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[Ellis]

I only had three aunts who were able to drive.

Auntie Mary had a 1960 Morris Minor in this colour, Rose Taupe, I believe :

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Auntie Elsie had a 1965 Wolseley 1100 in two tone grey over blue, like this one :

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And finally Auntie Memi had a 1967 Wolseley Hornet Mark 2 in the same colour as this one :

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Nothing very exciting I'm afraid but they were all British , the cars I mean.[/img]

Edit,

All my aunts who could drive above were cousins of my father or mother so, treat "aunt" as general term.
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[Rick]

Hmmm I only have one aunt, her and my uncle ran a number of fairly uninteresting cars that I remember - small Japanese stuff from the 1970s, and later a Volvo 960 to tow their caravan with.

My great aunt and great uncle bought a Mk1 A40 new in 1960, the one I still have now tucked away awaiting TLC.


http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/my_car_a40.htm

An elderly neighbour, known as "Auntie Jessie", used to drive around in a cream/white Moggy 1000. She gave mum and I a lift to a nearby viewing spot when the Queen drove by, during the summer of 1977.

RJ
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[Rootes75]

I only recall one car that my Auntie owned when we were younger and that was a 105E Anglia Estate. She bought it cause she needed space for her dogs.
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[norustplease]

I had a great aunt who had been head of Midwives in Sheffield during the 1940's. She retired and bought a black Morris 8. If the car made any odd noises, she would simply abandon it wherever it was and call the local garage to come and collect it and fix it.
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[Dipster]

My Aunt (really a great Aunt, but that`s a murky family story!) was a District Nurse. As such she always had a new car supplied. This was a novelty for me as Dad always ran what he had to hand and could keep running! I remember E93As and Morris Minors.

[peppiB]

Only 1 of my aunts, the youngest, could drive and she emigrated to Australia in 1955. Her husband imported and rebuilt a 1930's Bentley (similar to 'Thunderguts' driven by Brian Johnson) and I believe she used to drive that. Different

[Keith D]

None of my aunts drove, but my wife had an aunt who drove, in fact she still does! She had many Rovers right up until they folded in 2005. Now I believe she drives Nissans. Very boring really!

Keith

[Ashley]

I had an aunt Dorothy who was an amazing character. She was a Princess Alexandria nurse who sailed past the German fleet in WW1 to St Petersberg where she got a George medal for bravery on the Russian front. Later on she and a friend tried to hide Prince Eusopov from revolutionaries after he'd shot Rasputin. Only with help from Dorothy Paget (friends of Dorothy) did she manage to escape from Russia. She was hysterically funny, very eccentric and travelled everywhere with a female companion. She was called Dodo and the the Companion Double. They had Morris Minors and throughout our childhood they visited us from Fulborn near Cambridge several times a year on a trip round the relatives.

Here's a sad photo of my grandfather, traumatised by his experience in the trenches with my aunt dodo who helped him recover. He's in his early twenties.

[Mikey77]

My great-aunt had a just post-war Austin 10. I well remember going from West Somerset to Plymouth in about 1953 and the car coming to a stop on the long climb over Dartmoor. My father had to show her that there was actually another gear which was lower than the three she had only ever used. With a helpful push she got it moving again.
One of my aunts had a very early Morris Minor tourer, then graduated to a very early Singer Gazelle convertible which, I believe, had the proper Singer OHC engine.
Another aunt used to drive my uncle's company cars - usually Hillman Minx(e)s. She never knew much about cars though. In later years my uncle had a company Mk 2 Jaguar and we were waiting for him by the kerb in central London with her when she jumped out in the road and flagged down a Rolls-Royce. After apologising she said 'well, it was the same colour'.

[Phil - Nottingham]

A great aunt of mine always seemed to be buying new Ford Anglia's in the 1960's - I can recall at least 3
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[lowdrag]

Auntie Win was one of those unfortunates born in 1903. She grew up in the 1st WW and then never found a husband so became the local school mistress, retiring as head teacher at age 60. She then bought a MM 1000 and the next year toured Scotland from High Wycombe - in 3rd gear! She believed that 4th was only for people who drove fast. The wreck was still in the garden when she died aged 80. The poor car never ever saw 4th gear.

[Rusty]

My dad only had two sisters and one, aunty Jean bought my grandfather a brand new 1949 Austin A40 Devon in the "usual" green colour. My grandfather used this for about 5 years until he went blind at the age of 75, (no cataract removals back then) so Aunty Jean took the "little green car" (as all the family called it ) over the other side of Aus to her home in Melbourne where she used it until her untimely passing in 1963. She left it in her will to the other sister, aunty Ruth who brought it back to Western Australia and continued to use it until she could no longer drive and upon her passing it left the family and I lost contact with it. It is the only car I remember those members of my family ever driving.

I remember driving in that car a lot when I was young and still have a great love for the A 40s and one day I "AM" going to get one !