black Fastback 2 door 1970 Mercury Marquis V8 Maroon 4 door stolen – best car No.2 1956 Plymouth Savoy 6 Light green 2 door 1972 Mercury Marquis V8 White Station Wagon (Colony Park?) 1970 Mercury Marquis V8 Maroon 4 door replaced 1st 70 Marquis 1967 Jaguar 420 6 Black 4 door (was Earl’s) 1979 Mercury Marquis V8 2 tone blue 2 door coupe demolished in 6 days 1980 Mercury Marquis V8 Red & white new 2 door drove into ground 1970 Chevy Camaro 6 Orange 2 door drove 1 month 1967 Pontiac LeMans V8 Blue 2 door 1973 Chevy V8 Light green 1983 Mercury Cougar V6 Dark gray/light gray 2 door Best Car No.3 1969 Mercury Marquis V8 Yellow 4 door 1976 GMC Suburban V8 ½ Ton Black & Silver 1986 GMC Suburban V8 ¾ Ton Red & Tan 1986 Cadillac Coupe DeVille V8 White on white lemon 1988 Lincoln Town Car V8 Light blue sedan Best Car No. 4* 1989 Jeep Cherokee 6 Bright red 1993 Ford Explorer V6 White 4 door 1997 Lincoln Continental V8 Pearl/Ivory 4 door (or 1995?) 1988 Lincoln Town Car V8 Light blue sedan 4 door *Bought 2nd time 2003 Ford Taurus V6 Green 4 door 2004 Ford Crown Victoria V8 White Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Lord Steve on May 26, 2009, 09:53:16 pm That is going to take some beating!
Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Andy on May 26, 2009, 09:55:35 pm Well impresive, well that explains NOT typing that collection in 7 mins flat
Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: championaudi on May 26, 2009, 10:05:11 pm well, when my dad did get a car, it was a
Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: F-Troop Mom on May 26, 2009, 10:31:05 pm It's not a competition....I just don't get to share this list with many "car guys"! Championaudi has impressive photos but for us in the States could you label them, I don't recognize them all....
Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Perdu on May 26, 2009, 10:59:42 pm It's not a competition....I just don't get to share this list with many "car guys"! Championaudi has impressive photos but for us in the States could you label them, I don't recognize them all.... He has some nice old buses on "that" list Austin A40 Farina Vauxhall Viva Ford Sierra How far back should I go? Dad had buggerall money and lots of very old cars over the years Morris 8, Ford Prefect, BSA Dandy (sometimes no car at all!) really much older Fords that showed a family resemblance to the early Prefect, Austin A40 Devon, Austin A40 Somerset, Austin Seven, Austin Big Seven, Austin Ten, Various Hillman products including a gorgeous Drop Head coupe (which dad's mate then proceeded to destroy by braking when dad was trying to tow start him and ripped the body off the chassis) Then he got modern An Austin A35 (in which I learnt to drive) A Hillman Imp, An Austin 1100, A Triumph Herald or two. He had a Ford Escort van with windows in (took my young son around Scotland in that with him and mom) various others which I forget now (privilege of getting damned old, sorry) He had my wife's old M2 Ford Escort later followed by an 1500 Dolomite. Then he got too ill to drive, but by heck he'd had a few hadn't he. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: nopanic - neil on May 26, 2009, 11:21:22 pm Reminds me of this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13JK5kChbRw
So - we were so poor we had a (http://www.motorbase.com/uploads/2008/10/14/fs_copy_of______024.jpg) - light blue with a white go faster stripe (reg LHT _ _ _) still scares me, only thing i rememmber is that you can drive along at a high speed (50mph -tops) with the door slid back (so it was wide open). When you broke, the door use to slam shut, if anything in the way - just like a mobile guillotine ;D Oh yea - also Moggie Traveller Hillman Avenger Fiat Poski Fiat (AHHHHHHHH) and other crap (more to add as I remember in my nightmares) Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Barry on May 26, 2009, 11:27:41 pm 1930 Norton
2 big 1950's American cars when we lived in South America in the late 50's/60's, I'll try and find some photos to identify them. Riley Pathfinder Fiat 600 Renault r8 Rover 2000 Peugeot 504 estate Peugeot 504 Ti x2 Renault Clio, which my Mun still runs. My favourite was the first 504 Ti, quick car for the time, I was allowed to drive it when I was 18, I got in a lot of trouble with that one, I broke the prop shaft. ;D Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: gturner on May 27, 2009, 02:36:46 am If we're just talking about what my dad had during my lifetime, it wasn't an exciting list (and I get confused as to what were his cars in his youth and which were his 3 brothers). Anyway there was a mid 70s Cougar up until about 1978, followed by a 1976 Audi Fox (badged as Audi 80 in Europe), and an early 80s Ford F100 pickup to get through the 1980s. A Chevy Corsica and Chevy Citation II replaced them in the early 90s. Since then, it's included a Ford Escort wagon, a Mazda pickup, and a Kia Rio.
Of those my favorite is the Corsica, if only because I split my time in high school driving that and the Citation, which was a piece of junk. Of course, since my first car was a ten year old but low mileage 1981 Escort, I couldn't complain too much. That car was my grandfather's and with only 32,000 miles put on in the first 10 years, the gaskets had dry-rotted. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: ewan on May 27, 2009, 07:46:53 am First car I remember my old man getting was a brand new 2.0 Granada in 1977; it was like being Cowley in the Professionals (OK, so his was a 3.0L, but they both had vinyl roofs, OK? :)) Before that, we had a series of Datsuns (including a 1.4L 120Y coupe which my Mum drove, probably the nearest thing they ever got to a performance car).
After that he had a Fiesta "Million" special edition 1.1 with a pop-up sunroof and special side stripe (woo hoo), an Escort 1.6 velour-tastic Ghia, a succession of turgid vans (such as brown Maestros, or even a bright orange Simca whose floor rusted away so you could see the road through the passenger footwell), then ended up down the Rover "man wearing a hat" brigade with a couple of 200-series ones, and has now ended his motoring days in a Yaris. Not exactly petrolhead heaven then! Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: wishy on May 27, 2009, 08:30:37 am Well my dad had.........
First car was a 1937 Armstrong Siddely not sure which one though. Ford Anglia Renault Dauphine Austin a70 Standard Ensign Vauxhall HA......this was my first car as he gave it to me to learn to drive in. Vauxhall HB Vauxhall HC Fiat 128 Sport Chrysler 2000 3 X Vauxhall Astra's and 2 X Nova's courtesy of mobility. and now has "wings" so no need for four wheels!!!1 ;D Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Nordic on May 27, 2009, 08:44:59 am Recent history aside which has seen a collection of small hatchbacks
Audi 80 Nissian Silvia Ford XR3 (4 speed carb) Trimph Stag Alfa sud ti Black Alfa Sud Red Saab 99 others that spring to mind VW Beetle, Fiat 124 Mini Ford Pliot (before my time) Before that he was a bike person and had many that would be worth a small fortune now, or so he tells me, including Velocete, BSA etc http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p37326339.html (http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p37326339.html) Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: garyfrogeye on May 27, 2009, 11:49:44 am Since I was born,
Triumph Herald Convetible (950 I think) Vauxhall Victor 101 Estate Vauxhall Viscount Vauxhall Victor Estate Datsun 260C Estate Astra GT (something) Various Rovers Jaguar X type Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Doris on May 27, 2009, 02:10:37 pm I can't claim to have paid much attention to the Japanese and Australian production line staples - Holden Kingswoods and Commodores, and Mitsi Galants - we had while I was growing up but I do remember the DeSoto Deluxe S-11 that my step-father bought as a 'project'. We spent a summer stripping the paint off it with paint stripper and screwdrivers after which Mike got bored with it and it sat in the garage unloved until Mum told Mike to get rid of it. I often wonder where it ended up.
Dx Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: pretzel on May 27, 2009, 05:56:33 pm Not an exhaustive list as the memory is not as good as it was but in the 60's and early '70's (when I was in my early teens):
Standard Vanguard Jaguar 420G Jaguar Mk 10 Ford Escort MK1 estate Rover P5B Coupe Audi 100 coupe S Merc 350sl Merc 450slc He was a secondhand car dealer at the time and cemented a passion in me for all things automotive. Fortunately from a sartorial point of view I never much liked the 'Arfur Daley' style fur lined jackets that seemed to go with involvement in the business at that time. I think the Escort was a bit of an aberration. He then went into antiques for some reason and succumbed to several Volvo estates, poor fella. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: pedersenkorsager on May 27, 2009, 11:34:14 pm those i remember is:
Datsun 120 Moris 1000 pickup VW Golf mark 1 VW Jetta mark 1 + 2 VW 1300 VW 1303 Peugeot 405 + 505 + 504 pick up Mazda 818 Coupe Dacia pick up (the first i got to drive. 110 km/h top speed) Skoda Octavia Honda CR-V van Seat Altea van Favorit? must be the 1303 as it has given me a lot of fun memories Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Plenty sideways... on May 28, 2009, 10:49:29 am I was around RS Fords when a kid, my dad rallied in a 1500 pre-xflow Anglia, then a MkI Escort Twin-cam that became an RS2000 when the Lotus engine became temperamental - he bought a type 49 shell from Boreham when they brought out the MkII and built a Mexico out of a crashed road car and used that as his everyday car for years. That would be worth a small fortune now !!
They then went to Larton (L.A.D.) built Samba's and then 205's - little flying machines with fantastic engines. Before that he had a Stiletto, a Cortina GT as road cars - after the Mex he had a MkII Ghia, very civilised !! The other half of my family all had Alfa Romeo's that always seemed to swap hands regularly - I remember a 'Sud Ti or two, a Sprint and Alfetta GT and GTV, that's where my love of Alfa's comes from. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Lord Pig-Pen on May 28, 2009, 11:27:05 pm Ones I have heard of before I was born.
Austin A35. Moris Minor (First rear end shunt) Xk120 (used for courting mother) XK150 XJ6 SI Lambo Espada SII(For a weekend before delivering it) After I was born Bentley S2 (pics of me in baby seat in it) Rover P6 (Smashed to bits while refreshed) Stack headlight Merc.. white Mini Van. Green Land Rover SII SWB 338 FOU MKII Jag 3.8 Red 8714 DD (Sold to Jersey) Rover SD1 3500 White Rover SD1 3500S Blue with gold lower bits and wheels GSF 650T BMW 535I SAAB 900 Turbo Range Rover V8 x 3 Nissan Patrol 1xDiesel, 1 x Petrol Jeep Cherokee 4.0 (Total fcukin heap of sh*t even when new) Daihatsu Fourtrack 2.8 Van... fun!! Suzuki SuperCarry (That did over 100K!) Nissan Cabstar x 2 Mitsi Shogun VW Caddy van (The Pig Pen Racing transport 2007) Nissan Terrano Nuffield 460 Fordson Major Leyland... dogshite with loader Lister Dumper JCB 3C & 3CIII and loads of motorbikes before he grew up. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: mgmark on May 29, 2009, 12:11:58 am Well, here we go, from the ones I know about:
Jointly owned and run by him and his 3 brothers during WW2, underage, and without parents knowledge - Citroen Traction Avant. Bundle of stuff probably after that - need to ask him what there was. Before I was born - the first post-war Aston Martin, built on a Humber staff car chassis - why, oh why, did you ever sell that.... To replace it in 1959 with a new - Isetta Bubble Car when I was born - WTF!!!! Followed from the early 1960s to the present day by a genealogy of: Ford Corsair Austin 3 Litre Ford Cortina Mk II Ford Cortina Mk III Ford Granada Mk I Ford Sierra Ford Mondeo Honda Civic (current) Plus Mum's cars from about 1960-odd Humber Hawk Mini Mk I (with sliding windows and floor start button) Ford Anglia Triumph Herald 13/60 convertible MGB GT (mine originally) Honda CRX (current) And other influences: Primary School - blonde lady teacher with a Lotus Elan, and in the Curborough paddock pushing a GT40 to the start line Secondary School - couple of teachers - MGB GT, TR4a, plus next door neighbour giving a me a daily lift there in the early to mid-70s - Alfa 2000 GTV Bertone, Lotus Elan, Jaguar XJ6, Range Rover, Lotus Europa, plus helping him rebuild a Berkeley SE328. MG Mark Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Mr. Rick on May 29, 2009, 10:56:33 am My dear Dad always hankered after a Porsche 911 but never took the plunge given his responsibilities to us small people. He did, however, dip his toe into the 'sporty' car look with this little beauty. Not his actual car but correct year and colour.....
Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: mike(liverpool boys) on May 30, 2009, 12:10:35 am Apart from the boring stuff he had after me and brother came along he had,
Mini 1275 GT,it could manage 100mpg aparently Opel kadet Manta GTE and his favourite and mine Peugeot 309 GTI goodwood. Boring stuff after that, I remember a Montego saloon thing A 309 GLX 4 Escorts,1 was a ghia and 2 Renault Meganes Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Rhino on May 30, 2009, 02:37:30 am A lotus 6
Cortina gt Mini cooper E type Vauxhall Firenza Chevette Hs Apart from the E type, they were used for motorsport. I shed a tear when he sold that E type. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: MIKE C (Liverpool Boys) on June 02, 2009, 02:27:37 pm Just found this tread :)
A Lanchester of some discription too young to remember(1962) Austin Cambridge Ford Zephyr 4 Rover P6 3500S Damiler 2500 V8 Cortina MK2 1600 estate Cortina MK3 2000XL estate Humber Septer 1750 estate(complete s--t) Saab 99 combi coupe Saab 900GLS Honda Prelude aws Toyota Supra 3000 Lexus LS400 Toyota Land Cruiser 4.2 VX TDI Toyota Land Cruiser 4.6 Amazon Petrol Toyota Yaris Verso (a moment of madness) Saab 95 covertable Lexus RX 300 se Lexus RX 400h Nav(2008) Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: Ade on June 02, 2009, 09:49:18 pm From 1966 on
Ford Popular 100E Mk1 Cortina with 1500 Corsair engine Mk1 Escort GT Vauxhall Chevette Toyota Corolla Citroen BX GTi Citroen Xantia diesel Citroen C3 Plus numerous works vans. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: LETTSY on June 03, 2009, 11:33:49 am Right, I'm not too sure about the order in the early days, but here goes;
Morris 1000 Traveller Ford Zephyr Minivan Renault Dauphine Austin A40 Wolseley 1500 x 2 Vauxhall Viva HB Hillman Minx Ford Cortina MkII Morris Marina x 3 (Actually, the last one may have been an Ital!) Vauxhall Cavalier x 4 Peugeot 405 x 3 Citroen Xantia Vauxhall Vectra Vauxhall Carlton Estate MGF Holden Commodore Yes, he was a sales rep, and yes, he bought the MGF when he retired and the Holden when he emigrated to Australia. He took the MGF with him too. Title: Re: Cars your Dad had! Post by: SimonH on June 03, 2009, 02:43:38 pm OK, took a while to get the list together as I don't remember them all (before my time) and Dad's getting burnt in Florida rather than being here getting ready for Le Mans. Here goes :
1961 Ford Consul 375 1963 Ford Zephyr 4 1956 Standard 10 1963 Vauxhall Victor FB 1966 Ford Corsair V4 1971 Ford Escort 1.3L Estate 1971 Hillman Imp 1970 Ford Cortina 1600E 1971 Ford Cortina 1600L Mk3 At this stage I was born....still don't remember as I was a bit young :-\ 1968 Ford Cortina 1600 Mk2 1974 Cort Cortina 1600XL Auto My brother born....I start remembering some from here on... 1979 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L - I remember this being Orange! 1981? Mini 1983 Austin 1300 1982 Vauxhall Cavalier Sri 1981 Ford Granada 2.8GL Auto 1983 Ford Grandada 2.8 Ghia Auto - this one was nicked twice. I liked this one. 1984 Ford Orion 1.6GL (company car) my second brother born.... 1986 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L (company car) 1985 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8CDi auto 1988 Mazda 626 (company car) 1993 Vauxhall Cavalier (Company car) - can't remember the model on this one, but was nice as being a company car, I could drive it too :) 1986 Austin Metro - mum's runner 1990 Ford Granada 2.0 GhiaX Auto 1992 Ford Granada 2.9 Ghia Auto 1982 Ford Cortina 2.0 Estate - donor for kit car.... 1993 Merlin kit car, Cortina was the donor 1993 Jaguar 3.2 Sovereign auto 1970 VW Beetle - hobby car. Bought damaged, repaired and sold 1989 Ford Escort 1.3L - mum's next runner 1996 Ford Escort 1.6 - another of mum's run-arounds 1967 VW Beetle - restored and my youngest brothers first car 1965 Jaguar Mk2 2.4 - was a project but scrapped it - too much needed to bring her back to life 1961 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 - restored and still running well. We used this as my wedding car 199? Vauxhall Astra 1.6Diesel GL 1995 BMW 318i 1995 Jaguar XJS 4.0 Auto 1973 Jaguar V12 E-Type - restored and still running well. 1972 VW Type 2 Camper - project, restored and upgraded to 2.1ltr engine 2002 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Zetec 2006 Ford Focus 2.0 Ghia 1986 VW Caddy pick up - Current project, converting to GTi running gear 2004 Ford Ka 2000 VW Lupo 1.4 - donor shell for another current project 2002 VW Lupo 1.4 TDi - its been a bit bent, but running gear planned to be transported into the other Lupo shell 2008 BMW 325i Coupe Auto - was nicked over christmas 2009 BMW 330D Coupe Auto - replacement for the nicked one 2009 Toyota RAV4 Sport - his car when in Florida So from the latter half of this list, do you agree he has too much time on his hands now he's retired!?!?!?! ??? |