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[Amigo]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THAMES-TRUCK-15CWT-1-OWNER-/320644892001?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4aa7ecc561
  It was a mini bus version with bench seats & windows in the back. I was 10 years old & it was our cub/scouts van. My Dad was a leader & we had to tow start it on our own one saturday morning.
    He had me reversing around tyres using my mirrors.


    The very first vehicle i ever drove!  NOSTALGIA!!!! 8-)

[Debs.]

I like the timber-lined bed!

[Mysteryman]

I like the timber-lined bed!

Masochist.

[Dishevelled Den]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THAMES-TRUCK-15CWT-1-OWNER-/320644892001?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4aa7ecc561
  It was a mini bus version with bench seats & windows in the back. I was 10 years old & it was our cub/scouts van. My Dad was a leader & we had to tow start it on our own one saturday morning.
    He had me reversing around tyres using my mirrors.


    The very first vehicle i ever drove!  NOSTALGIA!!!! 8-)

I remember them very well, I was taught to drive and passed my civilian test in one of these;

[tunnie]

Looks like it offers a better driving experience than the Corsa C i learnt in   

[Andy B]

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I remember them very well, I was taught to drive and passed my civilian test in one of these;

Me too, but 'mine' was yellow & had 4 doors. YTC144L 

[Amigo]

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I remember them very well, I was taught to drive and passed my civilian test in one of these;

Me too, but 'mine' was yellow & had 4 doors. YTC144L 

Me too Andy. I had a 2 door 1300 GT in blue :-VTW869L. To those who knock the x-flow engines this little baby would wheelspin changing from first to second on a dry road & the grin factor was unbeatable, a really involving drive.

   Makes being old worthwhile!!! 8-)

[05omegav6]

would wheelspin changing from first to second

My 1800 Vectra does this when I try to hurry it up

Stupid wrong wheel drive

Learnt to drive in a citreon AX, then spent a month driving round Scotland in my dad's Sierra. Took first test in a maestro.
If I ever meet the git that designed it, I'll shake him very firmly by the neck.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

With me it was a BSM real Mini, along with a Ford Cortina Mk2 and a 1950s Humber Hawk

[CaptainZok]

Passed my test in one of these little powerhouses.



Brand new in 1985, after taking most of my lessons in a Golf the instructor changed his car just before my test.

First vehicle I ever drove looked more like this though.



Think I was all of 8 years old. The elf and safetee brigade would have a fit these days.

[Omegatoy]

oh dear!! here is what i learned to drive in!! crash gearbox as well as a rod clutch , no power steering and wandered all over the road!!!
http://www.ianhardy.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6271

[Amigo]

oh dear!! here is what i learned to drive in!! crash gearbox as well as a rod clutch , no power steering and wandered all over the road!!!
http://www.ianhardy.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6271

A proper old bus. I bet that tramlined everywhere!!!!

[Andy B]

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First vehicle I ever drove looked more like this though. ...

Same here John, but mine was red & I was about 13  I can't remember what it was though, :-/  Massey Ferguson I think.

[Omegatoy]

oh dear!! here is what i learned to drive in!! crash gearbox as well as a rod clutch , no power steering and wandered all over the road!!!
http://www.ianhardy.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6271

A proper old bus. I bet that tramlined everywhere!!!!

just a bit, however when you got brave enough to let it wander on its own it always came back!! good off road though

[Vamps]

Passed my test, first time, in a Hillman Avenger, car I first drove was a MK2 Cortina when about 10, first car I had at 13 was a Ford 100e and then, at 14 a Fiat 600 which I have to admit to taking up the road a few times....