1st car

The Electra belonged to cdnp6 - although at first blush it may seem easier to mow down the moose, hitting a 2000 lb beastie won't do you, the car, or the moose any favors, although my money would be on the moose walking away...
 
So Cal V8 said:
The Electra belonged to cdnp6 - although at first blush it may seem easier to mow down the moose, hitting a 2000 lb beastie won't do you, the car, or the moose any favors, although my money would be on the moose walking away...
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Fair point. Several years ago, I was over in Newfoundland working. I had never been there before. So, one very nice summer evening I decided to take a drive up to the North coast. One or two locals gave me strict warnings to look out for moose, especially at twilight and impressed on me that there would only ever be one winner if you hit a fully grown one.
 
IIRC, the plan was too remove the rear seats and carpet to transport the harvested animal home... I don't think the car was ever actually used for that purpose though.
 
My first car, as most of you know, was, and still is my Rover 2000.
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I bought a champagne gold Ford Capri (1983) a month after passing my test (2002). My parents, despite being arriving home from abroad (jetlagged and irritable) to find it taking up the entire lawn, were smitten too so it stayed with me for 4 years.

Note you can use Autotrader's website (or the DVLA I believe) to check the status of old cars & whether they are still going. One day I'll purchase UMD137Y and drop in an aluminium small block...
 

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Imagine having a 7 litre engine in your 1st car ! I tried to get insurance for a 1964 3.3 PB Cresta but no-one would quote
 
1st - 1974 P6 2200TC (in 1993)
2nd - Rover 618 S reg (quite nice)
3rd - MG ZT Red (very nice)
4th - focus diesel (functional)

Then it all goes downhill in terms of the daily drivers......

(briefly) - Dodge Intrepid (initially too scary to go over 70mph)
5th - Ford Taurus (beige interior, brown exterior)
6th - P6 2000TC NADA. Still have
7th - Ford Escape (ugh)
8th - P6 3500S. Still have
9th - Pontiac G6 Coupe. Still have. Well it's cheap.
 
Hello,
My first car: 1976 Toyota Celica 1600ST. It was just so cool at the time 8) . Very much a yank copy really. A few months later I owned a 1975 Rover 3500S - that was fantastic - Bearing in mind I was only 18-years old at the time :LOL:
 
DaveHerns said:
Imagine having a 7 litre engine in your 1st car ! I tried to get insurance for a 1964 3.3 PB Cresta but no-one would quote
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I had a rally cresta pb about 2 years ago, I loved it, :D
 
I thought the 3.3 didn't come around till the PC, PB's being the 2.6, but apart from a "Nearly" moment looking at buying a 3.3 Viscount, and fitting the same lump into a Bedford CA I've not had a lot to do with them.

[edit] a quick squint at wiki reckons the PB got the 3.3 but only in the very last year.
 
DaveHerns said:
Those 3.3 PB Crestas were quite quick , probably didn't handle too well
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I am not sure how to put pics on, but when my mate next comes round I will get him to put some on .
 
Harvey, the last PB's were 3.3's. My old man had a 3.3 Velox on a C plate, 65? It was thirsty if I remember correctly, he was a good friend to lots of petrol stations, but he was the regional operations manager for Petrofina, so he didn't care much.




John.
 
John said:
Harvey, the last PB's were 3.3's. My old man had a 3.3 Velox on a C plate, 65?
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I had realised that was a possibility. See below.


harveyp6 said:
[edit] a quick squint at wiki reckons the PB got the 3.3 but only in the very last year.
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Imagine having a 7 litre engine in your 1st car ! I tried to get insurance for a 1964 3.3 PB Cresta but no-one would quote
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I was a very naughty 17-year-old boy and wasn't insured, neither was I grown up enough to understand why insurance was important, nor smart enough to listen to well-meant advice from adults or even simply do as I was told. Fortunately the Lincoln wasn't mobile very long, and I've been properly MOTed, taxed and insured in every vehicle I've owned since. None of which have come close in terms of 'legend' status and which I won't bother listing. A quarter of a century later and I'm still not very good at doing what I'm told!
 
mrtask said:
I was a very naughty 17-year-old boy and wasn't insured, neither was I grown up enough to understand why insurance was important, nor smart enough to listen to well-meant advice from adults or even simply do as I was told. Fortunately the Lincoln wasn't mobile very long, and I've been properly MOTed, taxed and insured in every vehicle I've owned since. None of which have come close in terms of 'legend' status and which I won't bother listing. A quarter of a century later and I'm still not very good at doing what I'm told!
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You could be describing me at that age, and even a little bit now :oops:

The T-Bird was short lived and somehow I never managed to find time to insure, tax or MOT the beast - a teenager has way more important things to do like listening to the sound of the cherry bombs while driving a massive yellow American car through the tiny streets of north London.

As for the engine displacement, my mate had a Mini 850 at the time, we figured that the T-Bird was the equivelant of 8 Mini engines :shock:
 
Your Thunderbird V8 was probably more like the displacement of 10 mini engines! Shame we never met at any traffic lights, I would have liked to drag race my big barge with another Ford sibling from the same era. Should you ever see a Town Coupé like mine for sale over in sunny SoCal, let me know, I have a hankering for another. I scan Hemmings from time to time, but I've never seen a good one for sensible money, only 'pimped-out' and/or over-priced ones rolling on unsuitable oversize wires or 'Dubz' or whatever they're called, I'm out of touch these days.
 
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