Cars of the 70's

[Morts 17]

And we all remember the registration number of our first car. J 404 JWJ was mine, an orange Triumph Spitfire.

[old tup 30]

I,ve just remembered another little problem with my Standard Vanguard,one Sunday evening I exited the Locarno around 1am got in my car and started her up,put the column change into 1st gear and set off!.Unfortunately it jammed in 1st and wouldn,t come out,believe it or not I drove all the way from the Locarno to our house on Liversey St behind the Owlerton Stadium in 1st!.Its engine was revving its conks off the radiator was red hot but it made it home and I never saw a gentleman in blue all the way,Phew!.

[Lobos 10]

Lobos, just had a trawl and realised I'd forgot how many body styles there were, what year was yours. Btw, my dad had one of the old FB Victors when I was a kid. Before that he had a Standard Vanguard but I was too young to remember it. Medusa, I was only having having a laugh with a mate the other day about those bloody vinyl seats, dad needed a cattle prod to get us in the car when the numpty had left it parked in the sun, lol.

 

1966 model vx I can still remember the reg no it was MAW 344D.

 

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I had a few Triumph cars around that time..the dolomite sprint was a rapid little car then as well.and I also had a nice big Triumph 2.5 PI nice cars then with the overdrive lovely comfortable cruising cars.I've always been a car man I will have to write a list out of the cars I've owned...absolutely loads, I'm car crazy I even own seven different vehicles now.

Edited April 5, 2015 by Lobos

[charliewag 19]

I had a gleaming red dolomite sprint which I loved. Like most 70s cars it wasn't the most reliable but I can still hear that 'growl' to this day.

[medusa 16]

And we all remember the registration number of our first car. J 404 JWJ was mine, an orange Triumph Spitfire.

 

I remember all of our family's car registration numbers from being a small child (even my aunt and uncle's cars and my dad's company cars that changed every 9 weeks) but I can't tell anybody what they are as they are my secret bank of passwords that I won't forget!

 

(My OH calls me Raingirl due to my ability with phone numbers from 30 years ago, car registrations and randomly generated strings of letters for passwords BTW- I know about this and I know it's just a little bit aberrant )

[echo beach 587]

My first "car", in around 76/77 was a 1969 A35 van. (For the younger ones amongst you who don't know what that is, think Wallace and Grommit's van). However, they'd stopped making the A35 van a couple of years before mine was registered.

 

It appeared that the original owner had bought a bodyshell and then sourced a variety of components from the MOWOG parts bin and various scrap yards. As a result it had a non-standard engine size - (I think it was 998 instead of 1098, but it's a few years ago so I'm not sure. I don't know what car it actually came from originally).

 

Also, it appeared to have a very non-standard gearbox and/or back axle ratio. As a result, it was VERY low geared. It had a true top speed of around 45 mph, at which point it was revving its nuts off, and the speedo was reading in the high sixties. Presumably the speedo drive was to suit a different gearbox. I finished up calibrating the gearbox as best I could by taking it on the motorway and timing the run between mile posts.

 

The electrics were very poor, and barely able to keep the battery charged. But that didn't matter as it had a starting handle.

 

Hi Eater Sundae.

 

Your account of your experience with the A35 van simply vindicates my 1962 decision to decline the offer of an A35 saloon as my first car. On looking at the car I found it to be really small and particularly narrow.

Instead I opted for a 1952 A40 Somerset which was slow and cumbersome but it was more spacious. It gave sterling service all through that atrocious winter until after an altercation with a coal lorry in snowy conditions it met its end.

 

echo.

[newcomer01 10]

My first car was a SL Viva with a Brabham convertion,but how I loved my Triumph 1500 which I classed as my first real car,god that was a great car.

[andrejuan 10]

OK, So lets start a list of cars we have had in order

 

Ford Corsair (Worn out wreck)

Singer Chamois (Nice till I blew the engine)

Mk3 Cortina 1.6L(rot box)

Avenger GLS (Fantastic, loved it)

Capri 1.6L (loved it )

Capri 2.0 Ghia (loved it more)

Chevette 1.3L (Hated it )

Mk3 Escort 1.3L (ok till my best mate buried it in a wall)

Escort XR3i (Wow !)

Peugeot 405 (boring)

 

OK so I drifted into the 80s but hey, it's all a blurr

 

And I probably forgot some, in fact I know I forgot some.

 

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My first car was a SL Viva with a Brabham convertion,but how I loved my Triumph 1500 which I classed as my first real car,god that was a great car.

 

Was that he Coke bottle shape ?

 

---------- Post added 05-04-2015 at 22:28 ----------

 

My first car was a SL Viva with a Brabham convertion,but how I loved my Triumph 1500 which I classed as my first real car,god that was a great car.

 

Was that the Coke bottle shape ?

[Lobos 10]

Probably not all in the 70's but I will list most of the cars I've had I can remember, I'll try and remember them in order

 

1959 Bond 250 minicar open top

1963 bond minicar estate

Reliant regal bullnose 1960 had two of those

Isetta bubble car 1958

Reliant regal 1966 car

Reliant regal estate 1970

Vauxhall viva ha 1966

Hillman husky 1964

Vauxhall viva fc 1969

Vauxhall 101 vx/490 1966 one of my favourite cars I ever had...

Vauxhall victor fd 1970 nice car with the OHC engine

Vauxhall magnum 1974 fast car. in custard yellow colour and the strippy seat

Triumph 2500 pi big fast car 1973 model

Triumph 200 estate car 1973

Triumph vitesse convertible 1969 red 200cc

Bedford Ha vans had three of those..usually the ex buzzby vans

Bedford CF vans had two of those

BMC ju250 vans had two of them as well one was a left hand drive

Commer luton van

Morris marina van green 1977

1975 Morris mini bought for the wife the learn how to drive

another 1977 Morris marina van a black one that came from John heaths

Mazda 200 estate car,got nicked from outside the pub

Simca van good little van think a 1980

!970s Subaru estate car flat 4 air cooled engine

Moskovich car piece **** car never run right

Wartburg two stroke funny car, bought of a mate for £40

Had a dabble with Ladas had a two or three of them not very reliable

1989 Ford sierra estate car

Volvo 244 estate 1985

Volvo 245 estate 1987

Volvo 7 series 1989

1958 Vauxhall cresta in pink refurbished it, like a fool sold it must have been daft at the time one of the silliest things I ever did selling that car:mad:

Morris etal van

Morris etal van

Talbot sunbeam

Hillman avenger estate

Fiat panda

Ford fiesta estate car

Vauxhall viva estate

Talbot horizon

Citrone cx with the hydrolastic suspension

Ford popular 1959 bought as a wreck in 1990 refurbished and still own it now

BMW 5 series nice car 1989 in white

Peugeot 405

Ford focus

Vauxhall combo van 201 diesel still have

Mitsubishi shogun 3ltr petrol

Mitsubishi 2.5 diesel still have

Mitsubishi 3.5ltr petrol still have

Peugeot bipper still have

Ford connect van still have

Latest acquisition to the fleet is a 210 audi a4 convertible wife's car..

There are some I may have forgotten.

Loads of motorbikes as well to many to mention.

[andrejuan 10]

LOBOS

I take my hat off to you !! That is a list and a half

 

Can anyone beat that I wonder !!

 

 

PS

Dad also had a Moskovitch for a short time, his never ran right but built like a tank.

Used 2* but could run on paraffin, some did during petrol rationing.

Edited April 6, 2015 by andrejuan

[Plain Talker 11]

I remember all of our family's car registration numbers from being a small child (even my aunt and uncle's cars and my dad's company cars that changed every 9 weeks) but I can't tell anybody what they are as they are my secret bank of passwords that I won't forget!

 

(My OH calls me Raingirl due to my ability with phone numbers from 30 years ago, car registrations and randomly generated strings of letters for passwords BTW- I know about this and I know it's just a little bit aberrant )

 

I remember the registrations of the two comma caravettes my father owned between 1974/7. The 1964(?) blue high- top with Luton was HNU477C.

 

We called it "H'nuc" like nanuk of the north, as it did some legendary mileage.

 

The other was a low-top, which was a little younger, an H reg. PAK 433H, which we nicknamed pack-horse. ( because of the registration).

 

I remember quite a few of the cars he had from 1966, but not the reg numbers,

We had a 1934 British racing-green Morgan 6, a 2 seater which we called Genevieve. I remember it because of the row it caused between my dad and mum, as mum was 6 or 7 months pregnant with my younger sister, as well as me, a 2 1\2 year old, which made the fact that it was a 2 seater rather problematical.

 

I cant remember what it was replaced by.

 

We had a motorbike, then a bike-and-side car combo, then i remember a ford zodiac, and either a zephyr 4 or a zephyr 6, which we traded for a red and white Bedford caravette in 1973. I remember a 1950s hillman minx, then "H'nuc"and pack horse.

There was a yamaha motorbike, and then the 1979 plate two-stroke MZ 250 ts-1 which was DET457V.

 

After that two ford escorts, a mark 1 and a mark 2, which ended up rotting on my brother in laws drive.

 

We then had a mini clubman, with the square front.

 

Then there was a dreadful reliant robin which used to terrify me, as it wobbled terribly in the slightest wind.

 

By this time, i was with the ex hub, we had a reregistered ( i think it was a re-import) 1970 ford escort estate, which had a 1979 plate, then a british racing green Austin Maxi.

 

(And, medusa, i can remember my aunt and uncle's phone number from 40 years ago, "Darton 4291". )

[charliewag 19]

My dad's first car was a Vauxhall viva EDC 935D. The exact colour was cypress green.