CARS in my life...

...it all began in the 60's

My interest in cars started in the early 60's after becoming bored (and wet) with my Vespa 150 GS Scooter days!

My first car - a Ford Popular - was purchased for seven pound ten shillings (before I had a driving licence) and needed a clutch plate which did present a challenge to me - never looked under the bonnet of a car let alone lay a spanner on one! It took a couple of attempts - gearbox out twice before I got it right. I very quickly exchanged the Pop for a Rover 14, passed my driving test and embarked on a lifetime of owning interesting cars.

 

Sixties era ... Click on image to enlarge

My first E Type & Mum & Sister with XK 150

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Soft Top E next and then the DB 2.4

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MG 'M' rebuild project, MG TA and TF 1250 (TR2 belonging to a friend) TF after respray and MG 'A' 1600 in Cornwall in the late sixties.

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Seventies era ...

Rebuilt 'E' at Box Tree Cottage Chedworth, trusty old RangeRover outside Garricks Head and De Tomaso of the eighties era at El Paraiso Seven Springs Cheltenham

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Eighties era ...

Two Pantera's shown below are the last performance cars owned by me in the 80's/90's - both imported from America. The black and gold car proved competitive around the Castle Coombe circuit on one of the many club days held there.

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Estates for the New Millennium. The Kompressor version still in use.

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