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Cars and bikes that I have owned over the years (I was the registered name in the log book), the list grows as I remember yet another one...

Links to numbers are pictures of the actual ones I owned. Links to lib are just showing what they looked like.

1948 Triumph 5T motorcycles (3 off, the number plate went on the one that worked) lib
1953 Triumph Tiger Cub (replaced engine with smaller Triumph Terrier 150cc) lib
1958 Diana Dürkopp scooter (went well) lib
1958 Maicoletta (hybrid scooter come motorcycle) lib
1953 Bsa Bantam 125 (slow but reliable) lib
1965 Honda 50 (bought for £5, sold for £5 5 years later) lib
1952 Austin A30 (matt black bonnet made it look the biz) lib
1956 Bedford CA van (managed to write off outside a police station - no real defence as excuse) lib
1958 Standard 8 (horrible car) lib
1957 Standard 10 (almost as horrible) lib
1960 Standard Atlas Van (Silly little Standard 10 engine, gutless. Buy for £5 sell for £10) lib
1958 Singer Gazelle (I liked the dash board) lib
1959 Morris 1000 (black gloomy and depressing)
1959 Morris 1000 XWP22 (white and great fun but no 1st or reverse gear) 1 2 3
1959 Morris 1000 86UMM 1
1951 RMA Riley 1.5 (price haggled from £1-10s to £1 cos tyres were not very good) lib
1937 Austin Seven Open Tourer 4 seater FK8042 (got for for nothing and sold for £27-10s, no hood so girlfriend made me buy my first MG). Apparently its now an Ulster Replica 1
1949 MG TC EWN766 (Bought for £100, did chassis up restore, sold for £450 and put deposit down on house) 1 2 3 4 5 6
1939 MG TA (bought for £10 and broke for spares to rebuild the TC, sold the chassis and log book for £10) lib
1934 Austin 7 Special, with Markham Peasey body, inherited from Father-in-Law but never completed 1 2 3
1961 Rover 80 (£100, just like new, the engine was not even dusty) lib
1961 Austin Cambridge (not bad but got stolen and vandalised, and never really liked it again) 1
1960 Morris Oxford Estate (Not sure quite what it was, Morris at the front and Austin at the rear) lib
1962 Wolesey 3 litre, engine grafted into the Vanden Plas - What a waste of time! lib
1963 Vanden Plas Princess 4 Litre R CAE260C (bought for £100 and was used off an on for 10 years, finally sold for £70 after abortive engine transplant from a Wolsley 3 litre) 1 2
1964 Jaguar MK II 3.4 BYH616B (£150, my first real performance car, broke its back in a traffic lights grand prix) 1 2 3 4
1967 MG MGB GT (nice condition)
1962 MG MGB Tourer (bought for £50, sold for £70, rotten to the core, no 1st or reverse gear, went like a rocket)
1965 Jaguar S Type 3.4 (£150, gave away as a placatory gift to an understandably angry husband of a girl I was going out with...) lib
1965 Mini Moke (not really but it was a special conversion that looked like a mini moke) lib
1968 Austin Healey Sprite DOO218G (£50, redid engine and sold after using it for 4 years for £500) 1 2
1969 Rover 3500 (engine made the right sounds) 1
1975 Rover 3500 (engine boring and quiet)
1982 Ford Escort Estate, company car 1
1985 Ford Sierra Estate, company car 1
1985 Saab 900i LSO844, company car in Sweden 1
1969 Bond Equipe (£10, bought a 2 litre Triumph Vitesse for £15 and transplanted the engine and gearbox, forgot to change the diff, so top speed of about 65mph, got there quick tho)
1971 Jaguar XJ6 SI 4.2 (Enjoyed this one) lib
1970 Morris 1000 van (great fun)
1972 Triumph TR6 (finally sold to someone who did a full rebuild) 1 2
1971 Austin 8cwt van TAC54G (looks like a Morris 1000 van but is a few inches longer) 1 2 3
1982 Morris Marina estate FHA833L (mostly harmless) 1 2
1978 Jaguar XJS V12 BAH666T (probably the worst car I ever bought, used it for 12 months) 1 2 3
1951 Landrover series 1 EAD84A, with Black Taxi Cab diesel engine (very smokey, sold it to a policeman who defaulted on the payments) 1 2 before it lost it's reg it was 17HCG
1984 Jaguar XJ6 SIII 4.2 A329MFD (Brilliant car) 1 2 3
1988 Jaguar XJ40 3.6 (clean but gutless)
1990 Jaguar XJ40 4.0 Manual J753VSJ (190k miles, probably the one of best cars I ever bought) 1 2
1960 Rover 100 7557HA (nice car, still see it around now) 1
2001 Peugeot 307 (dull) 1
2003 Citroen Picasso diesel 2.0 (loved it) 1
2005 Citroen Picasso diesel 2.0 (loved this one as well) 1
2007 Citroen Picasso diesel 1.6 (still love them) 1
1971 MG Midget EKA889K (bought on the proceeds of selling one concertina) 1
1965 Triumph TR4 ABH160C (sold to finance the Singer) 1
1934 Singer Le Mans AYP538, when offered to me I just had to have it 1
1972 MG MGB Tourer ENJ615K (bought so that Niki would ride in it, but she didn't) 1
1928 Ford Model A SV7691, only sold because it was hard on my arthritis 1 2
1936 Riley 9 Merlin JC3504, replacement for the Ford 1
1928 Austin 7 Fabric Saloon PK1689, the car I should have bought instead of the MGB 1 2
2013 Dacia Duster Laureate DCI VX63RZL, possibly to replace the Picasso 1 2 3
2013 Kia Picanto 1.0 VO63VAX worked well but 2 door needs plenty of side room when opening. 1
1925 Trojan Utility BT8799, am I really a lethargic masochist? 1
1965 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III CON110C, a gift from a friend 1
2014 Citroen Picasso C3 VK14LUO, to replace the Dacia and Kia and is an average of their sizes 1
2015 Citroen Cactus VN65UAJ I like it! 1
1931 Austin Seven RN saloon CV5728, required to transport both dogs, written off after accident 1
1934 Riley RME Saloon KBL861, purchased from Brightwells Auction House 1
1935 Austin Seven Opal APD Tourer JS4835, a very nice original looking car 1
1927 Austin Seven AD Chummy RU6408, another nice original car. 1
2019 Citroen Aircross VU69POA replaced the Cactus 1
1933 Austin Seven RP Box saloon VL5234 I am the 3rd owner, the 1st owner drove it until he was 98 1
1933 Austin Seven PD Two Seater Tourer, replaced the RP 1
1959 Triumph TR3A XYU448. replaced the PD 1
1933 Austin Seven RP GSV421 replaced the RN 1
1953 Citroen Traction Avant 11BL replaced the TR3A 1
2024 Citroen C3 VU74OWO replaced the Aircross 1

74 items

These are a few I grew up with

1949-52 Another bit of fun, First, second and third sets of wheels 1 2 3
1936(?) Triumph Gloria, it's a bit hidden behind me (I'm the smallest) c1955 1 This was at The Crown Hotel in Liverpool 2, here are some of my brothers thoughts about this car. 1
1953 Sunbeam Talbot, First car I ever drove thanks to eldest brother, this another one he bought later.1
1958 Morris 1000 SCA785 that my father bought brand new, pictured outside The Rob Roy, Toxteth, Liverpool, c1957 1 2
1967 Wolseley 1100 replacement for the Morris 1000 lib
1950(?) Morris Oxford SMO replacement for the Wolseley lib
1936(?) Morris 8 BUY937 bought as a cheap car for my elder brothers and sister to use 1
1960 1717AD Austin Healey Sprite, me with bicycle, 1
1960 ???361 Austin Healey Sprite, my brother Geoff's 1
1957 Frances Barnet, I used to ride on the petrol tank when my father drove to the bank. 1
1956 or before, Uncle David's Austin 7, he liked it so much, that the car was brought to his funeral in 1957. 1
1948ish MG TC LBP150 Peter Gammon car, owned in the 1960/70s by Brian Chapman, Father in law and dog Kim in Picture 1970 1
1927ish Auntie Bobby outside her home in Goole. Bike is early 1920s New Imperial with side valve JAP engine. 1

March 31, 2023