What vehicles did your friends parents drive?

[mrtotty]

Firstly, neighbours' cars:

My friends Dean and Peter's parents had an assortment of Datsun 180Bs, a Ford Falcon XC and a Mazda 929 estate. All were manual (including the Falcon with its three-speed column-shift) because the mother hated automatics. My friends' uncle, who lived with them, had a Chrysler Valiant AP6 in gold.

My friend opposite, Wayne, had a number of interesting heaps in his family: a mid-fifties Morris Oxford which caught fire and burnt out in the back garden, a very early Ford Prefect with a picture of Goofy painted on the top-right corner of the boot lid and a Mark II Zephyr, reg. BD 9222 were the ones I can recall. Wayne's Uncle Peter drove a brown Mark II Cortina GT, which he and Wayne thought were very cool.

One other boy, who I knew but wasn't really friends with, used to boast of his father's bright orange Valiant Charger E49 (the one with the triple-carb Hemi 265 six). The boy had good reason to boast - it was quite a car and one of the fastest cars on the road in its day.

Then, school friends' cars:

My good school friend David's parents used to buy a new Holden Commodore 6 each year. While I knew him, there was a red VB, a green VC and a beige VH, before his parents split up and mother was reduced to driving avery second-hand Holden Camira. When the parents reconciled a few years later, the string of Commodores resumed.

My other friend Richard, whose parents were quite wealthy, had two Mazda 626s (at the same time), a Holden Commodore VH6 and later, a new Toyota Cressida GLX 2.8i, which we used to drive when Richard's parents were out of the country.

[steve massey]

I didnt have many friends but one who stands out his dad had a Standard 10,My dads selection were E93A Popular,A50 Cambridge, Mk 1 Cortina automatic and an A40 farina !!

[spikeyboy]

Doug Reynolds up the street had a Ventora..not sure if it was FD or FE but the bonnet was always up...this was replaced by a MK2 Fiesta...A45 OUB...bit of a difference
Stan johnson had a Marina coupe...
Their sons and myself were all bezzy mates
Got an FD now myself...mint motor
If anyone's going to CPOP,look out for XNT 172 K...say hello if you're there

[A225HVY]

The neighbour had from my first memories!!

Black with primer coming through Sit up and Beg Ford Pop
Renault R8 in beige
Singer Vogue in Grey
Mk3 Cortina in Metallic Brown with brown Dralon interior
Vauxhall Victor in white (I learned to drive on this)