Your first car ...and its demise

spin off from another thread

heres mine

in 2003
F275 CKU fiesta pop ...paid 275 and it lasted about 3 months before the floor pan became "a la flintstone"

 

in 2004

K110 WPM Polo CL 'breadvan'. Paid 600, drove it for 2 months, then parked it on its roof. Whoops!

 

1.2 white nova B515 BBD, was sold on to make way for my first mk1 golf.
wasn't a bad car. the interior was a little garish though.

 

I had a mint Fiesta 950 Popular+ in 1996/1997. F469 SVH, it was as new and I sold it for a ratty Nova SR.

 

RMS224P

In 1988 I bought a 1976 mini clubman, for 275, (or was it 325?) and learned to weld 3 months later.

It was black (repainted from olive green - badly) and because it had "2-2" in the number plate, it was known as 'Desmond'. Or 'Dessie, the flying dustbin', as I bought it from money earned working on the bins, and I've never kept my cars tidy...

I wrecked it on a road rally and rebuilt it into a Mini Marcos shell, eventually, but it had acquired spax shocks, a Cooper Head, LCB manifold, rorty exhaust, fibreglass bonnet, and white Weller 8 spokes by then.

 

My first car was a 1985 Mk2 Golf GTI 8v back in 2005. It was chaved to the max, (flip paint/smoothed back/dodgy grill) lol but still ok for a first car.





Sadly written off in 6 months before i could change the appearance of it though as the paint job had just been done!

 

cant remeber the reg off hand.

Mk3 1.1 ford fiesta gave 175 for it 4 brand new tyres 12months tax 6 months mot says how good the car was lol ...
Died from engine failure lol

 

I had a VW beetle 1600cc I was convinced it was going to be a power house next to my mates who all had 1.1 mk3 escorts or Astras. How wrong was I

Still lasted 18 months or so till the MoT man suggest its was time to put it down.

Not a good car in any way... But still have a soft spot for them

 

I had a VW beetle 1600cc I was convinced it was going to be a power house next to my mates who all had 1.1 mk3 escorts or Astras. How wrong was I

Still lasted 18 months or so till the MoT man suggest its was time to put it down.

Not a good car in any way... But still have a soft spot for them

 

Mine was a 1992 Polo CL, still have it 12 years on.

 

the first car i bought was my 1990 mk2
when i got it

now


although i did have my dads volvo 440 diesel while i was first searching for a car which ended up in the scrapyard because of rot.

 

^^ Hard to tell from the pics, but have you converted it to a lawnmower?

 

**** me Mike! That made me laugh, I had just spent a few minutes trying to work out the pic then read your hilarious comment.

 

My first car was a Volvo 340 GLE 1700 D490 HYN back in 1997 which was sold to a guy for 100 for drifting. The car had leather seats, spolier and a webber carb fitted to it. I got it from my dad who had it from new.

 

Don't remember the reg other than it was an 'L' plated Rover 414. Parent's friend from work sold it to me - was a good solid car with a Honda lump in the front.

Crashed at a mini roundabout a couple of years later...that was the end of that.

 

Mine was a mk2 escort on a V reg, I think.

Bought when I was 16, did all the mechanicals for its test, only to be told it needed too much welding. So I scrapped it....

The following weekend went to watch a monster truck show..... And my car took centre stage

Ben

 

414 was a Rover K Series engine, built at East Works, Longbridge

 

VHL 430J



Started building it with my father when i was 15, finished for when i was 17.
Floor pan shortened by 17" from a 71 beetle, accident damaged manta ray body with the whole of the front broken off, altered headlight mounts for the larger wheels, rebuilt type 3 twin carb engine. Ran it all year round without a heater or roof, even through the winter snow, just bought a f-kin big coat and a hat.
Became well know in my local area for its colour, very loud exhaust and was a bit of a police magnet, most producers in one week was 3, never by the local plod though.

Sold, insurance and police made it a pain to run......and it ate gearboxes when trying to pull wheelies

 

I'm afraid that mine was a F**D

Mk1 Cortina KYA782D it just fell apart & I scrapped it.

 

My second car was also a ford , 1.3 escort but the 15" tsw venoms proved just too desirable and it went walkies