What Is Your Car History?

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:07 pm

I thought this could be interesting.

I'll start.

Mini 1275 GT
Mini 1000
Peugeot 205
Renaultsport Clio
Sunbeam Tiger.

No, you didn't blink and miss anything. I just tend to have cars for a long time and I've never had much money for very long lol.

What are yours?

michael-king · Post by **michael-king** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:47 pm

Ok,

1994-96 Learnt to drive in dads 1965 Alpine SIVGT
1996-present 1963 Alpine SII
2006-present 1966 Tiger MKIA
2009-present 1965 Tiger MKI

how is that for variety?

Mal · Post by **Mal** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:43 am

1961 Hillman Minx.
1964 serries V Hillman minx
1971 HQ Holden
1980 Suzuki GS 850G bike in AUS.
1969 Holden Belmont
Holden Sunbird
Ford Seirra
Mitsubishi V3000
1977 Pontiac Firebird, bought 1992- current, to be sold
1995 VS Holden Commodore 3.8 ecotec
2002 VY Holden Commodore 3.8 ecotec- current
1963 Pontiac Catalina convertable, project car. never happened, sold.
1965 Sunbeam Tiger- current
1997 Ford Courier ute- current.

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:08 am

Hi,

This is my car history:

1980 Ford Escort MkII
1977 Ford Escort MkII
1979 Ford Escort RS2000 (shouldn't have sold it

)
1990 Ford Laser
1994 Toyota Hilux 2WD Ute
1991 Toyota Corolla GTi (great car)
1964 Sunbeam Alpine Series IV (Current)
1997 Ford Focus Zetec
1966 Sunbeam Tiger Mk 1a (Current)

As you can probably notice, there is a bit of a ford theme.

Regards, Robin.

Post by **gvickery** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:52 pm

I'll have a crack at this:

1965 Royal Enfield Crusader (1959)
1966 Austin Westminster A105 (1957)
1968 Ford Popular (1961) + VW Beetle (1955)
1969 MGB (1967)
1972 VW Variant (1966)...something to do with getting married
1973 Triumph 2.5PI (1972) + Sunbeam Tiger MKI (1965)
1974 Sold both - replaced by Renault 4..something to do with a mortgage
1978 Lancia Beta (1975) yes the one that rusted in drizzle!
1980 Lancia Delta..something to do with Beta's being recalled by Lancia
1982 VW Passat 5cyl (1982)
1985 Ford Granda 2.8 Ghia Estate (1985)
1988 Audi 100SE Avant (1988)
1991 Audi 100SE Avant (1991)
1991 Sunbem Tiger MKII (1967) - still have it
1994 Audi 100 Avant - still have it!
1995 Sunbeam Tiger GT (1964) - still have it
1998 Sunbeam Tiger MKI (sold 2008)
2000 Sunbeam Tiger MKII Proto (sold 2008)
2010 Audi A3 (2006)
I think that's it.

Whose next?

Graham
STOC Editor

H, Sunny 65 · Post by **H, Sunny 65** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:13 pm

Hi
The first few years i remember better than the last, so some dates are best guesses.

1979. 1976 Yamaha FS1E
1980. 1966 Lamberetta LI 150 with 225 wild cat conversion, I pushed this home more often than riding it.
1980. Yamaha RD 250 with 350 barrels and L plates.
1980. Ford Corsair 2000e. I wrote this off 3 days after passing my test.
1980. Vauxhall VX 490, 12 miles to gallon, if i remember.
1981. Sunbeam Alpine series V GT, I spent a fortune on this engine, head, cam, twin 40 webers. Then one sunny day I met a Tiger at the light's. That was the moment. I HAD TO HAVE ONE !
1984. 1967 Triumph vitesse convertable, still kept the Sunbeam.
1985. Yamaha RD 350 LC.
1985. Ford Capri 3.0L
1987. 1969 Daimler 420.
1987. Kawasaki Z 1000.
1988. Mini [ i got a mortgage ]
1989.Kawasaki GPZ 1000 RX.
1992. 1980 Toyota Celica GT
1994. Mercedes 280 ce
1996. E28 BMW 535.
1997. E34 BMW 535.
2002. E34 BMW 540.
2004. Twenty years after first wanting one, 1965 Sunbeam Tiger mk1, I still have it, and yes it is my favourite, of all the cars i have owned.
2007. BMW 330ci sport, cutting my carbon footprint from the 4.0L to 3.0L

Happy Tigering.

V Mad · Post by **V Mad** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:06 pm

Here is just the classic cars/bikes
Citroen Light 15 1949
Hillman Imp
Mk1 Cortina GT 1966
Triumph Tiger 110
Hoda550K3
Ford Escort Mk1 1300
Triumph 2000 Mk1
Triumph 2000 Mk2 Estate
Triumph Dolomite 1850
Triumph Stags (lost count)
Sunbeam Alpine V6
Sunbeam Tiger V8

tigerman7347 · Post by **tigerman7347** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:21 pm

1966 Ford Anglia 1500
1969 Triumph Herald (what a comedown!)
1970 Mk1 Sunbeam Alpine
1972 MK1 Sunbeam Tiger to 1982 (Barraclough Tiger)

1979 Ford Escort estate
1984 Sunbeam Tiger Prototype No 7
1986 Vauxhall Cavalier!
1989 Mazda 626
1992 Mazda 626
1994 Citreon Estate
1998 Vauxhall vectra
2000 VW passat estate
2002VW Golf
2004 VWGolf
2005 Sunbeam tiger MK1
2008 Sunbeam Tiger Mk1a Still have it.
2008 VW golf estate
2010 Audi A4

Well,that`s all folks.

gtsmrt · Post by **gtsmrt** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:07 pm

tigerman7347 wrote:1966 Ford Anglia 1500
1969 Triumph Herald (what a comedown!)
1970 Mk1 Sunbeam Alpine
1972 MK1 Sunbeam Tiger to 1982 (Barraclough Tiger)

1979 Ford Escort estate
1984 Sunbeam Tiger Prototype No 7
1986 Vauxhall Cavalier!
1989 Mazda 626
1992 Mazda 626
1994 Citreon Estate
1998 Vauxhall vectra
2000 VW passat estate
2002VW Golf
2004 VWGolf
2005 Sunbeam tiger MK1
2008 Sunbeam Tiger Mk1a Still have it.
2008 VW golf estate
2010 Audi A4

Well,that`s all folks.

The Tiger prototype sounds interesting, do you still have that one?

martin172 · Post by **martin172** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:26 pm

It looks like Graham had a prototype too.

Keith Hampson has one. I've seen it and his is an interesting mix of Mk1 and Mk2 items and his looks fantastic.

It would be interesting to know how many there were, what they were individually used for and what has become of them.

I've just noticed that Graham had a MKI, a MkII, a protrype and a Tiger GT at the same time. I hope he got a picture of them all together. That would be cool.

FRED · Post by **FRED** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:26 pm

1967 TIGER MKII (like a fool I traded it in on)...
1972 Mercury Capri

Also had...

1971 Mercury Capri
1964 Corvair
1976 Mercury Capri
1976 Chevy Vega (gave up the ghost at 49,677 miles
1976 Volvo 240 wagon
1979 Chevy Malibu
1982 Honda Civic
1982 Volvo 240 4-door
1984 Volvo 240 wagon
1952 MGTD
1958 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite
1992 Volvo wagon (Old Smokey)
1991 Mazda MX-6
1999 Jeep Wrangler
2003 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1965 Ford Mustang convertible 289

Still have...

1965 Tiger MKI, since 1981 (till death do us part)
1966 Tiger MKIA, since 2009 (till death do us part)
2006 Mazda3
2008 Mazda6

Wish I could have...

An original Mini with air conditioning as a daily driver
A Tiger with air conditioning as a daily driver

All cars are/were left hand drive since I live on the left side of the pond.

Fred Baum

Tomaselli · Post by **Tomaselli** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:25 pm

1985 Austin A30 (before I passed me driving test!) car never ever had an MOT and had to pump the brakes (bit of a lottery) to get them working, no passenger floor pan either which would scare me mates also

1986 Morris Minor, 1972 model and a real bird puller at college

1987 Reliant Scimitar, can't recall year but the rarer GT coupe model, the Ford V6 only ever ran on four cylinders and cabin filled up with oil smoke all the time, college girls didn't like that

1987 Alpine SV acquired shortly after Scimitar ditched, another MOT failure, but I still drove it. Rebuilt engine for the fun of it, and it blew up shortly afterwards

ended up giving it away....

1988 VW Beetle, rare 1500 - white with black wings. Solid. reliable and dependable - typically German

1992 VW G40, little supercharged and lightweight Polo - a real pocket rocket that was real fun on the motorways - company reps hated me - especially with a "turbo diesel" badge on it

1994 Rapier Fastback H120, still have but been off the road now for 13 years

1996 Audi 100 - family arrives

1998 BMW 535 - fat lazy german
1999 Sunbeam Tiger, still have
2000 BMW M5 - fast lazy german, still have.
2000 Sunbeam Tiger (another), still have

With hindsight, would I have done things differently - YOU BET!!

tigerman7347 · Post by **tigerman7347** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:08 am

The no7 7416KV Tiger I had was sold when I had my daughter some 22 years ago in bits. The present owner had the shell completely renovated, and as far as I know it is still that way, in bits.

Rob

michael-king · Post by **michael-king** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:16 am

martin172 wrote: I've just noticed that Graham had a MKI, a MkII, a protrype and a Tiger GT at the same time. I hope he got a picture of them all together. That would be cool.

I thnk there as a pic of them together with graham in one of the C&S articles a few years back. was a dsuk shot and taken from a somewhat raised vantage point.

JAYANDSHEL · Post by **JAYANDSHEL** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:19 pm

Mine starts in 1985
Mini 1100 clubman with 1275 gt engine
Ford Carpi 1600gt XL
Ford Cortina mk4 2.0 ghia
Ford cortina 1500gt
Ford prefect 100e (5 litre V8) owned for 21 years sold today
Ford Granada 2.8 injection special
Astra mk2 GTE
Ford escort series 1 RS Turbo
Ford Sierra saphire RS Cosworth
Peugeot 205 1.6 GTI
Renault laguna
Hillman Avenger (2 door)
Sunbeam Tiger (the car we own today)
Honda S2000 (the current daily hack)
Next car soon to arrive from the states

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