Crap Cars Your Dad (or You) Had

Talking of early Skodas, a colleague bought one new in the early 70s - cheap as chips. He called his manager, who lived nearby, one morning to say it wouldn't start. The engine was completely shagged and the car was a write-off. BUT, he'd done over 100,000 miles in it, and never had it serviced - not once. He claimed he'd never even lifted the bonnet. We did high miles then, running a big territory, so the car wasn't very old.

 

!! Must have been thing with these, one of these knocked me off my push bike into a Hillman imp. Lost 6 teeth and bust my jaw in 2 places!! The $%$% never stopped.

 

!! Must have been thing with these, one of these knocked me off my push bike into a Hillman imp. Lost 6 teeth and bust my jaw in 2 places!! The $%$% never stopped.

 

Here you go my first car was an A35....



Also had a 2CV, loved both of them at the time



Wessa

 

I had the blue Regal too (and a Robin and a Rialto) when I first opened the door and the interior light came on it was like climbing into a frdge . . . .so we called it Frosty.

 

My Dad had one of these beasts (not the original picture)it was a tank three on a tree colum change and bench seat handbrake on the right I used t blast it around the block aged 13 1980 good days

 

Nah, think this is someone's idea of marketing to people with plenty of dosh but no taste

 

Grew up with Anglia`s I remember they always needed welding lol Manta A (my 1st car) was the same lol

 

I had the same Hillman Minx. The one in the picture is a serials III, before they got 'wings'. Mine's was same colour, powder blue over charcoal grey. Bench seat and a column change. Loved mine, especially getting six people in it and no seat belts.

 

1600E Nearly bought one as my 1st car for the sum of £725 taxed &Mot`d+ same place had a Mexico for the same money! Coulda woulda shoulda etc TiT yes!

 

Ha I wouldn't have swapped that tape deck either!!!!!!!
My Dad pinched one of these from his works showroom just to impress us lol It had an 8 track stereo, bloody loads of em on the floor/back seat. Mahoosive things. 3.0GXL white with black vinyl roof was awesome to a 9 year old.

 

First car I drove. Ford Zephyr sat on my Dads lap on disused airfield runway. Ton up Dad, Ton up!

 

Mine's was a maxi on the beach at Weston-super-Mare. Can you still do that?

 

Yes, and Brean Sands, but idiots keep ignoring the signs of where not to drive and get stuck, often losing the car to the tides!