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1948 Wolseley 680. Looked like an old Roll Royce. Great in traffic as EVERYONE would give way. Weighed around 2 ton with 75 HP and the best drag I ever had was with this car and a bus off the lights. Bus almost beat me.
1959 Austin Lancer Series 1. Everything they say about English cars and Lucas, Prince of Darkness, is true. Horn came on once whilst we were chasing rabbits in the local cemetery. Electric fuel pump died in the middle of a thunderstorm, had to sit in the boot (trunk) hitting it to get it going. Lights would turn themselves off and on. Everything that could break on the car did.
1957 Mercedes 220S Beautiful car to drive, soaked up the bumps and cornered very well once I flared the guards and fitted 14x7 mag wheels with big rubber. Fitted front springs from a V8 Falcon to help keep the car stable through corners. Interior was magnificent with wood panels around all the windows and dash. My grandfather bought it for me for $700 and a hundred garden gnomes.
Another Austin Lancer. I ended up giving it to my brother who fitted a hot MGB1800 motor. This little car would do 100 mph in 3rd, never found out what 4th would do but it easily kept up with V8’s. We once towed a friends van when it broke down. The friend kept putting the brakes on because we were towing too fast!
1969 Triumph 2.5PI. Heap of junk
Triumph TR4, TR5. Both were fun cars once I modified the suspension. There’s not many cars I’ve owned that I regret selling but the TR5 is one of them.
1970 Bolwell Nagari. Aussie kit car, looked like a Lambo Muira but with fibreglass body and Ford V8 mechanicals. Very fast (330hp and 2000 lbs) but broke down at least once a week. Ate my licence twice (speeding). Seems the Police object when you do 240k’s in a residential area.
1969 Cooper S. Fun car but too basic.
1970 Jag XJ6 with a 253 Holden V8. Nice to drive but full of rust.
1978 VW Golf x 2. Both great cars. Bought one for my wife and then bought a fully modified one that would run down anything on tight, twisty roads.
1978 Sciroco. Bought this car in England when we were on a long holiday. Drove it across Europe to Hungary to stay with the wife's relatives for a few months then drove back to England. Very reliable but the rust was so bad the front wing fell off!
1978 Triumph 2500S. Don’t know why I bought this after the 2.5PI. Another crap car.
1992 Ford Fairmont V8. Beautiful car. Did everything that I asked and more.
1981 VW Golf GTI. Not as nice as our old Golf, ended up selling it for more than I paid for it.
1999 Ford Fairmont wagon. Another great Ford, still have it.
1997 VW Polo. Amazing car, uses so little petrol but still cruises on the open road well above the speed limit. My daily driver.
Along the way there have also been a few motor bikes too. My RGV would be my favourite if I still had it.
Cheers
Paul
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Originally Posted by MACCAA
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