Cars your Dad had!

[Doris]

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

[pretzel]

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.

[pedersenkorsager]

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

[Plenty sideways...]

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.

[Lord Pig-Pen]

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.

[mgmark]

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

[Mr. Rick]

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.....

[mike(liverpool boys)]

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

[Rhino]

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.

[MIKE C (Liverpool Boys)]

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)

[Ade]

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.

[LETTSY]

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.

[SimonH]

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!?!?!?!