My First Car

[MPx]

First car - a red metal pedal car circa 1960

First "drive" of proper car was steering a sit up and beg Hillman Minx (KAE 900) at the age of 4 whilst standing on the drivers seat while my mum pushed it out of a parking space to the top of a hill to bump start it down.

First proper (and thereafter regular) drive - another HB Viva estate (Mum's car, J reg)

First own car - Ford 8cwt Van (FOA556L) bought from Dad's company fleet for

[obione]

Oh dear, this is the only picture of my 1st car back in 1981, no idea who the weido is in front of the car...

[Kimbers]

Ford Escort Mk 1 1300 XL on an old K plate! Not got a pic but do have one of my second car....Boy racer or what??

3rd car was my fave EVER! Still remember it as the best car a 19 year old could have at the time.

[molemot]

Dave...did I ever crash it? Hmmm..it's a looong time ago; probably had some close encounters with the odd flower bed, but I'm not prone to crashing. Yes, it was red, I think they all were...what I really coveted was a pedal fire engine, complete with ladders and fire hose and pump. I used to look longingly at it in the toyshop window; it was some horrendous price...so it never joined the Douglas fleet. Nearly thirty years later, I found myself working for the London Fire Brigade Workshops, and got to play with all the fire appliances one could desire....

First real car was a 1947 MG TC, which I rebuilt over 4 or 5 years..ended up supercharged, devoid of windscreen or hood..that was red, too. All prompted by a book.."The Red Car" by Don Stanford. I got it out of the library when I was 12..it's all about a young American lad who, surprise surprise, acquires an MG TC, rebuilds it and takes part in a local race. I only got my own copy of this when I found one on-line last year! All I can say is, it's very powerful stuff for a young mind, it got me hooked for sure..and the interweb has revealed that it did the same for a legion of other lads.

[shawty_82]

Volkswagen Golf 1.3 CL bought for me, learned to drive in it, then sold it on as insurance was a killer! Replaced with:

Vauxhall Nova 1.2 Merit lol aka "the Shitbox"! Bought for

[gospeedv8]

My first car was a Mazda 323i, goldmetalic colour, with mega 60HP.

[Bibs]

B731 BGO

1984 Ford Escort 1.6 GL.

Ace car, it was 6 years old when I bought it, I loved it very much! It ended up with some lovely XR3i alloys and a nice rubber spoiler!

[JamesD]

Yes, can be the first one on here to say my first car was a Volkswagen Beetle! A special south african edition, the SP1600! Twin port, Twin carbs plus other goodies. and Guess what, I still Have it! and Love it! I sold the Porsche and kept my beetle when it came to buying my Elise. If i can i will never get rid of my beetle!

[doct93]

MGB 1977, when I was 16 and Dad was working in the Sates. It stayed over there and got resprayed from Teal Blue to white. Then it was black, now it's blue again:

First car in this country - mini 998cc, sadly caught fire whilst driving it so went on to Mk 1 escort rally car, NUO 855G, complete with 2.0l pinto and twin '40's. No pictures of this three colour beauty survive (two-tone blue and primer on the forest arches) - but I loved it!

Tim B

[Mark Blanchard]

MGB 1977, when I was 16 and Dad was working in the Sates. It stayed over there and got resprayed from Teal Blue to white. Then it was black, now it's blue again:

So you still have it. Nice looking car!

[doct93]

Thanks Mark - some of it is still original - the steering column springs to mind!

Now a little uprated with 3.5 V8,uprated brakes,springs+dampers,leather upholstery and 5th, soon to be 6th respray!

Tim B

[matk]

Capri man also. A white 1.6GL automatic CUG 387T. It was my first car after my driving test, so I remember driving home trying to make only left turns as I didn't want to turn right against the traffic!

[gospeedv8]

Supercool!

[Nelly]

Another Ford, but a Fiesta - and a basic 950cc one at that, in beige! It was my parents second car and I got it for my 17th birthday. Passed my test in it too, so fond memories

[redshift]

Still have it!

Prior to this were:

Suzuki TS250

Honda CB750

Kawasaki (Moriwaki) Z720

Suzuki GSX750

Kawasaki GPZ900R

Yamaha YZR1000R

[nigeninja]

Ar cool if we are now talking Motorbikes my first bike

Honda CB250 superdream

Kawasaki SR650

Kawasaki Z750L2

Kawasaki Z1000 (cant remember the number but it was the Eddie Lawson rep

Kawasaki Z750 Turbo (first bike to brake into the 10 second 1/4 mile)

Moto Guzzi 1100 sport

Aprilia RSV1000

Has to be said my first love is bikes,but as I'm getting older its slowly going over to cars,well when i say cars Esprit S3

[gghc87]

bit off topic but if we are including bikes then

Malaguti

Yamaha

Obtained Bike licence

Then

Driving Licence

Mini 850 as discussed in previous dispatches

[GoldenGT3]

My first car Black XR2 D reg cost me

[Bibs]

XR2's are ace, love those pepperpots. I always hankered after an XR2i I must admit.

[GoldenGT3]

Bibs, i loved that little Xr2, i think they only had 98bhp once i lowered it nothing could keep up, a great b road racer.

hear is another pic

this was my second car

can you tell im from essex

[Bibs]

Haha! I went from an Esprit 1.6 GL to an XR3 then XR3i. What I would have done for an RS Turbo! (Still might but they aren't cheap nowadays!)

[Gasman GT3]

My first car was a Datsun 120Y inherited from my dad. It ended up with Cobra slot mags, pinstripes, and Paddy Hopkirk bucket seats. I loved it, but so did the tin worm. This was followed by a Nova kit car after seeing one in Street Machine.

This is the Nova Demonstrator we built when my mate Sam bought the company! It has Porsche 2.2ltr engine and transaxle, disc brakes all round, and pop up headlights

The car on the right is my Nova seen here at Stoneleigh in 1985

[Petrol feet driven]

My 1st car... is...

Yep my 1st car at the grand age of 42 is my Lotus, I had a phobia and was unable to drive a car until now. It took many years just to be able to start the car let alone drive it. Well once I got passed all the fear it became the opposite now I love driving more than anything I have ever done. Beats sky diving from 17,000 feet and snowboarding and so on and so on. I have done some pretty amazing things in my time but none has ever gave the the feel & rush of being behind the wheel of my Lotus.

[Jukka]

My first car was 1973 Escort 1300 Sport. I bought it when I got my licence in 1976, so the car was only three years old. I don't have pics about that car.

It was light yellow with black rear.

[mayevora]

My first car was a 1.1L White Ford Escort. F516TDU. This was a brand new car. (Company Car actually) Can remember thinking (then anyway) how cool it was being seen driving a new motor at the age of 19. That was back when a Company car actually was a 'perk' and not the Tax burden of todays working enviroment.

First car I actually paid for myself was also my old n/a Esprit