Cars from your childhood

[OldFred]

I love watching Celebrity Antiques Road Trip where they get to drive really cool classic cars.
Some cars really take me back to my childhood in the late 70s/80s.
My mum had Datsun Cherry and dad drove a beast of a BMW which resembled a tank.
My brother had a Ford Capri which I loved.

What cars were a part of your childhood?

Stickers, not sticks.

My dad was a royal engineer so he always had a car to do up.
We had a ford Bedford van once that had bench seats. I was one of four so when we went out on a Sunday there might be room for an extra friend. Picnic and rounders.
Mum had a 1100 called Betsy who broke down on the hill going into Weymouth. Dad asked for mum's new American tan tights to make a fan belt! A Datsun was called the yellow peril and there were numerous Vauxhalls. My first car was a midget in harvest gold and we later had a golf cabriolet that we only sold last year. That one I miss, it was like driving a skateboard.

I once bought a gold Jag to collect my daughter from boarding school. I had a head scarf on like Miss Fritten in St Trinian's. She was being bullied and it cheered her up no end. Don't worry I sold it on for a profit. I'm a demon with the leather cleaner!

Family friend of ours had a Lancia Fulvia. That was quite a car.

Bloke across the road from us had a Jensen Interceptor, you heard it before you saw it. He owned the local chippy. Guess he was doing well!!!

Wow, there are some seriously cool cars on this thread!

@HelpMeGetThrough I had never heard of a Jensen Interceptor, now that is a car 😍(One for sale on autotrader just shy of 60k!)

Did anyone else get 10 driving lessons on their 17th birthday, with the almost foregone assumption that you'll pass on the 10th lesson? 😂
Those were the days!

The Interceptor was a hell of a car, the sound of it was one thing, then when you saw it, wow!!!

@OldFred six lessons actually. To be fair the grandparents were farmers and I drove on their land, including the land rover and tractor, and a very old car of my grandmothers in which you had to double de-clutch to change gear. I passed my test in a Triumph Toledo.

I remember the first time I drove round Hyde Park Corner, before there were lights. I swallowed hard and got close behind a black cab and went the way he did. I found a super cut through to Sloane Square! In tje late 70s/early 80s, I was told of two ways to drive in central London: slightly slowly and end up behind everyone or slightly faster and keep moving.

Neither of my parents drove, so no family car. My childminder had a Ford Capri. Me, my brother, her daughter, and 2 other kids she looked after went I it occasionally! No seatbelts, no child seats. Great fun!

After my parents split my mum had a boyfriend who had a green Datsun LPB 4W. Can't remember important stuff but can remember that!

One of my mums friends had an old Morris that had the indicators that flipped down from the side, I used to love going in that car.