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Post by Joe on Oct 25, 2018 15:14:44 GMT 1
I neighbor of mine told me the other day that he had learned to drive in a MK3 years ago, as he is about 70 years old its not a remarkable thing but I do wonder when the last time somebody took their test in a MK3 and more's to the point would you be allowed to if you turned up in one now? My mother took her test in about 1966 in a Bedford CA Utilabrake (mini bus) and when we replaced that it was with a Victor 101 so she didnt drive a floor change car until she had been driving for about ten years!
Although I learned to drive in the Victor I also had "proper lessons" and took my test in a boring Datsun Sunny. My Grandad had the best one because he learned to drive in a TT (Ford Model T van) but that was before driving tests (now that woukd be a thing turning up in a Model T to take your test)
I just had a look and it needs to be fitted with seatbelts and have "proper" head restraints so both cars would be out on that count!
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Post by michael on Oct 25, 2018 18:07:07 GMT 1
I learnt and passed my test in a 105E Anglia. Although there were two project cars (100E and Rover 90) with floor change none ever saw the road again. My first proper car had column change - a Morris Oxford. Then it was always column change = Austin Cambridge, Humber Hawk, Rover P5 (auto), Mk II Consul, Mk IV Zephyr 6 (auto) and a Renault 16 - bar two Series Minxes I ran for a few months each. Then I got a Consul GT and my first Mk III (column change again). Since then daily drivers have been floor change bar the odd occasion a Mk III was pressed into daily service. I may have forgotten some along the line but we are going back 40 odd years...
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Post by colin on Oct 27, 2018 18:45:50 GMT 1
Well, I learnt to drive tearing around an abandoned field on a derelict farm with a load of my mates in a Ford 103E "puddle jumper",that we'd clubbed together to buy off the local scrap man, a fiver each and we took a chance and drove it about a mile to the field, 3 speed floor change and vacuum wipers which stopped directly you floored the throttle!! All of us were only 16 (1972) and had just been relieved of school and had a month in to which to find a job or we'd be booted out of home(dads were a lot tougher in those days!). Anyhow, it all ended in tears when while trying to slide the thing it hit a rough bit of ground and tipped on it's side, I seem to remember climbing out the drivers door with a headache and a fat lip!! Dad found out and insisted directly I was 17 I had proper lessons in a 1973(blimey brand new) Mini 850 that the local instructer had.....still 5 lessons later and bingo!!The rest I could bore everyone to tears!!Can you imagine that today????No wonder I'm old and grumpy!!Col.
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Post by cardaft on Oct 30, 2018 14:33:54 GMT 1
I'm a great believer in Natural Selection 'what does not kill you makes you stronger' . My dad was like that as well, they all were, probably been though a war or two so who could blame them? Yep that would mean a course of treatment from a child physiologist and or a bit of time for reflection curtesy of Her Majesty.
That Ford would be worth a bob or three today
I learned to drive with the Highway School of Motoring at Heston, I lived there in digs during my apprenticeship at Heathrow, was Spring/ Summer of 1971 the instructor was a bit of a lecher ( good grief what have I said) and the lesson revolved around a trip to Windsor to see the girls in their HoT Pants for which you would probably be arrested today? Good Times
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