first osf you owned.

[lee_capri]

HELLO BOYS AND GIRLS.

1. WHAT IT WERE.

2. CONDITION.

3. YOUR AGE AT THE TIME.

4. HOW MUCH IT COST.

5. DO YOU WISH YOU STILL HAD IT.

6. FONDEST MEMORY WITH THAT OLD FORD.

7. WHAT HAPPEND TO IT.

8. WHAT DO YOU OWN NOW.

9. IF ITS SAME TYPE OF CAR WHY.

 

 

THIS IS MINE.

1. CAPRI 2.0 GHIR,S-REG,WITH SQUARE HEAD LIGHTS,4-BAR REVERLUTIONS,GOLD COLUR WITH BROWN VINEL ROOF.

2. D/S FRONT WING BIG DENT,P/S FRONT WING WAS HANGING OFF NEARLY,THE REST WAS VERY TIDY AS I REMEMBER AND IT WENT LIKE STINK.

3. 15 COMING UP 16 IM NOW 36.

4. SWAPPED A GETTO BLASSTER WITH MY BROTHER FOR IT.

5. YES AS IT SEAMED TO GO LIKE STINK.

6. GETTING GIRLY ON BACK SEAT,AND BEING CHASSED BY THE PLOD.

7. MY DAD SCRAPED IT AFTER PLOD FINALY CAUGHT ME SOME 6 MONTHS LATER.

8. MK3 CAPRI,MK1 CAPRI.

9. AS A BOY ON THE DOLE IN THE 80S,THE CAPRI SEAMED TO BE THE CAR TO HAVE AS THEY HAD A LARGE BOOT FOR ALL YOUR SWAG,AND YOU COULD OUT-RUN THE PLOD,NOW DAYS I OWN ONE BECAUSE I HAVENT GROWN UP YET BUT HAVE GOT A JOB AND DONT GO OUT ON THE ROB ANY-MORE ARE THOSE WERE THE DAYS

[Rick]

the one im building

 

i think this post is for you old fogies so il leave you to it

[lee_capri]

are but ours were cheaper in the day now you need a gold mine to buy some of the stuff we had

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

1,mk5 cortina

2,great (apart from the lack of a boot floor)

3,18

4,he wanted £1000 but we did a straight swap for my 1.3 mini metro

5,i suppose so i wish i still had all my old osf cars

6,racing with a mk2 escort 1600 sport(reguarly)

7,i swapped it for a mk2 escort

8,mk5 cortina crusader

9,mk2 escorts and mk5 cortinas are my 2 favourite osf and i did have a mk2 escort untill new years eve when it got pinched i cant afford another mk2 escort and the cortina crusader came up cheap taxed and tested love it

[bomber1]

yellow mk1

fair condition just needing mechanical overhaul and fresh paint. bodywork was straight

i was 25ish

£1500

still got it just wished it was on the road

hanging the arseout on a large (private) roundabout with the girlfreind screaming like a baby

after 8months the fuel pipe broke rebuilt it with pinto then back on the road for 5months then got hit twice on the front then took it off the road to sort the front then fouund she needs a fair bit off welding will be back better next year

 

mk2 escort cos i didnt learn the first time

[fairlane500]

OK here goes.

1.Mk 2 Escort 1300 popular

2.Pretty rough as I remember and in that cow s**t beige colour.

3.18 I'm now 38.F**k that's 20 years ago

4.£295 from my local garage after I wrote off my Triumph Dolomite

5.No.It was slow and ugly but If I still had it I'd probably sell it for a mint as it was a 2 door

6.Ahem entertaining the girlfriend(now wife) in the back

7.Got nicked from outside my house 2 days after I had a new gearbox put in it.

8.Now own a '71 Fairlane

9.No not the same.

 

Hey cheers mate Been smiling all the way through that.Happy memories S**t I must be getting old

[RFChris]

1. WHAT IT WERE. 1976 MKII Capri

2. CONDITION. Rotten as fook.

3. YOUR AGE AT THE TIME. 14

4. HOW MUCH IT COST. £40

5. DO YOU WISH YOU STILL HAD IT. God no, i'd still be welding the bugger up now, some 10 years on!

6. FONDEST MEMORY WITH THAT OLD FORD. Selling the seats for £60 then weighing the bugger in.

7. WHAT HAPPEND TO IT. See above

8. WHAT DO YOU OWN NOW. Equally beige MKV Cortina estate

9. IF ITS SAME TYPE OF CAR WHY. Its not, kids don;t allow for Capris!

[escamino]

1. Mk1 Escort Estate deluxe.

2. Rotten, but with 6 months MOT.

3. 18, just got my first job.

4. £150.

5. Yes and no.

6. My m8 falling through the floor going up Brixton high St.

7. Sold it to a bloke who was getting it for his X-wife .

8. Mk1 & Mk2 Estates.

9. Cheap and practical.

[marky4]

1. mk1 escort 1300E

2. excellant condition

3. i was 18 and it was my first car

4. it cost £695.00.

5. yes i wish i still had it

6. thrashing it

7. sadly it got written off

8. i now have a mk2 rs2000

[lee_capri]

this is funny making me for the guy who swaped a metro for tina i once brought mg metro for a packet of fags with tax and test and it went intressting to see that people are sticking with they first type of osf whats this you cant have a capri and kids i had 5kids on the back seat of mine at classic ford quite often go on the street like this as well

[Chris!]

1. WHAT IT WERE. Ford Cortina mk1 fleet model

2. CONDITION. not too bad needed a complete resto

3. YOUR AGE AT THE TIME. 16

4. HOW MUCH IT COST. £1200

5. DO YOU WISH YOU STILL HAD IT. nope

6. FONDEST MEMORY WITH THAT OLD FORD. selling it:D

7. WHAT HAPPEND TO IT. see above

8. WHAT DO YOU OWN NOW. erm loadsa cortinas

9. IF ITS SAME TYPE OF CAR WHY. cus i love em

[escortmad79]

1. 1978 Oyster Gold Mk2 Escort 1300 Ghia

2. Better underneath than it was on top

3. 19

4. £175

5. Yes & no, would like to have sorted it out but I was looking for a 2 door mk1 & found one so the Ghia was stripped & scrapped

6. Being so pleased that it got me to Cornwall & back

7. Stripped it when I bought a 2 door mk1 & scrapped the remains!

8. Series 2 RS Turbo (Looking for another OSF)

9. Love older cars

[Arched Escy]

My m8 falling through the floor going up Brixton high St.

FPMSL!!!!!

[lee_capri]

thats a ford for yeh always good fun one of my mates p/s front seat fell out going down the road with the floor still atchead i did'nt see the funny side at the time but it just gos to show

[sab6024]

Right then this is mine

1. Blue Mk1 Escort 2dr

2. Alright could do with work

3. 18

4. £500

5. Oh yes most days

6. Pulling my boyfriend in it

7. I rolled it, showing off Then a wall fell on it

8. Mk3 Capri

9. Ford Badge

[lee_capri]

oops is the pic recant and if so you still have put it on ebay someone will buy it

[sab6024]

It got taken away for scrap but some of the bits got sold to a guy who bought another Mk1 we had for sale

[over_head_cam]

1. WHAT IT WAS..... Mk1 Cortina

2. CONDITION..... Not bad actually

3. YOUR AGE AT THE TIME..... 19 (1985)

4. HOW MUCH IT COST..... Big fat zero

5. DO YOU WISH YOU STILL HAD IT..... YFKT

6. FONDEST MEMORY WITH THAT OLD FORD..... Jumping in it and driving it home (I couldn't drive )

7. WHAT HAPPEND TO IT.... Swapped it for a gold ring

8. WHAT DO YOU OWN NOW..... Mk1 Escort

9. IF ITS SAME TYPE OF CAR WHY..... Wish it was

[mossy]

1. Mk3 Ford Capri 1.6 Laser

2. Mint as a polo

3. 17

4. 700

5. hell yeah...couldnt insure it!

6. Old bill congratulating me on having the arse out round a bend!

7. Sold it due to insurance

8. A mk1 + mk2 escort + a diesel mondy to tow!

9. Blue Oval all the way!

[lee_capri]

i no what you mean about insurance d.v.l.a had my lincrence more than me by the time i was 21 id been banned 4 times and done 9months for it those were the days not a care in the world now i get a sweat on if ive got no mot if i had an mot than i porbley fill it out my self

[flatout]

1. mk3 capri 1.3

2. i rebuilt it and pained it m3 dakar yellow lowered it 2" allround fitted brooklands leather,fitted a 2.1 pinto on 45's and some polished rs 4 spokes(i loved that car)

3. bought it for £150 when i was 14, and sold it when i was 18 im 27 now

4. it probably owed me 4 grand when it was finished

5. im gonna build a replica of it when ive got some space

6. streetracing and shagging.

7. it got scrapped last year.

8. a gold mk2 1600e cortina and a mk4 astra

9. i love my fords old ones especially, altho im bisexual cos i love vauxhalls aswell.

[Messenjah]

1. mk3 capri 2.0S

2. rough around the edges but getting there

3. 17 when i bought it 18 now

4. £250 to but and so far about £1000 on it including the stereo

5. i do still have it

6. showing up chavs and having the arse out !!!!

7. err ive still got it

8. ive still got it i havent sold it since answering question 8

9. because its the same car .....

[old skool freestyler]

1. mk2 escort autograss car

could never get the fairy started gave it away to a mate

 

 

2. angry box

still in process of restoring it

paid 400 spent alot more since

[X-pack-Glyn]

1, MK1 escort 1100L drums all round.whoo hoooo.

 

2, not too bad, mot failed on welding front floor needed, not hardly a rust bubble anywhere on top, horrid purple maroon colour.

 

3, i was 15 (started early)

 

4, i got it for a games console and games.

 

5, of course i wish i still had it, anyone over 30 wishes they still had thier first car, your first love is allways the greatest.

 

6, remember sitting in it in the driveway many days just thinking about driving it, memeory was one day parents went out and i pluked up to take a spin round the block, that was interesting to say the least.

 

7, i swapped that car for another mk1, 2 door 1300 XL

 

8, Capri right now, who knows what next.

[Doc]

HAT IT WAS..... Mk1 1600 gt capri

2. CONDITION..... Minty paint

3. YOUR AGE AT THE TIME..... 17

4. HOW MUCH IT COST..... 600 smackers

5. DO YOU WISH YOU STILL HAD IT..... YFKT

6. FONDEST MEMORY WITH THAT OLD FORD..... Thefirst time i drove it )

7. WHAT HAPPEND TO IT.... spun it on a corner and smashed into a house

8. WHAT DO YOU OWN NOW..... Mk2 capri

9. IF ITS SAME TYPE OF CAR WHY..... I luv it

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