What car did your dad drive...

Dingatron · 02-07-2008 9:28am

carchaeologist wrote: »

Is that the actual car?What was the reg?Ritmos are totally obsolete now these days!

Nah that car has long gone to the junk yard in the sky. The one in the picture was in far better nick. It was blue with 'go fast' stripes holding the rust together!

carchaeologist · 02-07-2008 6:40pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

I think the first car my dad had was a Datsun 120Y or 140Y.

This is a 140J(there was no 140Y)Also called the violet.
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And the 120Y(sunny)

zilog_jones · 02-07-2008 7:21pm

The 140Y did exist - it was the 1.4 litre version AFAIK. There seems to be a few in the UK so I guess they were sold there at least. I dunno exactly what he had though (this was before I was born).

carchaeologist · 02-07-2008 8:33pm

zilog_jones wrote: »

The 140Y did exist - it was the 1.4 litre version AFAIK. There seems to be a few in the UK so I guess they were sold there at least. I dunno exactly what he had though (this was before I was born).

Oh, i stand corrected, i must research said car!!:D

bonham23 · 03-07-2008 11:18am

carchaeologist wrote: »

This is a 140J(there was no 140Y)Also called the violet.

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My dad had one of these with the same colour scheme.. as i've said it fell apart with rust:)

Max_Damage · 04-07-2008 11:35pm

I asked my father the other day what his first car was, and it was a late 70's Toyota Starlet (model with the round headlights). Fell to bits with rust apparently. It was replaced by a Fiesta (he wasn't sure of the year of it though), but it was the Mk1 model anyway.

Ruu_Old · 04-07-2008 11:39pm

My neighbour had a Datsun like the pic above, remember it well only because he used interior wall paint (bright green) on it, out there one day with a roller and paint brush, I kid you not.

carchaeologist · 04-07-2008 11:56pm

Max_Damage wrote: »

I asked my father the other day what his first car was, and it was a late 70's Toyota Starlet (model with the round headlights). Fell to bits with rust apparently. It was replaced by a Fiesta (he wasn't sure of the year of it though), but it was the Mk1 model anyway.

Yeh,my uncle had a starlet just like that,same story,it was so rusty i could sit in the back and put my hand out through the lower quarter panel onto the road,not a word of a lie!!
I always thought this version much better looking than the square front version that came after it in the early 80s

The mk1 fiesta was a great car,much better than the mk2 that replaced it

carchaeologist · 05-07-2008 12:00am

Ruu wrote: »

My neighbour had a Datsun like the pic above, remember it well only because he used interior wall paint (bright green) on it, out there one day with a roller and paint brush, I kid you not.

Im not surprised, i had a beetle years ago that i bought with the old man to restore(it was far too far gone!!)and the front wings were held togther with biscuit tins,filler and bits of copper tanks,it took a bit of work for the guy to do what he did!!:DI still have the 'pan in the shed though!!

Max_Damage · 05-07-2008 12:01am

He had a Mk2 only a few years ago (it was one of the first cars I ever drove, I think I mentioned that before in this thread). Wasn't a bad car to be honest. At least they didn't rust as badly as the Mk3.

carchaeologist · 05-07-2008 12:05am

Max_Damage wrote: »

He had a Mk2 only a few years ago (it was one of the first cars I ever drove, I think I mentioned that before in this thread). Wasn't a bad car to be honest. At least they didn't rust as badly as the Mk3.

I probably shouldnt mention here but me and a few friends thrashed the daylights out of an 88 mk2 last year in a field, it held up quite well untill an engine mount broke:D:P

Max_Damage · 05-07-2008 12:08am

Ever consider doing this to a car in a field?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpu7tb-oYzs

carchaeologist · 05-07-2008 12:10am

Haha,looks like loadsa fun!!!
Hers what a mk2 fiesta looks like when hit hard by something big!!

Baby4 · 05-07-2008 9:33am

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carchaeologist · 05-07-2008 6:48pm

I think this car..
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has an izuzu piazza turbo engine in it(the kadett,chevette and piazza shared the same floorpan)must make for entertaining driving!!

Max_Damage · 05-07-2008 8:45pm

^ Holden badge?

carchaeologist · 06-07-2008 10:09am

Max_Damage wrote: »

^ Holden badge?

hmmmm....nicely spotted Mr damage,looks like theres something even more fun going on under that bonnet, i must be mistaking it for a retro cars feature car a few years back...:pac:

I know its slightly(!) off topic but while i was searching for pics of that retro cars feature car i came across this,check out the amount of metalwork that this guy is doing to his car...
http://www.chevettes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11377
Incredible...

carchaeologist · 06-07-2008 5:29pm

Getting back on topic,my old man also had one of these in blue..

It ended up as in the bog as a turf store!!

He also had one of these,in the same colour,my mother turned it up on its side when she was learning to drive!!:D
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gipi · 06-08-2008 7:18pm

Just found this thread and thought I'd contribute my 2c....!

When I was born, my dad was driving a bubble car (Henkel) - just enough room for himself, mum and me (the firstborn!). Needless to say it had to be upgraded pretty quickly!

Next one I remember was a Ford Popular - I always remember it as the car that looked exactly like a child's drawing of a car! You know, the rectangular shape with wheels attached

Then we had a green mini (not racing green, more of a lime green), a VW beetle, a Morris Minor (wonder did my Dad realise he drove classics!!), and an Opel Kadett Estate. I think we had a Ford Anglia sometime too! It certainly looks familiar from the pic!

Here's a pic of a popular from Mosney Car show earlier this year - (ours was black)

greatgoal · 06-08-2008 7:29pm

the earliest ones i remember my da driving were,a morris minor van,hillman minx,mark1 cortina and a fiat 1100:)

Mrs. MacGyver · 06-08-2008 7:33pm

He had a red ford cortina mark 2

Devilman · 06-08-2008 7:42pm

Blue Ford Capri , got rid after my brother was born for a crappy 4 door Escort.. I hate my brother !!!

steveone · 08-08-2008 2:04am

'73 vauxhall viva

mark 1 escort van..

fiat bambino complete with cruise control lever (you pulled it up and the car maintained a steady 60mph... I kid you not)

fiat panda.

lord lucan · 08-08-2008 7:10pm

my da' was a toyota fan,various carinas and corollas over the years. but the car i remember best was the one he had when i was a wee nipper. a chrysler avenger. it was red with a black vinyl covering on the roof. the best and worst feature of it though was the leather upholstory. in the summer we'd be made wear shorts by me ma' but if it was really hot your legs got stuck to the leather and it was painful when you had to get out!!:eek::D

carchaeologist · 08-08-2008 7:53pm

steveone wrote: »

'73 vauxhall viva

mark 1 escort van..

fiat bambino complete with cruise control lever (you pulled it up and the car maintained a steady 60mph... I kid you not)

fiat panda.

The escort van would be worth a nice few quid now!!Theres one on carzone for 6grand....

Never heard of a cruise control on a bambino,unusual!!:)

meathstevie · 10-08-2008 9:39pm

grandda's car.jpgMy grandda drove the coolest of them all. Prime Soviet engineering :The GAZ M24 aka a Volga, with a French 2.3 Dinor diesel in it and a bottle green Ifor Williams cattle trailer behind it. He must have been the envy of the Soviet Union but unfortunatly we lived in Belgium

punchdrunk · 10-08-2008 10:43pm

ford fiesta mk1 wine with alloys and hella headlamps fitted
twas deadly :pac:

carchaeologist · 11-08-2008 12:21am

meathstevie wrote: »

grandda's car.jpgMy grandda drove the coolest of them all. Prime Soviet engineering :The GAZ M24 aka a Volga, with a French 2.3 Dinor diesel in it and a bottle green Ifor Williams cattle trailer behind it. He must have been the envy of the Soviet Union but unfortunatly we lived in Belgium

Thats a first for this thread!!!

I doubt theres any of these cars in ireland these days,if there ever was!!

fastman · 11-08-2008 10:27am

My da had an Ford Escort Mk 2. One day he was tearing down to work in it, he lost control and flipped it over, he simply got out pushed it back over and drove off to work.

Some cars

oneweb · 11-08-2008 11:09am

A Ford Cortina, beige. I still remember the 5-digit number plate. That was the last car we had.

Sigma Force · 12-08-2008 12:16am

My oul lad had a white Merc in the 80s (second hand) it was a great car used to pretend to drive it lol. Then an Audi (second hand) in the end of the 80s then a Mitz Galant 2 liter in the 90s (second hand) which I eventually got until it died was a tank but a brilliant car. Learned to drive in it pain to park but managed it no probs.

carchaeologist · 12-08-2008 12:30am

oneweb wrote: »

A Ford Cortina, beige. I still remember the 5-digit number plate. That was the last car we had.

What was the reg?And why did ye not have anymore cars?

Cocoon · 12-08-2008 12:33am

Winding the clock back to 1977 here I am beside me Da's Mk1 Golf in a great shade of green. Photo taken in Moynalty circa 77/78.. The reg was a good one, we kept this Golf for 10 years before trading it for a Datsun/Nissan Stanza 79 OZU..

GabiP · 01-09-2008 11:03pm

My Dad had a metallic light green ford cortina, it was class when it was new. He worked for a famous Irish airline and his lamps were airplane bulbs! The springs on the back of the 2 front seats were poking out through the leather and my sister and I still have massive scars across our knees from the amount of times we got gouged by them in our frocks. Also, every time we got in the back seat on a sunny day we burnt the thighs off ourselves, oooch leather and sun dont go together, ah 80's sunshine what a distant memory that is....

It met it's death when it was stolen, driven through one of those roundabouts with a statue of Mary in the middle...??? & found wrecked in the carpark of Ballymun flats, some kids were sitting on the roof & said to my Dad "we minded it for ya mister" can you believe it still drove after knocking down a statue of Mary!! Holy be to good God!

gezas · 06-09-2008 1:47pm

My dad did drive Moskvich and Moskvich father – Kreml.

That’s interesting, isn’t it?

carchaeologist · 07-09-2008 2:52am

gezas wrote: »

My dad did drive Moskvich and Moskvich father – Kreml.

That’s interesting, isn’t it?

It is,because i doubt they were ever sold over in this country!!:D

xbox36016 · 13-09-2008 1:30pm

my dads car history thare is still more than this
5 fiats 127s in the 70s
128 130 faits 70s
2 marc 180e 80s
bmw 528i 80s
saub 9000 80s
ford eascout caswouth 90s
2 e230 90s
2 e240s 90s
318ci 00s
e200 00s
530d 00s
335cd 08
2 new cars a year for him

devereux08 · 17-09-2008 8:22am

a crappy grey ford cortina ...i remember towards the end of her life the floor in the back had rusted through so picture this..four unbelted siblings two looking out the rear window identifying what the other two were throwing out through the holes in the floor. hours of fun lol:eek:

minxie · 17-09-2008 8:29am

a royal blue hillman hunter....:D
he loved that car...

Max_Damage · 17-09-2008 6:01pm

minxie1 wrote: »

a royal blue hillman hunter....:D
he loved that car...

Like this?:

Took this picture at the Terenure show last year.

minxie · 18-09-2008 7:38am

yes indeed!!!:D:D
jeez he had it for years, it never gave up...
till he hit a ditch...

remember the reg and all.;)

carchaeologist · 19-09-2008 8:04pm

devereux08 wrote: »

a crappy grey ford cortina ...i remember towards the end of her life the floor in the back had rusted through so picture this..four unbelted siblings two looking out the rear window identifying what the other two were throwing out through the holes in the floor. hours of fun lol:eek:

Ah..innocent days eh!!pre NCT days!!

carchaeologist · 20-09-2008 8:53am

minxie1 wrote: »

remember the reg and all.;)

What was the reg?

Scarinae · 20-09-2008 11:30pm

My dad had a red mini Metro, looking back now I think it's all he could afford after my mother crashed our Ford Escort. He was way too big for the car, not quite as bad as Mr Incredible, but he is tall and so always looked really cramped. My sister said she used to be really embarrassed when he'd pick her up from the disco in the little car! One time her friends made him a Thank You card for giving them lifts everywhere, and they drew a picture on the front of him in the little red car. It really annoyed him that that's the car everyone remembered him driving, purely because he looked so silly in it

Top Dog · 21-09-2008 1:58pm

Loving this thread!

Well here's what I can recall.

When I came along (don't remember the car, but do remember references to it) A Hillman Hunter in lovely cream

This was followed by his forray into Japanese metal starting with a Blue Datsun Violet. Can't properly remember the reg number but do know it was XXX IE

This was followed by the Datsun Stanza (by Nissan according to the badge on the back). It was the higher spec'd SGL model in Wine metallic. Remember this car well as my uncle had a base GL model in Blue at the time so I was well chuffed, as any 10 year old would be, that my dads car was better with its alloys and a 1.8 litre engine as opposed to my uncles 1.6.

Sadly some woman rear-ended it in Sligo causing the boot floor to split so that was then gotten rid of. 7012 EI.

With expanding family came the Mitsubishi Spacewagon - 803 FTI. White over black. The first car I legally drove so can remember this one with fondness. 1.8 GLX model. The first car I ever used T-Cut on too (which ended up in me spending 10 hours cleaning the car).:eek: I was the bee's knee's when I started driving this as with 3 rows of seating - everyone wanted to travel with me to the pub/club as more bodies = more craic

Then came one of my favourites, the 1991 Primera 1.6 LX. It was nothing that fancy, being the base model, but I loved it. 91 WX 1816 (funny at the time as I was 18 and my sister 16). Pale blue metallic saloon. Used to cover the countryside in this with the speedo disconnected, once the petrol level matched on return then dad was none-the-wiser that the car had covered 100+ miles that day

I was heartbroken when he got rid of it just before my driving test (alternator and starter packing up within a month of each other meant he lost confidence in it). Needless to say I failed my first driving test as I'd done all my practice in the Primera, getting everything to perfection, and then he arrived home 10 days before my test with a different car!:mad:

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The departure of the Primera also saw a departure from Japanese manufacturers, so enter the Citroen Xantia. The car with all the gimics - pneumatic suspension, electric windows, and the first (in fact only) car my dad has ever owned with a sunroof! Again the 1.8 petrol model, in black, reg number 93 L 1037. I remember this being the only car belonging to my dad that I actually bought parts for - front fogs that never made it on to the car.

Can remember many's a trip to the beach with friends, and one in particular having an obsession with standing out through the sunroof at 50mph on the backroads :rolleyes:

By this stage I was in college and not driving as much so reg numbers are a blur.

1995 Laguna 1.8 in silver (I think)
1998 Laguna 1.8 in yuck green metallic
2001 Laguna 1.6 in pale blue metallic
2005 Laguna 1.6 in burnt red metallic

Ah, yes. This thread has brought back some fond memories. :cool:

carchaeologist · 21-09-2008 6:59pm

Good to hear you are loving the thread!!I doubt theres a single datsun stanza left in the land these days...I havnt seen one for well over 10 years...

carchaeologist · 21-09-2008 7:02pm

Fishie wrote: »

My dad had a red mini Metro, looking back now I think it's all he could afford after my mother crashed our Ford Escort. He was way too big for the car, not quite as bad as Mr Incredible, but he is tall and so always looked really cramped. My sister said she used to be really embarrassed when he'd pick her up from the disco in the little car! One time her friends made him a Thank You card for giving them lifts everywhere, and they drew a picture on the front of him in the little red car. It really annoyed him that that's the car everyone remembered him driving, purely because he looked so silly in it

Reminds me of the simpsons episode with the guy in the beetle..this is the largest automobile i can afford..:D

Mr. Presentable · 21-09-2008 7:13pm

One of these in white, with seven kids in the back

Max_Damage · 21-09-2008 8:26pm

carchaeologist wrote: »

Good to hear you are loving the thread!!I doubt theres a single datsun stanza left in the land these days...I havnt seen one for well over 10 years...

There is one on UK plates near me.

Scarinae · 21-09-2008 9:08pm

carchaeologist wrote: »

Reminds me of the simpsons episode with the guy in the beetle..this is the largest automobile i can afford..:D

Yeah that's pretty much what he looked like, facial expression and all!

If I'd been older I probably would have been embarrassed like my sister was!

What car did your dad drive...

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