my first car. anyone had one?

[geetee]

hey guys,
had this for 2 years. its a 323 deluxe with rwd and a 1272cc motor.
it was british racing green and had 626 wheels and trendy (at the time,1991) stripes. i hammered this car everywhere i went and it just kept going! fond memories indeedy!

oh btw, she`s now my missus so no nasties please! :lol:

[Rupewrecht]

Heh there's a few over here with 13BT rotaries under the bonnet - they make good burnout cars for events like SummerNats :lol:

[Cosmo Dude]

I had the older one with the round headlights and three door not five, started off with the 1272cc TC engine, then when that passed I changed to the 1490cc D5 then once that expired I had a 1415cc UC with a Webber DGAV carb from a 2 litre TD Cortina.
I couldn't kill it and drove it over 350,000km. Eventually swapped a guy up the street two slabs of VB for it :lol:
He fixed the dented front guard and rusty tailgate, gave it a coat of paint and sold it on to someone else :roll:
I'd have another one but this time it would have a BP twin cam from an Mx-5 as the engine has the same mounting points :twisted:
Rotaries fit in them realy well also as the engine bay is identical to the 808/Rx-3, but I like my cars to corner and the 13B puts out too much power for an 800kg car IMO.

Glossary
Slab - Package of 24 X 375ml cans or bottles of beer.
VB - An Australian beer flavoured alcoholic beverage.

[Nate]

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[mrpayner]

Yep.... I've had a first car. :P

AP

[1840]

GEETEE....MY FIRST CAR WAS A VAUXHALL VIVA 1256CC....IN SUPERFAST RED!!...HAD TIGER SEATCOVERS!!!(REMEMBER THEM) AND A NICE SET OF ROSTYLE WHEELS......AH STILL LOVE THE SHAPE OF THAT CAR.
DONT YE THINK YOUR OLD MAZDA LOOKS LIKE THE TALBOT SUNBEAM....HAD ONE OF THEM ALSO.........OH AND 4 CAPRIS AND IN '99, I HAD A CAR THAT PROBLEBLY MOST OF YOU GUYS WON'T KNOW OF ...A WOLESELY 6(LIKE THE AUSTIN 1800 IN SHAPE)STRAIGHT SIX,2.2 WALNUT DASH,LOVELY OLD BEAST OF WHICH THERE WERE ONLY 25,000 MADE BETWEEN 72-75......ANYWAY STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A TRAINSPOTTER(ANORAK IN SCOTLAND)
:lol: ops:

ps:i'm 97 years old :lol:

[geetee]

ha ha my mum had a viva e coupe! also a 1256cc and in gold. it was shaped like a firenza but didn`t have the twin headlights or rasping engine. my old mazda always got mistaken for a sunbeam which i found quite annoying, not that the sunbeam was a bad `un, especially the lotus version!!! i had a couple of cavaliers in between the mazda`s including a gli 1.8 but don`t think i`d buy another vauxhall.......... except maybe a monaro!!! :lol:
and i reckon when it comes to cars, we`re all anoraks!!! my missus thinks we`re all saddo`s! different story when she wants a lift to the shops though eh? :lol:

[Aaron]

I helped some mates build one with a 13BT.... Well rather there was this rusted out one sitting around... and this 13BT sitting around.... we were bored etc...

Went ok - however the phrase deathtrap does spring very quickly to mind...

[1840]

Talking of rust...the old Vauxhalls suffered badly with tinworm in "the olden days" no worse than a ford mind you.....and I've still got a 17yr old bluebird zx turbo in the garage in tidy condition.

Geetee...bet your missus wouldn't take a lift in the old viva now.......ad still like to own one. 8)

[Cosmo Dude]

Monaro :shock: It'd be best tossed of the boat shortly after leaving Adelaide. Tip to perspective owners would be to buy the extended, extended warantee.

[geetee]

dunno why i said a monaro anyway.... i`d much rather be thrown back in the seat of an RX8!!! :mrgreen:

[Nate]

Monaro It'd be best tossed of the boat shortly after leaving Adelaide. Tip to perspective owners would be to buy the extended, extended warantee.

I like the car a lot ..... its just that the engine is **** house ..... no problems making the power it just needs a rebuild every 10000klm.

[Cosmo Dude]

Originally Posted by Nate

I like the car a lot ..... its just that the engine is **** house ..... no problems making the power it just needs a rebuild every 10000klm.

And that's when they weld the panels back on? A colleague at my last job lived in Adelaide and heard most of the issues. It's enough to curl your hair.

[BigMal]

My fist car was a VK Valiant white with 5 slot kidney mags. Had
a Hemi 265 engine. I spent about a week solid polishing the mags with
autosol and they looked lush. Did the fabled old turn the airfilter lid
upside down so that it was sucking in heaps more air than with the snorkel
which made it almost the fastest car in town to 160km when the V8's
would overtake me. But before then had them by car lengths.
Eventually ran it into the ground but was a great first car

Mal

[Oracle_SOD]

my first car was a 1991 GL Laser, which i spent way too much money on

now im doing the same thing on a 1992 TX3 lol !!

[boomer]

First two cars where toyotas; one Toyota Landcruiser: had to sell when we moved towards the city, one Toyota Corrola, '91 model, CSX, nice clean car. But now that I have switched over to MAZDA I do not think I will ever look back again. Just hope it keeps up with Toyota's bulletproof reliability.