What car from your youth would you buy now?

Bloody hell this threads gone have some legs.

me my first car was a classic MG midget. 1500 a twin carb. Oh how you could play with it. Krypton tuning, getting yer feeler gauges out. Oh the good old days. Greasing the nipples. Changing plugs.

VCL109S, by eck can you remember the number plate of yer first car. If that Was still on the road ad buy it tomorrow....

Anyone know now If it still is on the road.

mate of mine had a Capri 1600 gorgeous, but it was crap in the snow until you put two bags of snow on the boot. ( not one ).
 
Tashyboy said:
Bloody hell this threads gone have some legs.

me my first car was a classic MG midget. 1500 a twin carb. Oh how you could play with it. Krypton tuning, getting yer feeler gauges out. Oh the good old days. Greasing the nipples. Changing plugs.

VCL109S, by eck can you remember the number plate of yer first car. If that Was still on the road ad buy it tomorrow....

Anyone know now If it still is on the road.

mate of mine had a Capri 1600 gorgeous, but it was crap in the snow until you put two bags of snow on the boot. ( not one ).
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My first number plate was MON 163P Can't remember much from today though.:(
 
From my real youth I just loved the Zephyr Zodiac, you didn't have to get in the back seats as the front was a bench seat with column drive so you could just pounce :eek:

My dolly sprint was also great for its time with the overdrive switch on the gear knob, she was a flyer.

Had a 3.0 Capri in black with red leather seats, now she was a puller.

My top motor whilst serving in Germany in 1980 was a Lotus Elan (yellow), great look and great once on the Autobahns but around the cobbled local streets it was a nightmare :(

I'd really love a refurbished Mk1 Cortina, I think they had a special look about them, I drove a couple of my mates who had them in the 70's which were well done up but never owned one.
 
Audi quattro. I remember walking into a dealer with my dad, seeing one and just being transfixed by it. Gorgeous.

The early Golf's also had so much character.
 
Oh so so difficult as there are so many cars that were aesthetically beautiful but technically flawed but I would love to own. I can't narrow it down to one but here's my selection:
  • Lancia Stratos - Possibly the prettiest car ever to hit the road.
  • Triumph Stag - A timeless design
  • Jaguar XJ12 5.3 Coupe - With the beefed up wheel arches a la John Steed in the New Avengers or the Red, White & Blue WTCC Racer
 
Of all the cars I've had, and there have been many, the ones I miss most are my Austin Maxis (I had three of those), my MG Montego Turbos (two of those), my 1978 Alfasud Ti and, the one I'd want the most, was one of these,

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Slime.
 
Austin Healey Sprite Mk 3. Had more fun with that car, including racing it, than any other car I owned. Second choice would be a rally prepared Ford Escort Mexico.
 
Back in my twenties I had a Volvo 123 GT (Amazon)

Regret the day I sold it - but had family pressures

A number of boring boring cars

Golf VR6 Highline

Recent

Subaru Forester XT 2.5 Turbo with impreza anti roll bars (basicly an impreza with different body) most fun car I've driven

Now

Audi A4 3L Allroad


Little off topic
 
I'd have my Audi back tomorrow. It was a 2.2 gt coupe. Suspension sorted by Tim styles racing in Bridgewater, and a few extra horses. I loved that car. It was awesome. Nothing else came close.

Sadly, it got written off turning right out of a car park, at a whopping 2 miles an hour. Gutted doesn't do it justice.
 
Offered a Jaguar XK150 for £150 !!! -twas 1968.

Bought a 1972 Ferrari Dino for £2,500 in '74 and sold it in '75 for £4,500 and thought I cleaned up - worth stupid money today (circa £250K+).

Don't make me remember the others and cry in my beer
 
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