That takes me back

[Guest]

A blast from the past came to get me today, a guy brought his car in for a complete paint job, its only when he rolled into the prep bay, my eyes widened, and memories came flooding back.... it was one of my dream cars many years ago, and there she stood in all her glamour.....A 1989 Sierra Cosworth, I always claimed I would own one of those cars, but never did, but it was great to see her in the flesh.

And this baby will get the attention she deserves, so spill your guts guys any deep memories of cars and bikes gone by......please no "back of a mini"stories...lol

[Guest]

My only 'Car', as I never went above a motorbike licence, was my old Reliant Robin Estate. OK, laugh as much as you like but me and that car with dog and tent covered some ground and helped me have some amazing weekends. Prior to that, it was all motorbikes until I had a crash (the compo paid for the Reliant and a few trips out). So, mock as much as you want but that plastic pig was my dream car all for the right reasons. By the way, it had a tape player and I had just three Bonnie Tyler tapes, Bonnie made my three wheeler Faster Than the Speed of Night......

[Guest]

My very first car a 1971 VW Beetle painted in black and white.

[stona]

My old Ducati. We are back in the mid 1970s and it was the 250cc single (desmo) and I can't remember the model now (old age,I'd have to look it up lol). I swapped it for a drum kit and have regretted it ever since even though the bike cost me money and I made some good money playing that old Ludwig kit.

I had many bikes over the next twenty odd years but that's the only one I've ever wanted to get back,weird.

Cheers

Steve

[Ian M]

For me a car is a transport form and I have a hard time understanding how people get so 'into' their cars. Having said that, I was totally gutted when my Mitsubishi gallant died. ZERO rust, very comfy to drive, even for a whole day. Went like the proverbial from a shovel and was the best car I ever had.

I am also rather fond of our little Suzuki Swift. Drives great and is a blast on the country lanes!!!

The best and most missed must be my Yamaha LC350RD Pre power-valve that is. All that was not needed was removed, the ally wheels swapped out for good old spoked wheel, bely pan tank and about twice the HP it was born with. Light, sh#t fast, chuckable, and the most fun you could have with clothes on.

Ian M

[Guest]

Wont laugh at all Graham at the reliant, I have fond memories of my mate having one, we shot off to scarborough, filey, blackpool over the summer months way back when, but when it bounced down the wipers where a dead loss.....lol, never seen a driver with his face so close to the windscreen, and it seemed to go miles on a teaspoon of fuel....happy days.

[Guest]

Fondest car is probably my first, an 850 Mini built by my brother. It had alloy wheels, flared arches and side skirts, an arch of headlights built into the bonnet and looked stunning. The trouble was everyone wanted to challenge it away from the lights and that was when the fact that it was still only an 850 became obvious. One day the throttle cable broke and I got it all the way home by pulling the choke cable out of the dash!

Next favourite was a Mk III Cortina 1600 which I hired from a local carpenter for about a tenner a week. After about six months he said I'd more than bought it so he gave it to me. Most of the panels were a different colour inside but I was back living with my parents in Cheshire, between marriages, but seeing mates in Manchester every night so it got hammered every evening in the days when you could get away with it. I used to belt along dual carriageways at about two AM and try to get through roundabouts with the minimum loss of speed. One day I messed it up, the back end drifted right round and I ended up gently rolling up the road backwards! Boy that car could shift.

[Guest]

The Cortina was a monster Richard, especially the 2.0 litre Ghia, apart from the Granada, the Cortina at the time was the car of choice for Bank robbers.

[PJP]

Bikes?

The one that sticks in the mind was a Ducati 860 GT, it went much faster round corners than my pucker factor would allow, although I had lots of fun on a white (ex-police) BSA 650 Thunderbolt.

Cars?

Triumph Vitesse - took me all over the country, smooth and stylish with legroom!!

Mind you my Corsair was also a great car.

Sorry for boring all you youngsters.

You'll find the vehicles referred to in any good historical listing...

Peter

[Guest]

used to own a vauxhall belmont, it was previously owned by a mate who was a mechanic boy racer,he tinkered with the engine and exhausts,told me it was chipped.he did every thing he could to the mechanicals but never touched the outside body work so it looked like a bag of horse dropping but oh my god was it fast.i am not a boy racer but sometimes when you got a snotty nosed kid in a saxo with an aircraft wing stuck to the back laughing at you sitting at the lights,it never failed to amuse me looking at them in the rear veiw mirror.there was also a very memorable moment on the m6 involving a suit in a porsche 911 turbo who could not catch up to me.....to use internet speak i.....pmsl

[Guest]

Some good old cars popping up here, Vauxhal Belmont, theres a blast from the past, but do you remember the Vauxhall Chevette,pushed one of those many a time home...

[Guest]

i am still driving my favourite car now......dont laugh but its a vauxhall cavalier 1.8i ..needs looking at now as the fuel economy is getting lower and lower,need a new exhaust back box as well so if any one has one stuck in their garage lol

[Guest]

Car? It's a toss up between an '83 Sierra XR4i (my true love until some thieving little **** "borowed" it) and my current Civic Type R. I think the Sierra is still edging ahead though just because it was so useless in the wet around roundabouts!

Bike? Easy. My lovely Speed Triple that's sat outside now waiting for a good clean & polish at the weekend.

[Guest]

lmao Ray, my brother brought a secon hand car, his first, that was a Vauxhall Shove it. Dad went mad because he didnt take anyone with him when he went to buy it from the garage. Dad lifted the bonnet to look it over, well what a rotbox, could see the wheels through the flitches, hehe i did laugh.

Andy

[Guest]

The Hillman Avenger or the Tiger. Big bro had the Avenger.