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[JohnTurbo]

Dad..

 

 

 

Mum....

 

[2GOOD]

 
My dad had a purple Morris marina. 

Oh god, I don't know about dads, but I had one of those :-( 1.8 coupe (not the TC though), finished in hearing aid beige or Harvest Gold as it was known back then. It was 7 years old when I got it, my VX is now 8

[jules_s]

So at what point in this thread can we conclude that bad taste in parents cars = bad taste in their kids music taste?

 

G-Bobs parents rock out tbh

 

 

[G-Bob]

 

 

G-Bobs parents rock out tbh

 

 

 

DID!

 

My dad now has one of these:  

 

Go Figure!

[coldel]

My dad had one of these:

 

 

Now that is AWESOME. Still looks stunning even today.

 

Not got time to dig out all the photos but from memory my dad had something like:

 

Three Ford Cortinas, one of these was beige

Ford Sierra 2.0l (which I learned to drive in)

Renault 14

VW Beetle mk1!

Two Capris

When I was born he had a Ford Zodiac!

 

Also, when I was a nipper he had one of these with two deck chairs bolted down in the back for me and my brother to sit in!

 

[Darcini]

Only memorable one

Goose, do you happen to know what the name of that Bentley colour is? 'Granite' maybe?

[Sticky]

We had one of these, I'd love to own one one day but it's got to be a white 1500  
 

 

Passed my test in a beige Maxi

[techieboy]

Goose, do you happen to know what the name of that Bentley colour is? 'Granite' maybe?

There's a man still trying to decide what colour to spray his car.

[Goosenka]

 

Goose, do you happen to know what the name of that Bentley colour is? 'Granite' maybe?

There's a man still trying to decide what colour to spray his car.

 

 

 

Will find out tomorrow and let you know

[jules_s]

Might have a go then....sketchy before I was 8 though

 

Pre- me....Mk2 Jag

 

 

After me and sis....Hillman imp with Lotus bits

 

 

Humber sceptre

 

 

Vx4/90

 

 

Lotus elan +2

 

 

Honda accord (after years of fixing the Lots of trouble usually etc)

 

 

Then a dolomite sprint

 

 

then lots of these -

 

 

Currently drives one of these in his late 70's

 

 

He still loves/hates the Lotus

 

 

[Bargi]

In Australia you're either a Holden or a Ford fan, guess which one my old man was

 

Holden HJ Premier, 253/4.2 V8

God I loved this car as a kid, if I had a chance to buy it now I'd snap it up in an instance.

To this day there's a photo on the mantle piece at home of me, my brother and sister the day it was sold with us all in tears!

 

 

Holden VK Commodore 3.3ltr six

Usual family sedan, based on the Opel/Vauxhalls from Europe. The original Commodore model (VB) was virtually identical to the European model and couldn't handle the harsh roads in Oz and was common for them to snap in half!

 

 

Holden VN Calais 3.8ltr V6

Good Points

One of the most successful models Holden made

Won heaps of awards.

Torquey V6 standard

Bad Points

V6 was a from Buick and only used in transverse FWD yank tanks, mounted longitudinally it was rough and droney

Being "all new" there were so many problems, ours went through 3 ECUs in the first year

 

Holden WH Caprice 5.7ltr V8

This is where it gets interesting. All the kids had left home so they brought a bigger car with dirty big V8!

Identical to this pic, gorgeous colour and perfect for long trips.

 

Holden WM Caprice 6.0 ltr V8

Lovely car and an astonishingly quick for such a big tank, just don't ask it to do corners to quickly

[Bargi]

How bizzare, that car has been parked up around South West London for so long now it's tyres are flat, I pass it almost every week!

 

[Darcini]

Goose, do you happen to know what the name of that Bentley colour is? 'Granite' maybe?

There's a man still trying to decide what colour to spray his car.

No. Well alright then, yes

[Darcini]

  Will find out tomorrow and let you know

Cheers Goose.

[jules_s]

How bizzare, that car has been parked up around South West London for so long now it's tyres are flat, I pass it almost every week!
 

Not my dads ex one I might add, surprisingly enough his old one is still up and running as I saw it at the castle Combe Lotus meet some 35 years after he sold it

Same vinyl plate on the bonnet too

[turbobob]

So at what point in this thread can we conclude that bad taste in parents cars = bad taste in their kids music taste?

 

 

 

Queen hater

[Rickwoo118]

My dad and mum could only have a robin reliant 3 wheeler as they both didn't pass their test. Quite embarrassing really but at the time who cared?

[Ormes]

This was the most unusual car my dad owned...

 

[2GOOD]

I still haven't got the hang of posting pictures, but when I was born, my dad was running around in an ex-builders (his Dad) Austin A35 van. Nothing special about it until the Wallace & Gromit movie came out, since then he's been viewed as quite cool by his grand kids

[christhegasman]

My dad started off with an Austin a 55 Cambridge Still remember him starting it with the handle when the battery went flat every cold night Followed by a ford consul classic , a corsair , cortina then a Hilman hunter and he's still got a bloody rover

Edited by christhegasman, 21 May 2013 - 11:19 AM.