What car did your dad drive...

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

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.

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..

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

yes indeed!!!:D:D
jeez he had it for years, it never gave up...
till he hit a ditch... remember the reg and all.;)

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:



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: