my first ever car

[STUMP]

Maroon pug 205 1.1. Had saved 500 notes as a yts printer, been looking at beetles and mrk 1 golfs but my dad and bro thought it was a good idea to surprise me by buying ME a car with MY MONEY so i ended up with the pug :evil: . To be fair it was immaculate and got me to work at 6.30am every morning which the beetle i bought afterwards failed to do on numerous occassions

 

[lard]

good question - my first car was a 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500 - then had a few mini's, another spitfire e.t.c. - so getting a German bus is going to be a change from british engineering! :lol:

 

[Danbury Doug]

Maroon pug 205 1.1. Had saved 500 notes as a yts printer, been looking at beetles and mrk 1 golfs but my dad and bro thought it was a good idea to surprise me by buying ME a car with MY MONEY so i ended up with the pug :evil: . To be fair it was immaculate and got me to work at 6.30am every morning which the beetle i bought afterwards failed to do on numerous occassions

That's what my daily is now, a pug 205. :mrgreen:

 

[Bookwus]

Hiya All,

Not actually mine, but identical to the one I had.

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Mine was a '72 bug - metallic blue (then primer grey, then rusty brown :roll: ) - ironically my mate has an identical one now!!

Sadly no pics - what did we all do before digital cameras and phones?

 

[dave]

mine was a mini, minivan, mk2 astra estate, metro (cut and shut but cheap) astra mk3, mk1 fiesta, micra, almera, pug 306, punto, civic, stilo, then brought current camper and have run the following 2 dailys pug 106, astra van, have also now brought beetle project.
Oh and don't forget about 10 motorbikes. all of these in 15 years.
Any one ever thought about working out how much you lost on cars etc, with this lot above i reckon i could have got a really nice bus!

 

[Grazy]

1st car , 1988 Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia
2nd car 1993 Ford Orion 1.8i Ghia
3rd car 1998 Audi A4 1.8Turbo
now have
4th car ?? 1969 Volkswagen Panel Van
5th car 1991 Volkswagen Golf 8v Gti

 

[Pete B]

I have just spent a while trying to find the pics I know I have of my first car. Not found them yet but TONS of others bringing back memories of people and events gone by! Wow, memories! The search continues, will post pics as soon as found.

 

[EgoTrippin]

My first ride

 

[Pete B]

God only knows if these pics are any good, was within a mm of smashing the pc to bits 'cos it would not and will not do as it should.

But anyway, pics or not, this was my first car, a 1956 Mk1 Ford Consul complete with bench seat and 'three on the tree'. I was only 15 at the time and yes, it was old even then! Always wanted, and still do now, a Ron Harris built Mk1 Zephyr. The Consul, latterly with Corsair 2000E engine, 'box and axle was as close as I got!!
Was known locally as 'The Red-oxide Monster' because of the paint and straight through exhaust exiting just in front of the NSR wheel! The red Anglia 105E, (had 2 white ones, 1 red!) a 1962 model, ended up with a 1600GT Kent X-flow, the same 2000E 'box but the stock diff, smoked the tyres in the first THREE gears!! The 3.77 diff had gone into Robs 300E van, still in it as far as I know. Also had a '67 Devon Splitty (bought for £250, sold for £400, big profit, pleased at the time.......) a '69 Fastback (went to Le-Mans in that, 1988) and LOADS of boring /embarrasing others due to working in a garage/used car dealers. Such as 1.3 Marina saloon, 1750 HL Allegro (nice velour trim), 1256 HC Viva estate. Actually, not as many crap cars as I thought, just that the crap ones really were crap!!!!!!!

 

[5erge]

Had a 1977 VW Derby 1.3 GLS - cracking little car followed up by;
Polo 1.3CL
Polo 1.6GL
Golf 1.6 SE
Golf 2.3 V5
Polo 1.9tdi Sport
Skoda Fabia VRS
Skoda Roomster Scout
VW Tiguan 2.0 TDi Sport (sold that last March)

Currently driving my wifes Smart car, till my bus is ready Have to say the Fabia was the best of the lot...

Des

 

[easy]

I used to be a mini head!! weird for a big lad!

Mini city e 16V and Jack night 5 speed box (i know i know!)
Mini Studio 2 1.3
Mini Cooper 1.3s
Peugot 306dt
74 devon bay
73 devon bay
70 bay (current)
64 notch (current)

:mrgreen:

 

[Danbury Doug]

My first car was aTriumph Toledo, but I never actually got to drive it.

My first daily driver was my parents' 72 crossover Danbury in 1986.

Other cars (dailys and 'Sunday' cars)

'86 Escort Mk4 Combi van 1.6 diesel
'89 Escort Mk4 Combi van 1.8 diesel (had that 15 and a half years!!)
'81 Escort Mk3 1.3 saloon (mint low mileage)
'90 Escort Mk4 1.6LX (mint low mileage)
'91 Escort Mk4 1.4 Ghia (mint low mileage)
'74 Bay Devon Eurovette
'74 Bay ex Italian firebus (mint low mileage)
'63 Mini Mk1 woody Traveller
'67 Mini Mk2 woody Traveller
'67 Mini Mk1 woody Traveller (current)
'94 Pug 205 Style diesel
'90 Pug 205 GRD diesel (current daily)
'72 Bay crossover Danbury (current)

.....I think that's all of them! :mrgreen:

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Wow - that van is in the clouds, was it raised??

 

[Danbury Doug]

Wow - that van is in the clouds, was it raised??

No, but it did used to sit back end heavy because it had the Type 4 engine. It was one of the first crossies with that engine, infact the very first Type 4 one sold in Pompey, and I guess with later ones they must have modified the suspension slightly, to bring them onto more of an even keel!

 

[K@rlos]

My first ride is my westy, I brought it when i was 18 and i'm 20 now

Ego and me got it right first time when it comes to buying motors :lol: