After digging out the photo of my old SAAB frozen on the Somme I was looking at other photos of my trusty old SAAB 900 EMS. I had it from October 1991 to early 1993 when I broke the steering rack hitting a kerb in a car-park, Opps! Not long after getting it I popped over to the WW1 battlefields when I was rescued by the nice tractor-driver. In early 1993 I drove to Prague in it.
Must be my old Sierra, 1600cc pinto engine weber carb it was bog basic and I could fix it with hammer and a penkife and I freq did. I was on the company car allowance of 450 a month and i paid 250 quid for the car and had it for 2 years. I once left it in heathrow for 3 weeks with 2 Yamaha Fz750's in the back, we went from Cornwall to the highlands in it. Once she wouldnt start and putting the compression tester in with the wrong tip I bent the exhaust valve. the valve was 7 quid and the head gasket 4 quid. took me a few hours to pull the head swap the valve, clean up the head and sling it back together. Kev Now my favourite Bike......
Before getting the SAAB I had an Astra. Not my fav car just we did silly things to it. One very bored Bank Holiday, May 91(?) my two mates, mollusc, swubb and I got out some water-colours and did this.
This is not mine however I had one exactly like it in blue in 1970. Fantastic car with heaps of grunt. Holden HK Monaro GTS on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Before getting the SAAB I had an Astra. Not my fav car just we did silly things to it. One very bored Bank Holiday, May 91(?) my two mates, mollusc, swubb and I got out some water-colours and did this. I want to know what you had hidden in the ash tray:tongue:
I know I had thirteen motor bikes. The best being the Norton Dominate. Don't ask how many cars I have had? just say Plenty. I am hoping for a new one shortly. The best I had, was a white two litre Vauxhall Cavalier automatic that was a cracker of a car, fast, smooth, comfortable. At present, I have a silver Astra 1800, automatic, design model, everything electric. Its got everything. Plus a Tom Tom,They are GREAT! I am changing it in for a new automatic 2.2 litre Vectra Design hatchback, with a wheelchair hoist fitted to get my chair in and out. I hope. Then we shall be able to get out and about again. The Astra has done 3,500 miles in two years this May. oddly enough, it still has a years manufacturers guarantee on it. BROOOM BROOOM!!! Sapper
Best car i had for reliability was a Fiat uno 45...good on fuel, low insurance ,easy to drive in all weathers,Currant car is my definate favourite as it was bought for me by my parents as a sort of living inheritance,I told them to sell there house which was going to be left to me ,buy somewhere smaller and enjoy the left over money themselves as they had worked for it .as a thank you they got me a astra estate which they didnt have to do as i was glad to see them happy
I remember the first bike I ever had was a Budgie. My brother taught me how to ride on it. It's been that long, I had to look for a picture of it. http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:XQ1F6DOzEzI7RM:http://i24.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/98/95/77_2.JPG
This 1986 Renault 11 was the last car I had that I could actually work on, and the best bargain we ever had. Got it in 1994 for £800, had it 11 years. It was our only car for the first four years, since then I've had lease cars from work but my wife used it and I still drove it at weekends. Being French the electrics and the trim were a bit dodgy, the temperature warning light came on if I did over 80, and I replaced so many bits, mainly from breakers, that there wasn't a lot left of the original. But it only once broke down on the road, and apart from when it needed a new battery it never failed to start. I religiously changed the oil every year and by 2005 it had done 130,000 miles and had almost no rust and lost no oil or water from the engine. Then someone offered us a 1995 Rover 416 for free (the previous owner had died). I advertised the Renault all over the place, reduced the price to £150, but no-one wanted it. You know those scrap car dealers that advertise "all models taken"? They don't! - "no call for the parts from those things, guv". I had to give it to a specialist Renualt breaker, which gutted me as I hated to scrap a car that was still going. But it'd never be considered a classic. The Rover? Nice car, but to change the oil filter without a ramp, you'd need to lie underneath it and be a left-handed dwarf with very muscley wrists (don't say it!). I take it to Kwik-Fit for oil changes now.
Had our Citroen now since 2002 and has to be one of my favourite cars I've had also longest I've ever had a car. We've been so many places in it. Lots of stowage space for all the kids stuff and the camping gear too. Here I am pretending it's a Land Rover in Devon. Notice RBL poppy on the front.
I have never liked the "high" four wheel drive vehicles and had always wanted a V8. GMH (Holden) here brought out an all wheel drive V8 called the holden "Adventra" which I snapped up. Plenty of space, power for towing, everything that opens and shuts and a little higher than a wagon with good looks. (no I don't complain about the price of petrol):biggrin:
Geoff as a V8 fan do you watch the Bathurst race? Is that photo one of your favourite car or a plug for your business? Looks good anyway.
Geoff as a V8 fan do you watch the Bathurst race? Never got that much time to watch it all day. Leave it for the highlights. Mine was 235kw stock and 270kw with the mods. Vroom, Vroom! Is that photo one of your favourite car or a plug for your business? Looks good anyway. No. Still got the trailer but not selling the parts washer. I am now selling a Colon Cleanse product. (Thanks for reminding me, I have to organise some metallic advertising for the car).
Before getting the SAAB I had an Astra. Not my fav car just we did silly things to it. One very bored Bank Holiday, May 91(?) my two mates, mollusc, swubb and I got out some water-colours and did this. Your Mum was soooo impressed when she saw it she had a blue-fit and a nose-bleed!!!
Your Mum was soooo impressed when she saw it she had a blue-fit and a nose-bleed!!! Yes and then threw a bucket of water over it. At least those coppers we drove past had a smile. Andy, got any photos of our taking sledge hammers to those old wrecks?
My Lotus Europa Twin Cam. Redid the engine with a Cortina Rally car weber head for 40mm Webers instead of those crappy Stromburgs it originally came with.
Don't have any pics of our current car or the Bedford handy. We've currently got a Holden (Vauxhall/Opel...so essentially a Bedford LOL) Vectra, 2000 model, wagon. Pretty good car but Jodi and I had a Ford Laser (rebadged Mazda 323 with Ford motor fortunately) and a Toyota Corolla before that. Best vehicle I've ever owned? Six tonnes 0f 1960 Mack truck!
I don't exactly own her but I get to drive her a lot... 2004 Pierce Contender. 1500 gpm pump, 1000 gal booster tank, center mounted pump panel, turbocharged Cummings diesel, seating for six and most importantly, a/c in the cab.
Unreal, Slipman, way bigger and much more flash than the little pumpers I used to drive! Love Yankee fire trucks. Ooh, suspect "yankee" might not be the best word for an Alabama (Alabaman, Alabamanian?) truck! Sooo, love US fire trucks!
Thanks for the compliments. She drives like a charm and runs like a scalded dog. Yank will do, I understand the context. We are called Alabamians, but I prefer Southerner. Here's our reserve pumper, pic made in 2001. She's a 82 model Sutphen bought used in 1995 and still is a good truck with a Detroit diesel. I fought a good many fires with this girl, she was our only pumper until we got the 2004 engine above.
