who had the coolest car.....

[Perdu]

OK, Hands up I confess! I knew it was Barton...
Mrs Perdu and I were in the area last December having a retirement recce. The New Milton bit was the refined "apartments overlooking the subsidence ridden" cliff edge wasn't it? Or was that even somewhere else?

It was the event of our ruby weddin' commemoration after all, piss*d? You betcha, most of the time.

If they wasnt all well over valued you two might have been havin a Nuvvernooneighbour!

 

[Robbo SPS]

2 mini's and a mini van project which went through the parents garage one day . . . .

Otherwise a volvo 340 Dl in white.......

[Leftie]

a mini van project which went through the parents garage one day . . . .

Robbo, could you please explain!!!

Is it the same as me putting an old dumper through the garage wall of a Chichester Magistrate and seriously damaging her Mustang?

Jerry

[Piglet]

I imagine I'm in my normal position near the bottom of the cool stakes    Cool is so last year, did nobody tell you 

I had my Dad's cast off 850cc Mini, it was an L plate (1972) and was 15 years old when I got it on my 17th birthday (there you go that's how old I am!). 

I loved my mini, although my friend and I used to do 30 miles each way to College in Weymouth and the bloody thing used to stop at some point in either direction and she would have to shove it to the side of the road.  Leave it for 10 minutes and off we'd go again! 

It did of course have the obligatory ice cream tub over the distributor cap to enable it to run in the rain 


PS - my Dad has a beach hut as well    Does that make him cool?  He'll be chuffed!

[keithk]

Ford 100E Van with side valve engine, three gears with vacuum wipers... at one point I had a little sports car cannot remember who it was made by had a 100e engine crap brakes death trap on wheels but it was owned by Keith Moon before me wish I could remember which hedge I left the remains in when it tried to terminate me one night!!!!  

[Lorry]

Sounds like a Rochdale to me.  I remember a magazine article years ago about rebuilding one.  Beautiful end result, but it caught fire - plastic body & magnesium wheels - not good.

I had a Triumph Courier.  Whats that I hear you say - a Triumph Herald van.  Commercial Motor magazine described it as like a sports car.  They clearly didn't get out much.

On reflection the Rover P6 was cooler

[termietermite]

Piglet, my mini (no reg' letter!) had a wonderful habit of turning off the lights for no reason - happened a couple of times in the middle of Epping Forest which was a bundle of fun (not!)  It had a Corbeau GT seat and a stubby little gear stick which was touch to reach!  Coo, I though I was no end of a gal'!  Freedom at last - that was the thing.

[RoverMan]

In order:-

Hillman Minx IIIc (two-tone - cool!)
Austin Mini 850 (absolute rubbish! taught me a lot about car mechanics!)
Hillman Imp - Lovely!
Ford Cortina 2000GXL (same colour as the one on 'Life on Mars')
Then company cars kicked in:-
Ford Cortina Mk.III Estate 1.6L
Ford Cortina Mk. IV Estate 1.6L
Ford Cortina Mk. V(?) Saloon 2.0GL
Ford Sierra 2.0GL
Ford Sierra 2.0GL Auto
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi (the real one with close ratio box and 7.5" rims!, great for hammering around East Anglia)
Ford Saphire 2.0 Ghia (junk)
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 something or other
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 Auto
Renault Luganu 2.0 RXE - not bad
Renault Laguna 2.0 Executive Auto - worst car EVER! Electrical problems, auto box failed totally, alarm would go off while driving - fun on the M4 at 5:45am!
Peugeot 406
Mercedes C220D - You only get this much kit for HOW MUCH?? Unreliable too, and THAT parking brake which the missus could never get the hang of.
Rover 75 Tourer Connesier SE - Lovely!!!! Best car!

and the next one??? Possibly a Skoda Ocatvia Larin & Klement auto diesel.

[lardyboy]

I fear I may be contesting the uncoolest title.

First car was a bright red Renault 18 GTS.  Although when I got it, it was so old that the bright red had faded quite considerably.  About the only good thing about it was the comfy seats.  Couldn't tell if the suspension was knackered or not as, although it steered like a barge and rolled into the corners like the springs where made of jelly, so did the Renault my dad had at the same time, which was only a year old.

In then end, I nudged a bollard while reversing and most of the offside rear wing fell off (filler held in place by a wire coat hanger bent to mimic the wheel arch).  I couldn't afford to have it repaired and my dad sold it for £50 to a scrap merchant after is sat for so long in his driveway that it left indentations in his tarmac.

[Martini...LB]

In order:-

Hillman Minx IIIc (two-tone - cool!)
Austin Mini 850 (absolute rubbish! taught me a lot about car mechanics!)
Hillman Imp - Lovely!
Ford Cortina 2000GXL (same colour as the one on 'Life on Mars')
Then company cars kicked in:-
Ford Cortina Mk.III Estate 1.6L
Ford Cortina Mk. IV Estate 1.6L
Ford Cortina Mk. V(?) Saloon 2.0GL
Ford Sierra 2.0GL
Ford Sierra 2.0GL Auto
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi (the real one with close ratio box and 7.5" rims!, great for hammering around East Anglia)
Ford Saphire 2.0 Ghia (junk)
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 something or other
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 Auto
Renault Luganu 2.0 RXE - not bad
Renault Laguna 2.0 Executive Auto - worst car EVER! Electrical problems, auto box failed totally, alarm would go off while driving - fun on the M4 at 5:45am!
Peugeot 406
Mercedes C220D - You only get this much kit for HOW MUCH?? Unreliable too, and THAT parking brake which the missus could never get the hang of.
Rover 75 Tourer Connesier SE - Lovely!!!! Best car!

and the next one??? Possibly a Skoda Ocatvia Larin & Klement auto diesel.

Not many Rovers then 'RoverMan' 

Martini...

BTW 3 mini's, herald, frogeye, escort 1600e, peugeot est, various company cars, 2 x Audi 80, Mazda MX6, Audi A4 x 2

[mike(liverpool boys)]

My 1st car 5 years ago was a P reg fiesta 1.2 16 valve which cost me £2100 to insure and parked itself up a tree after 6 days of ownership.

Next was a N reg Rover 214 si which was a dream for a year,it had done 108000 miles and it never missed a beat.

Next was a Y reg clio 1.2 16 valve sport which i lowered,put 17 inch alloys on,noisy exhaust and big sound system in the boot. My 1st modified car 

Next was my 1st and last brand new car. A 55 reg Peugeot 206 GTI HDI. Full body kit,17 inch alloys,sound system and a list of problems that never ended. 2 gearboxes,3 turbos,1 front differential,2 steering racks and a list of other crap to stop the wheels falling off. Thank god for the warranty.

And my current car is my 53 plate Audi A3 2.0 sport,got so pissed with the Peugeot i traded it in for £4500 2 months ago and got the car I've wanted for years. Does'nt sound much like a dream car but when insurance costs an arm and 3 legs it will do for the now 

[Catchpole]

hi stink-pen as a fellow forester, here is the image resized. just cut and paste across.

[Snoring Rhino]

OK, Hands up I confess! I knew it was Barton...
Mrs Perdu and I were in the area last December having a retirement recce. The New Milton bit was the refined "apartments overlooking the subsidence ridden" cliff edge wasn't it? Or was that even somewhere else?

It was the event of our ruby weddin' commemoration after all, piss*d? You betcha, most of the time.

If they wasnt all well over valued you two might have been havin a Nuvvernooneighbour!

 

Bill no offence, BUT, what is it with you old people, Snooring Rhino has bought a house down here and now you seem to be looking, no wonder us young'ins can't afford the living standard.

Bill it'll be good to have another fellow CA'er amongst us, if you would like any assistance Lord Pig-Pen and myself will be pleased to help.  We know where all the decent pubs are for one.

Excuse me, OLD people, I think not! My impending arrival in Highcliffe this Friday will lower the average age considerably, Its about time us youngin;s redressed the balance Looking forward to exploring the watering holes with you Peter.
Back to the thread - My first car was a Mk1 Cortina which had been sprayed up in metalic blue with silver lace work on the bonnet and purple scolups along the side, by the previuos owner (made quite a good job of it ), that got killed off by a goat bolting out of a local church yard.
The coolest car was a a Mk2 2ltr Vitesse with Wolfrace wheels and a Peco exhaust - was'nt mch use a a bird puller though, it spent most of its time in bits.

[Fran]

This dude in Lymington has some style!!! Sorry its a bit big but cant work out how to shrink it!!!!

I cant believe the trouble I went to trying to view that monstrosity!! 

F

[Steve TTTD]

Found a pic of the original Humber at the campsite for teh drags in the early '90's. Santa Pod or Avon Park i cannot remember which one, with a very disrespectful yoof pretending to hose down my chrome, lovely

Anorak on...
That must be The Pod, in the background is the trailer for the Budwieser Funny car which never made an appearance at Long Marston/Avon Park/Shakespeare County/Whatever the hell it's called today..

PS: First car 1953 Austin Somerset