What car did your dad drive...

biko · 04-07-2013 10:09am

Renault 4 and then this beaut (or one just like it)

bigtimecharlie · 04-07-2013 10:45am

I remember an Anglia that always broke down.
Then a mark 2 escort that that leather seats, got so hot in it one day my brothers t-shirt burned.
Then a Ford Cortina.
Then a Opel Rekord.
Then the best, a 505 2.5td english import, the best car we ever had.
I've left home at this stage so from memory.
A corolla that got wrote off after an accident. Got another corolla.

Aglomerado · 04-07-2013 10:47am

fryup wrote: »

oh you poor thing, can just imagine the hardship

Shítmo!

bigtimecharlie · 04-07-2013 10:51am

Gamayun wrote: »

My Dad drove a Yugo in the 90's, I have no idea what model.

I remember a guy bringing one of these to school in the late 80's. The stereo he had in it was worth more than the car.

Pabmac · 05-07-2013 4:25pm

We had an Anglia, Fiat 128 and Fiesta

Sofiztikated · 05-07-2013 4:30pm

We had

A Ford Escort - Died when a deer jumped a wall, and landed on the bonnet.
A red, diesel 205. The only diesel we ever owned, AFAIK.
A white Diahatsu Charade, had elephant ear wing mirrors. Brother had a red one, and drove it until it fell apart. Literally. I opened the passenger door one day, to get out to go into a shop, and it fell on the road.

Pabmac · 05-07-2013 5:42pm

:-)

carchaeologist · 08-09-2013 10:49pm

biko wrote: »

Renault 4 and then this beaut (or one just like it)

Friend of mine has one of these, great motors.

my my my · 08-09-2013 10:57pm

beetle

hilmann avenger estate

'79 hi-ace pickup (petrol)

'81 hi-ace pickup

80's lite-ace

00 lite-ace

peugeot partner

vw caddy

petrolcan · 12-09-2013 10:24pm

biko wrote: »

Renault 4 and then this beaut (or one just like it)

That looks like the one the old man has at the moment!

petrolcan · 12-09-2013 10:33pm

'82 Starlet 5458 IH

'82 Cortina 265 WZL

'90 Bluebird 90 MO something

'94 Pug 306 (I think)

'98 Octavia

'67 Land Rover SWB

'02 Octavia

'07 Octavia

'11 Kia Soul

'11 Yeti (Mum's Car)

'12 Yeti (Mum's Car)

'02 Santa Fe

Some old Saab like the one above.

All in all not a bad list.

He bought the Landy as they'd moved out of town but it was the biggest dog of a thing ever. Ended up being buried in Glenswilly somewhere.

Missyelliot2 · 12-09-2013 10:38pm

Ford escort in green......then we upgraded to a 4-door ford escort in brown, with a radio!

Ah, happy family days - I used to stand in the back between the two seats

DEVO F16V · 14-09-2014 1:56am

starting from as far back as i can remember
white mk3 cortina
red mk3 cortina(new)
78. toyota carina (new)
81. renault 18 turbo(6 month old ex demo)
86 renault.18 turbo(ex special branch)
88 renault 25
90 renault 25
90 honda accord
85 audi 80 quattro
93 renault safrane
00 rover 75
06 crysler 300 (current)

the 81 18 turbo would have been the one id like to have just for sentimental value. old man had it for 10 years and have great memories of it.

OldMrBrennan83 · 14-09-2014 1:57am

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Professey Chin · 16-09-2014 7:37pm

I can remember a Corolla and an Escort in the 80s, they were replaced by a Volvo 360 if I remember right then!

duchalla · 16-09-2014 8:02pm

I can remember a couple of Hillman Hunters and a couple of Hillman Avengers. It's been all Toyota since the mid 80's.

Waitsian · 17-09-2014 1:26pm

Growing up in Canada in the 70s Dad drove this beauty:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Granada_%28North_America%29#mediaviewer/File:Ford_Granada_%28North-America%29.jpg

I remember the day he bought it, he was pleased as punch!

The Princess Bride · 17-09-2014 6:01pm

Missyelliot2 wrote: »

Ah, happy family days - I used to stand in the back between the two seats

My brother was the same in our family -always standing up, holding on between the front seats.

We went to a disco with some cousins one night, my mother driving in fourth gear all the way.
It took some serious cramming to get 7 teenage girls with big 80s hair into the back seat of a Ford escort!

What car did your dad drive...

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