I've recently started 2 threads that were locked so in recompense here's a picture dump of images from the last ~35 years...
Herald 13/60 convertible in Valencia blue, my second car, great hair stlye...
Replaced by, an Avenger 1500GLS, (same spotlights though) yes that's me.
1979 Rallysprint at Donnington Park, Triumph TR7 V8
I had 3 Cortinas MKIV/V (company cars), 2 saloons and an estate (below)
Blackbushe drag racing 1984 +/- a year...
My favourite American muscle car...
Paranoia, Jaguar straight 6 power
Ford Escort XR3i company car, with steel wheels as I didn't like the alloys,
Replaced with, Citroen BX GTi 16v, 160BHP and very light, 130mph + (in Germany of course, I took this car to France twice, Frankfurt and Holland twice)
A summer spent in California (Mountain View silicon valley) I think this is what the Americans mean by a family car, swapped it for a Honda Accord. That's my daughter at 2, she's 20 now...
Miata rental car California style, $3/day upgrade from compact, picture taken on Highway 1 (the Pacific Highway) probably near Carmel
Xantia 16v, not as good, well fun, as the BX. Looks good when you drop the suspension though.
then a BMW (328 tourer), great car
Classic track day experience, race tuned (300BHP) Aston Martin DB6. Also did a Ferrari track day at Thruxton, drove a 355..
It was about this time my wife started to buy horses, so we needed a 4x4, Frontera surprisingly good
Frontera good, Discovery better. Bought an E30 325i Sport as a project, never really did anything with it, it was much worse than the pictures show.
Nice pair of E30s, Gaydon BMW meet
We like Fiat's Stilo a very underrated car,
Eventually swapped for an Audi S4 (B5) Avant, brilliant car but ~20mpg
and now I'm driving a Fiat Panda (and a Disco II).
Herald 13/60 convertible in Valencia blue, my second car, great hair stlye...
Replaced by, an Avenger 1500GLS, (same spotlights though) yes that's me.
1979 Rallysprint at Donnington Park, Triumph TR7 V8
I had 3 Cortinas MKIV/V (company cars), 2 saloons and an estate (below)
Blackbushe drag racing 1984 +/- a year...
My favourite American muscle car...
Paranoia, Jaguar straight 6 power
Ford Escort XR3i company car, with steel wheels as I didn't like the alloys,
Replaced with, Citroen BX GTi 16v, 160BHP and very light, 130mph + (in Germany of course, I took this car to France twice, Frankfurt and Holland twice)
A summer spent in California (Mountain View silicon valley) I think this is what the Americans mean by a family car, swapped it for a Honda Accord. That's my daughter at 2, she's 20 now...
Miata rental car California style, $3/day upgrade from compact, picture taken on Highway 1 (the Pacific Highway) probably near Carmel
Xantia 16v, not as good, well fun, as the BX. Looks good when you drop the suspension though.
then a BMW (328 tourer), great car
Classic track day experience, race tuned (300BHP) Aston Martin DB6. Also did a Ferrari track day at Thruxton, drove a 355..
It was about this time my wife started to buy horses, so we needed a 4x4, Frontera surprisingly good
Frontera good, Discovery better. Bought an E30 325i Sport as a project, never really did anything with it, it was much worse than the pictures show.
Nice pair of E30s, Gaydon BMW meet
We like Fiat's Stilo a very underrated car,
Eventually swapped for an Audi S4 (B5) Avant, brilliant car but ~20mpg
and now I'm driving a Fiat Panda (and a Disco II).
don't think I've got any of my first four cars. Nice to see other people's car history though, the BX is very cool, recently saw an Estate one and got stupidly excited about it lol.
