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This a history of cars
that we have owned
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Austin 10
The
first car I remember a 1946 Austin 10 because I fell out of
it when I was 4 years old. We would be traveling about 30 mph at the
time
Standard Vanguard 3
The second car that I remember. . The other thing
as a child I remember Dad driving the Vanguard and reaching 70 mph that
was fast.
Rover 105R.
I
remember it was a great deal sportier than the 90 and this is the car I
had when I met Elizabeth
Rover 3 Litre Coupe
This car had style very comfortable good to drive. I liked
this car.
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Rover 90
This is the car I first drove after my test
Morris Minor
1100 Van.
Ours was white. It had Michelin tyres and it was
fast. Elizabeth & I did a lot of our courting in this van. I could
get from my home to hers which was 33 mile in 27min and that's on
country roads.
Volvo 122S
This was a fast car for it's time. The long gear stick
was a bit unwieldy but it could go. We had this car when Elizabeth
& I married and we went on our honeymoon in it. We had a blue one
after that.
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Volvo 144S
Like a tank
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Scimitar SE5
My first Scimitar was silver. It
came from Crossflag Motors, Dumfries. the first one of 3 in a line.
Elizabeth had a green automatic, that was an exceptional car. These
cars were either very good or awful. They drove well and stuck to the
road like glue.
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Scimitar SE6
This was one of my favourites, It
was white with blue leather upholstery, sun roof, electric windows, etc
etc. If I hadn't fell in love with my next car this would have been a
long relationship.
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Range Rover
A great farm vehicle. Very thirsty put an overdrive in, did
improve somewhat, something about a Range Rover gets to you, miss them
when you've had one and then don't have one.
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Jensen Interceptor Mk3.
This was what I fell in love with.
Silver with black upholstery.
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Mazda B1800
This was the farm truck took the
children to school. Good truck.
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Ford Sierra
I think it was diesel, Elizabeth's
car. She liked this car.
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 Montego Diesel
Bought this because it had a
Perkins engine. Had MF tractors with Perkins and was impressed, The
only good thing about the car. An unlucky car.
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BMW 628CSi Manual
Another great car, fast, sporty,
& reliable.
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Reliant Scimitar
SE6
I've put this car in again because I
found one in pieces had it rebuilt and sprayed blue.
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Range Rover
Had to have another. Had an LPG
conversion put on this car improved the economy no end. Great car for
long distant driving, can get expensive as it gets older.
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Jensen FF Mk2
A
beautiful car with character and style, drove fantastic, Charles blew
the engine so had it rebuilt. A car that felt right when driven.
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Jensen FF Mk 3
One of only 15 ever made. One of the
15 was destroyed so only 14 left in the world. A joy to drive. Had a
total body rebuild. absolutely stunning. Circumstances unfortunately
forced me to part with it. I understand it went to Australia.
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Audi RS2
Charles' choice of a car. Seriously
fast. tremendous acceleration.
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Subaru
Good to drive reliable and functional did 105,000 miles and was still
tight and sound engine.
Rover 75 comfortable car underrated
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Present car Volvo XC90
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Jeep Cherokee 4lt LPG