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Title: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Amigo on 21 January 2011, 20:42:36

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THAMES-TRUCK-15CWT-1-OWNER-/320644892001?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4aa7ecc561
  It was a mini bus version with bench seats & windows in the back. I was 10 years old & it was our cub/scouts van. My Dad was a leader & we had to tow start it on our own one saturday morning.
    He had me reversing around tyres using my mirrors.


    The very first vehicle i ever drove!  NOSTALGIA!!!! 8-)

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Debs. on 21 January 2011, 20:45:07

I like the timber-lined bed! :y

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Mysteryman on 21 January 2011, 20:46:54

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I like the timber-lined bed! :y

Masochist.

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 21 January 2011, 21:27:08

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THAMES-TRUCK-15CWT-1-OWNER-/320644892001?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4aa7ecc561
  It was a mini bus version with bench seats & windows in the back. I was 10 years old & it was our cub/scouts van. My Dad was a leader & we had to tow start it on our own one saturday morning.
    He had me reversing around tyres using my mirrors.


    The very first vehicle i ever drove!  NOSTALGIA!!!! 8-)

I remember them very well, I was taught to drive and passed my civilian test in one of these;


(http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/Catdracula/imagesCAUDVOL7.jpg)

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: tunnie on 21 January 2011, 21:28:34

Looks like it offers a better driving experience than the Corsa C i learnt in   ;D

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Andy B on 21 January 2011, 21:29:18

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I remember them very well, I was taught to drive and passed my civilian test in one of these;


(http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/Catdracula/imagesCAUDVOL7.jpg)

Me too, but 'mine' was yellow & had 4 doors. YTC144L  :y

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Amigo on 21 January 2011, 21:46:17

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I remember them very well, I was taught to drive and passed my civilian test in one of these;


(http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/Catdracula/imagesCAUDVOL7.jpg)

Me too, but 'mine' was yellow & had 4 doors. YTC144L  :y

Me too Andy. I had a 2 door 1300 GT in blue :-VTW869L. To those who knock the x-flow engines this little baby would wheelspin changing from first to second on a dry road & the grin factor was unbeatable, a really involving drive.

   Makes being old worthwhile!!! 8-) :y

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: 05omegav6 on 22 January 2011, 13:14:08

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would wheelspin changing from first to second

My 1800 Vectra does this when I try to hurry it up ::)

Stupid wrong wheel drive >:(

Learnt to drive in a citreon AX, then spent a month driving round Scotland in my dad's Sierra. Took first test in a maestro. >:(
If I ever meet the git that designed it, I'll shake him very firmly by the neck. :-X

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 22 January 2011, 13:17:35

With me it was a BSM real Mini, along with a Ford Cortina Mk2 and a 1950s Humber Hawk :D :D ;)

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: CaptainZok on 22 January 2011, 17:05:01

Passed my test in one of these little powerhouses. ;D

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Micra_No_Reg.JPG/250px-Micra_No_Reg.JPG)

Brand new in 1985, after taking most of my lessons in a Golf the instructor changed his car just before my test.

First vehicle I ever drove looked more like this though.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Fordson_Major.jpg/577px-Fordson_Major.jpg)

Think I was all of 8 years old. The elf and safetee brigade would have a fit these days.

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Omegatoy on 22 January 2011, 23:05:58

oh dear!! here is what i learned to drive in!! crash gearbox as well as a rod clutch , no power steering and wandered all over the road!!!
http://www.ianhardy.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6271

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Amigo on 22 January 2011, 23:16:17

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oh dear!! here is what i learned to drive in!! crash gearbox as well as a rod clutch , no power steering and wandered all over the road!!!
http://www.ianhardy.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6271

A proper old bus. I bet that tramlined everywhere!!!! :y

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Andy B on 22 January 2011, 23:38:56

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First vehicle I ever drove looked more like this though. ...

Same here John, but mine was red & I was about 13  ;D I can't remember what it was though, :-/  Massey Ferguson I think.

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Omegatoy on 22 January 2011, 23:41:00

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oh dear!! here is what i learned to drive in!! crash gearbox as well as a rod clutch , no power steering and wandered all over the road!!!
http://www.ianhardy.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6271

A proper old bus. I bet that tramlined everywhere!!!! :y

just a bit, however when you got brave enough to let it wander on its own it always came back!! good off road though

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Vamps on 23 January 2011, 00:22:49

Passed my test, first time, in a Hillman Avenger, car I first drove was a MK2 Cortina when about 10, first car I had at 13 was a Ford 100e and then, at 14 a Fiat 600 which I have to admit to taking up the road a few times.... :-X

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Amigo on 23 January 2011, 00:38:35

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Passed my test, first time, in a Hillman Avenger, car I first drove was a MK2 Cortina when about 10, first car I had at 13 was a Ford 100e and then, at 14 a Fiat 600 which I have to admit to taking up the road a few times.... :-X

Everyone here knows i love my Cortinas but i also have a soft spot for Avengers. They were pretty good tough old motors in thier day. 8-) :y

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: Andy B on 23 January 2011, 00:41:48

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....but i also have a soft spot for Avengers.  ....

I coud think of a few soft spots on Saddleworth Moor for an Avenger  ::) ::) ::)  ::)

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: PxMetro on 23 January 2011, 06:02:16

I learnt the basics during my school days in an old Morris 1000 Traveller chasing Bullocks around a field owned by my mates Dad.  Proper driving lessons were in a Mini 1000 Clubman (One with the rectangular front) and more on road practice in the girlfriend’s Mother’s Hillman Imp, with the totally useless heater. ;D ;D

Title: Re: I learned to drive in one of these!
Post by: pscocoa on 23 January 2011, 08:11:58

Had a few lessons in Morris Minor but really learned to drive before my test at 17 in one of thse:

http://www.co-oc.org/A60.gif

Exactly same colour, GTB 660B was reg.

It had no synchro on 2nd so you had to really get a feel for double declutch. Passed test first time