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By *umourCouple
over a year ago
Rushden |
Oh dear! Well, here goes...
Austin A35 van with side windows added. Small round heater under the dash (such as the dash was!  ) Semaphore arms as indicators. Absolutely no safety features and solid metal everywhere! It was given to us by my parents as an engagement present. Loved that thing! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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An x reg 82 ford fiesta in faded red that me and my best mate used to roll around in. It had a massive back sticker on the rear window of a cartoon bloke mooning at all and sundry, but we ripped that out within an hour. Bought for 35 quid and scrapped for 50. Who says there's no profit in the motor industry?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A 'Y' reg Ford Sierra
It was ace.
Had wing mirrors that flipped in once you hot 50mph so the only view on a motorway was my own knees.
Was 2 shades of blue cos I bought the wrong shade after patching up some rust.
My niece was sick in the back of it after gulping vimto so depending on what way the wind was blowing, it smelled of dettol, vimto or sick.
Oh, and it used to ice up on the inside.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ours was a Renault 25 great big tank of a car Mr B tried to teach me to drive in it but it frightened the life outta me
It had many quirks but he loved it and I'm sure I saw tears in his eyes the day she died
I still haven't owned my own first car I only passed 18 months ago and we share our Megane so not got any old banger stories here  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991
Was it the special with gold lines on it... "
nope that was the mk2 capri jps from 75/76 and worth a small fortune if you happen to have one |
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By *teborahCouple
over a year ago
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"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991
Was it the special with gold lines on it... "
You are thinking of the JPS John Player Special, they were in 1975 (N reg) how much of an anorak Im I  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991"
would love a mk1 JPS special edition or a 2.8 injection
was it true that the police used to put bricks / concrete blocks in the boots of them to keep them on the road ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991
would love a mk1 JPS special edition or a 2.8 injection
was it true that the police used to put bricks / concrete blocks in the boots of them to keep them on the road ?"
no such thing as a mk1 capri jps they were all mk2 on n and p plates |
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By *aceytopWoman
over a year ago
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fiat una my Dad gave it to me when i passed my test,it had terrible hand brake and we lived at the top of a hill,it rolled back one day with the kids in the back i was in the house at the time,i ran the length of the garden jumped over a wall flung the kids out and pulled the handbrake on but it hit next doors tree and bent the door off, |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had a mk2 Ford Granada 2.8 V6 auto after the Mini and if you want to learn to drive and have fun try driving one of these or the capri in wet weather or the snow, feckin' brilliant! More fun than a bag of fannies!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"ford capri 2.0s a reg 1983 in jet black.loved it and it cost £1500.00 in 1991
would love a mk1 JPS special edition or a 2.8 injection
was it true that the police used to put bricks / concrete blocks in the boots of them to keep them on the road ?
no such thing as a mk1 capri jps they were all mk2 on n and p plates"
the older model then with the huuuuuuuuuuuuge bonnet
maybe the one i see knocking about is an older model that has been 'pimped' in the JPS colours ?
either way, it looks cool  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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theres still a fair few capri's about and all worth very good money if in good nick.i they all have long bonnets btw but the mk1 had a boot and the mk2 and 3 were hatchbacks.genuine ford parts are megga expensive |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"theres still a fair few capri's about and all worth very good money if in good nick.i they all have long bonnets btw but the mk1 had a boot and the mk2 and 3 were hatchbacks.genuine ford parts are megga expensive"
yup deffo a mk1 i am thinking of
i am now salivating looking at pics of mk1 capri's on google  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fiat 128 for me. A right heap of shite that set me back 200 squids."
yup
but don't you think there is something wonderfully endearing about really dreadful cars ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"a bronze mk2 escort EPB 894V, lol, my parents bought it me when i passed my driving test "
haha ur as sad as me
i can remember the reg's of my first 3 cars
BNB 1 Y - a blue ford sierra
(sold to my then gf's dad for the £ value in the reg)
D 773 UFV - a maroon cavalier saloon
(nicked and burnt out)
E 33 WTJ - a maroon peugeot 405
(sold to my best mate who had it for another 5/6 years) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"a bronze mk2 escort EPB 894V, lol, my parents bought it me when i passed my driving test
haha ur as sad as me
i can remember the reg's of my first 3 cars
BNB 1 Y - a blue ford sierra
(sold to my then gf's dad for the £ value in the reg)
D 773 UFV - a maroon cavalier saloon
(nicked and burnt out)
E 33 WTJ - a maroon peugeot 405
(sold to my best mate who had it for another 5/6 years)"
oh, i can do better than 1st 3.... EPV 894V, ARN 802V, C481 DGH, K840 XCW, K440 MMW.... would have to put some thought into the next coule, made the mistake of sharein a car with a partner who had no respect for them and was a careless driver |
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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago
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"Oh dear! Well, here goes...
Austin A35 van with side windows added. Small round heater under the dash (such as the dash was! ) Semaphore arms as indicators. Absolutely no safety features and solid metal everywhere! It was given to us by my parents as an engagement present. Loved that thing!"
Yay! I had one of them for my first car too! It was my father`s cast-off and cost me nowt so I went all silly and grafted a Riley 1.5 engine in it! When I blew that engine up, it was an MGB engine that replaced it! Sadly, it only lasted a fourtnite like that as some twat pulled out into my path on night and I was unable to stop.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Capri 2.0 s red lovely car wish i kept it.
Had fords ever since.
get another one theres still quite a few around "
wish i could..got a xr2 mk1 in my garage 47000miles only...never going to part with that..just need bigger garage..or a warehouse |
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By *umourCouple
over a year ago
Rushden |
"Oh dear! Well, here goes...
Austin A35 van with side windows added. Small round heater under the dash (such as the dash was! ) Semaphore arms as indicators. Absolutely no safety features and solid metal everywhere! It was given to us by my parents as an engagement present. Loved that thing!
Yay! I had one of them for my first car too! It was my father`s cast-off and cost me nowt so I went all silly and grafted a Riley 1.5 engine in it! When I blew that engine up, it was an MGB engine that replaced it! Sadly, it only lasted a fourtnite like that as some twat pulled out into my path on night and I was unable to stop. "
Ha ha ha... My second car was a split screen Morris Minor! Out came the 805cc lump and in went a Sprite 1500. That lasted about two weeks as well... The extra power ripped the rear axle off! (Knew I should have done some welding first) lol
Accelerated one day and the front pair of rear spring hangers dropped and went into the raised hump at our works car park.. The car went up in the air by about 4 feet and came down with a crash!
Axle, rear springs and prop shaft we deposited in the car park and I carried on for about 20 feet on two wheels! lol
Great days!  |
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