discussion My first car

[peter.collins443]

Thanks Sam for a great respray exact colour as the my first car. Reproduced at 1/43 scale. If I had done the respray it would be streaky and a mess.

The only way we could get our first born to sleep until she was six months old taking her for a 5 mile drive, peace all night.

Petrol 50p a gallon, a full tank of petrol for £10.00.. 30 miles to a gallon those were the days



Peter Collins

 

[minitnkr]

I seem to recall helping to lift these into unusual places during my misspent youth. Looking splendid.

 

[scottie3158]

Can't beat a moggy minor nicely done.

 

[Stefee]

I seem to recall helping to lift these into unusual places during my misspent youth. Looking splendid.

Wow that brought back memories, Mr. Mulrayney's Blue Royale Morris in the boys toilet block......

Lovely rendition of an iconic everymans car.

 

[yak face]

Looks lovely , who doesnt love a morris minor ? Theyre the car equivalent of a faithful , friendly old labrador !
Petrol 50p a gallon , I was only about 8 or 9 but I remember my dads outrage at the time when it broke the 50p mark ! Back when petrol stations sold petrol ( and that was about all! ) — in two , three , four or five star form , only people you ever saw using five star were E type /Jensen intercepter or the rare American car drivers !

 

[Jim R]

A real trip down memory lane.

 

[John Race]

Wow , was my first car , had the estate version. Remember driving back from some where wondering why it seemed rough. Only to find a lead had come off !
Wouldn't get that today.

 

[Over_scaled]

Had a Moggy van back in the 1980's, Jaguar 'E' type rear end, Morris Marina front suspension, Ford V6 engine and gearbox, vynl sunroof, velvet buttoned interior, new instrument panel, Wolfrace wheels with Bridgstone tyres 10inch rears and 6 inch fronts. Scaffold poles from the exhaust manifolds to Cherrybomb side pipes, leather front seats from a Humber saloon, rear doors removed and welded up to make one door with the rear window cut and modifired to make one window.. On a rolling road we had to stop it at 140mph but would have gone faster. Kept getting pulled by the police who wanted to drive it and have a go!!!

Put a Rover 3.5ltr V8 into a Lotus 7, good job it was automatic and on a cable shift as the gear change selector was mounted on the dashboard because the tunnel for the gearbox nearly touched the drive shaft connection on the rear axle...

Just 'boys' having fun...

 

[yak face]

Had a Moggy van back in the 1980's, Jaguar 'E' type rear end, Morris Marina front suspension, Ford V6 engine and gearbox, vynl sunroof, velvet buttoned interior, new instrument panel, Wolfrace wheels with Bridgstone tyres 10inch rears and 6 inch fronts. Scaffold poles from the exhaust manifolds to Cherrybomb side pipes, leather front seats from a Humber saloon, rear doors removed and welded up to make one door with the rear window cut and modifired to make one window.. On a rolling road we had to stop it at 140mph but would have gone faster. Kept getting pulled by the police who wanted to drive it and have a go!!!

Put a Rover 3.5ltr V8 into a Lotus 7, good job it was automatic and on a cable shift as the gear change selector was mounted on the dashboard because the tunnel for the gearbox nearly touched the drive shaft connection on the rear axle...

Just 'boys' having fun...

Brilliant stuff ! The moggie sounds insane , bet it was fun doing the insurance though - “ any modifications ?” Er ..…

 

[stillp]

Looks lovely , who doesnt love a morris minor ? Theyre the car equivalent of a faithful , friendly old labrador !
Petrol 50p a gallon , I was only about 8 or 9 but I remember my dads outrage at the time when it broke the 50p mark ! Back when petrol stations sold petrol ( and that was about all! ) — in two , three , four or five star form , only people you ever saw using five star were E type /Jensen intercepter or the rare American car drivers !

Oh, you youngsters. I remember when Premium petrol was less than half a crown per gallon, so I could fill my mum's Singer Chamois tank for a quid! Free Redex shots at most garages too.
Pete

 

[minitnkr]

You guys. I remember cruising all night in my best man's 55 Chev V8 coupe on $1 worth of gas at 16 cents a gallon during the "gas wars".

 

[peter.collins443]

Oh, you youngsters. I remember when Premium petrol was less than half a crown per gallon, so I could fill my mum's Singer Chamois tank for a quid! Free Redex shots at most garages too.
Pete

Lol lo lol no .....

 

[peter.collins443]

Got talking to an old friend last night he reminded me that if we went into the I.C.I. garage on the plant I worked we could get petrol at a discounted rate of 40p a gallon limited to 40 gallons a month. But we needed a signed chitty from the foreman on the site.

Peter

 

[Over_scaled]

Brilliant stuff ! The moggie sounds insane , bet it was fun doing the insurance though - “ any modifications ?” Er ..…

Back then the insurance wasn't as strict as it is today, current tax disc and MOT were the order of the day, and even they could be 'produced' but that is another day.

 

[Andy T]

That looks great for such a small scale, and brilliant idea to reproduce your first car.

I have a full sized moggy to repaint once the owner has had a bit of welding done. Same dark blue colour too.

 

[Airborne01]

We had the Countryman version in the Army back in the day. Oh, that long, long gear lever and the floor mounted dip switch!
Steve

 

[stillp]

We had the Countryman version in the Army back in the day. Oh, that long, long gear lever and the floor mounted dip switch!
Steve

Also a floor mounted starter button in the very early ones I think.

My mum's best friend, a single lady, bought a new Minor every alternate year, taking a holiday in the intervening years. Never went over 50mph, pulled into laybyes if there was traffic behind her, and used both hands to pull the handbrake on. One year she was persuaded by the salesman to buy a convertible, but she only put the hood down once in the 2 years she owned it!

Pete

 

[Bugatti Fan]

My first car was Simca 1000. Lovely little French motor.
They got it right with the seating. Made Mini seats feel like wooden benches by comparison

 

[Stingray33]

i`m gonna be greedy i choose four cars
my first one a Datsun Cherry
the first one i remember my dad having when i was a kid
my fav one my dad had when i was a kid
and my grandads Anglia ...........my all time fav