cars your parents drove when you were a kid

[Elmer Fudd]

mk1 Zodiac?
or is it a consul?

Mk1 Zephyr. It was the little (!) "eyebrow" I loved.
Years later, very American Grafitti type look.

 

[Sabreur]

Dad had
Douglas 350 - with sidecar
Ariel Square 4 - with sidecar
Mum had
Ford Anglia
Vauxhall Viva
Triumph 2000 (automatic)
Datsun something
Fiat 126
and (ahem) a Lada Riva
There were others but these were the ones that stuck in the memory (for good or bad)

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Dad's first motor was a blue Austin A35 van. It was lovely, and it gives me great joy to see them today. Dad was a psychiatric nurse in Cornwall, and we lived in a remote village, so no buses. The car was therefore essential, but we couldn't really afford it (1961).

With regard to the London "stamp duty rip off crisis". Why didn't you move closer to your Dads employ, save the planet etc.

 

[gbb]

Vauxhall Victor Estates in FA, FB and FC101 forms
Simca 1500 estate in tomato red (I can still remember the reg - GBN 611D)
another Victor, this time FD series
Hillman Hunter,
Ford Granada

A bit OT, but i got a (car) puncture many years ago...got my dad to take me to the garage in his Victor Estate..i always liked that car as well....
So, i'm getting my tyre done, and the guy says to my dad..
'do you want me to check yours out sir ?'

'Yes, you can do'...says dad

Guy comes back in with a worried look on his face...'i think you'd better come and have a look sir'

We wondered out, and he showed us one of the tyres which had a ring of the steel braiding sticking out all round the tyre....

It was fooked...well and truly.

'I suppose you'd better change that one'...said dad

 

[stevenb]

All 3 of those are in my list. Give us a few of your cars and we can see if I can match any of those as well.

Coincidentally, I''ve been driving around 12 years too!

Not in order of ownership:

2 x Vauxhall Nova 1.2
2 x Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec's
1 x Ford Mondeo 2.0 Zetec
1 x Vauxhall Belmont 1.3
1 x Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6
1 x Vauxhall Cavalier 1.3
1 x Peugeot 106 Rallye 1.3
1 x Mazda 323 Fastback 1.5
1 x Nissan Micra 1.3 LX (k11 shape)
1 x Nissan Primera eGT saloon
1 x Renault 5 1.4 (previously owned by Stirling Moss's Niece)
1 x Mitsubishi FTO GR tiptronic
1 x MR2 mk1 (series 2, late shape) in Blue (mint!)
1 x MR2 mk1 (series 1, rare Sherwood Toning Met. green over gold) absolutely stunning show runner up with 1 owner)
1 x Honda Prelude 2.2 SI Vtec
1 x Seat Arosa 1.4 TDi
1 x Renault Clio 1.2 (Current car)
1 x Toyota Celica GT4 (Carlos Sainz offical UK import) awesome tuned beast

Phew.

 

[simonali]

Not in order of ownership:

2 x Vauxhall Nova 1.2
2 x Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec's
1 x Ford Mondeo 2.0 Zetec
1 x Vauxhall Belmont 1.3
1 x Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6
1 x Vauxhall Cavalier 1.3
1 x Peugeot 106 Rallye 1.3
1 x Mazda 323 Fastback 1.5
1 x Nissan Micra 1.3 LX (k11 shape)
1 x Nissan Primera eGT saloon
1 x Renault 5 1.4 (previously owned by Stirling Moss's Niece)
1 x Mitsubishi FTO GR tiptronic
1 x MR2 mk1 (series 2, late shape) in Blue (mint!)
1 x MR2 mk1 (series 1, rare Sherwood Toning Met. green over gold) absolutely stunning show runner up with 1 owner)
1 x Honda Prelude 2.2 SI Vtec
1 x Seat Arosa 1.4 TDi
1 x Renault Clio 1.2 (Current car)
1 x Toyota Celica GT4 (Carlos Sainz offical UK import) awesome tuned beast

Phew.

None of the above! (and I thought we might've had some weird cosmic link, or summat )

I've not had many cars myself; 2 Fords - a Mk2 Fiesta XR2 and a Mk5 Escort XR3i 16V, 1 Citroen Xsara VTS and 3 Vauxhalls - 1 Astra Coupe Turbo, 1 Vectra C SRi and the current car, a diesel Astra Sport Hatch.

 

[redcogs]

With regard to the London "stamp duty rip off crisis". Why didn't you move closer to your Dads employ, save the planet etc.

We had a three bedroom council house Elmer (there were 6 of us including parents). i'm not sure it was that easy at the time to get other appropriate properties, unless buying your own was an option, which wasn't the case for us.

 

[levad]

my parents never had a car.
we went everywhere by bus...as a kid in 70s sheffield we went from city centre to the edge of the peak district for the princely sum of 2p.

We used to visit my Granddad in Sheffield in the 70's and we would spend the day on the buses going on mystery tours. He never owned a car and cycled (or bused with us) every. Sheffield to the Alps was a common holiday trip for him.

My dad's cars that I remember were:

Simca 1100
Saab 95 Estate
succession of Peugot estates

 

[Tony Bell]

In April 1973, when I was 14, my dad bought our first car. It was a green Morris Traveller (NCM 648 was the registration plate, funny how you remember these things) with those wooden window frame bits at the back.
I was a bit disappointed. And this is the reason why. When I was a kid, and I asked why we didn't have a car, my dad told he was waiting for Hover Cars to be invented, and then he would buy one.
The Morris Traveller was okay, but it wasn't a Hover Car.

 

[gbb]

If my grandsons asked this question in a few years time...he'll be able to say his dad had a Subaru Impreza WRX STI Prodrive....
Jeez...it's a monster, 300 bhp i think.

If it were'nt obvious...i'm a little impressed myself

 

[Noodley]

Wolseley
Triumph Toledo
Triumph Dolomite
Austin Allegro
VW Golf
Ford Escort

 

[mickle]

Dad;
Moris Minor
Singer Gazelle estate
VW van
Alfa Romeo Guilia Ti (CSC 791
Volvo 123 (ex Kahalari rally racer, you could just make the numbers out under the paint)
Chevrolet Impala 1968, with a record player in the dash!
Mazda pick-up which I learnt to drive in (Bahrain desert so nothing to crash into)
Leyland Accord
Montego

Step Dad;
MkIII Cortina GXL with weber carbs
2X P100 (Cortina) pick-ups
MkIII Cortina XL
Toyota Crown
Triumph 2.5 Estate (w. overdrive)
Tranny SWB Diesel
Pontiac Tempest (1964)
LandRover SWB
Vauxhall Ventura (a Victor with the enormous straight 6 from the Cresta)
Toyota Celica MK1
Renault 17TL

Uncle;
Alfa Spider
Alfasud
Saab V4
2X 2CVs
Porche 944

 

[Dave5N]

Morris Marinas.

The '72 1.8 TC was a good goer!

 

[mickle]

Don't go there Dave, you know it's not a right car.

 

[Dave5N]

I remember me the brakes fading out in the Alps all the time. They just got too hot.