discussion What car do you first remember your father owning?

[boatman]

First one was a powder blue Ford Anglia which was eventually changed for a grey Hillman Imp (yeah, I don't understand either) which didnt last long as it was in our garage when some careless workers burnt it down. Next came a blue Ford Escort Mk 1 (a car I fell in love with, even though I can't drive)

HI Steve exsuse me for askin you say you cant drive ? well how do you get around as my jen cant drive either as to scared to as she says too many mad idiots on the rd these days but i cant imgine how life would be if i could not drive for us as we live out in the sticks so a fair way to go shoppin
chrisb

 

[Tim Marlow]

It’s not that unusual Chris. My brother in law doesn’t drive either. He does live in town though so uses his cycle or public transport. Anywhere out of town his wife drives.

 

[yak face]

First car of my dads i have any memory of was a Vauxhall Victor FB , white with a red roof . Once I got separated from my parents as a 2 yr old toddler in a busy Skegness car park , after frantic searching they found me at the side of the car , I’d made my way back to it - must have been the distinctive colour scheme !

 

[Guest]

Rag top, Black/Green Morris 8.

The doors were hinged on the middle body pillar.
When I was young, I was in the front passenger seat. (Being ex. RAF, my dad didn't know the meaning of 'Slow') when the door suddenly flew open, but thanks to my dad's quick reaction in grabbing hold of me and hauling me back into the car, I am able to write this......Thanks Dad!

Suicide doors was their name...

 

[Guest]

Bmw motorbike and sidecar, bmw isetta,ford taunus, plymouth roadrunner,ford falcon,fairlane,fairmont,lincoln continental ,pinto and the list goes on.

Oh! god yes! I forgot about the motorbike and sidecar he had, all wrapped up like mummies in the sidecar in the early hours of the morning and off on the journey from Birmingham to Darlington - no motorways then it was all A roads.....

 

[Guest]

HI Steve exsuse me for askin you say you cant drive ? well how do you get around as my jen cant drive either as to scared to as she says too many mad idiots on the rd these days but i cant imgine how life would be if i could not drive for us as we live out in the sticks so a fair way to go shoppin
chrisb

My wife cannot drive either, but she did at one time have a bicycle, and was threatened on a few occasions by the plod for kicking car doors and abusing motorists who came too close to her....

 

[boatman]

My wife cannot drive either, but she did at one time have a bicycle, and was threatened on a few occasions by the plod for kicking car doors and abusing motorists who came too close to her....

WOW Mike it sounds like you married Matron lol

 

[Geoffers]

First car my Dad owned was a blue Austin 1100 when I was around 10 years old.

We went on holiday from Rowley Regis (nr Bham) to Southport that year.
Mom and Dad and three kids, load of luggage up the M6 at a maximum speed around 50mph. If he managed any faster the rubber seal on the drivers door window started flapping much to our amusement.

We were a bit late starting out as he had to replace the exhaust before we left.
He did it on the drive in the back garden, on his own with the car propped up on wheel ramps :surprised:

Geoff.

 

[Guest]

It’s not that unusual Chris. My brother in law doesn’t drive either.

I’ve never had a driver’s licence either. When I was 18 I didn’t see a need for myself to get one — everywhere I needed to go, I could reach either by bicycle or by using the free public transport card every student got from the government back then. Since then, there have been times when it would have been handy to have a driver’s licence, but never enough to go to the trouble of taking the required lessons, exams, etc.

 

[Tim Marlow]

First car my Dad owned was a blue Austin 1100 when I was around 10 years old.

We went on holiday from Rowley Regis (nr Bham) to Southport that year.
Mom and Dad and three kids, load of luggage up the M6 at a maximum speed around 50mph. If he managed any faster the rubber seal on the drivers door window started flapping much to our amusement.

We were a bit late starting out as he had to replace the exhaust before we left.
He did it on the drive in the back garden, on his own with the car propped up on wheel ramps :surprised:

Geoff.

I remember my father changing the exhaust on his white 1100 on a campsite near Whitby while we were on holiday. We had to find a dip in the ground so he could put the car over it and wriggle underneath to do up the support brackets.

My first car was a blue 1300……totally rotted out and scrapped at about ten years old…..I remember taking the back seat out so I could increase the interior space and get all my mates and their kit in when we went to Glastonbury festival……

 

[Guest]

HI Steve exsuse me for askin you say you cant drive ? well how do you get around as my jen cant drive either as to scared to as she says too many mad idiots on the rd these days but i cant imgine how life would be if i could not drive for us as we live out in the sticks so a fair way to go shoppin
chrisb

It's quite funny really, as a lifetime Formula 1 and general motorsport fan, I dreamt of driving but never have. I'm disabled and have a sight problem in one eye so I never could learn to drive. I will always feel like I've missed out on something amazing!

as for how I get around, the answer is I rarely go out, I'm mostly housebound but when I do go out I use a taxi service. I'm jealous of you drivers mate, very jealous haha!

 

[Tim Marlow]

You haven’t missed out on much Steve. The roads in the uk are so crowded and in such poor condition that driving is more a chore than a pleasure. It’s just a tool to get from one place to another, so if you can do that by other means you’ve got it cracked :thumb2: Personally I can’t wait for self drive cars to take over……

 

[Bri62]

I remember my dad buying a brand new zodiac then a Mk10 Jag

 

[papa 695]

Sorry no pictures but the first car I can remember was a black Ford Zephyr. Around 1968

 

[stona]

MY DADS first car was a austin seven black one
chrisb

I vaguely remember my grandad having an Austin A30. That was black too. This would have been in the early '60s and I suspect that the car was older than me at the time!

It's funny what you remember. It had trafficators which popped out, much to my delight, and my grandad used to put special parking lights on it overnight.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Thinking a bit more, I seem to remember my paternal grandfather owning a Heinkel bubble car……he was a right miserably sod though, so I never got to ride in it. I don’t actually remember him ever speaking to me to be honest….

 

[Dave Ward]

It's quite funny really, as a lifetime Formula 1 and general motorsport fan, I dreamt of driving but never have. I'm disabled and have a sight problem in one eye so I never could learn to drive. I will always feel like I've missed out on something amazing!

as for how I get around, the answer is I rarely go out, I'm mostly housebound but when I do go out I use a taxi service. I'm jealous of you drivers mate, very jealous haha!

Steve,
I'm now in the same boat - I stopped driving when I had a few diabetic episodes ( over 20 years ago ). I lost confidence & insurance was getting a bit expensive. ( I only lived 15 mins walk away from work anyway ). I don't have much mobility these days, luckily there are a good number of taxis locally, and I can generally get one straight away!
Dave

 

[boatman]

You haven’t missed out on much Steve. The roads in the uk are so crowded and in such poor condition that driving is more a chore than a pleasure. It’s just a tool to get from one place to another, so if you can do that by other means you’ve got it cracked :thumb2: Personally I can’t wait for self drive cars to take over……

YES MY thoughts also Tim as i use to love drivein but now as you say its a chore an i hate drivein as there are so many idiots cuttin you up an if i see a car comin down a small lane i slow up an stop an what do they do THEY JUST COME SCREAMIN PAST AN dont even put their put their hand up to say thank you but we need a car to get to the shops
chrisb

 

[Jim R]

Where we live I can get away without driving for most, everyday journeys. Most shops we use are within walking distance, However both the wife and I drive and as rural Shropshire public transport is hopeless it is pretty well essential.
if I won the lottery my one indulgence would be a Rolls Royce and a chauffeur :smiling:

 

[Mark1]

I started to find driving a chore , fitted a tuning box to my car ,more hp, its now fun again:smiling5: sorry chris that was me coming the other way:tears-of-joy: