alta-pete Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The Capri looks good but any pics of this early 80s Penelope Pitstop aunt? My dad's was a company car. He was reading his options list of Marinas, Cortinas, Ambassadors etc and "Capri" jumped out at him. [emoji23]. Naw. Recollections are that around the time of the Capri she was very tall, slim, with long black hair and liked a skinny flared jean. And had a face like a welders bench. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 My Dad had one of these . A Cortina GT I think. Went by the photos online. It had some souped up engine. Now a cracking car you'd think. Well maybe when new but it was 10 years old and I got ripped for it. In hindsight it was a cracker no matter the age but at the time it didn't seem that way. It made some sound though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This is the first car I remember my dad having. Same vomit colour. The mighty Marina Estate (an automatic). It had faux leather seats that would heat up to somewhere around 4,000,000c if left in direct sunshine, that would become one with young KnightswoodBear's thighs at a molecular level should he unsuspectingly jump in the car wearing shorts. Even as a youngster I was aware that it was a badly built, poorly designed heap of shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I remember my old man buying a red Triumph Dolomite with leather seats. Our first car with a fold down arm rest in the back. The lap of luxury. After that he went and bought a fucking Mini Metro. Haha my dad seemed to have a different car twice a year.. An old Rover with suicide doors seems to have stuck in my mind as well. Leather seats etc. Funny thing was we'd get pelters for the cars he had while the folk dishing it out had FCK all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The pinnacle of my old boys motoring career- a Granada 2.8 Ghia (his was graphite grey). He thought he was cool as fck, let down principally by his Gregor Fisher combover flapping about when he had the sunroof open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Oh, and those wheels were a bitch to clean. £2 I got for washing it every Sunday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 11 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: This is the first car I remember my dad having. Same vomit colour. The mighty Marina Estate (an automatic). It had faux leather seats that would heat up to somewhere around 4,000,000c if left in direct sunshine, that would become one with young KnightswoodBear's thighs at a molecular level should he unsuspectingly jump in the car wearing shorts. Even as a youngster I was aware that it was a badly built, poorly designed heap of shite. Oh aye, the old skin sticking to plastic. Sore one like 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) 49 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: This is the first car I remember my dad having. Same vomit colour. The mighty Marina Estate (an automatic). It had faux leather seats that would heat up to somewhere around 4,000,000c if left in direct sunshine, that would become one with young KnightswoodBear's thighs at a molecular level should he unsuspectingly jump in the car wearing shorts. Even as a youngster I was aware that it was a badly built, poorly designed heap of shite. My dad had a white Marina Estate that rusted to death within a year or two (got a silver cortina as replacement). His fleet boss thought it was his fault somehow but it was, as you say, a heap of shite. Eta, it was still a treat getting to travel in the boot with the dog. Edited February 22, 2017 by Shandon Par 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 11 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Atlantic 252 I listen to longwave Radio Atlantic 252, NOW GIVE ME MY MONEY!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alert Mongoose Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 This was the first car I recall my old man having. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: This was the first car I recall my old man having. My first car (a Lancia Y10) was that colour. I think the man from the garage was drunk when he re-sprayed/fenced etc it that colour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thomas Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Did anyone watch Ghostwatch, the pseudo-documentary the BBC made in the 90s? If you missed the bit where they told you it was a hoax, it was genuinely terrifying. It's never been repeated due to one guy committing suicide as a result of it. Myself, I watched it and couldn't sleep for days. I imagined that I was about 12 when I watched it, but going by the transmission date, I was actually 15 which is faintly embarrassing. I remember watching this at the time I had no idea it was a hoax, can honestly say it is the most terrified I have ever been in my life. I also suffered the sleepless nights from it, it was always the part with the camera panning round and seeing a shadow in the window that popped into my head. Edited February 22, 2017 by thomas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The old man had a lot of cars- he used to buy bangers and enjoyed tinkering about with them. A bit like Wesley in "Last of the Summer Wine". Anyway what I can remember: various Dafs- one was quite old, had a black and white number plate and the ignition was in the middle of the dashboard. My mate called one car "the washing machine". Mind you he said his Dad had a BMW. When I said "He's got a Morris Marina" he said "Aye, BMW- that stands for British Motor Wreck" then he had a Fiat Miraflori- the "Spaghetti Burner" as it was dubbed. I liked that car. then a brick red Skoda Estelle. Not as awful as you might think and it took us to Weston Super Mare for summer holidays one year. Weird having the engine in the back though. then a Renault 4 which almost tipped over in the wind going past the Shotts Transmitters on the M8 on the way to the Garden Festival.... then a boxy Nissan Micra- I learned to drive on that. His last car was a Renault Clio which just shows that the quality of second (or third) hand cars is improving... As for me I've kind of followed in his footsteps- Renault 5, Skoda Favorit, Peugeot 106, Nissan Micra, newer type Nissan Micra and Citreon C3. ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, tamthebam said: The old man had a lot of cars- he used to buy bangers and enjoyed tinkering about with them. A bit like Wesley in "Last of the Summer Wine". Anyway what I can remember: various Dafs- one was quite old, had a black and white number plate and the ignition was in the middle of the dashboard. My mate called one car "the washing machine". Mind you he said his Dad had a BMW. When I said "He's got a Morris Marina" he said "Aye, BMW- that stands for British Motor Wreck" then he had a Fiat Miraflori- the "Spaghetti Burner" as it was dubbed. I liked that car. then a brick red Skoda Estelle. Not as awful as you might think and it took us to Weston Super Mare for summer holidays one year. Weird having the engine in the back though. then a Renault 4 which almost tipped over in the wind going past the Shotts Transmitters on the M8 on the way to the Garden Festival.... then a boxy Nissan Micra- I learned to drive on that. His last car was a Renault Clio which just shows that the quality of second (or third) hand cars is improving... As for me I've kind of followed in his footsteps- Renault 5, Skoda Favorit, Peugeot 106, Nissan Micra, newer type Nissan Micra and Citreon C3. ... Way more impressive than that c**t Chris Evan's collection imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I always though the Matra Rancho looked pretty cool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 20 hours ago, hellbhoy said: Any one old enough to remember when Police cars used to look like this? Remember it? I was in it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie adie Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 11 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Did anyone watch Ghostwatch, the pseudo-documentary the BBC made in the 90s? If you missed the bit where they told you it was a hoax, it was genuinely terrifying. It's never been repeated due to one guy committing suicide as a result of it. Myself, I watched it and couldn't sleep for days. I imagined that I was about 12 when I watched it, but going by the transmission date, I was actually 15 which is faintly embarrassing. I watched this with a mate and at the end of the show, my TV turned off on its own. We fucking shat a brick. And ran out of the house I was mid teens. It was only next day I recalled while messing around with the settings i set the sleep timer for that particular time for no reason Never used a sleep timer since 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The Hitachi 3d Super Woofer was the coolest ghetto blaster of all time.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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