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(20-12-2023, 08:32 PM)Veggie Wrote: My Dad called his car Betsy - it was a 1930's Austin 7. Reg no RX 7268. He bought it around the time he married my Mum (1940) and he still had it in the 1960s. Wanting something bigger (a Ford 8 DBO ***) he wanted to sell the Austin. It was parked at the bottom of our street, with a sign on the running board "For Sale £17 10s". I begged him to let me buy it as I had about £20 in my Post Office Savings account but he wouldn't let me. I don't think I had any idea that there was more to having a car that putting the occasional drop of petrol in it! Really wish I had it now - worth a lot more than £17.50.My second car was a ford Cortina Mk 1.............and my third! I remember standing in the queue in the chip shop and a bloke tolld me "I've got the 1500 GT version of your car, it has a full years test and you can have it for 50 quid" I nearly bit his hand off and was drivng the GT the following day.(Mine was a lacklustre 1200cc version)
I rebuilt the engine, re-sprayed the car Tango orange and put on new alloy wheels and tyres! Soon after that some toe rag stole it and it was never seen again.
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