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[Mini Manannán]

1963 mk1 mini, got it just before my 16th birthday for £30, passed my test 4 months later (you can get your licence at 16 years old here ) and drove it until it fell apart 2years later. 

Edited by Mini Manannán, 27 October 2013 - 10:36 PM.

[carlburt78]

Bugatti Veyron. but then i woke up and there was a M reg clio outside with no heater and a leaky sunroof

[surfblue63]

Bought my first car in 1961. It was a Ford V8 Pilot. You'll have to 'google' that I expect. It was 3.6 litres V8.

 

For those who don't want to google here's one I saw earlier

 

 

 

This was my first car. It started life as a blue 1300 Bug. After learning to drive in it and then driving it through a hedge one night I cut the back and front off and drove it around like this for a couple of years. With the rust getting worse and plod pulling me nearly every week I finally sold it a got a Mk2 Cortina 1600E.

 

 

[wolfie]

Mk1 Fiesta supersport

[Chris Jones]

Mini MPI.

 

Now driving a 350z as a daily.

 

Still have the Mini 

[Guess-Works.com]

hilman imp.  still have a soft spot for them

 

Ditto...

 

Hillman Imp, with 1/2 dozen engineering bricks between the front suspension mounts holding the front end down.

Edited by Guess-Works.com, 30 October 2013 - 04:17 PM.

[mk3 Cooper S]

 

hilman imp.  still have a soft spot for them

 

Ditto...

 

Hillman Imp, with 1/2 dozen engineering bricks between the front suspension mounts holding the front end down.

 

You didnt like the positive camber then !!!

[cradley-heathen]

black mini clubman estate, xwp170w, 1275 engine, 6x10 revos, alloy 4 pots, roll cage, bucket seats, single piece fibreglass rear door with a "bubble" window in it. it was awesome! i called my mate (on the land line, it was before mobiles) and cried like a baby when i sold it!

[rids]

 

 

hilman imp.  still have a soft spot for them

 

Ditto...

 

Hillman Imp, with 1/2 dozen engineering bricks between the front suspension mounts holding the front end down.

 

You didnt like the positive camber then !!!

 

mine died when the back suspension went thru the body! loads of neg camber but the driveshaft donuts didn't last long

[kieron1978]

my first car was a 2 door mark 1 Vauxhall astra 1200 s in red

[Shep76S]

GKJ302V Mini 850 SDL
Hated it in the end. Slow, noisy and gave me backache. Swore that I would never have another.........

[Spanner rash]

Mini city 998! Claude

[Wise Old Elf]

 

Cost me £350 but had a hole in one of the pistons. Insurance was £300 and it cost £15 to fill the tank!! outrageous 

[silver_toes]

Inherited my first car from my mum in 1995. It was a 1960 maroon 2 door morris minor saloon registration 3036AD. It was a tank and completely inappropriate as a first car, but i loved it.

 

Sold it to an American chap who exported it.