...and a list for cars owned

Austin A40
Morris Minor
Triumph Herald
Austin A60
Vauxhall 101
Hillman Minx
Hillman Super Minx
Datsun 180B
Humber Super Snipe (wish I still had that now)
Peugeot 305
Mk 5 Cortina
Ford Escort camper van
Vanden Plas 216
Ford Sierra 2.0 GLSi
Rover 825
Rover 75

Plus loads I've forgotten about.

Oh yes, I had a Mini. A red 1964 Mini with the long gearstick. I used to have to bump-start it every day on my own because the battery was goosed and I couldn't afford a new one.

’53 Ford Prefect
‘55 ish A30
’67 A40
‘74 Marina (Well, the now Ex’s!)
’70 Hillman Avenger Never did drive it on the road!
’72 1.6 Capri
’79 Cortina
’81 HA van?
? 1.7 Ambassador
? 2.0 Ambassador
’81 316 BMW
'82 Capri
? Peugeot 309
? 2.3 Granada
’82 Sierra 2.0 GL?
Saab ? Horrible bloody thing.
’94 Astra saloon
? Astra Estate
’89 Orion
'89 Peugeot 205
’91 Frontera Sport
’94 525 BMW
’10 Hyundai i10 The only new one!
Gazza may have to confirm whether I have got them all in the correct order and if I have missed any.

Not many for me

1978 Daihatsu F20 Fourtrak (1st Japanese 4x4 imported to UK)
1976 mini 1000
1986 Vauxhall Nova 1.3SR
1994 Land Rover 90 TDI hardtop
1993 Rover 418 SLD turbo saloon
1997 Saab 9000 aero
2008 Saab 95 2.0t "turbo edition"

..

Next vehicle planned to be a Bentley Turbo R.



Best by far was the Saab 9000 a real gem but I didn't look after it

Triumph 2000 Mk1
Ford Corsair (V4)
Triumph 2000 MkII
Austin Maxi 1750
Renault 12 Gordini
VW Beetle 1300
VW 412LE
Renault Trafic LWB Petrol
+ Escort 1700 diesel
+ Peugot 405
+ Peugot 405

Transit 2.5DI
+ Astra 1700 diesel
+ Astra 1600 petrol

Astra 1700 diesel van
+ Astra 1600 petrol (same one)
+ Astra 1700 diesel
then the van on it's own until it's demise with 298,000 miles on the clock
since then
Astra 1700 diesel estate

Pretty close

The 305 (not 309) was one of the best of the mundane stuff, even taking into account the weird alternator set up where the belt ran through 90°

The 2.0l auto Ambassador was pretty good too.

You missed one HA van off the list. A repeat customer of Tanner's Van sales Burton Latimer, quality ex GPO stock arriving daily.

Tanner's was part of the A6 corridor second hand car sales - from Bedford to Leicester you were never short of a shady car lot to get yer next pile of trouble

Shame neither of us could keep the rusty Capri's they are worth a bloody mint now 😒

Vauxhall Chevtte L - donated to me and was supposed to be my first car - it was as rotten as a pear so never made it onto the road.
1982 mk3 (not 5 @bassplayer ) Capri - first car, loved it 
1981 mk3 capri - donor for some bits and pieces for the above 
1985 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 GL - donated by the future mother in law; written off within 3 months, hateful thing anyway.
1986 Fiesta 1.6 Diesel, it started life as a popular plus but eventually became an XRD, great little car that succumbed to tin worm
1989 Orion I ghia, written off in my brothers care.
1990 Orion 1.8 d L - that became a Ghia DI thanks to the above 
1985 Fiesta 1.1l - 5 speed 1 owner mint car that cost a tank of diesel in a Hi Lux to tow it home. It Then cost many hours welding it up but was in such good condition it was worth saving.
1991 Fiesta 1.8 d - that got a light XRD treatment too.
1991 Vauxhall Frontera Sport - ace car that worked hard for NMCC - passed on to mouse until terminal electrical failure did for it. 
1999 2.5d Transit LWB, race support vehicle, motor home, scrap metal merchants van, builders van, recovery vehicle- you name it it did it, miss that a lot.
1990 Peugeot 1.1 GR, mega car that came for free, much like the 1.1 Fiesta it was 1 owner that died, unlike the ford it needed no welding at all to get it back o the road, gave a slight hint of just how good a 205 GTI was. Sold to a lad who put a 306 gti 6 engine in it!
1991/2 Astra 1.7 Td - hand me down from mouse prior to it going to the great scrapyard in the sky.
2009 Hyundai i10 - great little car, sadly some light fingered fuckers pinched it
2002 Ford puma 1.7 thunder, epic little car, my sister had it off me when we got the first Alfa - very much missed.
2011 Skoda Octavia 1.8 tsi 4x4, current wheels, brilliant bit of kit
2014 Alfa Romeo Mito 140 Distinctive - very good car that got chopped in for.....
2018 Alfa Romeo Mito 170 Veloce - even better than the 140 but willl be the last as they have discontinued it. This one should be a keeper.

I’ve discounted kit we have tidied up and moved on as that feels cheating a bit