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Benzine - 28/11/09 at 07:45 PM

bought back from hospital after you were born?

(or what car did your family have at the time if you were born at home)

Me: Passat Mk2 estate



(inspired/stolen from the latest PPC)


donut - 28/11/09 at 07:52 PM

This just shows you how old i am!!



minitici - 28/11/09 at 07:52 PM

Aston Martin DB2/4
Aston Martin DB2/4

Showing my age I know... Aston Martin DB2/4

Could have been worse, I could have been picked up in the company car....
Albion Lorry
Albion Lorry


[Edited on 28/11/09 by minitici]


Nash - 28/11/09 at 08:00 PM

1963 Humber Hawk. Sliding Glass secracy panal between the front and back seats.

Humber Hawk 1963
Humber Hawk 1963


memories

....Neil


jacko - 28/11/09 at 08:03 PM

A Ford - thames 5cwt e494c fordson van with seats in the back


Daddylonglegs - 28/11/09 at 08:05 PM

Born on a bed settee in our front room


tomgregory2000 - 28/11/09 at 08:10 PM

Has someone been flicking through PPC?


Xtreme Kermit - 28/11/09 at 08:18 PM

Austin A60


zilspeed - 28/11/09 at 08:25 PM

Standard 8 I believe.


mookaloid - 28/11/09 at 08:26 PM

I'll have to ask


afj - 28/11/09 at 08:26 PM

lancia beta HPE had to ring my brother


gazza285 - 28/11/09 at 08:31 PM

An orange beetle. There's also a photo of it a year earlier at my folks wedding, me father's in the boot fixing it outside the church, while me mother looks on in disgust. 39 years later he's still getting the same look.


whitestu - 28/11/09 at 08:31 PM

One of these for me. My dad reversed into a lamp post on the way there!




speedyxjs - 28/11/09 at 08:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
One of these for me. My dad reversed into a lamp post on the way there!






They do have four forward gears you know

Mk2 escort for me


907 - 28/11/09 at 08:44 PM

Corona Coaches 29 seater Bedford bus in orange & cream.

It had a sign above the clock at the front.

Please Do Not Place Accumulators On The Seats

(Not that I saw that at the time)


Paul G


Benzine - 28/11/09 at 08:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 907
Bedford bus




mangogrooveworkshop - 28/11/09 at 08:52 PM

ford prefect



whitestu - 28/11/09 at 08:54 PM

quote:

They do have four forward gears you know



I think he was doing a 3 point turn, but can't quite remember!


iank - 28/11/09 at 08:58 PM

One of these (but in light blue)


morcus - 28/11/09 at 09:05 PM

a White 1986 ford granada with a V6 and a car phone, It was my dads company car and he says it was the Bees Knees and the best car he's ever had.


skinned knuckles - 28/11/09 at 09:13 PM

Pontiac TransAm, in black with a massive golden eagle transfer on the bonnet (sorry, "hood" I also remember my mum passing her driving test in a rover P6 and immediately being made to take said left hooker race tuned tank through the mersey tunnel by my dad who has always believed in the baptism of fire technique.


Dangle_kt - 28/11/09 at 09:23 PM



Ruby was her name.


Bigheppy - 28/11/09 at 09:28 PM

We only had a Raleigh, my dad used to take me to school on the cross bar when I was 4. Ohhh happy days
I was the first in our side of the family to have a car an old g reg mini .. .. .......... oops i'm rambling.


londonsean69 - 28/11/09 at 09:37 PM

XJ6


t.j. - 28/11/09 at 09:56 PM

It must be one like these!



big_wasa - 28/11/09 at 09:57 PM

Robin

Ive got three brothers that got the back seat and I got the boot.


907 - 28/11/09 at 10:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
quote:
Originally posted by 907
Bedford bus








Cool, I'll say it was cool.

It was the end of October and those things didn't have heaters.


(We had real winters in those days)

Paul G


Nash - 28/11/09 at 10:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Xtreme Kermit
Austin A60





Isn't that an Austin Cambridge?


owelly - 28/11/09 at 10:41 PM

Er.......


iscmatt - 28/11/09 at 11:14 PM

In this (nice and safe!)




The other car was



NigeEss - 28/11/09 at 11:16 PM

1963 Zephyr 6.....but not a plod one



contaminated - 28/11/09 at 11:16 PM

MG Midget.


phelpsa - 29/11/09 at 12:43 AM

Peugeot 405 SR, in the snow storms of February 1991! Funnily enough, the only time it's snowed as heavily as when i was born was this year, on my 18th birthday


jollygreengiant - 29/11/09 at 03:01 AM

up stairs front bedroom, 200 yards from the sea on a Saturday night.


jonesier1 - 29/11/09 at 08:56 AM

at home for me,but my 2 kids came home in an xr3i and a cossie.


Volvorsport - 29/11/09 at 10:06 AM

suprised nobody else came home in one of these .

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc110/ourclassiccars/Fraserburgh/P1020218.jpg


[Edited on 29/11/09 by Volvorsport]


02GF74 - 29/11/09 at 10:50 AM

we were too poor to afford a car.

so probably in this.


caber - 29/11/09 at 12:15 PM

Either a taxi or a tram no car until I was about 5

caber


RK - 29/11/09 at 01:28 PM

1956 TR3 that my dad bought new and my brother and sister still own. Now if anybody can convince them to do something with it to get it back on the road, and out of the back of their friend's garage, I"d be appreciative!


blakep82 - 29/11/09 at 02:54 PM

must have been the renault 18 for me i think