Dad can't drive.

Mum once had a Dolomite Sprint when I was younger though

She must have bought it by mistake though, because it was the only highlight in an otherwise tragic motoring history

 

They are cool cars, but did your dad sport a Moustache, a Leather Jacket and a Bubble perm at any point in the seventies or eighties ?

 

My dads first car was a fiat 126 , then he bought a lada then a maestro and now only buys vauxhalls. - Massive petrol head!

 

Vauxhaul Cavalier GSI, Rover Vitesse, Toyota Supra, V12 Jags, BMW 750, Saab 900 turbo, Saab Carlsson, BMW 328 AC Schnitzer, Audi S4, and now an Audi RS4 Avant and a Range Rover Sport. (oh and quite a few in between that I've forgotten).
He loves his cars, I'm a smidge jealous of the RS4!

 

Forgot to add, my dad only had five cars that were his but bought and sold loads, him and my uncle spent years trading cars, always a different old banger getting the treatment, used to root out change from under the seats.

 

Wow, flashback.

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...r-dad-had.html

 

i think so

 

My parents have always had crap cars The highlight for me was my Dad's mark 1 Cavalier, the low point was a brand new 407 Estate

Only my sister & I are into cars in our family, she is into her Subaru's in a big way

 

At one point, my old fella had 2 or 3 of them, one was the "good" car, the others were getting raped for parts to be put on the "good" one.

No idea which one was the good one though

When i was about 15/16, he bought a brand new AX GT though, he was king of the street

 

Triumph 2000 ( EEO 40 E ) Used to watch in awe as he flicked the overdrive switch

 

chevy camero 350 ss 1972 5.7 v8 candy apple red sounded awsome went like **** also xr4i black, simca rally orange and various for cortina`s

 

most memorable was a mk1 golf gti but there were other quite tasty cars along the way.

 

He is big on Saab. This was the best one though. He had a Saab 900 Ruby edition like this one.

 

My mum had ones of these



my friends called it "the mean green bogey machine"

Thanks mum

 

my dad was a ford mechanic and was always buying cars and rebuilding engines etc among the many cars was a black ford capri 2.8i god i thought i was the dogs nads going to school in that ohhhh how wrong was i lol also rs turbo`s then as he got older it was a z3 and lotus elise now its a ford c-max but guess thats just his age lol

 

I think my favourite was the Mk 1 Escort 1300E he had in purple with a black vinyl roof.He later sold it for £50

 

Then: silver Honda S800 coupé like this one. The Honda dealer even threw in a perspex fake bonnet that they had used in the showroom to highlight the jewel-like engine.



Now: this Austin Healey 100/6:

 

Austin Healley 100/6 now thats a real car
Cheers
Colin

 

i'll never forget my old chap's road going rally prepared mk 2 escort,most days when he came home from work he'd pull off a couple of dohnuts outside the house before getting out and saying 'it keeps you young at heart,well it works for me' love it

 

This is probly my dads best car not the best pic's tho sorry




he also had a rallycross mk1 escort and a autocross mk1 mini

his road cars were

mk1 mini cooper
mk1 escort mexico
mk1 escort rs2000
mk1 escort rs1600
mk2 escort mexico
mk2 escort rs2000
2.8i capri
and after a very long break from all things fun he got his dream car 3 yrs ago




S o as you can see i was bought up with a petrol head and only natural that i followed suit

 

An orange Austin 1300 and it sadly went downhill from there.

 

 

It's great that he enjoyed his time. Better to burn out than to fade away.

 

My dad had a 1.6 Capri when they were new. I had no idea what bhp meant as a kid so didn't know it had a measly 75bhp!

He then had the "first ever XR3 registered in Scotland", which he seemed dead proud of lol!

Moved on to Beemers. Had a 328 in the early 90s, which was a good car with great low down power. Now has a 3.0 diesel BMW X5, which isn't really my cuppa. Also seems to have lost interest in driving!

 

my old man likes cars but never buys a good one, not really

the best car without doubt he bought for my mum was a Jag 4.2 series 2 early eighties
top car, never serviced it or anything and moaned it only did 9mpg even to this day

best car he had was either
Mk1 Granada in brown - got nicked
1984 Granada LX in met blue
Mk5 Cortina Crusader - got nicked

 

wow, some people grew up with some really great cars. loving scooby seb's dad's collection!

 

The old man had a few jag's and daimlers.

The best car he bought was an MVS Venturi, looked amazing in black and used to spit flames on the over run. I had a video of it on top gear back in the day, 1992 I think he bought it.

pictures don't do it justice

 

Should probably add, not that actual car, just one I found on google.

 

What else is that worthwhile in life!

He must have done a pretty impressive wheelie to get up on that kerb!

Les

 

My brother had a 1998 Venturi 300 Atlantique for many years. Magnificent car (when it worked):

This was it on the left: