torchey 1,202 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Mini Metro nearly 30 years ago now ! @Gnasher - that is a quality motor - be worth some money now ! (Is that Bodie on the back seat ?) Bodie & Doyle had the " S " i think this one was a Ghia if i remember right......only had it about a year anyway till it was somewhat removed from my care Its mad the prices some of them old Fords go for these days is right. Mini Metro nearly 30 years ago now ! @Gnasher - that is a quality motor - be worth some money now ! (Is that Bodie on the back seat ?) Bodie & Doyle had the " S " i think this one was a Ghia if i remember right......only had it about a year anyway till it was somewhat removed from my care Its mad the prices some of them old Fords go for these days is right. ...............your not wrong about the prices i had a mk2 rs2000 back in the day and sold it for 1300 quid wish i,d kept that in the garage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spade 224 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Not a car but had a Vespa PX125E, red with chrome side panels, Florida bars etc and a Pittone baffleless exhaust (just so people could hear me coming)Took me to numerous rallies around the country. Really was my pride and joy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willum 89 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Red rover 214s c721cyf pile of shite first car of my uncle who was a Aston heritage race mechanic 450 quid 1st week clutch went then thermostat 2weeks later it came with a full mot god knows how lol drunk a litter of oil a week stem seals had gone I once tried over taking a vw camper van going down hill me and mate in the car laughing till we started going up hill then the vw pulled away with them laughing I had to admit defeat and pull back in 2 cars behind but hey done me a year that was 16 years ago since then mk2 xr2 205gti zx16v fourtack and now a ranger and a golf blue motion but if I could have any one of them it'd have to be the mk2 xr again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,101 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 ford escort mark 1 about 1986 it was rarely legal and got to the point I just used to pull over when ever I passed a police car before they even moved 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Joe1888 672 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 ford escort mark 1 about 1986 it was rarely legal and got to the point I just used to pull over when ever I passed a police car before they even moved would be worth a few £ these days, mk1 and 2 sell for good money.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abarrett 462 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 25 years ago me and my brother gave £100 For an old Sun blessed bread van with sliding doors It still had the racks in that held the bread baskets Great van just not fast It was never locked because the key was stuck in the ignition It got pinched about 10 times and we always found it about 200 yards away No joy riding to be had at 20 mph 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 B reg mk3 escort, 20 years agoMore or less exactly the same as me! Mine was a light blue 5 door 1.3 L! Loved that car and was the first of many Fords. Drive a 2011 Focus these days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 mme, my brothers and our mates had sort of "pool cars" which we used to share, triumph dolomite, ford zephyr, one of them had a very old zodiac stretch limo for a while 9on its last legs, he torched it in the end!). then my older brother got a plymouth barracuda which i was allowed to use sometimes. but none of them legal, it wasnt until i was in my 30s that i actually sat my test, and was gifted a lada samara flyte 1.5i. f***ing deathtrap, but like a rocketship on wheels from 0-40, used to beat xr3i's and golfs from the ligghts, just wouldnt go much over 45 mph!! but pretty reliable, drove from luton to paignton and back in a day (think it was about 450 miles) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tsteve9999 456 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Bought a 1969 cortina mk 2 in 1974 off a mate for 50 quid if I remember right. Column gear change and rust all over it but it never let me down in the 2 years I had it and the bench seats saw some action,,,lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wullz 408 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 30 years ago, Beige Mk1 1600L 4 door Cavalier, SGE57R cost me £400 and one front wing was made of caty. Taught me a lot that old motor, how to set points, plugs, dizzies, rockers, brakes etc etc.....great motor, you could jump in beside it and work on it..... Drove it for 4 years and eventually the back diff locked and ripped the shoite out of the back axle.....off to the scrappers..... Cant remember the amount of times I pulled in it, producer slips for the cop shop every time I went out in it..... mind you I had a firestick on a mag mount on the roof with a cub's tail on it.......the cops pulled me all the time! My dad worked in Caterpillar in Uddingstone and he got me a pile of Caterpillar yellow spray cans, when it got too rusty we would rub it down, re primer it and coat it with the spray cans.....it stood out a bit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carraghs Gem 1,675 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 well last year i bought myself a 06 citroen relay van that my ex decided was "his" so when i left him i had to leave it behind so ive bought myself a vw t25 campervan which im currently restoring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flipper_Al 1,012 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 1981 MK3 Cortina 2.0 GXL in Yellow with black vinyl roof Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,537 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 1965 Mk 1 Cortina in 1975. Car was £95, insurance £91 Cheers, D. That escort cost me £325 it was £600 to insure, my girl will be driving next year ( if she passes) what will that cost me I wonder?? Couple of grand fir first time insurance now ain't it? Young lass next door to me, 17 year old passed her test last week and got a 04 reg. Punto. Insurance is £990 and we are pretty low on insurance rates down here compared to most of the rest of the country. Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 26,300 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 1965 Mk 1 Cortina in 1975. Car was £95, insurance £91 Cheers, D. That escort cost me £325 it was £600 to insure, my girl will be driving next year ( if she passes) what will that cost me I wonder?? Couple of grand fir first time insurance now ain't it? Young lass next door to me, 17 year old passed her test last week and got a 04 reg. Punto.Insurance is £990 and we are pretty low on insurance rates down here compared to most of the rest of the country. Cheers, D. She's let me know what car she'd like already lol.. I've said as long as she makes a contribution from what she earns from her Saturday job I'll make the rest up.... I reckon it'll be 90% of my money lol.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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