What was yer first motor?

[Yompa]

For me it was an Escort, possibly a Mk II (the square lined one that I think superceded the rounded look one).

R reg anyhow...

[Johnboy]

A Morris Minor 1955 vintage - 805ccs of raw power. Came to grief running sideways into an extremely rigid lampost that had been badly positioned on the pavement, very close to the road..... :019: :019:

Oh - to be 17 again.....!!!

[f*ballers wife]

oh my!!!

a mini.... the first time round ones! blue, with a pair of white stripes over the bonnet, roof and boot! which didnt last very long cos kevin drove up my *** in his capri!

so my first 'real' car was a honda civic by the name of cyril.... in which i learnt to hand~brake turn, spin take~offs, rev between the gears.... you know, all the really IMPORTANT things of driving! along with various other persutes!..... oh boy if that car could talk!

it was a bugger of a thing to go thrue brake pads tho... i became quite proficent at changing them.... a woman of MANY tallents!

[Johnboy]

Guess spelling is not one of your many talents, FW.....!! :018: :018:

[f*ballers wife]

oh my!!!

nope! :015: :015: :015:

[The Mantis]

For me it was an Escort, possibly a Mk II (the square lined one that I think superceded the rounded look one).

R reg anyhow...

Sounds like a Mk II then, my first company car was an S reg Mk II. Bought from Maconochy's (sp) in Kilmarnock as it happens, your neck of the woods. You must have been quite a late learner/rich fecker if that was your first car.

Mine was a D reg Hillman Minx, £85, about 10 years old when I got it. The car obviously, not me.

I hope you senile old gits realise we had this thread already about 2 months ago :010:

[Heilandee]

Triumph 1500...pile oh sh**e, paid £300 it ran for 300 miles! :008:

[CaleyD]

Metro - A187 SGS - Dead

Rover 213 - F779 FSS - Dead

Astra Saloon - K386 ALS - Still goes around town

Rover Coupe - N579 NST (?) - Still goes around town

[f*ballers wife]

oh my!!!

after cyril came the beast! who was a sunburst red capri USA 666X

which i loved to bits.... but just before the beast was bugs... a light blue capri, bought from a guy our the nairn road...

oh boy, this thread is sending stirrings to places that havna been stirred in years! :015: :003: :001:

[Johnboy]

Did you have furry dice in your capri, FW..?

[Yompa]

2 months ago? I can't even remember what I did last week... pass the Ginko someone :017:

[Charles Bannerman]

Hey... footballer's wife... you're spoiling your image by showing able to describe motors of that vintage!

If you're not careful, people will start wondering if the footballer you're married to is somebody like Ginger MacKenzie or Jupie Mitchell!

[f*ballers wife]

If you're not careful, people will start wondering if the footballer you're married to is somebody like Ginger MacKenzie or Jupie Mitchell!

oh my!!!

bet they're not as gorg as my footballer!

http://www.carr-bridgefc.co.uk mind you, what a disasterous start to our little season! :019:

[Charles Bannerman]

Indeed, by now that seems highly unlikely!

[CaleyD]

I'm just waiting on Mr Bannerman to enlighten us on the wonders of Steam powered cars :015:

[f*ballers wife]

oh my!!!

now now D sweeti, dont be cheeky to your elders in the elderly elders forum... :015:

[The Fly]

Ford Escort, newish shape (1990) H-reg. Top speed going up the A9 out of Inverness around 55mph :015:

PS For any youngsters looking in, when the likes of Yompa and Mantis mention 'R' reg they mean the first series of year letters which started in 1960-something - letter was at the *end* of the numberplate - they really are that old! :001:

[Charles Bannerman]

R reg? Youngsters! My first car was a Simca NJS 829 K, bought for £825 from Ian MacKenzie (147 club and ICT Management Committee) when he worked at the Inverness Motor Company in Strothers Lane.

Sometimes it did feel a bit steam driven!

[Scotty]

First car I had was a Vauxhall Viva that my next door neighbour gave to me ... it was never driven on normal roads but it took a bit of a tanking in the dirt road behind Hawthorn Drive !!

I didnt bother driving until a few years ago - saw a poster at an early age that said dont drink and drive and thought it was a multiple choice question - so my first real car was a Rover 100 ... (basically a mini metro) ... and the shocking thing about that car is that Myself, Big Stu, Big Stu's brother and Calum all managed to fit into it to get to a home game from the Innes .... mind you, the suspension was never the same again and it died a few months later .... currently drive a Kia Rio which though unfashionable over here because it gets good mileage is actually a cracking wee car.

[DJS]

Orange VW Beetle 1300cc TRS 282K. Cost £420 and lasted me a couple of years.

[Scotty]

Orange VW Beetle 1300cc TRS 282K. Cost £420 and lasted me a couple of years.

I think I remember that car from when you stayed near my house :001:

[+Gringo]

Can't quite remember my first car but, I think, it was a red Tri-Ang thing with two pedals at the front. I don't recall it having any brakes either!!! :004:

[Alex MacLeod]

Cortina 1600E Reg BAL 117H. Colour: Saluki Bronze. Pride and joy till it failed to negotiate a bend.

FW is your man Ian Grant? He looks about sixty in the squad pics. lol.

[f*ballers wife]

FW is your man Ian Grant? He looks about sixty in the squad pics. lol.

oh my!!!

it is indeed, a right royal stud muffin! :021: (bad picci tho!)

so looking at him, you can only IMAGINE how gorg HIS wife must be! :015:

[Johnboy]

No doubt about it FW - a beautiful pair....!!!

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