ant rs2000

Mk2 escort reg faj773v in red flat front rs2000 lookalike an a mk3 xr3 pwf110x in silver both my road cars wen i was 17.

eddie_od

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E942 WUS black ford fiesta xr2 when a was 17
what a car
pity it was so rusty
paid 620 for it and cost 1800 for insurance
when worth it

GVK.

Had a mk1 Escort on a G reg (1969 not 89!), but sold it for spares before I ever did anything with it.

Mini was first car I had on road when I passed my test.

De4n0

Pug 306 1.4......it....was......slooooooooow

Sonic Boom

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Mk2 Fiesta 1.4S with some rather fetching Smith Twister alloys circa 1999

Rich

Korda

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205 1.6 gti g plate in red sold it to my m8 he had the car 30 mins and smashed it into a tree

Garethw1986

mine was a cavalier 1.8 ls, turned it into a gsi rep

brad

Royal blue mk2 1.1 unpopular plus and mk1 1300gt ex Lombard RAC rally car. I hate thinking about what the mk1 would be worth now.

doga-ot

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1st legit car (when I passed test etc) was a black mk2 fiesta 1.1 popular that was actually an xr2 (I bought an xr2 but insurance was to high so bought mint black 1.1 and swapped everything over, insured as 1.1)
1st actual car I had and drove illegally was when I was 12/13 astra max van with c20xe engine

doga-ot

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Look like venoms too me lol, looks like the 1.1 popular I bought as 1st car F reg too

Sonic Boom

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The venoms had twin spoke all the way round this had twin then a single, still pretty hidious thou! I thought they were the shit at the time now they are just shit lol.

I'd love that car back it had the mintist shell ever, unfortunatley it ended it's days just up the road from my house when a silly old git driving an S Class Merc in carpet slippers pulled out infront of me and I went straight into the side of it.
Rich

Rich

cossynut2

After I passed my test, my first Ford was a 1200cc Anglia 105e. Put a 1500 GT
Cortina engine and gearbox in it, lowered it and put Lotus Cortina wheels on it. It was a great little car but got written off racing a mate in his MGB GT!!
Next was a Cortina 1600e, bored out to 1650, stage 3 head, uprated cam and twin 40 DCOE webers,
A mark 1 V6 Capri was next, I had all the Swaymar goodies on that including a Holley 4 barrel carb, flared arches ,lowered with twin exhausts. Went really well an sounded like a V8!! The 1600e and the Capri were both cars I had in Australia
Back to the UK and next car was a Mark 2 Lotus Cortina. The original Lotus engine in it was knackered and so I put in the big valve Lotus Elan one and had what was then very modern Lumenition electronic ignition fitted. Again went really well and loved the noise that the twin 40s made.
At the same time as having the Lotus Cortina I also had a beautiful Uren 1600e Cortina Savage. I had it resprayed in Silver Fox with big Alley cat wheels and it looked great.
After them I bought my Sapphire Cosworth 2wd which was one of the last 2wd ones made. Ford kept it for 2 years then it had just one owner for a short time until I bought it over 20 years ago.
Since owning it It has gradually evolved into what it is now , a beast which I love. By far the fastest Ford I have had but boy would I love to still have the Lotus Cortina and the Savage in the condition they were in when I owned them !! They would be worth serious money now!! I have got photos but I am a bit useless at uploading them!

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STEVEST24

Mine was a Vauxhall Chevette 2 door saloon, pale blue and top speed was 88mph!, but engine noise meant a legal 70mph was best!

Cardie

Me and a friend both had S reg Corsa Breezes mine was a 1.4 his was the 1.2

Mine would beat his, then get over taken by an old transit or lorry, 60bhp is really nothing today! Both cars were bullet proof though, never a single breakdown that I can remember and they were given death!

Stage6

B reg, white mk3 ford escort 3 door.

TOOTALL

Black G reg Orion 1.6i Ghia when I was 18.

thebronze

1969 Ford E100... 240ci 6cyl 3spd on the tree... couldn't do 70mph if it fell from a plane... Dad gave it to Me when I turned 16... passed My test in it

tomti

Hearing aid beige mk1 astra 1.2s with full GTE recaro interior reg was TAM556Y
Used to go everywhere on a fivers worth of petrol

Brian

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Mk3 Escort 1.3L Reg B246 MLK


Brian

cossie4i+

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First proper car I had was a MkV Cortina 1.6 Base.

It ended up with a full Crusader interior, Alley Cat Rallye wheels, 2.0 pinto with a Burton head and a 5 speed gearbox also uprated brakes and suspension.

Had a full feature in Fast Ford in the early 90s as well.

Steve

scoooby slayer

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I had my first car when I was 11 a fiat panda for driving around the fields, but my first road car I bought when I passed my test at 19 was a Renault 9 turbo with a blown engine for Ł90 in 1999.

Alps Pacino

citroen ax gt, I loved it but me mates hated it because it was quicker than all there novas lol

tarmac terror

First car I owned was a MKII RS2000!!

I loved that car and ended up spending absolute shedloads on it making it rallyable...it was the absolute nuts with a homebuilt 200+bhp Pinto. Unfortunately someone else thought it must have been good and nicked it. Thieving bastards!!


Scooby Slayer - fancy meeting you in here!! LOL


TT

scoooby slayer

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lol this is where it all started for me mate on this forum when I got my first cosworth in 2000 and the hunger for power has grown and grown since then

Farmer Giles

First car for me was a Hillman Avenger, 1300 Super.. JMO 477K

I was gold with a green vinyl interior. I ended up being taxi for everyone as all my mates had minis and MG Midgets and I could fit, err 'several' people in mine.. lol...

It was my grandads old car and after he stopped driving it was layed up for a year or two in his garage and he said if I could get it going and through an MOT I could have it.. so I did.. drove it round for a year before selling it to my brother for Ł100..

some fond memories of stuff I got up to in that car...

liammcl

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I'm lucky in that my dad wanted me and my bro to learn to drive at an early age. When I was 8or9 he bought us a renualt 5 which never ran properly, then an mini which was great. He extended the pedals and put a false floor in. Then when I was about 10 he bought us a Mk1 Escort 2door. I dont know what engine it had, I think a 1.6 but its was great fun. If only I knew what it would be worth though. I painted it with a brush lol.

First road car was a Nova 1.5TD GSi lookalike, which was a good car till I rolled it (richard hammond tyle).

fatboy billy

This was mine cat c write off 1.25



Ended up like this with a 2.0 dropped in

danvisteon

1983 Mk3 Escort 1.6 Ghia 4-door, in light metallic bronze, 4 speed, was a great car

Iain Mac

Mk2 Escort 1.3 GL 2 door. It was blue when it started.
When I added the Zakspeed arches it got a custom paint - mix of metallic black and metallic grey.
And a 1600 twin-cam.

S2 Cabby

Mk3 escort 1.3 Ghia 5 door xr3 lookalike with 17"smiths alloys and a big fido dido in the window.

st220kyle

J reg mk3 Orion 1.6 ghia with s2 alloys, about ten years ago now. Wouldn't mind another now but I bet it doesn't drive like I remember it.

tommytwotanks

no longer with us, scrapped in 2002 but it is a vauxhall