"Normal" cars you wanted when you were a kid

keefg

OK.......So what car did it for you when you were a kid?

Which car did the bloke down the street own that made you say "I'm gonna have one of them when I am old enough to drive"?

No supercars please..........we can all dream about owning a Ferrari or Lambo. This is all about cars you would see everyday where you lived.

I shall start things off with this little gem......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reL42t1E1fE

Over to you............

peasant

Opel Commodore GS/E

TommyT

A Bloke in my street had a TR7, I thought it was the coolest thing on the planet. Even now when I see one I think back to more innocent times, didnt realise they were such bad cars, but it was the 70s.

cantdecide

There was a guy down the road from me Nan's house had a red BMW E21 coupe with some kind if big red vent type thing down the back window and I always swore I'd have one when i grew up.:)

.Longshanks.

a DeLorean after watching the Back to the Future films:D

joolsveer

The Austin Cambridge was my dream car in 1963 when I was a nipper.

construct06

Escort mk 1. my dad had one, thought it was such a cool car..

C_Breeze

late 80's/ early 90's coupe escort , 2 door , black

http://www.greylizard.net/images/fiestaxr2/rs.jpg

Johnny Storm

I had such high expectations:-

Melion

C_Breeze wrote: »

late 80's/ early 90's coupe escort , 2 door , black

http://www.greylizard.net/images/fiestaxr2/rs.jpg

Exact same car i wanted

Alun

Showing my age here, but when I was a nipper, I always fancied either a Triumph Dolomite Sprint or (don't laugh) a Rover 3.5 litre Coupe (the P5B version). Always liked the Jensen Interceptor/FF as well, but I guess that'd fit into the supercar category (in those days, anyway!).

Pherekydes

Mr Grey here wanted to own a Volvo, preferably an estate.

And I did, too, eventually.

ninty9er

There are a few, I'm an 80s kid so it was the 90s before I started noticing these things:

Renault 25
Volvo 960
Opel Rekord/Senator (Both my grandads had them)
Mitsubishi Signum.

I had a thing for big cars...still do. I'm hoping for a 97-98 A6 in the new year:D:D

TomMc

Renault 5 Turbo.

Sabre Man

The dad of a friend of mine was repairing cars from their home, so they always had a number of cars sitting about. One of those I immediately fell in love with. It was a late70s or early 80s Ford Granada. I can remember sitting in front of the steering wheel. I just knew there and then that I had to get a Granada, so as soon as I had the money I bought a 1979 Ford Granada 2.3L. Amazing car! My head still turns every time I see a Granada of that shape.

Spades

Saab 9000.

maidhc

The one car I always remember wanting when I was small (i.e. before I was a teenager) was a Renault Fuego.

colm_mcm

Audi 80 and Mitsubishi Galant (high expectations!)

macnab

I saw a Fiat 850 sport coupe about 30 years ago and loved it, I still think they look great.

The Chessplayer

I quite like the 2CV. Could definitely see myself bootin' around town in one of these.

Spades

it sure does look great

pburns

When I was young I was into exotica. Now I consider Ferraris, Lambos, Astons etc a bit juvenile.:D

As for 'normal' cars - Saab 9000, Merc W124, Peugeot 405.
To my shame i really liked the Isuzu Gemini for a while

SouperComputer

Spades wrote: »

Saab 9000.

+1

dingding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnZ-bK-yTqY

in_da_club

a original 68 camaro!

http://www.teamfitzgerald.com/68%20CAMARO%20SIDE%20VIEW%20WITH%20RICHMOND%20TRANS.jpg

Max_Damage

Mid-1980's Mazda 626 (saloon model only).



Rare cars now.

keefg

Why the hell did I start this thread??

By a sheer fluke, just finished watching a one hour Ford Capri special on Men & Motors.......now I am looking on Ebay & Autotrader for a 2.8i (the misses will kill me :eek: )

hi5

Yep dingding,the lotus sunbeam was one of my favorits too.
Also all the cars on The New Avengers,TR7,Range Rover,did Steed have an SD1? Escort XR3 in Sunburst red,
Fiat Supermirafiori,
Renault Feugo,renault 18 Turbo both in metalic blue,
Saab 900 Turbo,
Capri 2.8i
mK11 Granada 2.8i estate,
Merc 350se.

dingding

hi5 wrote: »

Yep dingding,the lotus sunbeam was one of my favorits too.
Also all the cars on The New Avengers,TR7,Range Rover,did Steed have an SD1? Escort XR3 in Sunburst red,
Fiat Supermirafiori,
Renault Feugo,renault 18 Turbo both in metalic blue,
Saab 900 Turbo,
Capri 2.8i
mK11 Granada 2.8i estate,
Merc 350se.

We are CAR twins a great list.

Also one of the lads I worked with had a nissan cherry turbo. I think it was in Blue also.


Fab Car.

Earth Worm Jim

Escort mk2 RS 2000
Escort mk1 mexico
Capri 2.8i - 3.0s
Granada 2.8i - 3.0s
Sierra cosworth RS 500
Audi 80 Quartro
Lancia Delta intergrali
M3
M5 Alpina
635 csi
735i

All still fetching good money and ageing well.

bazz26

maidhc wrote: »

The one car I always remember wanting when I was small (i.e. before I was a teenager) was a Renault Fuego.

Snap! There was a guy living up the road from me who had one of those. Always admired the car.