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patty
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 27 Oct 2011 : 18:59:51
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Dont know what made me think about it but yesterday I was remembering my first car.
A 1957 Hillman Minx with bench seats and column change.
I paid £47.10.0(thats forty seven pounds and ten shillings) for it and loved it for quite a few years.
I even hand painted it after I had sorted out the rust and could not afford a proper spray job!
And, I can still remember the registration number.
Am I really sad? Are there many of you who can remember the column change - it was great for me being short.
What about you? Do you lovingly remember YOUR first car?
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any comments and views listed above are those of myself personally and not as a Parish Councillor, and in no way reflect opinions of the Parish Council or any other professional bodies |
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Paul
Advanced Member
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Posted - 27 Oct 2011 : 20:10:53
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| First car was an aubergine Singer Chamois (up-market Hillman Imp), Reg HB 525 B. Bought it in 1974 about 6 weeks after passing my test. Driving from Harwich to Exmouth, the dynamo gave up as I left the services at the start of the M4. Battery got me to North or South Petherton before it gave up the ghost. Super little car and I guess it was one of the original hatchbacks. |
Be careful what you ask for - you just might get it.
The views expressed in this posting are those of the author and must not be taken as representing any commercial, religious, political or other body. |
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BFA
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
410 Posts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2011 : 20:18:59
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Mine was a brand new Austin Allegro 1100 DL in 'sand glow' reg no PX 306 B - it would have been a 'T' reg (1978) but I was in the army, stationed in W Germany at the time and the reg no was a 'BFG' one. As well as being tax free, it was an 'export model' which meant the seats were velour instead of plastic, there was a rear central arm rest and the plastic door trim went right up to the window - luxury!
I collected it from Bremerhaven and had not driven anything since I passed my test 2 years previous and now here I was on autobahns with no speed limit, I was terrified!
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cardodger
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05 Nov 2011 : 09:02:29
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| My first car was an Austin Allegro 1.3 HSE. I paid 1500 smackerooneys for it back in 1987. Bought it from........ Angmering Autos! |
My glass is always half full....never half empty....what about you?? |
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