[Dazzler]

Trevor's (surferdude) posting of some old photos got me thinking and I decided to post a few of my own ( being considerably younger than Trevor mine are in colour - mostly) 

I've mentioned on here before my Mum and Stepdad had a Car dealership for the majority of my school years and we had a different (mostly) nice car in our driveway every week .. I found a few pix in my late Mum and Stepdad's photo albums (I am with my mum in two of these pictures and would have been 12 or 13 y/o maybe - so over 40 years ago)











Thanks to this exposure I've had a bad habit of swapping cars over the years (some 26 so far + numerous work supplied vehicles as well)



Here are pictures of some of my favourites .. I tried to sell the Fiat privately but ended up trading it on the Renault..



Had the Renault Virage 4 years did something like 130,000 kms in it ..Taken near denudedhills of Queenstown on our West Coast ...





The SSS pulsar was probably my favourite until the i30 Crdi...







GSR was only 1600cc 2WD but had a very smooth motor (but not enough torque)





Trish loved the Green Pulsar (but loves her CW even more)



Our previous CRDi (great car) 

[Surferdude]

Geez Dazz. I can't match that number even if I add in all my company cars.
Some great memories there. Notice you've always had cats.

[Dazzler]

That cat was called Puccini (beautiful Siamese cat) 

[Surferdude]

I'm digging up a few.
God. The memories.
Even found one of my VW on my (first) honeymoon.

[Dazzler]

Will be interested to see them Trev (will you make a separate thread?)

[Surferdude]

Will be interested to see them Trev (will you make a separate thread?)

If you like.
Your topic heading lends itself to anyone's pics of past cars the way it's worded. But happy to set up a separate entry.

[Dazzler]

Will be interested to see them Trev (will you make a separate thread?)

If you like.
Your topic heading lends itself to anyone's pics of past cars the way it's worded. But happy to set up a separate entry.

I just thought mine might get a bit lost before others get to see it if it becomes cumulative..

[Surferdude]

Will be interested to see them Trev (will you make a separate thread?)

If you like.
Your topic heading lends itself to anyone's pics of past cars the way it's worded. But happy to set up a separate entry.

I just thought mine might get a bit lost before others get to see it if it becomes cumulative..

It's cool. I was just stirring as usual.

[Doggie 1]

I'm late to this thread for some reason 
Some nice cars there Dazz.
You even had a "Saintly" one. 
And Coventry Cats too.

I'm glad you remembered to put the "Car thread" into the title or it could have been a very long thread 

[Mad Dog]

Excellent cars and memories ... almost has me reaching for the photies shoebox 

[Dazzler]

Thanks guys I thought only Trev was going to comment there for a while...    .. My M & D actually had their "own" Red Volvo P1800 for a while (nice car).. In their later years they had a couple of Lancia HPE's and a SAAB Aero..

My Paternal Dad has had some great cars too including several different Jags and Daimlers a Maserati and the earliest Nissan Sylvia to enter Australia (he had it for about 30 years and did something like 300,000 miles in it I think ).. I'll try and find some photos.

[Mad Dog]

Think most of my old vehicles would fit better in HOS 

[Dazzler]

I found some photos of my earlier cars  and some photos of my Paternal Dad's Cars as well...

My First Car



My Second Car (all show no Go)





My 808 Mazda.. M & D thought I was a lot safer than in the Torana but it only had crossplies until I lost it in the wet and quickly upgraded to Radials.. had a really annoying habit of sputtering when cold (not nice when pulling out in traffic)   



My Great little Fiat 3p with Tartan interior...





Lancer Sedan .. nice little car drove well but very basic (no goodies) 



Old Auto Datsun 180B Wagon.. Drove really well but used more oil than petrol  ( was just a to and from work car for a short period)



Little Lancer SX hatch (nice little car ..) traded down to this and the tidy 1000cc Charade (parked behind it) for the Ex-Wife when we parted .. she blew the low kilometre charade up within 6 months... 



Now some of my Dad's cars.. Oldest Nissan Sylvia in Australia.. (featured in Nissan Magazine when he had it) also had a tidy GTV



Couple of his Jags..







and his current car (hope I have one like this when I'm almost 90 Y/O 

[Doggie 1]

Your dad has good taste 
And your first car was a Ford - well done.
Love the number plate on the Datsun :  DB.........

[Dazzler]

Love the number plate on the Datsun :  DB.........

Not sure why the SSS Pulsar earlier in the thread hasn't got plates on it.. We bought it as a Demo and it had DB1906 number plates which was amazing as my first wife had the initials DB and so do I of course.. and She was born in 1960 and i was Born in 1956.. so DB1906 was a great plate to get without having to pay anything  (except $23,000 or something for the car ..  )