What was your 1st motor?

Lastlaff

Lastlaff

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I forgotten loads of them but never forgot the first...Ford Capri 1.6 LS, colour fire-engine red with blue checked (almost Burberry but not that Chav) interior seats - what a car. A bit crushed in the back, that's where tall boy sat (he was a short arse). Up front driving, you were spoilt for room.
 
Venetian Red MK1 Ford Escort 1300GT. Reg no ECV 582K. It had bucket seats and a full roll cage, and all terrain tyres. Used to race around the local forestry commission lanes, and clay pits, until I wrapped it around a security Land Rover.


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TonyM said:
Venetian Red MK1 Ford Escort 1300GT. Reg no ECV 582K. It had bucket seats and a full roll cage, and all terrain tyres. Used to race around the local forestry commission lanes, and clay pits, until I wrapped it around a security Land Rover.


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Yep, remember those well...what a beauty too. The Capri had bucket seats to - just standard but I think they were Recaro. Funny you remember the number plate too lol
 
Mustard coloured Austin Mini.
Followed by an XR3i, absolute dog of a car, but boy did I love it. Still have rose tinted specs for it....

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aspotofbother said:
Mustard coloured Austin Mini.
Followed by an XR3i, absolute dog of a car, but boy did I love it. Still have rose tinted specs for it....

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I remember that mustard colour - my mate had a mustard Austin Allegro, with brown fake leather seats...burned your arse in summer
 
Lastlaff said:
I remember that mustard colour - my mate had a mustard Austin Allegro, with brown fake leather seats...burned your arse in summer
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Mine had those seats too. Had big plans for it, Obviously. Then the floor fell out.....
The XR3i wasn't any better...

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G reg Astra 1.3 ohc. Went well for a 1300. Got 110mph out of it with 5 of us piled in on the motorway. It got nicked and was written off in an RTA. Went and splashed out on a Nova GSI then in flame red. Loved that little car.
 
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Wee Novas were great, always some lunatic with an implanted 2.0 8v or 16v flying about
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Red top 2.0 16v in a little nova were rapid! There was no weight to them at all. No reinforcements in the doors like nowadays it was like it was made of strong tin foil :loco:
 
Lastlaff said:
I forgotten loads of them but never forgot the first...Ford Capri 1.6 LS, colour fire-engine red with blue checked (almost Burberry but not that Chav) interior seats - what a car. A bit crushed in the back, that's where tall boy sat (he was a short arse). Up front driving, you were spoilt for room.
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Now I'm properly tripping down memory lane, before I left school I bought a Yamaha FS1E (a fizzy)..remember them anyone? I fixed a Micron exhaust onto it and it did 53mph, my mate stuck a bit of copper pipe up the exhaust and woke the next town up
 
Mk2 Cortina 1300 2door, took out the 1.3 and rammed in a 1.6 crossflow with twin webbers and a modified manifold, rostyle wheels, oversize tyres on the back to give a little lift.......went everywhere in that.....it was quick and dangerous, handled like a pig...lol..... later had of all things a marina pick-up! A fully fledged piece of sh:t!.....then when I had a bob or two, I had an Alpha Romeo Gulietta in dark metallic green with brown draylon interior.....I loved that car.....tinted windows as standard 1.8 boxer engine.....mmmm,❤️️❤️️
 
1994 Corsa 1.2 with rims and exhaust for the laydees



And a 1989 Daihatsu that I bought off my mates dad for £30 when I was 16 (I never drove this illegally)



What was your 1st motor?
What was your 1st motor?
 
Rossi46 said:
Red top 2.0 16v in a little nova were rapid! There was no weight to them at all. No reinforcements in the doors like nowadays it was like it was made of strong tin foil :loco:
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I fitted a redtop (c20xe) into my white corsa, and my mate put a c20let 2.0 turbo in his corsa my days that thing went!!

I've been looking at buying a nova latley you would not believe how much they have gone up in value
 
roryston said:
I fitted a redtop (c20xe) into my white corsa, and my mate put a c20let 2.0 turbo in his corsa my days that thing went!!

I've been looking at buying a nova latley you would not believe how much they have gone up in value
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Haha 2.0 turbo! Scary!
Can't be many nova's about now. Must be why they've gone up. I'll have a look tonight out of interest (y)
 
1979 mini 1000 then a g reg xr2i... triumph dolomite... Some corsas some more minis a few kit cars a suzuki cappuccino

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Used to "borrow" my dads triumph herald ........I could open it and start it with a screwdriver. I'm sure he thought it was the most uneconomical car in the world!
 
Lastlaff said:
Yep, remember those well...what a beauty too. The Capri had bucket seats to - just standard but I think they were Recaro. Funny you remember the number plate too lol
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I remember most of my car's and motorbike's numbers over the years.


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Lastlaff said:
Now I'm properly tripping down memory lane, before I left school I bought a Yamaha FS1E (a fizzy)..remember them anyone? I fixed a Micron exhaust onto it and it did 53mph, my mate stuck a bit of copper pipe up the exhaust and woke the next town up
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My first road bike was a FS1E. Yellow, MGL268P. Would do 55 with no mods. Then a DT175 MX, KAF 636W.


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I'm the same with number plates mate

Mopeds WX55 HFV LJ53 MZG

Cars M427WMJ P405 LWF WR60 ULH L351BFX

vans Y903SET HG55LNO RA51VLR

Theres alot more lol
 
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roryston said:
I'm the same with number plates mate

Mopeds WX55 HFV LJ53 MZG

Cars M427WMJ P405 LWF WR60 ULH L351BFX

vans Y903SET HG55LNO RA51VLR

Theres alot more lol
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You could have been on Mastermind, and now Mr Roryston you chosen subject...number plates
 
Lastlaff said:
I had a white Vauxhall Corsa - my first boxer dog Bruce shredded the plastic dashboard with his claws...he was trying to get to a pigs-ear I had in the glove box
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Ok that's a little weird.

My bull mastiff called Bruce is in the kitchen eating a pigs ear as we speak.
 
Dropsalot said:
Used to "borrow" my dads triumph herald ........I could open it and start it with a screwdriver. I'm sure he thought it was the most uneconomical car in the world!
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I was a 'borrower' also, took my dads car out on a date (lots of leg room if you know what I mean), on the way back she was getting rid of the steamed up windscreen with her hand - the only problem she had a ring on and it scratched the windscreen to pieces! Dad wasn't pleased
 
My first motor was an old ' Fiat Tipo'. Right old rust bucket that had no Second gear and a hole in it's floor around the clutch. ( I kid you not ). It was a right bag of bolts. But hey looking back, I loved that motor. :-) ....
 
Lastlaff said:
I had a white Vauxhall Corsa - my first boxer dog Bruce shredded the plastic dashboard with his claws...he was trying to get to a pigs-ear I had in the glove box
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I had a jack Russel and a Subaru pickup....one lunchtime I popped into sister in laws pub......on an errand ..(ahem)...the dog decided that there must be a rat in the glove box.....so he destroyed, and I mean destroyed the entire dashboard!
I came back to carnage and the dog wagging his tail looking at me as if to say "what"???
 
I use to be able to remember my number plates then in 2010 I pretty much forgot how to walk sooo I decided to buy private plates and that solved that problem :D
 
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