Which Car Do You Remember with Affection from your Youth?

[Oldfentiger]

My old man had one of these a Vauxhall Velox. Big bench seat at the front, wafting around Dorset fairly sedately (80 odd hp from a six cylinder?). The gearbox eventually destroyed itself in Brixham on the way to Cornwall, so not the best start to our summer jolies. Relaced by a more reliable Volvo 144, but not the same fun.
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I remember they had a speedometer which looked like a horizontal thermometer. Quite space age for its time.
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[swee'pea99]

My old man had one of these a Vauxhall Velox. Big bench seat at the front, wafting around Dorset fairly sedately (80 odd hp from a six cylinder?). The gearbox eventually destroyed itself in Brixham on the way to Cornwall, so not the best start to our summer jolies. Relaced by a more reliable Volvo 144, but not the same fun.
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Nearly died in one of those in New Zealand. $150, and the brakes reflected it. Not much on the old manouevrability...lovely in a straight line tho'. Only three fwd gears I seem to remember.

 

[raleighnut]

I remember they had a speedometer which looked like a horizontal thermometer. Quite space age for its time.
https://goo.gl/images/n4EyxJ

From what I remember that style of speedometer was common to most Vauxhall/Hillman cars across the range.

 

[Ilovehills]

My first car was a 1987 Vauxhall Nova 1.2, I loved it, felt like king kong in it. Then I started to get the modifying bug and promptly f**cked it up. You live and learn

 

[Illaveago]

From what I remember that style of speedometer was common to most Vauxhall/Hillman cars across the range.

Also on BMC 1100's.

 

[mickle]

My first car. in about 1976, was a 1963 Pontiac Tempest. Four door hardtop. White with blue vinyl and blue tinted windows.

https://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/PONTIAC 1963.html

 

[Grant Fondo]

My first car. in about 1976, was a 1963 Pontiac Tempest. Four door hardtop. White with blue vinyl and blue tinted windows.

https://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/PONTIAC 1963.html

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I bet it didnt have an 80 hp six cylinder lump?

 

[beepbeep]

my dads white , with blue striping, Ford Escort RS1800 with twin OHC BDA works rally engine....always wanted that one.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Ah, my first (legal) car

A W reg (1980) Renault 5 in blue. Bought it on a Sunday for £350 because I'd passed my test the day before and I started a new job on the Monday where I needed to drive. I'd only had one and a half lessons before my driving test (1hr on the Friday and 1/2 an hour before the test) so the 25 mile drive to Perth Theatre on the Monday morning was my longest solo drive. 956 glorious CCs if I remember right.

 

[Ilovehills]

my dads white , with blue striping, Ford Escort RS1800 with twin OHC BDA works rally engine....always wanted that one.

Be worth a packet if he still had it

 

[Grant Fondo]

my dads white , with blue striping, Ford Escort RS1800 with twin OHC BDA works rally engine....always wanted that one.

Sweet. My flatmate at Uni had a Dutton kit car with a cross-flowed, racing crank and flywheel + uprated carbs RS2000 engine in it. The scariest car i have been in by a mile. It also rarely started below 10 degrees.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Rather oddly, my 'wish list' of cars from my youth, is fairly prosaic

If I discount the exotic/scary beasts, like the AC Cobra, it's almost boring


Ford Cortina (mk 1) estate - with the 'wooden' side panels
Volvo 'Amazon' estate (but also, a 2-door saloon)
Peugeor 504 estate (diesel!!)
Ford Granada Ghia estate (or maybe a Chasseur?)
Morris 1000 Traveller
Triumph 2500 estate
A proper Range Rover.... with vinyl seats, 2-doors, & the bonnet mounted (round) mirrors
For starters...………….


Now, I'm not a fan of M-B, as their last sports car I liked was the 'pagoda' roof SLs, & the 'Panton'(?) saollons)
However, I'd like a mid 80's W123; the estates with the colour-coded hubcaps, & thin, chrome roof-rails

 

[Grant Fondo]

Rather oddly, my 'wish list' of cars from my youth, is fairly prosaic

If I discount the exotic/scary beasts, like the AC Cobra, it's almost boring


Ford Cortina (mk 1) estate - with the 'wooden' side panels
Volvo 'Amazon' estate (but also, a 2-door saloon)
Peugeor 504 estate (diesel!!)
Ford Granada Ghia estate (or maybe a Chasseur?)
Morris 1000 Traveller
Triumph 2500 estate
A proper Range Rover.... with vinyl seats, 2-doors, & the bonnet mounted (round) mirrors
For starters...………….


Now, I'm not a fan of M-B, as their last sports car I liked was the 'pagoda' roof SLs, & the 'Panton'(?) saollons)
However, I'd like a mid 80's W123; the estates with the colour-coded hubcaps, & thin, chrome roof-rails

Didn't you miss Renault Vel Satis off that list?

 

[Grant Fondo]

Late 70s design anyone?

 

[raleighnut]

my dads white , with blue striping, Ford Escort RS1800 with twin OHC BDA works rally engine....always wanted that one.

Andy Wynn had an Escort Van with that engine transplanted in, he also had a chromed Jag back axle, 1 piece back door, Wolfrace wheels, bonnet scoop and Recaro seats fitted. It got stolen and then recovered and the Police said it had been stripped but he could have the remains back so after sorting it with the insurance he arranged for it to be returned to find they'd only nicked the bolt on bits and it still had the BDA motor and the back axle in the shell.

He made quite a profit flogging those.