What was the first car you saw that burnt into your memory?
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First toy car I can remember having that was obviously a model of a particular car rather than a Fisher-Price blob-on-wheels. Remember my Dad explaining that it was an Audi Quattro, and that it did rallies, which I can vaguely remember being on the telly. Unfortunately Group B was killed off by the time I turned four, but this thing, albeit built by Corgi, helped my third word, after the obligatory 'Mum' and 'Dad', to be 'Car':
It just had to be, I had a set of 3 matchbox toy ones as a child (in red, white and blue) and the first proper car film I ever saw was the Italian Job. Plus a few family members had one at the time.
The other car I remember from such an early age was a Ford Anglia sat in our garage, rust all over, no paint, no interior, doors, glass, engine or gearbox. Dad kept meaning to restore it but never had the time due to work commitments. Would love to know what happened to it but I can't remember the reg no.
S3_Graham said:
I remember my first 'supercar spot' too. Being driven from Manchester to Brighton one night by my Dad in his old Mk2 Cavalier GSI (go and find one for sale now, I challenge you) for the wedding of a couple of my parents' old friends, we pulled in at a motorway service station for some 'food' by way of dinner at the Little Chef. Now, you've got to remember that I was all of about five years old at this point and had never been in a motorway service station before, so to me it looked for all the world like a spaceship inside. I remember looking out of some floor-to-ceiling wrap-over windows at the car park, and seeing one of these, in this colour, pull up outside:Twincam16 said:
S3_Graham said:
I remember my first 'supercar spot' too. Being driven from Manchester to Brighton one night by my Dad in his old Mk2 Cavalier GSI (go and find one for sale now, I challenge you) for the wedding of a couple of my parents' old friends, we pulled in at a motorway service station for some 'food' by way of dinner at the Little Chef. Now, you've got to remember that I was all of about five years old at this point and had never been in a motorway service station before, so to me it looked for all the world like a spaceship inside. I remember looking out of some floor-to-ceiling wrap-over windows at the car park, and seeing one of these, in this colour, pull up outside:Still, whatever floats your boat
scarebus said:
My Auntie had an estate, absolutely loved it, had it for nearly twenty years. Incidentally, when they wanted to get rid of it, they were expecting to literally pay a scrapyard to break it, but it turns out they're very sought-after in Africa, and the money they got from the export agent paid for a VW Microbus restoration project for my uncle, which is now rebuilt and finished in a gloriously hippyish shade of bright orange, complete with all interior fixtures and fittings.I'm going to have to be a bit murky on here and attribute my fascination with cars to 3 seperate vehicles:
Got plonked in one when i was around 6 or 7 at a local fair. Was fascinated by all the levers and pedals, felt like Toad of the manor. Oh, and the horn... did i mention the horn? I honked that thing for what seemed like hours and then begged for one for my bike for months. I'm happy to standup and say the Ford model T is what sparked my original interest in cars. Up until then a car was just that thing that takes me to school and back.
Shortly after i was plonked behind the drivers seat of one of these:
Owned by a friend of a family friend, In a lary Gold coloured paintjob. Still see it out and about every now and then no idea if its owned by the same guy still, but it was his pride and joy.
Then at the age of about 10 my dad came home with our newly aquired Video Camera he'd lent to a friend at work to record a car show he'd gone too. Full of hot rods, that really ignited a fire for hot rods and modified cars.
There's plenty of cars that are burnt into my memory since then for being gorgeous looking, or having amazing performance. But those are the 3 that have really burnt in.
Got plonked in one when i was around 6 or 7 at a local fair. Was fascinated by all the levers and pedals, felt like Toad of the manor. Oh, and the horn... did i mention the horn? I honked that thing for what seemed like hours and then begged for one for my bike for months. I'm happy to standup and say the Ford model T is what sparked my original interest in cars. Up until then a car was just that thing that takes me to school and back.
Shortly after i was plonked behind the drivers seat of one of these:
Owned by a friend of a family friend, In a lary Gold coloured paintjob. Still see it out and about every now and then no idea if its owned by the same guy still, but it was his pride and joy.
Then at the age of about 10 my dad came home with our newly aquired Video Camera he'd lent to a friend at work to record a car show he'd gone too. Full of hot rods, that really ignited a fire for hot rods and modified cars.
There's plenty of cars that are burnt into my memory since then for being gorgeous looking, or having amazing performance. But those are the 3 that have really burnt in.
Knight rider.
The Coyote X from Hardcastle and McCormick
The 308GTS from Magnum PI
And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eU8j4MeJ4I
The Coyote X from Hardcastle and McCormick
The 308GTS from Magnum PI
And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eU8j4MeJ4I
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