Have you owned one of these classic vehicles?

[brian2cv]

This year is not only the 60th anniversary of the 2cv but it was also 60 years ago that motorists first set eyes on the morris minor and the land rover. Have you ever owned any of these three iconic vehicles and if so is there any features about them you remember with particular affection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vuQD0ho8kltk

Celebrating 60 years of the 2cv

[Paul22118]

Yep, had two many years ago. The first was in 1971 and that was a left hand drive import from Belgium featuring a 425 cc engine. I recall the solid steel steering wheel with four welded spokes and a huge nut in the centre!

Scorching down the newly opened M4 one day (52.76 mph) the clip on the front of the roof came undone and half a second later there was a tearing of canvas and the entire roff, back windown and boot flew off as it was an all in one piece.
Happy days.

[brian2cv]

I hope it wasn't raining when your roof blew off Paul!

[kjn2]

I remember very well My father had a 1949 Morris Minor with the headlamps down by the grill, then in 1951 ( I think) the headlamps on the Minors were transferred to the wings, all in all his cars were Morris 8 then the series E, (with the headlamps in the wings set at such an angle they lit up the sky) conversion to set them better added later date then the 49 minor then the 51 Minor then after that a new Minor then a A60 followed by an allegro, then a vanden plas,followed by a Sunbeam Talbot, Happy Days

[brian2cv]

That's an interesting point about the headlamp position on the Minor. I have a feeling that Morris had to move the lights to the new location because of a change in the law regarding exactly where they had to be positioned. At least the amount of light was fairly reasonable unlike that of the old Ford Populars of 1950's vintage (I've had one or two of those as well). With a 6 volt battery the illumination was quite feeble to put it mildly but there again you probably didn't do more than 40 mph after dark in them!

[Barmaid]

Yep, my first car was a Moggy 1000, first registered in 1969 and was 2 years older than me. It was a sweet gorgeous car. I saw one in the car park in Chelmsford on Monday and I had to go and look. It was exactly the same as I remembered mine. A switch in the middle of the dash for wipers (slow and stop), a switch for headlights, key in the middle, old fashioned choke and a starter handle for when I left the radio on and flattened the battery. The packing of the driver's seat had gone so I had a cushion on it.

Still I managed to get enough camping equipment in it (a four berth frame tent, stove, sleeping bags, air beds etc) for two people for two weeks. It was a stunning little car and I loved it very much.

[brian2cv]

Yes there just is something about the friendly Moggie 1000 isn't there! Simple, reliable and dependable that's for sure. Your mention of the starter handle (useful device) reminds me of the odd occasion I had a flat battery or defunct starter but was able to get going after a quick crank up with the handle.

[blackcat77]

My parents had a Series 1 soft top Land Rover bought in around 1958 (?) which I remember very fondly and then they gave that to my sister and brother-in-law who had it for a long time as well and then Granny came to live with us and she had a lovely Morris Traveller so we did 2 out of 3 - incidentally Granny had a Morris Minor to start with and then changed it later for the Traveller as it was more convenient for the dog! Those were the days!

[brian2cv]

The Land Rover and Morris seemed so "British" somehow I think. Very characterful and absolutely no way they could get confused with anything else!

[terambulan]

Have got a Sinclair C5....needs electric attention but pedals work.

Any idea of value?

[brian2cv]

Value of a C5? Gosh no idea I'm afraid! But...I have just put sinclair c5 into the search box on ebay and that's currently showing 23 matches of which I think 9 are cars - complete or mostly complete. One is a classified ad at �595, the rest are in the auction format starting at lower prices. Hope this helps.

[terambulan]

Thanx brian2cv....mine is under a pile of old carpets/furniture/horse-tack too much trouble to get it our. The price is good though!

It'll be one of those 'treasure' finds for next owner here....after they clear out my junk!