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Paul6266

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Chard Zummerset

Hi all

We all remember our first car as that is allways like the first love of you life.

Mine was a blue vauxhall nova 1.3sr with silly tinted windows and a exhausgt that I could nearly get my head in!

What about all you guys do you remeber back that far to your first car?

when i drove a 10" wheeled Mini last it felt insane !


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Cheeky!
Can I remember back that far?!!!!
My first car was a 1972 Mk3 Mini.
Paul

I seriously doubt it!


Paul6266

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Chard Zummerset

I wasnt implying that people are that old. lol

Im not that nasty! he he he

when i drove a 10" wheeled Mini last it felt insane !


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Hi,
Mini of course *wink* '74 clubman 998 cooper engine.
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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A 1986 2Litre Ford Capri, in 2003!

Done it up from a scrap heap.


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Isle of Man

a mint diamond white mk3 with a 998 cooper engine, loved that car to bits....literally....

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"



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1990 mini flame. Errr 1 year ago!

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mk3 Astra Merit! oh dear..


Paul S

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Podland

In 1973 - 1966 Austin 1100 in green - Yuk

At least it was an A series.

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Peugeot 205 GR , it was great till i blew the head gasket!


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Shropshire.

1988 1300 Escort - Blue with orange stripe.. now it would be retro, 11 years ago it was just a bit crap, but i still loved it and in a strage way wouldnt mind another one.


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A 1984 brown (paint as well as rust) mini city. Infact its my first and current car and it clutters up my garage as a shell.


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a 1980 applejack mini city, and i still have it...in about a million bits!

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1959 Series II Landrover, OOO ARR


RogerM

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I like nice quiet girly Minis

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1979 Mini 850 .... with Se7en spec engine, cage and stripped out with buckets in (was a pig to drive in town but a hell of a lot of fun to drive to town!!!!)

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

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62 austin mini minor 850cc, mint when i bought it

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HNE 500N Austin Allegro

White with a brown vynal roof.

1275 ofcourse.

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Aberdeenshire, scotland.

My first car was a 998 mni city E in blue with spots, alloys and a centre exit exhaust and tons of other stuf. its the same mini i have now which is being rebuilt into a turbo.


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Nissan Micra, White. 2002. Was lovely til the engine exploded 6 months later.

There is no sense crying over every mistake- you just keep on trying til you run out of cake.


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theres something not quite right about that mini...is it photoshopped or something?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

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its the mirrors!! sorry, couldnt quite figure out what was up with it!!

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"



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Aberdeenshire, scotland.

Hehe, yeh. It had one bullet mirror and another normal one for some reason. oh and i took a picture of a proper print with my digi cam.lol.


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1987 998 mini mayfair was standerd but it is modded a bit and on its way to being a 1293 turbo!!!!
think i bought it in 2004 and started to drive it in 2005.

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985


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CWP220S Inca Yellow Mini Clubman Estate 1098cc.

At the time all my mates and people at college had beige Fiestas and green Metros and the like so my car was pretty cool.......


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