your dad's cars. Which one do you wish you had now?

A gold Opal Manta GTE!




He does currently own a very nice BMW Z4

 

A blue TVR Chimera 5litre v8, it went quite fast, but it was made up of parts from various manufacturers

 

His old bay camper that was rolled on the motorway but restored after.

 

I only remember us having a maxi and an ambassador. I'd have to have the maxi as dad gassed himself in the ambassador.

 

my dad had a white 1600e mk2 cortina on a h reg which was nice, he crashed it drunk driving tho (this was the 70's tho)
then he got a k reg marina 1800 deluxe which he crashed - well a motorbike hit him.
my grandad then gave him his old d reg austin cambridge as he'd upgraded to a morris oxford, this one sticks in my mind the best.

 

The car I would like from my dad's old ones would be a BSA three wheeler with the v twin looked like a Morgan three wheeler, if it was motorbike his BSA v twin,
Steve,

 

We had aircooled vw' s when I was a kid so I think it would have to be the '69 fastback which he bought new but had rusted away by about 1977 when he got a polo !

 

my dad never had anything as nice

....wish I still had my Manta exclusive in starmist black though

 

Unfortunately, my dad was also a ford lover , but recently admitted he always wanted a Bay

 

I can't think of any I'd really like, most of his cars were rubbish even back then!

 

Mantas (and Cavalier Sports Hatches) rule. Wish I still had mine...

Best car my Dad had was one of the first Rover V8 manuals (P6 style). Went like a rocket...

 

A few Manta men on here....I had a few including a red GTE coupe Exclusive and a GTE coupe that I fitted a 16v redtop in and it was Gold
Keep looking on ebay..

 

I'd buy a 1600E tomorrow if I could find a decent one.

 

Back in the mid-80's dad had a small rear light Mk1 Golf. It was only the 1.1, but someone had sprayed it black (and had painted the piping down the sides 0range) and stuck a twin-light GTi grill (complete with GTi badge!) on it. A real sheep in wolf's clothing! I wish I had that - I'd do a 20vt conversion or a 1.4TSI conversion on it. It was a 3 door shell too.

 

sadly I do ...cant believe the price of them now especially the exclusives!

traded mine in for £600 the wheels were probably worth that DOH!!!

My red GT before that was nothing but trouble though

 

I'd love to have his old Volvo P1800 (ie as also driven by The Saint). Always remember the look on people's faces when they realised it was a Volvo and not sone exotic marque! His other car at the time was a Volvo 145... not quite so sexy!

 

a fiat 126 , Mk1 Escort estate , and a metro 1000

think i will stick to what i have

Gran had a triumph dolomite , that i could roll in

 

Wow my old man had the same and also crashed dd are we brothers from another mother !!!