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Rick
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:44 pm    Post subject: If you could own .... Reply with quote

... any one of the cars that once belonged to your parent(s) in days of yore, which would it be?

Mine would have to be the 2.5 litre Riley RM Roadster that dad ran in the 1960s.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:25 pm    Post subject: post subject Reply with quote

mine would be the vauxhall cresta PA my dad owned in 1960. Used to purr along in comfort with bench seat and column change---straight six cylinder to enjoy with body contours to match.. Cheers--ray the rocker.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:55 pm    Post subject: Re: post subject Reply with quote

Ray the rocker wrote:
mine would be the vauxhall cresta PA my dad owned in 1960.


I have fond memories of the 1962 PA Velox that my father owned as well but of the many cars he owned over the years I am split between the 12 month old Jaguar 3.8 S type he owned briefly in September 1966 - white, red leather, wire wheels, heated rear window, registration CEY 792C. For some reason he disliked it and soon moved it on in favour of a new dark blue Triumph 2000 - EEY 987D. I really liked the Triumph and certainly more than the Rover 2000 - FJC 27F - which followed it in November 1967.
Strangely enough the S Type found it's way to a neighbouring village years later in 1980 and I was offered it as an MOT failure for £100 but it was too far decayed to be a viable project.

Interesting that Rick should mention a Riley RM. My neighbour, Mike Mills, owned a 2.5 litre RMB which he restored to such an extent that it won the RM Owner's Club concours in 2001 and sold it shortly thereafter to a dealer who in turn exported it to Hong Kong to a ready collector.
The registration was RHN 566 or RHN 506(I think !).

Beautiful car it was too.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It would have to be the car my Dad bought from an American airman who was returning home in the 1950s. I've no idea of the make or model but it had a wind-up partition between front and rear and a fold-down luggage rack on the back on which my sisters' twin pram fitted. It was very large, brown/cream and I think it was RHD but can't be sure (I was very young at the time).

Or his first car, an Austin Seven - if I can find it, I'll add a photo of both of us later.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

riley541 wrote:
........but it had a wind-up partition between front and rear and a fold-down luggage rack on the back on which my sisters' twin pram fitted. It was very large, brown/cream .......................


A Rolls-Royce, perhaps?

What other cars (commonly) had wind-up partitions in the 50's?
Lanchester?
The Big pre-war Austins?

(I know who will know!)

Merry Christmas everybody.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

3-litre Mk.1 Ford Capri,red with a vinyl roof.originally a 'K' reg.dad put the number GAY 54 on it that he 'persuaded' me to have off my first bike,a Matchless 500cc combo...that Capri was a flyer!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My father never owned a car,so that doesn't really apply,but my favorite car at that time (50's-early 60's)was the 59 Chevrolet Impala,with the eyebrow taillights.
Now it's just another old US barge,which does nothing for me.
My second favorite was a splitscreen VW Kombi,which I did actually own for about 5 years in the late 70's.I would love to have one now,but in much better condition than my own rustbucket Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 2.5 litre Riley is amazingly modern in some ways. Good acceleration , good brakes and road holding. Rack and pinion steering makes it quite precise too BUT..... It's terribly noisey!

Give me the 2.5 litre Jaguar any day. Cart springs instead of IFS, rod brakes instead of hydraulic but it's quiet, comfortable, actual corners rather well and stops well given its rather basic systems and can accelerate like the Riley until windage restricts its top speed it's worth considering.

It's very much a pre-war car whereas the Riley is really a post-war car and I'm very much prejudiced, but I like good pre-war cars.

Peter

The 1.5 litre versions from either stable have pleasant handling but just don't have the performance.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, my Dad owned the Ford dealership in Fareham so we had many cars, but after he sold it I always remember with affection the MG ZA Magnette he had (those lovely octagons) and a Hudson (no idea which model) he took to repay a debt of £25. I drove it at 17 and spent a fortune in petrol! oh, and the Pilot and the Daimler Conquest and and and - but the Magnette was the best.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:49 am    Post subject: if you could own.... Reply with quote

My father had a pre War ,1937 I think,Armstrong Siddeley,pre select box,lovely smell of leather interior,picnic tables let into the backs of the front seats, spare wheel mounted in front wing,I loved that car.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

MVPeters wrote:
riley541 wrote:
........but it had a wind-up partition between front and rear and a fold-down luggage rack on the back on which my sisters' twin pram fitted. It was very large, brown/cream .......................


A Rolls-Royce, perhaps?


I have an idea it was American or perhaps Canadian, hence the purchase from an American airman. My Dad (now 92) can't remember much about it and always calls it a Ford. He bought it because my twin sisters had just been born and it was the 'people carrier' of its day. It might even have been pre-war; a quick Google suggests mid-30s in appearance. It's a shame no photos exist but here's one of me and Dad's first car...
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My dad had a 1935 SS1 airline in 1964. Worth a fortune now Sad Sad Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

peter scott wrote:
The 2.5 litre Riley is amazingly modern in some ways. Good acceleration , good brakes and road holding. Rack and pinion steering makes it quite precise too BUT..... It's terribly noisey!

Give me the 2.5 litre Jaguar any day. Cart springs instead of IFS, rod brakes instead of hydraulic but it's quiet, comfortable, actual corners rather well and stops well given its rather basic systems and can accelerate like the Riley until windage restricts its top speed it's worth considering.

It's very much a pre-war car whereas the Riley is really a post-war car and I'm very much prejudiced, but I like good pre-war cars.

Peter

The 1.5 litre versions from either stable have pleasant handling but just don't have the performance.


Peter, was it Bill Boddy or Denis Jenkinson who said that a 2.5 Riley (RM) was 0ne litre worse than the 1.5?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As my first car in 1961 was a well worn Austin Big 7 my first choice would be the Austin Big 7 that my father had around 1943/44, I am too young to have any memory of it but it would have been far less used than the one I had.

Being greedy my second choice would be the Wolseley 6/80 my father had new in 1951.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My dad's first car I remember was a '34 Wolseley 9,followed by a '47 Morris M 10 & then a '54 Oxford MO(pics elsewhere on this site) which I took my test in in '58. No real hankering for any of these but, in '62 I had a '57 Zephyr Convertible & in '70 I had a '64 Triumph 2000 & I think I'm quite lucky to have one of each today to take me back in time, Merry Christmas when it comes,cheers,JD.
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