Do you remember........................

[Audi Bairn]

Wow! You musta been a rich kid? My Dad's 73 and he's never had a new car.

Ha ha, nope, council estate kid me. He had 3 Mini 850's then 6 (yes SIX!) Metro's which were total guff. Thereafter I started to go with him and make sure he broadened his horizons lol

 

[happytalk73]

My first car was an MG Metro. £950. I looked after it like no other car since. Pride & Joy. Looking back it was a pile of ****

 

[Audi Bairn]

I'm not aware if your grandpa is still with you but it makes me smile to see what he'd think of your amazing S3 & TT Conpared to the cars pictured. Both generations of car are world appart and equally wonderful in their own right. I'll bet he'd love your two cars just as cub as you loved his.

Thanks for the pictures.

He's long since left us I'm afraid but I always fancied tracking down the old '38 Ford to see if it's still doing the rounds. When he gave it up, the car club asked him along to drive it round the show ring at its first car show.
Even the Dormobile, which in hindsight is a bit whacky by today's standard, was amazing with its gas cooker, sink, double bed, no rear seat belts etc. I'm sure there were only 2 in Scotland at that time.

I'm sure the tech and performance of my current cars would be lost on him but when I got my first car, afive year old '82 Mk5 Cortina, he made sure he bought me a new set of decent tyres to replace the four different remoulds (remember them) it came with.

Christ I'm welling up here

 

[happytalk73]

He's long since left us I'm afraid but I always fancied tracking down the old '38 Ford to see if it's still doing the rounds. When he gave it up, the car club asked him along to drive it round the show ring at its first car show.
Even the Dormobile, which in hindsight is a bit whacky by today's standard, was amazing with its gas cooker, sink, double bed, no rear seat belts etc. I'm sure there were only 2 in Scotland at that time.

I'm sure the tech and performance of my current cars would be lost on him but when I got my first car, afive year old '82 Mk5 Cortina, he made sure he bought me a new set of decent tyres to replace the four different remoulds (remember them) it came with.

Christ I'm welling up here

It'd be really interesting to see/hear what came of those two cars.

Dad owned a Mk5 cortina. A 'crusader' too (arc as me???)

Yes, re-moulds!!! Yikes, thank goodness they have gone eh?

I'm certain he'd have loved the way new cars like yours drive and handle. I love old cars but I also apprecaite the latest ones. They keep getting better and better regardless what people say.

Thanks for sharing your memories. I enjoyed reading them.

And it's good to 'well up' every now and then. It's what makes us human.

Ant.

 

[BarryG79]

Haha my dad had mk5 Cortina as well, 2.0 GLS in brown
It was fitted brown faux far seat covers too, remember them lol

Luckily he drew the line at getting the wooden bead seat covers.


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[DieselJake]

Maybe she was mistaking you for a gentleman?

Gentlemen treat everyone with the same level of respect.

 

[Audi Bairn]

Loved a lot of the old cop shows.

The Professionals
The Sweeney
Starsky and Hutch
Kojak
Hill Street Blues
CHiPs
Columbo
Police Squad

 

[joinerman]

Then there was Dixon of doc green
Z Cars

 

[QuattroCalum]

Loved a lot of the old cop shows.

The Professionals
The Sweeney
Starsky and Hutch
Kojak
Hill Street Blues
CHiPs
Columbo
Police Squad

Dukes of Hazzard.


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[Audi Bairn]

Dukes of Hazzard.


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Daisy "Dooks" hot pants lol

 

[Audi Bairn]

My favourite Christmas movie viewing as a kid..........

Convoy
Smokey and the Bandit

 

[Audi Bairn]

My first car was an MG Metro. £950. I looked after it like no other car since. Pride & Joy. Looking back it was a pile of ****

You got the turbo ones too and also the ones I used to see on the rallies, the 6R4.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Then there was Dixon of doc green
Z Cars

they may not remember those chap, I do though......

 

[Audi Bairn]

Space 1999 (which was years in the future then, but not now lol)

 

[Charlie Farley]

what about ,
The Rockford Files
Barnaby Jones
SWAT

oh yes and , Charlies Angels.......hellooooo

 

[Charlie Farley]

Space 1999 (which was years in the future then, but not now lol)

And UFO.....

 

[Charlie Farley]

That is one of Youtubes really good features, you can relive the past , well just for short time....

 

[Audi Bairn]

what about ,
The Rockford Files
Barnaby Jones
SWAT

oh yes and , Charlies Angels.......hellooooo

Ah, how could I forget Jim Rockford

Certainly remember Charlie's Angels........ can't think why though........ certainly wasn't Bosley

 

[Charlie Farley]

I was smitten buy all 3 of them, Farah was tops though and certainly not Bosley..lol

 

[Charlie Farley]

Classic 70's and 80's motocross bikes......brilliant bikes.
I was a bit of motocross nut and had a fair few over the years..
Maico's , CCM's , Cagiva's ,Bultaco's and the original Honda CR250 Red rocket.....even had an ex-work CZ250 which was bonkers..lol, too many to list, great years.

 

[Audi Bairn]

I was smitten buy all 3 of them, Farah was tops though and certainly not Bosley..lol

I remember all the girls went to the hairdresser asking for a Farah hair do, whereas I went to the barber with my dad and asked for a Steve Austin lol

Six Million Dollar Man "gentlemen we can rebuild him"

 

[Bristle Hound]

Really enjoying this thread people, the memories are flooding back from my 'ufe
BUT it is making me feel rather on the old side lol

 

[Charlie Farley]

that's the problem with getting old chap, you feel even older.....

 

[joinerman]

Suspect Rob i may be a bit older than yourself, I'm 66

 

[Charlie Farley]

What about " The Prisoner" another one of those really out there programs.......great but bonkers..lol

 

[happytalk73]

What about " The Prisoner" another one of those really out there programs.......great but bonkers..lol

What about the truely awful 'Prisioner Cell Block H'?

And speaking of police detective dramas, 'Dempsy & Makepeace' with the beautiful Glynis Barber? My childhood crush.

I'm 44 btw. Born in 73 and remember 95% of these. However, body feels old but mind is young, that's all that matters guys.

Ant.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Age is just a number chap......

 

[BarryG79]

Classic 70's and 80's motocross bikes......brilliant bikes.
I was a bit of motocross nut and had a fair few over the years..
Maico's , CCM's , Cagiva's ,Bultaco's and the original Honda CR250 Red rocket.....even had an ex-work CZ250 which was bonkers..lol, too many to list, great years.

That means you will remember Kickstart then, loved that show. Trying to copy it on a BMX was not quite the same.




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[Audi Bairn]

That means you will remember Kickstart then, loved that show. Trying to copy it on a BMX was not quite the same.




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Another good one. Peter Purves who commentated I recall?
Barry, you must've only been about 3 years old!

 

[Audi Bairn]

What about Superstars (Brian Jack etc).

Whilst trying to erase the despicable Stuart Hall from my memory, It's a Knockout too. I actually went to one with my parents in Kings Park, Stirling must've been late '70s

 

[Audi Bairn]

On the toy front, Matchbox Models of Yesteryear
I collected them from around 6 years old and still have a decent collection of around 90 of them in a big box somewhere and all bar one of them in it's original box.

 

[BarryG79]

Another good one. Peter Purves who commentated I recall?
Barry, you must've only been about 3 years old!

It ran till 1988 lol


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[happytalk73]

That means you will remember Kickstart then, loved that show. Trying to copy it on a BMX was not quite the same.




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Yep. I can instantly remember the Kick Start theme tune. Great programme.

 

[happytalk73]

I remember my dad washing his car with an old bucket, dirty sponge and hot water with a dash of fairy liquid. Job done.

 

[jdp1962]

I remember my dad washing his car with an old bucket, dirty sponge and hot water with a dash of fairy liquid. Job done.

I remember me doing that.

 

[QuattroCalum]

Do you remember watching this?




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[happytalk73]

Do you remember............your first kiss???


I certainly do. We stayed together and got married when we were 19. Rare nowadays I expect.

 

[QuattroCalum]

Do you remember............your first kiss???


I certainly do. We stayed together and got married when we were 19. Rare nowadays I expect.

Same here.


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[PanamaS3]

playing knock down ginger on way home from school
watching "the water margin" on BBC2
trying to do wheelies on a 2 ton Grifter bike
doing a paper round and dreading Sunday
sticking French bangers in doggie doo and running while laughing too hard
Sony Walkman tape player with seperate graphic equaliser amp
playing Buck Rogers in the Cornish arcades
jumping off the sand dunes on the beaches in Cornwall (and digging massive holes for people to fall in)

 

[BarryG79]

playing knock down ginger on way home from school
watching "the water margin" on BBC2
trying to do wheelies on a 2 ton Grifter bike
doing a paper round and dreading Sunday
sticking French bangers in doggie doo and running while laughing too hard
Sony Walkman tape player with seperate graphic equaliser amp
playing Buck Rogers in the Cornish arcades
jumping off the sand dunes on the beaches in Cornwall (and digging massive holes for people to fall in)

You will need to explain knock down ginger please.




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