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What car did your parent's drive in the 70s
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A Morris traveller
A Morris marina
A Ford cortina estate "
Neither of my parents had cars, nor my grandparents.
I'm the first person in my family line to drive and own a car.
Also the first to do an apprenticeship, own a property and get divorced.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Austin A40, mini 850, Ford Taunus, VW beetle, Triumph Dolomite. MK1 Ford Esc rt. Dad wasn’t a car enthusiast he just seemed to buy anything local that would get get us back to Germany as he was in the Army. |
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Renault 16. Quirky looking, large for its day and in a horrible grasshopper green livery.
The only car I ever felt sick riding in, due to its very soft suspension.
Their starters always sounded odd. Had orange headlights as well.
Put me off Renaults (and all French cars) for life. |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
My dad owned a car bodyshop, and also bought and sold cars, too, so we had lots of different cars in the 70s.
The ones that stand out are:
Mark 1 Ford Capri 1.6
Mark 2 Ford Capri 3.0s
Ford Corsair GT
Rover P5B 3.5 V8 Coupè
Sunbeam Rapier Fastback
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Vauxhall victor in the early 60's, roads were concrete , neighbours came out to see it, then a really old skoda ,used to cut out uphill,a really old charabang ,row of 4 bench seats ,crashed in a ditch on a bend . |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
Titz Towers, North Notts |
I saw some old pics a while ago and was surprised to see a cherry coloured Morris Marina.
The earliest car I could remember was a Vauxhall Chevette, then a Renault, then a couple of Montegos.  |
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By *ewisbi76Man
over a year ago
west edinburgh |
Reliant Scimitar. thought it was an awful car back then but if you see them today they actually look quite cool.
Recently seen pristine versions parked on the street in Edinburgh, and in a driveway in Oxford. even looks good in the classic 70s "corduroy brown" colour |
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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago
west midlands |
It was before I was born so I've only seen pics, but my dad had a bright orange 3 wheel bubble car he looked hilarious in it, he was 6'2 so no idea how he got in or out of it, but he looked like he was wearing the car!  |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"I think it had wood around the windows. A Morris something maybe?
Then a long orange Es-cort I think. What were the extra long cars called.?"
An estate car. Can't remember the model though, but thought it was a Ford.
I just remembered we had a blue car when I was about 6. Probably another Ford. Possibly a Cortina. |
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By *viatrixWoman
over a year ago
Redhill |
When they got married my dad was driving a ‘72 Ford Maverick 
The first one I remember was a ‘77 Ford Mustang… that used to break down everywhere. So stressful 
But the most memorable was a VAM Pacer- like the one Garth drives in Wayne’s World. But ours was cherry red. My brother and I used to ride in the back/boot. Seatbelts? What seatbelts? |
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By *ragaCouple
over a year ago
Peterborough |
Ford Thames van we used to go camping in to Cornwall
Morris Traveller 1000 in white
Ford Focus uMK1 1300 xl Estate in brown (not a focus but the wort e*c*rt is banned)
Ford Cortina MK3 1600GT in sebring red, which I took over as my first car in 1980
Happy memories of them all...lots of home maintenance with Dad and my Grandad |
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My parents had so many car's.
Car's in the 70's weren't great and very unreliable and rusty.
From crappy camper vans to awful triumph 1300, vauxhall victor and esc ort van.
But my dad managed to borrow a awesome 3ltr Capri for a while. |
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