What car do you wish you could have kept.

[TassieKiwi]

I had one of these in Admiralty Blue with buckskin leather (a saloon) in the UK, until some local hood nicked it one day. Long sad story (I spotted a grey car about 10km from my home there a week later, with my doors/seat/bonnet etc fitted. Called cops, disbelief but impounded it, I showed pics for proof, turned out to be a real nasty local heavy whom i'd asked to use the phone to call the police! about 9 feet tall, tats etc - a week later cops gave him the car back, I got 1500 quid ) but best memory is a road trip to Meribel in the French alps, and a pic with 105mph on the speedo blasting down the French motorway waaahoooo!

I'd like:
Healy 3000
Boss Mach 1
Aston Vantage
Silver Cloud (for elegant picnics on the Mersey, y'know)
1960 Pontiac Laurentian (17'6" long)
1965 Splitty Sama
Actually, a concours musem would do.

[martrix]

Nice car Martrix, I have actually seen her on the road

Classic. Did you see it or hear it? Must have been out in the S/E suburbs?

It does tend to get attention. A shame that on the day after I bought it, it came home on a tow truck .

[Andy Mac]

I haven't owned any seriously flash cars, although I've drooled over a couple. I still kick myself for selling my old '72 Kombi pop-top camper which I had for 8yrs...was almost going to say "my faithful old...", but that wasn't the case. Did a 'round Australia engine changing trip once, but had some great times in it, extremely practical vehicle!
I was once given a 1947 Triumph 1800 Roadster, a rusty wreck in a paddock, if I would remove it. Most of it was there, aluminium bonnet etc, and if I'd been dilligent it could have looked like this...!

Dream on...

In my case it was my fathers MK 5 Jaguar. PS. the little kid standing next to the front wheel..... its me in 1970

I think we have that very caravan parked in the driveway!! BTW that is one very stylish car!

Cheers!

[Gra]

matrix,

you going to the American Motoring Show on April 1...

Thinking of taking the mistress, and trying to convince my boss to bring his GT

[rod1949]

Fords - 1949 and 1936 sedan and 1953 F100, all flat tops. They're all be worth squillions of quids now.

[rod1949]

The car I learnt to drive in - a 1948 Humber Hawk. Huge bullet shaped headlights sitting above the high arched mudguards, a 4 cylinder 2 litre motor that gave it a top speed of about 60mph but enough torque that it pulled itself, a box trailer, my clapped out A40 with a boat railer and VJ behind up Bumble hill near Wyong before the Newcastle expressway was built. Thems were the days - the constabulary would have a fit if we tried it now!

I knew some people who had one of those long nose Humber Super Snipes. They had a motoring mishap one day... drove through the front brick wall of a house. The wall was a right-off. The Humber just a bit of paint damage, no dents whatsoever.

[Waldo]

G'day,

I haven't owned one yet and probably never will, but if I get one I'll be hanging onto it.

An F6 Typhoon.

Next car will be a newer XR6 than my current '93 series II XR6, hopefully a BA Turbo.

[ptc]

My
Riley 1.5 RMA 1951
Sold it 3yrs ago.

[TassieKiwi]

I like the 2 1/2 pathfinder. There's one parked up at a garage in New Norfolk, but by the look of it the cancer has really taken hold.

[Groggy]

A 1275cc Mini Cooper S. Bored out to 1310cc, then stroked to 1375cc with a Datsun crank. Span its wheels in top gear and the needle hit the stops on the Smiths speedo at 135mph (still pulling).

I had the great delight of passing a V8 Sandman and watching the bonnet bulge as the engine blew when he tried to catch me. But that was in another life, one I was fortunate to live through.

[Doughboy]

I had an '82 Datsun Stanza SSS. Triple SU's, low profile 14'' solid disk mags, made into a convertible, black pearl paint, air-brushed sword on the side with Excalibur written underneath it, the obligatory redback spider gear nob, red leather seats and console, customised dash with red LED's.

Not many people like her but she was all mine and I loved her. Saddest part was she was stolen and ripped apart. Never again have I put that kind of heart into a car. Bikes are a different matter!!!

Pete

[Ashore]

A lovely little yellow fiat 850 sport, sold it when SHMBO couldn't get the bassinett in the back seat Damm Kids, though truth be known I proberly couldn't get in and out of it now.

Rgds

[Gra]

A lovely little yellow fiat 850 sport, sold it when SHMBO couldn't get the bassinett in the back seat Damm Kids, though truth be known I proberly couldn't get in and out of it now.

Rgds

ashore,

I feel your pain, had to sell my MGB when baby no2 came along. Mr plod wouldn't let me fit the second baby seat to the parcel shelf, yes I tried and no matter what I did couldn't get the engineering right.

It used to be a good commute from work, pick up child no1 at childcare drive the rest of the way home, roof down. She used to love it (So did dad).

Yes I still miss that car. maybe I should have purchased an MGYT (Four seat convertible from about 1940)

[martrix]

matrix,

you going to the American Motoring Show on April 1...

Thinking of taking the mistress, and trying to convince my boss to bring his GT

Ive been meaning to go to it every year for the past 6-7 years, but have yet to get there...too busy. Was even going to display my car..trying to distance myself from the yank tanks for the moment though, it will make the split easier .....weening myself off them.

G'day,

I haven't owned one yet and probably never will, but if I get one I'll be hanging onto it.

An F6 Typhoon.

Next car will be a newer XR6 than my current '93 series II XR6, hopefully a BA Turbo.

As much as I dislike Fords, those turbo cars are a cheap weapon and I wouldn't say no to one.

[Harry72]

An AP5 Val that my father sold 2 weeks before I started my current job in 94...

He had it since new, still had the original paint in pristine condition 250000 on the clock and never had any repairs except servicing and the replacement of the exhaust manifold to extractors(a design fault they had).

Man I had plans for that car... no roof and a blown 440!
It probably would have saved me money by not buying a few new cars.