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Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:17 pm
by misterpop
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:13 pm
by zBret
mike wrote:zBret wrote:Great vintage photo Mike.
Is that your father driving the van?
zBret
Yes. zBret.
it is my father in 1969.
His first company car.
Very nice Mike
Do you remember the colors of this van?
zBret
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 3:28 pm
by shockwavediecast
I've no pictures to hand. But I'm a true petrolhead!! I learnt to drive when I was 10 (off-road of course) in my dad's 1979 Range Rover fitted with a Ford A-Series Truck Engine.
Got my first car when I was 12 - 1973 MG BGT, which went to the scrapper last year. & I've another '72 BGT thats about 50% restored.
Learnt to drive in a 1980 Metro, that scared my Mum so much, the day after I passed my test she part ex'd it for a Saab 9000 while I was at college. (nice car for a 17 year old though!!).
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:01 pm
by nickjones
shockwavetrading wrote:.........she part ex'd it for a Saab 9000 while I was at college. (nice car for a 17 year old though!!).
You're not kidding, I had a saab 9000 Carlson with a race built 300hp engine, man that baby used to fly. Did London to Glasgow airport in under 6 hours, that was 88 mph
average speed !
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:12 pm
by shockwavediecast
nickjones wrote:shockwavetrading wrote:.........she part ex'd it for a Saab 9000 while I was at college. (nice car for a 17 year old though!!).
You're not kidding, I had a saab 9000 Carlson with a race built 300hp engine, man that baby used to fly. Did London to Glasgow airport in under 6 hours, that was 88 mph
average speed !
I didn't have a Turbo one, but I got my first speeding ticket within the 1st month crusing at 82 on the A59 over Blubberhouses top.
We swapped it a couple of years later for another non-turbo one saloon,but an ex-company directors car, and was fully loaded, everything electric & leather.
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:20 pm
by jeff f
i adore saabs, had a 900gls and a turbo, have owned mercs and bmw since but still rate the saab higher, would consider another one
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:07 am
by nickjones
My Saab was fitted with a taller 5th gear and a larger turbo, it was, so I'm told, clocked at 170mph on a racetrack, The taller gear was removed and a smaller turbo was fitted before I bought it so I could only get it up to 130mph, But after an 8 hour drive I could get out feeling fresh as a daisy with no back ache, I love my BMW but I rate the Saab higher.
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:06 pm
by numi
motorman wrote:Numi,Is it just pure chance that your dad parked his car next to a huge Cannabis plant?
Yeah MM,Dad is canvassing for some exports of SA's famous Green & Gold crop.....
numi
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:04 pm
by numi
nickjones wrote:Beautiful Merc Numi, I guess they don't have to put salt & grit on your roads.
misterpop wrote:Thats sleek..
Thanks Misterpops & Mr Jones.
Dad likes a compliment about his car now & again.
numi
Re: Show us all your old real cars and vans..
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:12 pm
by mike
zBret wrote:mike wrote:zBret wrote:Great vintage photo Mike.
Is that your father driving the van?
zBret
Yes. zBret.
it is my father in 1969.
His first company car.
Very nice Mike
Do you remember the colors of this van?
zBret
yes, zBret,
VW T1 had the color light gray
(very easy on a black / white photo)
