Cars you have owned ?

[RAF_Quantum]

Hi,

Toby's lovely pics of the classic cars got me to wondering what sort of cars other forum members may have owned in the past. I've been through quite a few since I started driving and regularly used to change cars if they needed tyres or an MOT was looming . Anyway, here's the list of cars I've owned in chronological order :-

Renault 10 - first car, rear engined rust bucket, paving slab in front 'boot' to get some weight on the front wheels !
Triumpoh Toledo
MGB GT
Alpha Romeo 1600GT Junior
BMW 2002
Hillman Minx
MGB GT (no. 2)
Vauxhall Magnum 1800
Austin 1800 'Landcrab'
Triumph Toledo (no. 2)
SAAB 99
Triumph Spitfire Mk3
Triumph Toledo (no. 3 - yes, I quite liked them but this one was tatty)
Triumph 1500HL
Hillman Avenger Estate - don't ask!
Ford Sierra
BL Montego Estate
Vauxhall Carlton 2.0CD - lovely car
Robin Hood S7 - My first kit car build, Lotus 7 'lookalike'
Quantum 2+2 - my second kit car build which I still have.
Rover 800 Vitesse - 180BHP turbo charged, loved it!
Peugeot 406 SRI Estate
VW Golf 2.0GT TD - my current car

The Quantum kit car is currently declared SORN and will be getting an engine upgrade at some time from it's current 1600 CVH XR2 engine. I'd like to fit an 1800 Zetec if I can find a reasonably priced donor Fiesta RS1800.

So, what wheels have other folk had in the past ?

Rgds

John

[cstorey]

Well, John, I've had 72 cars so a bit numerous to list, but you might be interested in the Westfield Seight I built, with a 4 litre Rover V8, which was unquestionably the fastest thing I ever had : 0 -100 mph in about 8 secs! I found that it frightened too many people to use the performance on the road

I am just in the middle of a complete rebuild of a 4.2 E type FHC which I've had for 15 years and which had got rather tatty. I just hope I live long enough to complete it

BWS Chris

[Nigel H-J]

My first car was a Morris 1100............then it went downhill for choice of cars before getting it right!!

Talbot Alpine....Started to rust after only 12 months from new!! Ugh!!

Talbot Horizon....Engine kept stuttering!! Double Ugh!!

Honda Accord....Old 'un.

Spartan....Kit Car with Ford Cortina 1600 running gear was good fun but wife kept getting wet when it rained as water came through the sides of the soft-top.

Ford Fiesta.

Vauxhall Cavalier.

Up to present have had 3 Toyota Corollas'

Nigel.

[Chris Sykes]

106(Red two door) Wrote off after slight accident, 205, 106(Blue four door) and now decided to go British with a Ford Focus

[DaveB]

Too embarrassed to list my cars! How can anyone possibly have had 72 :o

Anyway, I will list em and I'll add my bikes on to make up the difference

BL Mini 1000 HLE (with Turbo sticker)
Austin Maestro 1.6L (the worst car in the world unless you like changing front wheel bearings!)
Austin Montego 2.0 Si
Peugeot 307 GRI (immaculate but kept cutting out so chopped it in for..)
Peugeot 405 1.6LX
Peugeot 406 2.0LX (current)
Bikes..
Suzuki GT185N (rode this through Spain to Portugal and back!)
Suzuki GT550D (last of the wire wheels)
Suzuki GS1000EN
Suzuki GSX1100EN
Suzuki RG250 Gamma
Kawasaki GPz550
Kawasaki GPz750 Turbo
Kawasaki ZX9R (current)

There.. that looks better

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Trev Clark]

What a collection of shame I bring....
Austin 1100
VW Golf Mk1
Cavalier SR
2000GT Capri
Nissan Sunny
Citreon ZX
Nissan Primera
Smart
Fiat Panda
Last last two cars happen to be the best, would you believe :roll:

[Techy111]

Always been a Ford man myself.....

Ford Cortina MkII (1st) At RAF Lossie
Ford Cortina MKIII
Ford Cortina MKIV x 6 :roll:
Ford Capri 1.6LS (my fav)
Ford Mondeo 1.8LX
Ford Mondeo 2.0LX
Ford Escort 1.8Ghia (present)

Gone backwards coz of present situation......

Going to bikes next year......

Tony

[cstorey]

"Too embarrassed to list my cars! How can anyone possibly have had 72"

Dave - I have been motoring for 46 years - and being greedy I tend to have several at a time - I've got 6 at the moment

1964 MGB
1965 Mini Cooper S 1275
1965 Jaguar E Fixed head ( currently in a zillion pieces)
1969 Jaguar E Roadster
2004 Mercedes CLK 320 Cabriolet
2005 Hyundai Getz

Chris

[TSR2]

not many, but here they are...

'82 (or 83 can't remember) Nova 1.2L saloon
'87 Caviler 1.3L
'90 Puegoet 205 1.9 GRD
'85 Lotus Excel
'87 Nova 1.2L (Hatch this time when I bent the valves in the lotus)
'97 Rover 620ti... (0-60 in under 7 seconds and its bog standard and I'll never sell it.. and..)

[DaveB]

Chris wrote

Dave - I have been motoring for 46 years - and being greedy I tend to have several at a time - I've got 6 at the moment

I've only got 32-years worth under my belt Chris and have been a 'bike' man/boy/baby since before you didn't need crash helmets Your drive must be the size of my car park!! Impressive array of ve-hicles you have there Can't see me ever having more than one of each (car+bike) and the 406 is looking fave for the push. Been a smashing car.. had it from 5months old (P reg) but it's getting tired. No idea what to get next as I don't really like anything I can afford!

ATB

DaveB :tab: