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I like cars especially vintage ones. These are some for guessing the manufacturer's names and model

TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:08:28 GMT

This is open to forum just fun so no prizes no pressure 😉

Don't know many no problem guess the one you think you know.

Maybe you owned one maybe you borrowed one and you have a short story about it.

@Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie @MI5 @Enlli @Mi-Amigo @Spindle

@Pipstop78 @RunrigForever

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Enlli — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:18:33 GMT

Ford Zodiac

Ford Zephyr

Ford Escort

Vauxhall Crestar

Morris Minor

There are the main ones I've driven.

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:29:17 GMT

I learned to drive in a morris mini. What a great little car.

Boot like a handbag, sliding windows 😅

No radio, no carpet pull down cord to open door.

Everybody loved them.

Very long Gear stick that wobbled into Every gear. Turn up tin roof gutters.

Loved that car.

Rusted in about 2 weeks from new 😬

Loved that 🚗

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pgn — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:31:15 GMT

U - Mini - I learned to drive in one, and passed my test in it too. Scratch your backside on the cats' eyes 😆

A - Austin 35, last time I visited my Dad, he was driving one he had procured from somewhere, probably long sold on by now.

T - Ford Anglia.

Surprised not to see one of these:

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:37:11 GMT

Is that a red elf @pgn

No maybe not very familiar 🤔

What I'm in misery not to know😆

It had an engine in the back?

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pgn — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:38:44 GMT

@TallTrees wrote:
Is that a red elf @pgn
No maybe not very familiar 🤔
What I'm in misery not to know😆

Hillman Imp, @TallTrees - rear window had a latch and opened up if needed.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillman.imp.white.arp.750pix.jpg

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:50:23 GMT

Yes Couldn't remember the name.

Hillman my goodness where did Hillman go, a girl friend had one.

Sure it had a horrible/lovely engine in the back

@pgn

Good grief the rear window opened 🫢

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:56:35 GMT

And the Riley Elf

Think engine in back 🤔

@pgn

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:25:49 GMT

Riley Elf

Looking at this pic looks like engine in front

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jonsie — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:31:40 GMT

@TallTrees wrote:
And the Riley Elf
Think engine in back 🤔
@pgn

Nah, in the front

A posh mini 😂

@TallTrees I can name every one of those cars and had a fair few myself

I served my apprenticeship as a motor mechanic in the 60's and during my 25 years 'on the tools' I can honestly say I have worked on or taken apart and rebuilt all of them

My first car was a 1955 Ford Popular followed by a 1959 Mini

I've also had the misfortune to have worked on and driven these :-

@pgn Our work parts van was an Imp Van which superseded a Hillman Minx Van

Yes it was a Rootes dealership....

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pgn — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:33:16 GMT

Engine in back: VW beetle, original Fiat Cinquecento (Topolino), the car used in Goldeneye...

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jonsie — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:33:30 GMT

Great topic by the way @TallTrees 👌

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Mi-Amigo — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:53:26 GMT

Brilliant @TallTrees

My first car was a Mini. A right rust bucket which my Dad found for me. It was so bad that he had to get the seller to buy it back, which he did. With cash back and a bit more, my next car was also a Mini. It was immaculate and looked like it had just come of the production line. Unfortunately it was written off when an idiot ran into the back of it and pushed it into a ditch.

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:57:23 GMT

Is that first car in your pic a Fiat? @jonsie

What are they.. look nice

Tell you the car I liked to drive was the 1100. Much nicer than the mini well what wouldn't be!

Roomy and very driveable.

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:59:39 GMT

Looks very unwell @pgn

The car I mean 🤣

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:06:45 GMT

What a fantastic story @Mi-Amigo

Yes minis could be a rust ball.

You must have been devastated to lose the mini. They were so endearing those minis.

The keys were useless fitted nearly every mini 😅😑

I know because I rocked up to a mini opened the door got in prepared to drive off when noticed an umbrella that wasn't mine.. got out not my car either 🫣

Quickly closed locked door.. seemed unnecessary 😕 looked around 2 cars up my mini same colour same street.. phew!

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Cleoriff — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:47:32 GMT

Funny to think I was born in Coventry, the Motor City of the UK.

Most families had a member who worked in a car factory

Cov was home to major manufacturers like Jaguar, Daimler, Armstrong Siddeley, Hillman, and Triumph, producing iconic cars like the Jaguar E-Type and Triumph TR6, though mass production declined, leaving modern production focused on R&D and niche vehicles like the London Taxi (LEVC).
Historical Manufacturers & Iconic Cars:

Daimler: Made the first car in Coventry in 1897 and built luxury vehicles.
Jaguar: Evolved from SS Cars, producing famous models like the E-Type and XKSS.
Armstrong Siddeley: A significant manufacturer in the early 20th century.
Alvis: Known for adventurous and admired sports cars.
Hillman & Rootes Group: Major producers of popular cars like the Hillman.
Triumph: Famous for models like the Herald and TR6.

Singer and Standard

My dad worked at Triumph. My husband at Jaguar. Never a shortage of work in those days.

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TallTrees — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:58:17 GMT

Very interesting @Cleoriff thanks so much

1897 onward upward to zero

Great to have been manufacturing our own cars and the variety.

I expect you have a story or 2 cleo 😇

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pgn — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:31:51 GMT

@jonsie wrote:

@pgn Our work parts van was an Imp Van which superseded a Hillman Minx Van
Yes it was a Rootes dealership....

The reverse gear gave out on the Imp my dad drove, saved by the car's tight turning circle - about 30 feet, which was the distance from our front doorstep to the breakwater and the water's edge in front of the house. This was hampered only if there was a boat up on the dry being painted or similar, or if a fishing boat was in offloading or fueling at the breakwater directly in front of the house. The boat thing would mean I was called to give the Imp a push back so it could be maneuvered pointing the right way to drive off in the morning.

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Cleoriff — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:12:19 GMT

Plenty of tales @TallTrees

Our first car was an Austin A35 van....(Very trendy) 😂

We then went for a Triumph Herald....that was a real rust bucket!

Then a Triumph Stag. (Cost us a bomb to keep running)

Sold it to a dealer, who renovated it. Next thing it was star of the show at many classic car competitions

Both our lads started off with Mini's. Then they went for VW Beetles

Two cars which cost the bank of Mum and Dad a lot of money!!

Then we tried a few of the Japanese cars. Hardly vintage but ran well.