buchan30 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, L'immortale Par said: The Capri replaced a silver Cortina (must have been one of the last ones). I remember my arthritic old grandpa raging about getting folded into the back of the Capri. We did that in reverse we had a capri, the basic one tbf. I think that was as far as the old man would push is luck. He got a mark 4 1.6 Cortina which was a cracking car. He's had a mark 2 before the capri, again the 1.3 not 1600E. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: We did that in reverse we had a capri, the basic one tbf. I think that was as far as the old man would push is luck. He got a mark 4 1.6 Cortina which was a cracking car. He's had a mark 2 before the capri, again the 1.3 not 1600E. The Cortina replaced the Panzer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 minute ago, L'immortale Par said: The Cortina replaced the Panzer? Yes , the Panzer had a horn that played La Cucaracha, in hindsight I could see the direction he was moving. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I remember my dad getting a Volkswagen Sirocco. A beautiful car. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 23 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: We did that in reverse we had a capri, the basic one tbf. I think that was as far as the old man would push is luck. He got a mark 4 1.6 Cortina which was a cracking car. He's had a mark 2 before the capri, again the 1.3 not 1600E. The MkII 1600E was a step up from the 'cooking' Cortina 1600 (which my auld man had) and had lowered suspension, wood veneer and a rev counter. A much coveted car in Motherwell! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: The MkII 1600E was a step up from the 'cooking' Cortina 1600 (which my auld man had) and had lowered suspension, wood veneer and a rev counter. A much coveted car in Motherwell! A thing of beauty. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz_the_Squirrel Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The millennium bug. Load a shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, buchan30 said: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said: I remember my dad getting a Volkswagen Sirocco. A beautiful car. Somewhat different now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tamthebam Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 My old man had the obscure DAF 33 which was an automatic made in the Netherlands. It had a button on the dashboard for giving you extra power for going up steep hills. He told us kids not to touch the button so we pretended it was for a James Bond style ejector seat. The seats were black plastic. If you left the car parked in the sun and came back they burned yer bum with the heat they'd absorbed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Somewhat different now Yeah but what VW had in between (early 90s) was the Corrado which was a pretty decent car and a Sirocco for all intensive purposes. Looks pretty good: From the car option list in about 1992/3 I opted for the Honda Prelude which had a 2.2l VTec engine and about 180 bhp but also had 4 wheel steering. OK so it looked a bit like a hairdresser's car but was just a delight to drive. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 When I was a kid a guy down the street had one of these. Was considered cool as f**k at the time! . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said: When I was a kid a guy down the street had one of these. Was considered cool as f**k at the time! . An Opel Manta? You're from Motherwell(ish) and about my age. There can't have been more than one about. Still, cool AF. Edit: Referencing another post - I am 95% convinced that the chip shop when you came out of Motherwell Baths and turned right (the one just up from the library) was Gino's rather than Mario's. Edited March 19, 2020 by The_Kincardine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Raidernation Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I learned to drive in my Dad’s Viva 1300 GLS, almost identical to the one shown above except ours was yellow.Pretty dreadful car TBH 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) If we’re doing ‘yer da’s company car’ mine hit his peak with one of these. Granada Ghia 2.8. Seemed like something unworldly at the time. Had to wash it weekly for my pocket money but the wheels were an utter bitch to clean. Edited March 19, 2020 by alta-pete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Old man had a black one of these too: 33 Sportwagon (well, they were hardly going to call it an “estate”) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Nutz_the_Squirrel said: The millennium bug. Load a shite. Yes. Imagine thinking some bug was going to cause chaos and send the world into meltdown. Ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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