When I was a kid we had one of them

It came back from Gibraltar with us, as it was a warm weather export model it had no heating. It got sold after one winter, as I recall.

Posted By: APB on December 4th 2024 at 18:36:09

Message Thread

the show us your first car threadlington - post a pic, no names no pack drill (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:50:27
- ....... (General Chat) - Old Splat, Dec 4, 19:20:39
  - saved the best til last, mate that is an absolute stunner of a first car (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 19:35:53
- ... (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 4, 19:02:09
- It’s a 💯 thread 💪🏻 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 18:00:00
- One of these bad boys - rusty as fuck! (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Dec 4, 17:52:25
  - When I was a kid we had one of them (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 18:36:09
- Must have told this story here before but I had a Mondeo once (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 17:32:35
- … (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:13:30
  - My favourite car was this (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:20:48
    - Followed by (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:23:30
- No idea how you link photos so please imagine.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 4, 17:01:42
  - ... (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Dec 5, 00:41:38
    - Had to put my reading Specs on (once I'd found them) but just about.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 5, 08:20:39
      - That's fair. Breaking it down into those component steps does make it sound laborious, but (General Chat) - DJ Ginga, Dec 6, 02:31:50
        
        Retained what information....? (Ok will try to give it a go and PM you later) (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 6, 08:18:54
- Come on people only thre more posts… (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 4, 16:38:07
- Mine - not exactly a bird puller! (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Dec 4, 16:33:57
- Boom (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 4, 15:24:48
  - Never seen a butt plug that shape before, still, live and learn (n/m) (General Chat) - LittleMouseWithClogs, Dec 4, 17:34:53
- Yes Sir! (General Chat) - Kev, Dec 4, 15:18:56
  - sexy (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 15:22:15
    - +1 (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 15:31:53
      - The gear stick fell out when it went above 60 on the motorway (General Chat) - Kev, Dec 4, 15:46:22
- Mine (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Dec 4, 15:04:20
- ... (General Chat) - Brom, Dec 4, 15:02:29
- Mine (General Chat) - Jester, Dec 4, 14:39:31
- ... (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 14:28:47
  - Error 1011 saving us from a hideous sight there (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Dec 4, 14:37:58
    - Tsk, I went to such trouble to get an image URL nearest to the one I actually had (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 14:45:06
      - That Paul Hughes’ design sketch actually has quite some style (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Dec 4, 14:48:28
- I've written off every car that's been registered in my name. (General Chat) - tudders, Dec 4, 14:16:28
- Mine (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Dec 4, 14:16:06
  - Nice (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 14:32:05
- bloody hell I forgotten about this (General Chat) - shoddy, Dec 4, 14:07:24
  - is that a toyota corrolla (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 4, 14:32:56
  - Best forgotten mon am (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 14:32:32
- DKM 201T... Great little runner, in yellow and black (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 4, 13:26:07
- Waiting for Larrold to post a picture of a Capri (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:54:05
  - Convertible,beautiful hair flowing in the wind,aviation shades,pure machismo. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 4, 13:15:35
    - Gorgeous (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 13:42:25
- Mine (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Dec 4, 12:42:59
  - Ha! Posted the same image. (General Chat) - APB, Dec 4, 17:17:31
  - Same except blue and E reg (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Dec 4, 12:55:17
    - I puts some 6x9 speakers into my parcel shelf connected to a sub in the boot. (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Dec 4, 13:56:50
  - Mine was a Vanden Plas one of them. Metallic blue. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Dec 4, 12:49:59
    - Mine was a baby blue City "X", no less! (n/m) (General Chat) - Wilts, Dec 4, 14:39:58
- Mine was 1979 but close enough... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 12:41:25
  - The 1st of my daft decisions. Was between that and a Dolomite Sprint... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 12:46:27
- First car (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Dec 4, 12:25:15
- Mine (General Chat) - canary_wharf, Dec 4, 12:24:47
- My pile of shit (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:20:41
- Mine (very Princess Di) (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 4, 12:06:55
  - *wolf whistle* (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:17:33
    - Steady on, Gregggggg Tombs (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:18:16
      - i'd like to apologise to any cars i have offended, i'm not in a good headspace (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:21:38
        
        It was only middle class cars of a certain age, every other car was fine with it, tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Dec 4, 14:32:40
        
        my big bruv had an allaggro. he had the "hideous" model (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 15:31:13
  - That's a very cool first car (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:12:37
    - well company car (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 4, 12:31:23
  - 🚗💨👸🏼 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:09:42
- This (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:06:01
  - lolf at the hillman impage (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:15:04
    - Here is my eclectic motoring history in list form, in date order (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:22:16
      - My car tart history (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 14:42:06
        
        Go a long way to beat a Golf GTi as a sensible car with some good poke (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 15:03:37
        
        I presume the defender is a proper one, and not a new one? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 14:52:32
        
        Natch (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 17:59:25
      - Not sure a Lambretta qualifies as a motorbike (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Dec 4, 13:27:45
        
        I will rename the section 'motorbikes and scooters' (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 13:35:38
        
        Thanks for the clarification 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Dec 4, 14:13:17
      - That's a promiscuous list... mine features a few years of lunacy... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 12:56:23
      - Corrrrr...I'm only on my 5th car now (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:51:53
        
        2008 5-litre V10 (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 13:08:51
      - that's a lot of cars! (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:43:51
      - ^ car slag (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:25:40
        
        I'd owned three cars within a year of driving at 17 (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:27:10
      - MGA to Vauxhall was quite a downgrade (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:23:47
        
        MGA was a second car tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:24:42
    - Since James has posted the first car bought for him (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:21:34
      - I can see why you hated it at the time, but it's great now! (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:49:37
      - i think you may have outtrumped the hillman pimp, chapeau old gits parents (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:23:52
  - From the ridiculous to the sublime! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:07:07
    - It was nine years old and only cost about £700 (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:09:11
    - VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:07:55
- Mine (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:01:21
  - I haven't opened the link, it's a panther de ville, isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:53:39
  - I was expecting something like this (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 4, 12:22:44
- mine (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 4, 12:00:07
  - Wow u iz etc (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:06:32
- Mine (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 11:59:59
  - Was your first job a paper round or something? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:06:06
- Are you trying to win the Turner Prize? (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Dec 4, 11:58:18
  - Ha ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:05:14
- Ok here goes (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 4, 11:57:39
- .. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Dec 4, 11:57:28
  - Pop-up headlights? We have a winner (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:15:58
  - Is that an Accord or a Civic? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:04:59
    - Hasn't the accord always been a saloon? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:15:10
      - Oh....a quick google reveals this to be an Accord Aerodeck (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 4, 12:17:19
- Mind (General Chat) - Charles21, Dec 4, 11:54:04
  - The gap (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:04:05
- Clarification please (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 11:52:01
  - Not Jeeve’s shooting brake for picking you up at your station either (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 4, 11:55:48
  - first car owned by you not selected by parents/guardians/captors (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:53:50
    - Gotcha (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 11:58:19
- And your mother’s maiden name (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 4, 11:51:18
  - that's another fetish entirely (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:52:55
- mine (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 11:50:42
  - Great first car. I bet you enjoyed pushing it all over the country. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 4, 13:00:54
  - That’s pretty cool for a first car (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:03:15
  - That's a great first car (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 11:54:40
    - vmt - i boiught it off of my troop sergeant and wrecked it on the tank park never saw the (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:01:12
      - That’s another great car (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 4, 12:03:40
      - Also a great car (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Dec 4, 12:03:30
        
        cost me DM 4,700 about five hundred quid bitd (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 4, 12:12:46

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