gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Actually i agree...God almighty, what a pile of poo. One of the guys at work had one, but not for very long
The advert said 'Moskovich...built for the Russian winter
'Shame it couldn't handle a British one..
What was your dad's worst car?
- Thread starter Yellow Fang
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Actually i agree...God almighty, what a pile of poo. One of the guys at work had one, but not for very long
The advert said 'Moskovich...built for the Russian winter
'Shame it couldn't handle a British one..
wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
Austin Allegro Estate
Why it didnt have 4 doors I dont know, but whenever the wipers were turned on the radio wouldnt work
Why it didnt have 4 doors I dont know, but whenever the wipers were turned on the radio wouldnt work
wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Austin Allegro Estate
Why it didnt have 4 doors I dont know, but whenever the wipers were turned on the radio wouldnt work
If it was black it would look like a hearse for midgets
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Austin Allegro Estate
Why it didnt have 4 doors I dont know, but whenever the wipers were turned on the radio wouldnt work
that would be Mr Lucas' world famous 5h!t auto electrics.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
I remember once my dad taking me and my brothers and some friends out in our Morris Oxford estate... 12 kids + my dad!!! A few on the front bench seat, more crammed into the rear bench seat, the rest in the boot.
mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
Mary Hopkin? Didn't know you were that old!
He's here all week!
Unfortunately.
mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
Yup.
U
User482
Guest
Us too! The only thing I remember about it is that the sunroof used to leak water onto the back seat. That wasn't fun. The great shame was that they were a clever design, let down by awful execution.
I don't actually remember what the car was, but it would probably have been a late 1950's/early 1960 car with 3 wheels, something like Trotters Reliant Robin
The engine was started by opening the bonnet, sticking you foot in, and kick starting it like a motorbike.
It was crap, even as a small kid I remeber the noise and the smell of two stroke oil and the smoke inside.
Basically it was a motorbike with a body and three wheels.
It was then replaced by a very rusty 1958 Ford Prefect which amongst it's foibles was the wind screen wipers were run from the power of a 5th cyclinder, this meant when you pulled up to the lights the wipers would be going back and forth and about 200 wipes a minuite and then as you sped up the wipers slowed do to such and extent that over about 30 mph they almost stopped. The technique was to knock the car out of gear on the hills to clear the screen, and then double declutch (no syncromesh!) to get into into gear for the way up the hills.
The engine was started by opening the bonnet, sticking you foot in, and kick starting it like a motorbike.
It was crap, even as a small kid I remeber the noise and the smell of two stroke oil and the smoke inside.
Basically it was a motorbike with a body and three wheels.
It was then replaced by a very rusty 1958 Ford Prefect which amongst it's foibles was the wind screen wipers were run from the power of a 5th cyclinder, this meant when you pulled up to the lights the wipers would be going back and forth and about 200 wipes a minuite and then as you sped up the wipers slowed do to such and extent that over about 30 mph they almost stopped. The technique was to knock the car out of gear on the hills to clear the screen, and then double declutch (no syncromesh!) to get into into gear for the way up the hills.
the_mikey
Legendary Member
- Location
- South Gloucestershire
My dad had one of these that was always being returned to the garage for repairs, and would always come back with some new faults in addition to the original ones. I was amazed at the futuristic looking 'econometer' that had an LED bar display that would rate the current fuel economy somewhere between Green for good, Amber for not so good and red for awful, but I had only ever seen it working for one month, it never illuminated again after one of the visits to the Austin garage for repair...
The Austin Maestro
The Austin Maestro
Many people would say it was one of these (not a convertible like the image tho')
Or one of these (in the same colour).
It was the motorcycle license that did it, he only got a full license when someone sold him a VW Beetle 1300 for a good price. Used to go on holiday in the Regal, to Jaywick! magic it was.
Although kids at school would ask why my dad drove an spazz car so it wasn't all magic.
He didn't care much about cars anyway. He'd be in his cape and cycle clips and off to work on his bike in the rain. I'd think "what a funking idiot", but it turns out he was teaching me a valuable lesson.
He was teaching me to be a funking idiot.
Anyway, I reckon this was the worst one, in brown too.
Or one of these (in the same colour).
It was the motorcycle license that did it, he only got a full license when someone sold him a VW Beetle 1300 for a good price. Used to go on holiday in the Regal, to Jaywick! magic it was.
Although kids at school would ask why my dad drove an spazz car so it wasn't all magic.
He didn't care much about cars anyway. He'd be in his cape and cycle clips and off to work on his bike in the rain. I'd think "what a funking idiot", but it turns out he was teaching me a valuable lesson.
He was teaching me to be a funking idiot.
Anyway, I reckon this was the worst one, in brown too.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
The Allegro Estate and the Maestro turned my stomach! Filthy cars. Anyone remember the Maestro talking? How to make a car both ugly and annoying.
