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		Chat Area => Omega Gallery => Topic started by: Auto Addict on 05 August 2006, 08:24:54
		
			
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				Not the actual picture, but same model, mine was grey with black mudguards.
 
 Originaly my Dad's, he gave it to me when I passed my driving test at 17.
 
 (http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/Auto_Addict/1939Vauxhall10.jpg)
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				Well its different for a first car lol.
 
 Hope it was as well looked after as that one ;)
 
 jim
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				Bet you wish youy still had it :)
 
 got my first car off my Dad, unfortunately it was a Lada :-[
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				Hmmm Yugo Zastava here, circa 1992 :o
			
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				I do wish I still had it, it was in mint condition.
 
 Spec. inc. 4 doors, leather seats, sunroof, hydraulic brakes, ohv engine, independant front suspension (not bad for a pre. war car) , zenith carb and a starting handle.
 
 Sparking plug gap was 37 thou.
 
 It had a top speed of c.58 mph., would cruise all day at 40 - 45.
 
 Used to, in those days, put 5 gallons of petrol in it, give the attendant £1, and say keep the change!
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				Ford Anglia estate for me
 
 Hand painted in emerald Green  :o
 
 Pulled my misses with that one  :(
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				Ford Anglia estate for me
 
 Hand painted in emerald Green  :o
 
 Pulled my misses with that one  :(
 
 
 my first Vauxhall was a Viva HA van with jump seats in the back.
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				Ford Anglia estate for me
 
 Hand painted in emerald Green  :o
 
 Pulled my misses with that one  :(
 
 
 my first Vauxhall was a Viva HA van with jump seats in the back.
 
 Aptly titled set of seats  ;D ;D
 
 Couldn't resist, i know the sort of thing you are referring to, they used to do them for the mini vans, it got round car tax as it was still classified as a van
 
 My first car was a Mini, my first Vauxhall was a Mk2 Cavalier 1.6 GL in yellow...ahh happy days.
 
 That had a jump seat as well  ;) ;D
 
 AA did your 10 have the chrome flutes up the bonnet and a sliding sunroof?
 
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				My first car was a Vx chevette 1.3
 
 Carnt really remember much about it....except it was blue and i spent quite a bit of time sorting out the rust on it......no change there then  ::)
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				My first vauxhall was a Mk1 cavalier, in lime green with a brown pin stripe and white wall tyres.
 
 Other vauxhalls were, Chevette, Mk2 astra GTE, Mk3 cavalier, senator B , and of course an Omega :)
 
 also had an opel kadett sri same as the Mk1 astra
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				Had to wait for a Mk2 escort van for a jump  ;D
 
 Always wanted a Chevette and then moved onto a Senator
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 Other vauxhalls were, ....... , senator B , and of course an Omega :)
 
 
 
 ..... and then moved onto a Senator So I'm not alone in stepping backwards to an Omega!  :o  ::)  ;)
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				My first was a Ford Fiesta with an engine mount missing, couldn't get 1st gear, not good with less than 1000cc's! Used a gallon of oil a week, swapped it for a 2.3 Granada  ;) & had 4 of them since, loved them until I got the Omega!
			
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				First was a £750 Rover 213S - apart from the rust a genuinely nice car to drive (reasonable gearbox, engine reasonably lively, good sense of what the car was up to through the steering wheel). Drove that into the ground, got £10 from the scrappers in the end.
 
 Then a £900 Cavalier 1.6 LS, drove that into the ground (think it needed too much welding in the end) - same end solution - walking out of the scrappers with a tenner. Loved the car so much that I bought...
 
 ... A £1500 Cavalier 2.0 LS Eco, last of the 95's, drove that until it was getting a little long in the tooth, and the wedding plans indicated I had a few grand to spare. Sold the car for £150...
 
 ... no more Cavaliers being made?, had to be an Omega then. And in all likelyhood, in the year and a bit I've owned it, it's probably depreciated more than the overall costs of the previous three cars rolled into one.
 
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				Tidy.  :)