Seen your cars, here are mine (organic Rom permitting) The order is
certainly wrong and some of the dates will be too...
'71 Bond Bug 700ES-3 wheels on my wagon
'68 Triumph Herald 1200 Convertible- Learning Curve
'72 MG Midget (RWA)-fun
'68 MGB GT-hide, wires, O/D-why did I sell it?
'65 Rover 100 (Lurch)-pub on wheels
'59 S1 Land Rover-ancient but the registration fetched a good price.
'71 Land Rover SWB Airportable-abberation
'68 Daimler V8 250-classy
'75 Alfasud 1.3Ti-excellent driver's car, desperate rotbox.
'77 TR7 FHC, converted to 16v Sprint-which showed how bad the brakes really
were.
'72 Triumph Spitfire-OK
Another, '71 Spitfire-no better than OK
'77 Spartan Kit Car-built on the Herald. Ugly but fun at the time.
'84 GTM Kit Car-fun dwarfmobile
'88 JBA Falcon Kit Car-or a Cortina with class.
'89 Ram Cobra replica-wishful thinking
'70 Gilbern Invader II-development testbed for the designers(!) intentions
'71 Lotus Seven S4-ugly but quick
'90 Westfield 7 SE-pretty, quick and a good profit.
'80 Ginetta G26 Kit Car-didn't build it, didn't keep it.
'63? Wolseley 1500-shed
'69 Escort Mk.1-gift from uncle
'70 Escort Mk.1-bargain basement classic
'69 Daimler V8250 (Manual)-also classy but deeply rotten
'70 Mini 850-4 wheel drift, anyone?
'75 Mini 1275GT-boxy Clubman-GTM donor
'79 Volvo 240DL Saloon-kanckered interim transport.
'81 Volvo 240 GLE Estate-ditto
'84 Volvo 240 GLT Estate-very nice
'88 Volvo 740 GLE Estate-nicer but thirsty
'77 Fiat 124 Sport-great car in search of a decent bodyshell
'81 Fiat 124 Sport Spyder-US import.
'89 Vauxhall Cavalier-Ho Hum
'84 Escort XR3i-twitchy
'81 TVR Tasmin-monster with skateboard ride and wrist-breaking steering
kickback.
'71 TVR Vixen-gearbox was noisier than the engine.
'89 VW Golf GTi-stolid
'91 VW Golf GTi-and a bit more refined.
'84 Vauxhall Nova Saloon-Yawn
'87 Citroen BX Estate-odd.
'73 Triumph GT6-changed the rear spring-never again.
'84 Peugeot 309-a gift in poor times-hated it.
'88 Talbot Autosleeper Camper-too small
'84 Wiinnebage Centauri Day Van-baroque but too big for its engine.
'63 Cortina Mk.1 Woody Estate-unfinished
'73 Reliant Scimitar GTE SE5a-another development special
'72 Reliant Scimitar GTE SE5a-ditto
'80 Reliant Scimitar GTE SE6a-much better, nice car.
'86 Reliant Scimitar SS1-great handling/roadholding, appalling ride and
hideously ugly.
'75 Humber Sceptre-upwardly mobile
'66 Morris Minor Van-workhorse
'67 Morris Minor Van-ex-Post Office workhorse
'90 Ford Sierra Estate-tedious
'83 Opel Manta GTE Hatch-mad passengers throw up.
'75 Matra Simca Bagheera-odd but oddly satisfying.
'80 Porsche 944-great
'80 Reliant Robin -the yellow brick, giving a zillion mpg
'84 Turbo Technics Sierra XR 4x4i-hooligan
And the bikes...
'64 Ariel Arrow-not nice
'70 Honda CB175-knocking the Brit bike industry on the head.
'68 Triumph TR6 Trophy-muscular, reliable.
'73 Norton Commando 750 Interstate-mostly off the raod, broken. It was new.
'?? Ariel Huntmaster with Swallow Jet 80 sidecar-SS became Jaguar (!)
'80? Honda CBX750F-scary
'79? Honda CBX250-knackered
'82 Kawaski KLR 600-trail armchair but too heavy
And the current transport...
'72 Special Tuning MGB GT (Rex)-cheeky monkey
'72 Triumph 2.5PI Saloon (Tamara)-regal
'91 Vauxhall Carlton CDXi Saloon-loads of toys, loads of miles, worth
nothing
'84 Ford Transit Ambulance Motorhome (Gloria)-makes me laugh
David Hill
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