slomoshun
Part of things
Going forward one nut and bolt at a time
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Many of us have come to Retro ownership and this fine forum as a direct influence concerning retro vehicles. That is probably universal with all agreeing in some form or other. For myself four decades and more back i was lucky to be around a Ford main dealer in Kent growing up going into the workshop and showroom looking at the new cars of the day like the Cortina mk 1 and nearly new 105 e s so from that early age great influence was given to me looking at retro cars now but newish cars back then. Not being from a rich family only my aunt a farmer had a car which was an old Morris that had lovely red leather seats and good old fashioned build quality. When my family bought an old Austin saloon for fifteen pounds yes that was the price secondhand on the road i was so pleased that i remember as a 14 year old cycling to a good vantage point to watch my dad drive by to work. Luckily whilst other kids kicked a football around i was given lifts in cars being road tested after repairs and remember the Cooper s as a quick car compared to others of that era. Sitting high up in a chevy breakdown truck was awesome back then and going to real scrap yards where i was told to put whatever in my pocket and just walk out cos i was a kid. I assume the responsible adult with me paid for all the parts. Then being old enough to drive and my A35 with speedwell twin exhaust and wheel spacers and later an astrali steering wheel which back in 1968 would constitute tuning i suppose. From them early retro roots i was given the opportunity to travel the retro highway from youth into retirement and just wondered what triggered other members early interest in retros ?.
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Traction and horsepower is nearing perfection
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I think they just look cooler. But I also wear flares and have wood paneling in the living room.
I like being able to fix them with hand-tools, coathangers and bits of wire. But I am also dead tight, new cars are expensive and depreciate.
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I've got Rovers.
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Smiler
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I no longer own anything FWD! Or with less than 6 cylinders, or 2.5ltrs! :)
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I prefer most old things (except perhaps perishable food stuffs, tellys and computers) but old cars take up so much of my interest because cars in general are such an integral part of daily life.
Incidentaly, the only brand new car my dad has ever owned was an '81 Rover 2600S (or was it an E? or an SE? did they make such models?)
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www.Auto-tat.co.uk'96 Range Rover P38 DSE (daily driver) '71 Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE 3.0ltr Jag V6 Conversion '79 Reliant Scimitar SE6A 3.0ltr 24valve Omega Conversion '85 Escort Cabrio 2.0 Zetec - Sold '91 BMW 525i - Sold '82 Cortina 2.9i Ghia Cosworth - Sold '72 VW Campervan - Sold '65 LandRover 88" - Sold
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oog
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I just like having a car with a bit or character and one I can spanner myself. A lot of modern stuff is soulless and restrictive to work on yourself.
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adam73bgt
Club Retro Rides Member
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I wanted a different first car to other people my age and also wanted to get some practical experience that my Automotive Engineering uni course was lacking in so I bought an MGB GT I got the Jag thanks in part to my late granddad who had one, but would rarely let me in or near it so it became a bit of a curiosity for me Overall, older cars have so much more character in my opinion. While I don't mind newer cars, I'd prefer to have a cool older one
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Last Edit: Jan 6, 2015 13:22:50 GMT by adam73bgt
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cianha
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aka VDubbin
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Standing on a ditch, at about 8 years of age in the rain, watching Minis and MK2 Escorts (amongst others) being flung down tarmac stages. Sitting in the cab of a Hi-Ace as cars are serviced between stages.
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I've always been into ALL cars and bikes but I wouldn't be running retros as my daily drivers if it wasn't for this forum. As adam73bgt's profile says, life's too short to drive boring cars.
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I have no idea.
My dad had some cars that might be considered cool these days but they weren't really at the time. He has no skill in spannering (I inherited that bit at least), neither my parents, my brother, my grandparents or anyone else in the family had any interest in cars at all. None of my mates had much interest either.
I'm the freak!
the freak that always drives old bangers that break down, let in water, fall apart etc etc (and I wouldn't have it any other way)
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Rob M
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Ive always been mad about cars, had huge box fulls of matchbox and dinky toy cars. My earliest memories of cars were being ferried around in early Transits, Austin A55s, 101 VX4/90s, it was the late 1960s and I must have been motor mad from birth. I come from an age when you could tell the make and model of a car just by hearing it, everything didn't just look distinct it sounded so too. The 70s were summer holidays riding shotgun with my Dad as we went around London on breakdowns ( Moons Motors and Arcade Motors) in either Series one Landrovers with hand winch Harvey frost cranes on the back or, around 1974, a brand new LWB Jeep ( cant remember the model 3 speed?) with an electric winch. I was in car heaven! I was 17 in 1982, I passed my driving test and bought a Hillman Hunter GT, had the keys to a HA Van and my dads S1 P6 V8. Pretty inevitable that all these years later id still be car mad and the cars that I love more than anything are pre 1980. Having said that early Astras, Sierras and the like do get my attention now as I owned those cars when they were quite new so its a bit nostalgic innit. Don't get me wrong, moderns are fine, I own one but if I want to drive for enjoyment its a Retro any day.
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Passed test in 86 at 17 yrs old. Promptly bought a 68 Mini Cooper. That was the start of my love for older cars. When I was about 12 my sister had a gorgeous mk1 Mexico. And always had known I would have one. At least one. New or newish cars have never appealed to me, my family have them and they bore me to tears, plus after working in a handful of main dealers I know prices fall like stones in a lake. Don't get me wrong I appreciate new cars with a purpose, Audi rs4 springs to mind. Tho if I had a spare 50k I wouldn't buy one, I would buy loads of old cars. I also like the way prices always fluctuate. One year my Minor is worth 6k and the next they all seem cheap. Anyway I don't want a car that looks like everything else. That's that in a nutshell.
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New cars. Who needs em.....
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I prefer most old things (except perhaps perishable food stuffs, tellys and computers) but old cars take up so much of my interest because cars in general are such an integral part of daily life. Incidentaly, the only brand new car my dad has ever owned was an '81 Rover 2600S (or was it an E? or an SE? did they make such models?) 2600 se.
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New cars. Who needs em.....
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Sounds like the same childhood as mine @retro820rover
Saturday (after TISWAS) was dads visit to the scrapyard, every saturday since I can remember, where I have the most fun time climbing up 4 cars high, to remove something my dad wanted. Feeling the cars rock as you tug and pull said part off the car (get arrested now for child abuse I guess), and yes always stuffing car badges into my anorak for mu collection displayed on a huge pegboard on my bedroom wall.
He was best mates with Ray and Roy, who had a garage on the estate I lived on back in the 70's. and spent many a happy hour sitting on spare tyres drinking squash whilst my dad earned a few bob working there when his factory was on a 3 day week.
So yeah in my blood,and you just cant beat the smell when you open the door of an old car, vinyl or leather, its the vague whiff of petrol, oil, and that wonderful 'x factor' smell! Something you will never get from a eurobox
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Last Edit: Jan 6, 2015 21:37:54 GMT by fred
'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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THE_Liam
Yorkshire and The Humber
If at first you don't succeed... HAMMERS.
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Couple of reasons. My dad and grandad were both into old cars, when I was born in '87 my grandad had a P6 V8 and my dad had a mk2 Cortina GT, and I was always around them. 80's cars are my thing because I grew up loving the cars that I saw regularly, but never really moved on, not much after the mid 90's does anything for me.
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I have always loved cars, maybe starting with my Dad's Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser wagon or my Mam's Mercury Bobcat when we lived in America, but can't really remember those cars much. After we came back to England, that's when my memories really start with regard to cars. Most of what I remember about the 80s and 90s involves my dad's mk5 Cortina, 1986 Orion, 1992 Cavalier, 1995 Sonata. Those were all new cars at the time though and I never followed my Dad's advice to buy as new as you can afford. My love of older cars is probably from my Mam, as her first car in England was the 1986 Volvo 340DL which was about 10 years old when she bought it (she still owns it), and every car she has had since is at least 10 years old, with her current car being a 1994 Citroen ZX 1.9D Also all my toy cars were of the 70s and 80s, so playing with them as a child meant I just changed over to the real versions when I grew up a bit. When I finally got round to having my own car, I just liked older tat and at the age of about 20 I bought a Lada Riva 1.3L, no reason why, I just liked the easy mechanicals and didn't see the point in spending more on something that did the same as the Lada (goes, stops, has a heater, and carries me and my passengers/stuff where I want to go). Older cars have been my ride ever since
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta 2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van 2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Cos I'm poor! Well...sort of.
My first car was a 10 year old jalopy, like most peoples (84 Escort) and after a couple of years I traded up to a Cavalier (85 1.8 GLSi) But at the point most of my friends were buying newer cars, I wanted something better - The age just wasnt important, the cavalier was followed by an 86 Saab 900, then a 900 turbo. I was in my early 20's with a 2.0L turbocharged luxury car with air con, heated leather seats and electric everything and everyone else was in mid bottom spec dullness. Nothing newer has ever appealed although I have owned some but I just enjoy having nice high spec cars that a cheap to run, and buy.
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