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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1628   
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You have to admire a man who can endure 52 years of pain
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9th Nov 2020 9:50pm |
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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1283 
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Sorry John (Def9) I can't hear you.
Going a bit deaf. No idea why......  |
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9th Nov 2020 11:03pm |
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| Smyles_ Member Since: 26 Aug 2018 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 514 
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2012 VW up! white edition (one of 1171 for the rivet counters out there
 ) Absolute blast to drive - all the power, all the time!
Was primarily used to gain 2 years NCB, keep running costs down, and save me dosh to later defy my parents by purchasing a 110 
 Click image to enlarge I still shout up! in my head every time I see one... Stuart
Cummins 130 Build Thread 58 130 Double Cab HCPU - Cairns Blue 04 110 Double Cab - Black (gone) 07 Audi RS4 Avant - Silver |
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10th Nov 2020 2:04am |
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| AJC Member Since: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1352
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Thats great, i still have my car that i bought when i was 20 years old. Now 35 |
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10th Nov 2020 4:35pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10676
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Mine was a 1973 white Mini Countryman BOD 7L which i bought from my dad
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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10th Nov 2020 11:35pm |
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| Whirly90 Member Since: 01 Sep 2016 Location: Ampshire Posts: 402 
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Mine was bought for £160 in 1985 at the age of 18, a 1967 VW beetle 1500cc - MAE 744F. It had 6v electrics and the headlights were like candles, not that that was an excuse for it's demise. Unfortunately at that age my enthusiasm far outweighed my ability and it lasted 6 weeks before i ran out of talent and rolled it
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11th Nov 2020 8:38am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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Mine was a “one careful lady owner” Signal Yellow Ford Fiesta Mark1 1.1L reg GMS 225S, bought from my mother. She sold it to me on buying a Fiesta 1.3 SuperSport in White with grey/blue go-faster stripes, that the salesman was condescending enough to advise her that he thought it was way too powerful for a lady driver
The SuperSport was the predecessor to the XR2 which she later owned, but I had moved on to an MG Metro by then. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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11th Nov 2020 1:01pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17205 
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As posted on page 1 of this thread, mine was a 1966 Triumph 200 Mk 1 Estate which I bought for the princely sum of £100, which was quite cheap but at the time it had frozen solid and popped its core plugs. I had inspected it carefully and there didn't seem to be any other damage, so a new set of core plus and it was good to go. I bought the car before I bought a camera so have very few photos of it:
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge (If anyone is wondering, no, I didn't drive through that!) The disturbing this was that it was only about 10 years old when I bought it, and it was essentially a rusty old banger. My Disco2 is now twice that age, and my Defender is 40% older than the Triumph was when I bought it, and I don't consider either to be a relic. The Triumph was a great car but the tin worm killed it in the end. I replaced it with a twin-wheel Transit because the price was right - I paid £35 in a sealed bid tender for it, and won! It had had a brand new engine from Ford a few weeks earlier too! It, too, had tin-worm, but after a lot of caving trips and some remedial work I sold it and it financed my first Land-Rover. Click image to enlarge The First Land-Rover of many was an 80", ostensibly a 1953, but actually a blend of 1949 and 1953 vehicles. It was by far the most expensive vehicle I had ever bought (out of a total of three then) at £350. It was ex-Cave Rescue and I drove it home at night in one of the harshest winters we'd had for years with snow drifts taller than the vehicle in the hills. It had no heater when I bought it, and the draught strips on the door tops were missing. It was almost indescribably cold (i was stopping at pubs every few miles to thaw my hands under the hot-air dryers) but it got me 150 miles home. I am delighted to say that I still have this vehicle although it requires some major chassis work before it goes on the road again. I'll wager it is worth more than £350 now too, even with holes in the chassis! Click image to enlarge That was the beginning of it really, and the succession has included another 80", and 86" (both of which I still have), a Series II 88" (sold), a Mk V Cortina (sold), a Mk 2 Astra (sold), a Rover 416 (sold), a Rover 420 (sold), a Disco 2 and a TDCi Defender (both current), oh, and a 1938 4.1/4 litre Derby Bentley (sadly also sold). Also a 1952 Bedford OLBD lorry (sold), and a 1949 Fordson E27N tractor (sold). And a 1961 Iron Fairy VI mobile crane (not sold). |
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11th Nov 2020 1:36pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 04 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5066
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My 1st car was a rover metro rio, Bought the car for £180 and had it for 2 years. It was a right giggle when going around the arounderabout with the choke still fully out
 One strong little car it was! I would put it in the same class as my 306.
I ended up building a fast one a few years later, The 306 forum pushed me through the project, as i was going to bin it off many times. It was one of the most view thread, on the other projects. Shame the project became a money pit. So go to shot for the defender. Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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13th Nov 2020 1:59pm |
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| Adammacky Member Since: 28 Dec 2019 Location: West Midlands Posts: 309
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2004 corsa C 1L
People will have their opinions but this was my first car, bought it completely standard and did pretty much everything myself, loved every minute of it and wish I'd have stuck a 2L lump in it instead of selling  bit of a chav back in the day 
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13th Nov 2020 2:28pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 04 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5066
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Adammacky those days are gone now,
I remember someone lad trying to be funny in corsa of that era, He sat right up the arse of this Click image to enlarge Then had a massive shock on his face like this and was not happy when it walked away from him, as though he was standing still
Little did he know that that 1.1s was a 1.8 vvc 160 Click image to enlarge  Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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13th Nov 2020 3:59pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10676
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Liking your Corsa Adammacky, like the Irmscher front grill and did you put the Opal badge on the back ? 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. Clayton. |
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13th Nov 2020 11:14pm |
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| Adammacky Member Since: 28 Dec 2019 Location: West Midlands Posts: 309
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Yeah the first thing I did was swap to opel badges and also had a genuine opel grill sent over from poland i had fitted for a while but preferred the irmscher look more, as a 17 year old living at home with parents all my paychecks went towards the car
sad to see from gov uk that its no longer being taxed or MOTd unfortunately maybe scrapped now  |
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14th Nov 2020 12:38am |
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| Bian Considine Member Since: 25 Jul 2020 Location: Margate Posts: 53
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Sadly true - back in the 80's I had a mkII Transit with a 3ltr Capri V6/gearbox/rear axle combination - that surprised a few people. |
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14th Nov 2020 3:47pm |
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