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Offline Boggert

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« Reply #30 on: February 11, 2007, 18:51:20 »
Nice mini Lenrover.... Mine was a much love mini 100 ONK155L given to a girlfriend who then dumped me and too off with the car! :cry:

She totalled her a few weeks later :cry:
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« Reply #31 on: February 11, 2007, 19:01:27 »
mine was a 1988 suzuki SJ410 in blue
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« Reply #32 on: February 11, 2007, 19:02:50 »
Hmmmm mine was a metro 1.3  :lol: Didnt last long though  :roll:

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« Reply #33 on: February 11, 2007, 19:03:39 »
Talbot Sunbeam 1.6S.
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« Reply #34 on: February 11, 2007, 19:13:39 »
2.0 Cortina in gold........... cost me a tenner :lol: guy I worked with had what he thought was a serious engine fire.......... cost me £40 to put it on the road but I wouldnt drive it after hubby fixed it.......... was too powerful for me :shock:
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« Reply #35 on: February 11, 2007, 19:34:41 »
a 1968 Series 2a :)

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« Reply #36 on: February 11, 2007, 19:36:17 »
:lol:

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« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2007, 19:38:57 »
A mustard Mini Clubman called Mariah  :roll:
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« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2007, 19:50:37 »
1982 for escort XR3 in black, was a beast but just a little bit rotten  :twisted:
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« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2007, 19:52:54 »
1973 VW Beetle 1600GT in bright orange.

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« Reply #40 on: February 11, 2007, 19:53:29 »
Nice would of love to see that :lol:  8)

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« Reply #41 on: February 11, 2007, 21:17:10 »
Mine was a Vauxhall Astra Mk1................heavly modified with RUST
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« Reply #42 on: February 11, 2007, 21:24:31 »
1956 Ariel Colt 200cc was my first vehicle. Cost me £45.  Nine weeks wages as an apprentice toolmaker.  First car was a 1960 Reliant Regal saloon with 750cc side valve engine.
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« Reply #43 on: February 11, 2007, 21:32:46 »
My first car was a 1964 Triumph Herald modified with disc brakes and Ford Escort 1600 sport cross flow kent engine with high lift cam and four branch manifold.
The body was a two seater spartan, soft-top sports car, it had alloy wheels, and a tow bar.

This was bought in 1997 and would have cost me £750 to insure I feel sorry for the new drivers who have to pay £2000 for a fiesta!!!

Unfortuantely it was too rotten so I gave it away a year later!
and had to make do with a rustin metro which wet through two engines and several engine mounts and sub frame mounts in the time I had it it had Over size alloys and a 2" lift!! which made handling really tight, articulation was not bad, but it gave up the ghost on a roundabout when the axle king pins sheared and front wheel came off.

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« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2007, 21:37:49 »
Quote from: "muddysteve"
1982 for escort XR3 in black, was a beast but just a little bit rotten  :twisted:


Black shadow was'nt it called?
flexable rear turrets if i remember rightly.
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« Reply #45 on: February 11, 2007, 23:16:42 »
Mine was a Landy 1971 S2a SWB OTK 695J



has any one seen it around anywhere as it was bought by someone from Hampshire and i want it back :cry:

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« Reply #46 on: February 12, 2007, 00:18:23 »
1980 Ford Escort 1.3 Estate in Beige.  Still got it (needs work).
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« Reply #47 on: February 12, 2007, 08:48:34 »
My first 'vehicle' was a Yamaha FS1E that Dad and self stripped and re-built.
My first real car was a 1969 Austin 1300 estate (MRV 875G) that cost £125 - a long time ago!

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« Reply #48 on: February 12, 2007, 09:10:55 »
landy series 3 109, still got it  :D  :D  :D
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« Reply #49 on: February 12, 2007, 09:18:24 »
1983 Vauxhall Chevette
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« Reply #50 on: February 12, 2007, 09:27:35 »
1984 Volvo 340GLE All my mates had tiddly little 1.0l cars and I had a HOOOGE 1.7L engine

Shame the car also weighed twice as much as my mates cars.
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« Reply #51 on: February 12, 2007, 09:44:56 »
My first car was actually the 1980 2CV6 I learnt to drive in, and then was given a year or so later. Think "For Your Eyes Only", but right hand drive, and less dents on the bonnet :D

I'd owned a couple of cars of my own (mini, Chevette) before getting my hands on it again, but it was great to get the yellow peril back after the Chevette was scrapped.

Probably got some photos somewhere of when Mum had the 2cv before I got hold of it but they're early 80's, so I'll spare her the embarrassment of her fabulous perm being all over the internet  :oops:

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« Reply #52 on: February 12, 2007, 09:45:51 »
mines was a 90... Loved it to bits... cost me £100 from my uncle, did me a year untill i rolled it.....  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:
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« Reply #53 on: February 12, 2007, 12:07:23 »
y reg mk 1 fiesta - i loved that car strated first time and went anywhere, but alas like most 18 year olds i wrote it off, driving back from scotland at the end of a work placement for my degree - id worked till 4 in the morning then got in the car at 6 and started driving home and alas fell asleep somewhere around peterborough,
the upside was the guy i hit had no insurance so i didnt claim on that one and plus by the time i arrived home daddy dearest had aquired a d reg 309 which was a big plus cos i could get my fishing tackle in with no worries

god i love my dad, however he may have been a little selfish in his descision as the nature of my degree involved really early mornings and late nights plus the fact it was a 70 mile round trip to college and random timings so i think he did it for the sake of his sanity  :lol:

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« Reply #54 on: February 12, 2007, 13:04:09 »
I had 2!!  A 1983 Escort 1.3L with full XR3 kit and wheels (sad I know) and my 1971 VW beetle 1200 which was lowered, had dragstar wheels, 1960's wings and headlights, 1641cc engine with twin 40 weber carbs, metallic dark purple/red, and yes I do miss it, had it for 8 years but got offered £2K for it with no MOT, no tax, engine barely running (exchange 1200 lump as my 1641 ceased up!!), I couldn't say no to that kind of money, plus it meant I could buy the Porsche :twisted:
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« Reply #55 on: February 12, 2007, 13:13:35 »
First vehicle Vespa Sprotique scooter-150cc. First car 1961 Ford Anglia good car but a constant battle against rust!
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« Reply #56 on: February 12, 2007, 13:13:57 »
Quote from: Range Rover Blues
1980 Ford Escort 1.3 Estate in Beige.  Still got it (needs work).


you want to sell it? sorry for being cheeky but ive got a softspot for escorts (the older ones, not the new bubbles designed by motherecare)

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« Reply #57 on: February 12, 2007, 13:16:58 »
Mine was a Triumph Dolomite 1.6, paid £500 for it and 10 months later part ex'd it for £600 :D

Not sure how much I spent keeping it on the road though :?
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« Reply #58 on: February 12, 2007, 13:30:12 »
Hi,

learnt to drive in my first car - a morris maxi (advertised as the car that you could put a double mattress in the back of :shock: )

drove it until it died - you could tell the regular travelers in it - they held the choke out saving me the trouble of putting the peg on it.

it was an M reg (i think this makes it a 1973 vehicle) and i had it in 1984

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« Reply #59 on: February 12, 2007, 13:36:18 »
Quote from: "Timi"
Quote from: "muddysteve"
1982 for escort XR3 in black, was a beast but just a little bit rotten  :twisted:


Black shadow was'nt it called?
flexable rear turrets if i remember rightly.


leave it

it was ventilation holes :wink:
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