What a great Dad ,I bet you were over the moonThis was my first car, 1947 Austin 8, my dad gave it me when I was 18 years old.
I had mentioned my 1st car earlier in this thread but with no pic, but I had put a pic in a Birchfield Rd thread so its easy to drag it here. I bought the Hillman Imp new from showroom, it broke down after 2 miles. The kind dealer came out and towed me back, took a carburretor out of another new car, fitted it in mine and I drove to Sutton to put some petrol in, slammed the door on my thumb and got a painful black nail - it was an interesting day !
The car was 4 years old in the pic.
Taken in 1965 outside 31 Greenoak Crescent Stirchley birminghamNice car, just out of curiosity when was the picture taken and where is it?
Yes I was over the moon, every morning with my hands bleeding, cranking it with a starting handle try to get it started, and the time going over Breedon bridge with it on fire.What a great Dad ,I bet you were over the moon
I remember buying a car from Moseley once, I paid him £42 for it, mind you I was only earning about £7 a week, before I got home to Stirchley the near side front wheel seized up. I fixed it with my mate Bill, painted it gold, ran it for a couple of months then scrapped it.My first car was a Mk1 Ford Escort, metallic light blue. Bought it of a guy from Rednal, it was completely clapped out. He must have filled the cylinders with molyslip or some other gunge to bring the compression back up so it would start. Proper sawdust in the gearbox stich up, it was every penny I had.
I did manage to fix it and ran it for quite a few years.
Some great memories though eh, those old cars really make us appreciate the newer ones.... or do theyYes I was over the moon, every morning with my hands bleeding, cranking it with a starting handle try to get it started, and the time going over Breedon bridge with it on fire.