What did your parents drive? (Post a Pic(s)!)
Me: [B]1973 [/B]Gremlin I also remember the environment controls read (Heat, Vent, Cold, Desert) :RockOn:
[IMG]http://www.decodesystems.com/gremlin-ps-may-1973-m.gif[/IMG]
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When You Were 10 Years Old...
41 durable postsStarted 2006-07-06Latest 2006-07-11
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[IMG]http://http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/chevrolet-elcamino/images/chevrolet-elcamino-1976a.jpg[/IMG]aahhh, the '76 el camino. is it a car, is it a truck? wtf was my dad thinking?
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When I was 10 years old, I know my parents had these cars: '82 Mustang '77 Honda CVCC Wagon '76 full-sized Chevy '87 Honda Civic sedan '87 Honda Civic wagon ... and yes, they were all in working order. ha ha.
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A Vauxhall Victor 101 Estate. When I was little I used to think that everyone's Dad had to spend a week underneath the car fixing it before going on holiday.
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Opel Manta (fluo'ish yellow/green, very funky)
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Opel_Manta_B.jpg/300px-Opel_Manta_B.jpg[/IMG]
Ford Capri
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Peugeot 405
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My parents had a Vega Wagon. My dad was into customizing, so he had rims on it, different pipes and dark tinted windows. My brothers and I thought we were the shit driving in that car! :p
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[quote=KinKyJ]Opel Manta (fluo'ish yellow/green, very funky)
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Ford Capri
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Isnt that still you car KinkyJ??? :lol:
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Ford Cortina - it was Blue.
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Looking at all those old cars from the past is funny, good post Algy. Gremlins are the most ugly pieces of shit I have ever seen lol. Ford Capri is Cult though. My parents had a BMW 3000 V8 when I was ten years old. I still remember how I fell in love with that car when I saw it for the 1st time (1978 :| ).
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My Mother was against the car because it used too much fuel and insurrance was very high but my Father bought it nevertheless and crashed it completely only 4 years later. :lol:
After the BMW experience, my dad bought a Toyota Celica Liftback..also a nice car. I know why a car is not only a vehicle to drive from point a to point b for me. ;)
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My mother had one of these
Fiat 127 [IMG]http://www.pagine70.com/vmnews/vfiat127.jpg[/IMG]
And my father had one of these
Renault 16 [IMG]http://auto.zoznam.sk/img/art/20_42cc0d6287f07.jpg[/IMG]
The Renault had the gearstick right next to the steering wheel...it was really weird, but it already had electric windows, which was quite rare at the time (at least over here).
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cant remember lol i think it was a mk1 corrolla
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my mum drove a rover... not sure what kind, and my dad had a porsche 944.
i still want a 944, guess it made an impression on me :D. he sold it when we left england and moved to the states.
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[quote=Huggie Smiles]Isnt that still you car KinkyJ??? :lol:[/quote]Hell yeah, the ultimate pussy wagon imo :lol:
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2 different ones: A Datsun Station wagon (70's) and a Ford Cortina... before the Datsun of course.
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Ford
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We had one of these:
A 1973 Plymouth DUSTER
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my mom drove this piece.. [URL="http://www.rayschevy.com/images/myvehicles/88Lesabre/Pictures/pa050009.jpg"][IMG]http://www.rayschevy.com/images/myvehicles/88Lesabre/Pictures/pa050009.jpg[/IMG][/URL] my dad drove whatever he wanted from the car lot....
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This baby then became my first car
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dacia 1310, we still got it, my father insists on keeping this one forever [IMG]http://www.automanie.net/SPIP/IMG/jpg/DACIA_1310_TLE_COMBI_1988.jpg[/IMG]
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dacia? which brand is this?
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it's now part of the renault group, it's our national car [URL="http://www.dacia.ro/dacia/ajax#/dacia/index_html,03"]http://www.dacia.ro/dacia/ajax#/dacia/index_html,03[/URL] it's in romania language, sorry check out the brand new model, dacia logan
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we had a Volkswagon Vanagon:
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and an Opel GT:
[IMG]http://www.opel6070club.com/oulu03/gt70_ulko2.jpg[/IMG]
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Mom drove a big red chevy caprice classic station wagon and dad drove a full size blue chevy van.
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what a great thread
[IMG]http://www.ajovalo.net/Historia/images/79BMW318.jpg[/IMG]
1979 BMW 318. My dad bought it in Germany and drove it to London. :RockOn:
It was dark blue and I never appreciated the fact we had a BMW until the engine broke. it was parked up on the street for years, completely imobile and then one night someone managed to steal it. :lol:
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no pic or known model year, but I know it was an el camino
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We were rolling hard.
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Gotta love Tweed suits and wood veneer on the car. God bless the 80ties. :RockOn:
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Ford Taunus:
[img]http://www.ajovalo.net/Historia/images/X78Taunus.jpg[/img]
Citroen Visa
[img]http://folk.uio.no/pigland/bilder/minvisa.jpg[/img]
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^^^that thing looks like a toy :lol:
let's see...
'80 Corolla I believe it was around then
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had another Toyota too; don't remember off hand which model.
Bought a '90 Camry ~2 years later when the Corolla bit the dust; lasted until 3 years ago when we sold it. :RockOn:
Family's been all about Toyota...and 1 Ford which eventually turned out to be my first car a short time later: '88 Mercury Topaz :D (back when Ford actually BUILT them tough)
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Actually, the 80s were a very bad decade for Ford in general. And on that note, every fucking Chevy car out now is fucking awful. Were they trying to make them look as bad as Pontiacs? :roflmao:
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I don't know man...I took that thing off-roading and it didn't break down :RockOn:
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my dad drove a 1976 el camino he bought a few months before i was born, which i inherited when i turned 16. turned it back in to pops when i moved out 2 years later, he sold it when i was 24 and the other dude still drives it around town. Amazingly it still looks brand new!! my mom drove a 74 ford comet, i used to think it was a race car.
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[URL="http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/848000-848999/848925_1_full.jpg"][IMG]http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/8/web/848000-848999/848925_1_full.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Dad's ^
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Those vans ruled. Molestation devices. :roflmao:
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[IMG]http://advertising.utexas.edu/wilcox/honda.jpg[/IMG] It got traded in 1987 for a Mercedes Benz during our second Germany tour.
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My dad drove this, 1884 Mercedes 300D Turbo, which I got when I turned 16 and then my sister got when she turned 16. Those cares are like tanks, 0 to 60 in 3.4 days.
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mercedes benz 430 SL.
and a BMW 740 i think was the number, it was the big fucker with the turbo V8. 4 door. i could be wrong on the number though.
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[quote=threehills]My dad drove this, 1884 Mercedes 300D Turbo, which I got when I turned 16 and then my sister got when she turned 16. Those cares are like tanks, 0 to 60 in 3.4 days.
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Man man man, now that is nostalgia. I "inherited" my dad's 240D after I wrecked my first car (Renault 4 van). You're damn right those cars are tanks. I managed to drive around with an empty cooling circuit (leak in the radiator) once and twice with an empty carter until the gauges went haywire and smoke was coming from under the hood. It didn't hurt the engine one single bit :shock: Try to do that with the plastic shit they sell as cars these days :roll:
Btw, my 240D accelerated just fine so I guess there must've been something wrong with your Mercedes. Mind you, back in those days, they were very sensitive to the driving style of the first driver. I mean, if your dad always accelerated like a senior citizen (no offence), it's normal that the engine isn't "used to" leaving skidmarks. My mom drove a 200D at that time and she handled the gas pedal like if it was a pack of C4 with motion sensors. Result: 0 to 100 in 2.3 weeks :Bullshit:
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AMC EAGLE! Oh yeah
[IMG]http://www.amceaglenest.com/images/1980AMCEaglefour-doorConcordline.jpg[/IMG]
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[quote][b]1884[/b] Mercedes 300D Turbo[/quote] :CrackUp::CrackUp::CrackUp::CrackUp: