Modern vs classic cars
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Tootsfriend
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You were nothing but a spoilt teenager. I had to buy my first car and it was a 1938 Morris 8 Series EIraHayes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 9:07 pm My first car was a cortina estate 1.6Ghia Automatic. Reg no. VOA 63S (10 yrs old at time of purchase, from my dad)
I remember having a starter motor problem where the armature would “stick” and the temporary solution till my dad could replace it was …”a sharp tap with a hammer just there, lad”
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Just tell us that you weren’t on a waiting list…Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:16 amYou were nothing but a spoilt teenager. I had to buy my first car and it was a 1938 Morris 8 Series EIraHayes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 9:07 pm My first car was a cortina estate 1.6Ghia Automatic. Reg no. VOA 63S (10 yrs old at time of purchase, from my dad)
I remember having a starter motor problem where the armature would “stick” and the temporary solution till my dad could replace it was …”a sharp tap with a hammer just there, lad”
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my first car, Brand new 1968 Chevelle 327/325 horsepower< which i paid for ( all of $2,950) No air con, no power windows, 4 speed hurst tranny ,,,, just sexy and fastIraHayes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 9:07 pm My first car was a cortina estate 1.6Ghia Automatic. Reg no. VOA 63S (10 yrs old at time of purchase, from my dad)
I remember having a starter motor problem where the armature would “stick” and the temporary solution till my dad could replace it was …”a sharp tap with a hammer just there, lad”
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Even that would look small in the carpark.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:48 ammy first car, Brand new 1968 Chevelle 327/325 horsepower< which i paid for ( all of $2,950) No air con, no power windows, 4 speed hurst tranny ,,,, just sexy and fastIraHayes wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 9:07 pm My first car was a cortina estate 1.6Ghia Automatic. Reg no. VOA 63S (10 yrs old at time of purchase, from my dad)
I remember having a starter motor problem where the armature would “stick” and the temporary solution till my dad could replace it was …”a sharp tap with a hammer just there, lad”
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I learned driving in a Citroen CX. Pretty unusual car for Kenya at the time:
My first car was a Minimoke. Shitty little car but perfect for Mombasa. I had it custom painted with a custom roof. The only downside was that everyone in Mombasa knew the car and my mom would always hear about which seedy bars it was parked in front of. I have no photo but it looked similar to this model:
My first car was a Minimoke. Shitty little car but perfect for Mombasa. I had it custom painted with a custom roof. The only downside was that everyone in Mombasa knew the car and my mom would always hear about which seedy bars it was parked in front of. I have no photo but it looked similar to this model:
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1950 Rover P4 Cyclops. Mine was 16 years old when I got it and not in as good shape as this one.
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I had a red CX2400. Very strange car with centralising steering, weird controls, semi auto box (manual but with no clutch pedal) and up and down suspension that was so comfortable it should have been illegal!
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As you can imagine, roads were pretty shite in Kenya back then. SItting in this car, you never noticed.
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