Cars on my street when I was a kid

Saab Ed

Fairly normal street around 1983.... Anything crazy parked on the street you grew up on?

Owen

We'd a Rover 2000, my Dad's Carina II and Bluebird, there was a Fiat Panda, plenty of Fiestas. My Mother also had a Humber Sceptre, and a Triumph Herald. Oh, and my brother had a Datsun Cherry held together with the metal from biscuit tins, and isopon. It was supposed to be red, but he sprayed it in a cold garage one night, and it ended up being pink in the morning

Blue850

There was a black one of these parked beside the school when I was in primary school, 25 years ago, a TVR Vixen, always remembered the MK2 Cortina lights.

Anan1

The coolest thing on our street was a Mk1 Capri, although a couple of lads were restoring a FIAT 500 in a garage down the lane. I can still remember the smell of the paint, 70s solvents were the real deal.

duffarama

I certainly remember seeing lots of Fiat 127's

and there was a Datsun 120y near us too, actually there were lots of crazy cars near me growing up. I remember a Simca being parked on the street a lot!

flanzer

My next door neighbour was a teacher and had one of these



Then traded it around 1986 for an XR2i like this:



My Dad could never understand how a teacher could own such 'prestigious' cars!

duffarama

Actually when I went to school there was a sporty Fiat convertible under a cover across from the school. I always expected to see it all shiny and running again. That's well over 20 years ago.

It's still under the covers

R.O.R

The guy at the top of the road had a Fiat X/19 - that was the coolest car ever!

alastair

My headmaster in primary school drove one of these bad boys:

Always thought the full width lights/reflector on the back was just like something Cannon or Mannix would drive. The vice principle drove a zypher iirc.

In secondary school, my funky art teacher drove one of these sporty numbers (same colour and decals as well):


Elderly lady down the road had a pristine Herald estate up until the late eighties - it pretty much only went to the shops at the weekend. The white rubber bumpers were a lovely touch.

BlackWizard

20 years from now a thread like this will pop up again.

What will people be saying? Golf GTi or something..

Cars are boring these days

cjt156

My old man had the coolest car on our street; a FIAT 131 SuperMirafiori
Mum had a Simca 1100, most people have never heard of it.

bazz26

One of my neighbours had one of these (same colour too):



Was the bee's knees.

Blue850

cjt156 wrote: »

My old man had the coolest car on our street; a FIAT 131 SuperMirafiori
Mum had a Simca 1100, most people have never heard of it.

One of my teachers had a lime green Mirafiori, my Uncle had one and a cousin had a Estate
I have a Majorette( french matchbox/corgi) model of a Simca 1100, and a neighbour had a Simca 1501

Simca 1100

Simca 1501