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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Amigo on 21 January 2011, 20:42:36
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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-)
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I like the timber-lined bed! :y
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I like the timber-lined bed! :y
Masochist.
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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)
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Looks like it offers a better driving experience than the Corsa C i learnt in ;D
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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
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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
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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
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With me it was a BSM real Mini, along with a Ford Cortina Mk2 and a 1950s Humber Hawk :D :D ;)
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 ::) ::) ::) ::)
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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
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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