Cars from your chidhhood

When i'm bored i look on e-bay and dream of owning an old car that either a parent or grandparent had just for old times sake, my grandad had one of these and added bonus check the colour.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-Saloon-1300-TAX-EXEMPT-LOW-MILEAGE-USABLE-CLASSI-/200828154297?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ec24a71b9

i'd love an austin cambridge a60 if i could but this is a nice old car, also occasionally search morris oxford versions of the cambridge - i can still smell them now if i shut my eyes

 

Just found a rough cambridge - this was exactly like my dads one YBF 166D same colour although it had red leather/vinyl inside not cream
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Cambridge-a60-rare-automatic-New-engine-rebuild-interior-good-/261115774424?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3ccbb685d8

 

My dad had an old ford pop just like this with red leather seats , again remember the smell. Sunday outings etc. His boss had an Alvis and he used to let my dad have it some weekends , we used to think we were rich those weekends : but alot of kids dads didnt even have a car lol.

 

that austin Cambridge reminds me of my dear old dad who cherish his cambridge ;D ,i remember going all over the place as a kid ,he sold his for a ford corsair which was his first new car ,happy times

 

Used to be loads of Oxfords and Cambridges in the scrap yards when I used to root around for spares in the 80s. There were always plenty at the banger racing as well - it's not good to be a popular banger racing car!

I quite fancy a 70s Volvo. My dad had a 240 from new (T Reg), took it to 250 k miles and I did a fair few in it. Seem to remember a regular 20 mpg though, so a bit thirsty!

 

I thought I was the only one, who thought like this.
I can remember them all my father had:-

A Ford Zodiac in black:-
http://images.westendclassics.co.uk/stock/zodiacmk3.JPG]http://images.westendclassics.co.uk/stock/zodiacmk3.JPG

Followed by a Standard 10 in black:-
http://www.classiccar.co.uk/images/carpict/00033708/Black-Standard-Motor-10-1955-33708norm.jpg

Followed by an E reg 1967 Audi 70 in blue:-
http://www.productioncars.com/send_file.php/audi_100ls_blue_1975.jpg
(picture is an Audi 100 but they look the same)

Followed by a K reg 1972Hilman Avenger in brown:-
http://www.allpar.com/photos/dodge/1970/avenger.jpg
(this was an awful car that we only had for 2 weeks, due to the fact that the whole family felt sick whenever we went in it)

Next we had an N Reg 1975 Renault 12 in brown:-
http://www.autos.com.ar/fotos/2010/0913/Renault-12-Tl-1982-201009131116479.jpg

in 1979 we bought a brand new T reg Ford Cortina MK4 2.0 GL in Gold with a black vinyl roof:-
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1QSxgG3e1ogWfPGn79l-YRm6shz929JD-zzQKg0nG4AHxitumQA
My father wanted a Ghia but my mother wouldn't let him

in 1980 we had a brand new V reg Ford Cortina MK5 2.0 GL in Silver with a black vinyl roof:-
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9mdcsQo4_EeWg-HDrojI7pjo6AzARj5B1CdCYGIrilgX8K3eRTA

in 1984 we had a brand new B reg Ford Sierra MK1 2.0L GL in Silver:-
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnbn_VEwRancGi3wFbsTaltLh9MZpWk_AkUQ-PEKAn25RNtUjk

in 1986 we had a brand new D reg Ford Sierra MK1 2.0 LX in black:-
(Cant find a picture of one of these)

in 1988 we had a brand new f reg Ford Sierra Saphire MK2 1.8 LX in white:-
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5008168859_c38554fc7e.jpg

 

Ha ha chris i learnt to drive in a brand new hillman avenger,blue, my instructor was an old boy with wooden leg, strict or what, dual controls and if you wasnt stopping when he thought you should ,hed dump his wooden leg on the brake and youd nearly fly through the windscreen . Yeh was naff he glued a matchbox in back corner of screen as an aid to line up, so you could reverse round corners easier. My dad had a zodiac too bench seat in the front 8). Zed cars lol

 

I've heared from other people that the Avenger was a good car, ours was a bad one though.

 

When I was a kid my dad had company cars and it was always exciting when he got a new one.

When the car turned up we all jumped into it and sat pressing all the buttons.
Imagine our excitement when we found out it talked!!!

It was a Renault 11 Electronic and was ace. It would speak to you if there was a problem or you could press a button and it would run through a full system check. This was super cool for a car in the mid 80s.

Once the car started overheating. When your car tells you this its a bit freaky!!! We all swear the car sounded a bit worried.

None of my friends believed me when I said it talked. The response was usually something like "and my car flies".

Sadly the car died when an arse ran into the back if it. My parents loved the car so much they tried to get another but to no avail.

So it wasn't an attractive car but we still loved it.

Rest in Peace Willy the Renault 11 Electronic.

 

When we came back from Australia in 1970, I remember going out with my older brother(15) and my dad looking for a car to buy. I was 10 at the time and remember getting into Old Top Gear Rover P5B this and being blown away by the smell of leather.Loved em ever since and would love to have the time/space to by one one.Georgeous.

 

Pater had a Wolsley Six - that was a lovely car

 

The cars that stick in my mind are.......

My dads 72 Ford LTD Station Wagon from when he worked at the American Embassy in London.
He used to drop me off at Play School in it every morning.
My Cub Leaders black custom Vauxhall PB Cresta & then later his 76 Cadillac Eldorado convertable.
The most wonderful feeling cruising round "Downe" Cub Camp in Kent with the top down when all the other Cub groups had miserable old Mk1 Transits.
2nd Woolwich Cub Scout Group by the way.
Final memory & probably the funniest from my childhood was my dads brand new car he bought in 81.
A Red Skoda Estelle 120LE.
PGY982W......
Still remember the reg No, Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
At the time I thought only Beetles had their engine in the back.

 

First car I remember was a Moggie Minor. You were allowed to kill your children in those days so I used to stand on the back seat, holding onto the back of the drivers seat for support. One day I was car-sick down between his back and the seat, he wasn't best pleased because he had to carry on a bit looking for somewhere to stop. The smell wouldn't go away so he sold it a few months later and bought a MK1 Cortina. Cool back lights.

 

we hire a Morris minor traveller when on holiday in Jersey as a kid one year just like this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-Morris-Minor-Traveller-Genuine-46-305-Miles-Almond-Green-SUPERB-exhample-/160909186535?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2576ef55e7&_uhb=1


As we were mum, dad and four kids it didn't have enough seats so I sat in the boot and can remember banging my head on the rear door hinges a lot.

back in blighty we had a Morris Oxford in green


then a peugeot 505 estate

 

Just seen this thread and saw Ricky's second post ...before I looked at the pic I thought I must mention the Austin Cambridge that my dad has that was painted like a Starskey and Hutch car ...and voila what a coincidence!

 

Yeh Great Standing on seats with ya head out the sun roof,rides down the swimming baths 6 of us in the boot of the Headmasters Austin cambridge when it was raining urmmm oh yeh H.A.S : oh that was my first car TW pale Blue one 80 MKL was number plate ,ill never forget . God I had some laughs in that. PS i didnt choose it ,my dad said your having a moggy ,i can get parts from the garage . He was a Post Office Engineer at the time, LOL soon ta be BT.MeMorys