There were some shockers! All the cars of my childhood.

Sorry if this is a bit like watching someone's holiday picture slideshow!! But I wanted to record this for my benefit

[@grahamariss2111]

The problem with the Allegro hubs was not a production issue but a servicing issue where dealers were overtightening the roller bearing hubs to the much higher torques of the Ado16 (1100/1300) ball bearing hubs.

[@mickvonbornemann3824]

Cars made anywhere during the 70’s & 80’s became rust buckets real quick

[@OldCarsNewVan]

by the 80's some of them were ok

[@Wil-nh5kz]

I have a 1988 Golf Mk2, 300,000+ miles and no rust.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@Wil-nh5kz VWs in the 80's were superb 👍

[@markstockton6918]

Know what you mean. My dad got a brand you Chrysler Alpine as a company car, which was lovely inside with its big cloth seats compared to his previous avenger. Anyway, after just 2 years there was a square inch patch of rust on the sill. These days most cars still don’t develop any rust until they are about 15 yrs old or more.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@markstockton6918 yep, modern cars certainly have improved in 2 big areas - safety and rust prevention. Still prefer the older cars though 🙃

[@jeffking4176]

You talk about the wheel coming off, reminds me of the day mom decided to get another car. It was 1967. [ I was 6 ]. When my dad died, mom kept his car. A 1959 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. It was falling apart, very rusty - hubcaps long gone, paint was pretty shot. Front passenger window could not be rolled all the way up, or it would just drop all the way down. SO, we were driving down the Interstate, it was raining. Mom turned the wipers on High, well the entire passenger wiper - arm and all just flew off. I said “mom, the wiper flew off❗️”. She said, “ I know. I hit the car behind us - but I’m not stopping.” It was then , she said later, that she knew it was time for a new car. She bought one from an Engineer at the tv station she worked at. A 1964 Chevy Malibu SS convertible. Light yellow, with black top and interior. Quite a cool car. 🚗🙂

[@OldCarsNewVan]

great memories - thanks for sharing - the Malibu SS was a very very cool car!!

[@UberLummox]

The "Delta 88 Royal" didn't exist in '59. All that was available then was just the 88 & the 98 for Olds. There was however the Dynamic 88 & the Super 88. Cool car!!! Or maybe you meant '69?

[@fritzhuber6806]

Poor car. She could have just maintained it a little bit.

[@buxvan]

My wife's friend, "Scottish Doreen" (who lived in the South of England) had a Chrysler Horizon in the early 90's. It was called "The clatterer" due to the noisy tappets they all had. We had amongst many cars, a Suzuki SC 100 GS Coupe which was called the "crabber" as someone told us it was crabbing when they were following us one day !

[@OldCarsNewVan]

these old cars certainly have lots of nostalgic memories. Thanks for watching

[@maledwards4944]

Loved the Video and the cars. So many memories. I was Born and bred in Chester.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

I still have family there - great memories

[@TheSecurdisc]

I had a red Chrysler Alpine. Very nice interior and plenty of room with beige cloth seats. I liked the car (WFN 224T). Rust got her in the end, especially over the big square headlights. The gear box travel was immense...like having a gear leaver in a bucket.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

someone else on here recalls their Dad's gear changing as if his hand was going through the dashboard, such was the length of travel🤣

[@philperry2070]

Hi. That was a smashing nostalgic look back at your family and friends cars I to have memories of past family cars thanks for sharing.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Many thanks - that's what I love about old cars, the memories and nostalgia and sharing with others. That's really why my wife & I started this channel - so cheers for the positive comments

[@mikaelabowen5781]

This was fun! Nostalgia plays such a huge part in formulating one's taste in cars. My childhood transport included things like sidevalve Morris Minors and Fords, Austin A30/5s, A40s, A55/60, Riley 1.5, Mk1 Minis, BMC 1100s, Bedford CA, etc, and a few more interesting ones like 1966 Renault 4, 12, Oval window Beetle, NSU Prinz, DAF 44/55, Pug 204. Happy daze!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

amazing collection you've listed their. It's the main joy of the old cars we have on this channel - the memories! Thanks for watching & subscribe if you haven't already

[@STORMCLOUDGREY]

The E23 BMW blew my mind when I was a kid too. After the quietness & smoothness, the big wow for me was to get the blower from feet to windscreen you pressed a button. No effort of sliding a lever like you did in a Cortina.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

years ahead of it's time

[@UberLummox]

You poor unfortunate soul! (haha) 😁 That Audi seemed ok though for sure. Even the more common-ish '60s - early '70s cars here in the US of A seemed a bit more interesting. Maybe I'm being biased. Though I was very jealous of your Jaguars & many other Euro cars, our '68 Olds Delta Custom coupe w/a 455 was a stunning & very powerful car for being lower - mid-range. But after '71 or so, cars turned to $hit so we bought SAABs. From 3cyls. to V4 96s to 99s, then to 900s. Great vid!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

love Saabs - it's on the list to buy one day

[@davidpeters6536]

Oh dear, you suffered some awful cars as a kid. I am older, but the connection is I persuaded my dad to buy a Triumph 2000 Mk 2 (we had a Wolesley 16/60). After two 2000s he was lost when the Triumph went out of production and he didn't like the "Landcrab 1800", and hated the "moggy thou' in a new dress" Marina. He bought a SAAB 99 Combi Coupe. My mother's first car was an A30 which was the first car I drove in about 1966.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

🤣true! But the memories & nostalgia are now what make these old cars interesting. Thanks for sharing your family cars - cool collection

[@geetee7154]

The venerable Chrysler Alpine, I bought an Alpine S XCP48R when it was 2 months old, did nearly 70k miles in that one, it was a great car

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Yeah, don't remember dad having any trouble with either of his - unlike my mum's Chrysler Horizon. Must have been just a bad example

[@jasoneldridge4738]

You could hear it coming from a mile away

[@johnholt890]

My dad had two used to tow a caravan all over Western Europe. Then he moved onto Sierras and Mondeos.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@jasoneldridge4738 that's true

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@johnholt890 yeah they were reliable enough - old fashioned compared to the Sierras & Mondeos of course

[@mikebirkett010]

My brother was working at a local BL dealership as a mechanic. The Allegro had a very particular problem with leaky boots. Water would build up in the wells either side of the boot. The official fix from Longbridge was to drill two holes in the well floors to let the water out. Genius😅

[@OldCarsNewVan]

🤣🤣🤣 yes, quality at every turn from BL

[@kevinmoffatt]

I worked at a Mann Egerton garage at the time and there was a whole manual issued by BL on methods to cure water ingress on Allegros; hours of fun. The list of rectifications on the car was endless. They were maliciously maligned by everyone at the time and were no worse than any others at a similar price. I was no fan of BL cars and told the instructors at Cowley what I thought of them which meant they gave me a hard time and low marks.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@kevinmoffatt gosh, I remember Mann Egerton - did they disappear in the late 80's? Of course the irony was, when I was 17, my Dad very generously offered to buy me a car - the slight rub was I didn't get a choice - he decided an old Allegro was the car!!!! This amusing story is covered in my previous video 'all the cars I've ever owned Part 1 - the daily drivers'

[@nygelmiller5293]

They must have fixed the water leaks into the boot. I had a 1980 model , till it was 21 years old, and SOLD it, (without rust ) , because people were having cars Ziebart rustproofed. AND there never were any water leaks into the boot!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@nygelmiller5293 I think they had ironed out most of the problems by 1980 - it was a just an older design by then which ultimately, of course, resulted in its replacement by the Maestro

[@heavyt749]

That brought back a few memories for me !

[@OldCarsNewVan]

that's what it's all about 🙂 thanks for watching

[@BFDdrives]

I also like the Cortina your Dad had. I like the design of the Allegro. Chrysler Alpine - always loved the design of it. Here they were called Simca 1307. Chrysler Alpine is of course a much better sounding name for the car. These bright greyish white bumpers were always a bit weird. Black bumpers were more common after the chrome bumpers disappeared. But I can't remember of someone painting them into black by hand. The Audi was for sure a great decision. For me it was the car that burnt into my memory when my Dad had it - it was also the car I later got as my first car. But of course for my Dad it was just one of his cars - not his first car, not his last car, just a car. He liked it a lot but also he had some bad memories about it because of some damages that were badly fixed by the previous owner. I liked the design of the Talbot Horizon - it was for me the more modern looking VW Golf. The Nissan Cherry was something I've seen up to the 90s. Probably because of the mentioned reliability. I can also remember the Nissan Sunny that appeared later in our neighbourhood. The Japanese had an amazing reputation back then. I can remember in my childhood I've also seen a few Maestros. Not too many but I liked them - but back then I also didn't really know a lot about cars, I was a child. Hehe so everything was just about the design to think "yeah, looking nice" and well, like as a lot of kids do ... walking around and taking a look to the speedometer and telling my body "oh wow, this car goes 220 km/h", hehe. Maybe you did this as well. Allegro estate - not seen before - assuming it was definately a car that stood out of the mass. The Marina is really a great looking car as coupe I can remember this Nissan Micra a lot. A friend of mine had it as his first car in white. Was small but cool.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Thanks for watching Sven - this is the last of these types of videos! It's interesting you mention Nissan Sunny - you must be psychic! You know I vaguely mentioned about trying to get an 80's car to slot between the 2 we have? Well tomorrow Maia & I are going to see a 1989 Sunny - we aren't particularly after a Sunny but it's a great price, in amazing condition (or it looks it in the photos) and ....... it's an estate. So rare. Apparently there are 4 on the road here in the UK of the B12 Nissan Sunny estates. Ironical that I really want a 1985 Audi 80 but can't find one after months of looking - but a Sunny Estate comes up which is even rarer. We'll see how we get on.

[@BFDdrives]

@@OldCarsNewVan Oh an 1989 Nissan Sunny ... amazing! When I got my driving license as same as a good fellow who I knew since elementary school ... his first car was a Nissan Sunny from that period of time (the hatchback). He was loving his first car and back then I was also often the co-passenger because I was one year younger it took me a few more months until I got the driving license. Memories! His Sunny was in a dark black blue metallic paint. The estate is really rare. Overall these Nissans are very rare, now. Japanese cars have disappeared a lot.

[@robertallen3441]

Just discovered you via your comment on Old Classic Cars channel. Just watched this and its just my sort of thing, love looking at photos of older cars and the stories behind them. I have subscribed and can see I have plenty of vids to catch up on.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Thank you - and welcome! I actually met Rick at the recent Thoresby classic car show we attended in our Rover P6 and he kindly subscribed as well - which was slightly surreal as I've been watching OCC for years and this is a fairly new channel. So it's a mix on here - my wife has the mk1 mx5 so there is some JDM stuff which might not be for everyone - whilst I'm in the 70's with my P6. Plus there is a very 'unexceptional' 80s car coming to the channel soon - yet to be announced. Enjoy, and thanks again. Mike & Maia

[@jeffking4176]

Great memories. 🚗🙂

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Thanks

[@mheijne2]

The first thing I noticed was the airy and Light interior of the Alpine

[@OldCarsNewVan]

yes, cars in the 70's with their thin pillars and plenty of glass were so airy compared to modern cars.

[@kirkdeighton5406]

My Dad did the exact same thing to his Alpine. He also painted the vinyl roof black, too, so it would match.......Great video!!!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Gosh - Dad's of the 70's 🤣🤣Someone else commented their dad did the same with his bumpers so that's 3 😂

[@user-tc8zu6qv8n]

About the only things that didn't, very quickly, rust rust away on the Talbot/Chrysler Alpine were the tyres.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

🤣🤣🤣funnily enough, I don't remember Dad's 2 rusting at all - but then they were new (ish). The really rusty car he had was the Austin Princess

[@Golo1949]

I had an Alpine and it was really a decent car, roomy, practical and fast, it had the usual hatch rust but it was so good I bought a new hatch and painted it and fitted it. I eventually gave it to my brother in law but her wrote it off on a motorway down south somewhere.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

it's amazing how much nostalgia the Alpines have generated. As I say, my Dad had no problem with them - they proved reliable. My Mum's Horizon on the same vintage was a poor car - but it could have been just an unlucky example.

[@vincentsmith8345]

My dad always had Rovers, P6 V8 them SD1s loved the V8 tons of pulling power

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Welcome - cheers for the sub. There's one car on the fleet that's going to be right up your street😂My dad never had anything as interesting as a V8 which sort of got me into wanting one😀 Cheers, Mike

[@vincentsmith8345]

@OldCarsNewVan I loved the cars that much I've owned many over the years, my most recent purchase a Mk1 V8 manual, I have put some videos up on KZbin please have a look 👍

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

LLG205T was around until 1992. The last tax disc expired 1st October 1992, so presumably it was scrapped after that date. MUD500W was re-issued( transferred) to a blue Fiat Croma 1stAugust 1986.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

yes - we're lucky with the info available to use through DVLA online these days - it's very useful. I've run these and many I've owned through the system to see -

[@justinmepham4970]

My Dad had a Chrysler Alpine in Blue, R Reg and he painted the white bumpers black by hand as well 😂

[@OldCarsNewVan]

No way! Dad's of the 70's hey 🤣🤣🤣

[@teebodk3917]

Your dad seems to have gone through a really unlucky streak when it comes to classic/highly regarded cars. After the Cortina, the dreaded Allegro, then the Alpine (known over here on the continent as Simca 1307/1308) and finally a Princess. Oh dear :) I'm surprised he didn't own a Maxi as well at some point in time. One thing all thre of them had in common is, that their interiors were quite lush and spacious. I remember checking both the Allegro and 1307 with my stepdad at dealerships back then and to me, they were absolutely great. The 1307/1307/Alpine won the car of the year award in 1978 - I think it was - but soon after they started disintegrating from rust, really ruining the reputation of Simca/Chrysler/Talbot to a degree that they'd never recover. Your mom's bad experiences with the Chrysler Horizon was certainly no mere coincidence. My own childhood- and youth cars included: a white Morris Minor ADO59 (grandad, later taken over by my dad), a Morris 1100 (my uncle), a blue Morris Marina 1.8 Saloon (my uncle's, after the Morris 1100), an Opel Kadett II (my uncle), A white VW Beetle from around 1968 (my stepdad), a red VW Type 3 1600 TL (my dad's), an old Borgward B611 panel van, long retired, brush-painted green and converted to a "summer house" (my grandparents), also two retired cars, a Hilmann Minx and a Borgward Isabella near the location of the B611 and both used as playgrounds by my brother, my cousins and myself.The closest friends of my parents had a blue metallic BMW 5 Series (E12), a white Volvo 145 Estate (extended version), a yellow Datsun 100A Van (Datsun Cherry) a Triumph Herald and some sort of exotic kit car (the way I remember it, it was a Ford F40 lookalike), another close friend had a Citroën Dyane. In the later years, my dad had a Daihatsu Charade. There was a grey 2CV (my stepdad), a blue early Mondeo MkI 2.0 (my stepdad), a yellow Capri MkIII (my brother)... and many, many more, but then they start getting more recent and less interesting for nostalgic car people.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Thanks for watching and adding your own memories & nostalgia - that's what is so great about these old cars. If you like this kind of video check out the 3 I have on here about my own cars - 'All the cars I've ever Owned' parts 1-3 and don't forget to subscribe - it's free! Cheers, Mike

[@johnholt890]

Chrysler Europe was owned by the US company until,sold to Peugeot Citroen who adopted the Talbot ( French Chrysler) name I think.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

yep - spot on - parents never did have a Talbot badged one

[@lesliedrysdale2434]

The company I worked for had one talbot alpine at our depot our vehicle inspector condemned it with 19000 miles on it was rotten with rust

[@AndrewGruffudd]

I remember the wheel falling off my Allegro, too. Mind you, mine was a smaller-engined car on a P plate (forgive my haziness, but we are going back about 30 years). It's not the only time I was in a car when the wheel fell off, at that - in the 1970s, my grandfather was taking my mother and me home from school one evening in an Austin A40 Farina when one of the wheels went roll-about What upset the childhood me was leaving my grandfather to sort it out as we were given a lift by a passing motorist. Talking of school, my Comprehensive maths teacher and her maths teacher husband had one, which they replaced with an Austin Maestro.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Fantastic childhood memories and nostalgia - that's what I love about these older cars and the stories folks have about them. Thanks for sharing & watching. Cheers, Mike

[@kevinmoffatt]

The wheel fell off because the wheel bearing retention washer was a smaller diameter than the race and because the retention nut had been overtightened when the brake drum was refitted following inspection; poor workmanship.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@kevinmoffatt thanks for sharing - that's a lot better description than my attempt of the known fault 🤣

[@AndrewGruffudd]

@@kevinmoffatt Interesting: 'though given my car was nearly 20 years old at the time I wonder how much of it could be laid at the door of the factory, how much subsequent mechanics and how much just old age?

[@andysaunders3708]

Functional is good. High mileage Nissan Tiida -I love it.

[@marksmith4862]

My mother had the same Viva (like your mother's second model) memorable for the plastic seats we used to stick to in the summer!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Oh yes - memories of the 70's as a kid in shorts sticking to those seats - character building!!!!!

[@trickygoose2]

The seats in our Viva were not only vinyl but black.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@trickygoose2 ouch - at least ours were sort of caramel beige in colour - not as hot as black!

[@paultaylor7082]

The Alpine had old, noisy ohv Simca engines and a rubbery gear change. European Car of the year (1977), but they never sold particularly well in the UK, they were up against the Cortina and Escort, the two best sellers of the era in the UK.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

indeed - I think they sold on price - a larger car for the price of a much smaller car from Ford etc

[@thatcheapguy525]

your dad definitely needed your direction. the Jenkins were a bit flashy but their choices were pretty bullet proof

[@OldCarsNewVan]

🤣 absolutely - a Saab 99GL would have been so much cooler than that Austin Princess. But the Audi was a small victory 🤣🤣🤣The Jenkins' cars were ace - used to look forward to Wednesdays when it was their turn to drive

[@thatcheapguy525]

@@OldCarsNewVan thought your mums cars were mostly the better choice in family. the Horizon must have been a Friday afternoon car because it was an evolution of the Simca 1100 like your dads Alpines. painting the bumper black was left-field at best but considering we had begun colour coding back then its bordering excentric

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@thatcheapguy525 thanks for watching. yes, a strange decision to hand paint the bumpers 🤣

[@TipTopMotors.]

The Chrysler Alpine later became the Talbot Alpine of course. I remember it was possible to buy chrome sections to fit to the bumpers. The Princess were terrible for rust. I have never ridden in one but i can imagine the ride been ok due to the hydrolastic suspension,

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Hi - yes - I think the Talbot Alpine's grill sloped forward like most cars, whilst the Chrysler versions here sloped backwards. Last of these types of videos!!!

[@billmitchell7904]

I had to maintain a fleet of Chrysler/Talbot Alpines, they were absolutely terrible! Trim fell off regularly and I particularly remember one that put a piston through the engine block at just 5,000 miles 🤬Much to my relief the company changed the fleet to Fords.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Oh dear - sounds a nightmare. Think my Dad got away with his. Of course it's all down to statistics - a really reliable brand will have 95% of it's customers enjoying totally trouble free motoring. A really unreliable brand will only have (I'm plucking these numbers out of the air to make the point) 50% of it's customers enjoying trouble free motoring - Dad must have been in the lucky 50% 🤣 Thanks for watching

[@paultaylor7082]

The Viva HC was made between September 1970 and October 1979. It was then replaced by the Mark I Astra, fwd, transverse engined hatchback. By this time, most small and medium sized cars had gone this way, although the Astra was the first Vauxhall model to be fwd.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

The Viva must have seemed very very old by 79. The Astra was a massive leap forward

[@markoparviainen77]

Here was Wauxhall,well.And well,and we have in Finland in winter - 30 degrees

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@markoparviainen77 ouch - cold🥶

[@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer]

Your story mirrors mine (rather, my father's) in ways that are uncanny. I too was born in 69 (September) but my father didn't apply for a car licence until 75. He too, like yours it seems, wasn't a car person and never bought *(never)* a new car. His first car he bought was from a car dealer that _should have been_ a family friend. He was a friend of money instead and sold my gather a FAT 850 Coupé... with its engine head gasket fried. My father made it repair but that car was up to the very last day we had it an overheat problem. My father, God rest him, was not a car person. I reiterate it because in changing car he went to the same solemn bastard that fleeced him before. He never could explain me why while he lived. And this, the solemn bastard, with the excuse that it was an economical car under the gasoline consumption, gave him (fortunately only lent him it for a while to check it out) a NSU Prinz _that was older than the 850 my father just got rid of._ What to say about that Prinz... once, maybe because the tires or something, on a mountain road it decided that it would have been a nice idea to put itself astride the road in a sideslip my father (that always was a conscious driver) did not start nor want. Lucky that road had at the time no traffic. Then, in 77, when we went renting a house for the summer vacation at about 200Km from home it got the brilliant idea that it would have been funny for one of the motor mounts to shatter. The engine canted on a side and only first and second gear could be selected. Now imagine travelling 200Km in second gear in a Prinz to return home. And it was a lucky strike of sort the support that broke was that one, if it was the twin one only third and fourth gear could be used, stranding us there. Once we got home, in the following days, my father brought that green (it was green) disaster to a mechanic that if I recall correctly asked for 50.000 od old seventies Lire to change the support. In modern currency would have costed about 500€ (roughly calculated). Fed up with that disaster on wheels he brought it back to the solemn bastard and was lucky enough to find a FIAT 127 with only one year of life and 20.000Km done given in by its previous owner that needed money (for what... we'll never know). That poor 127. That poor, poor car... a martyr my father an ragged, but not because he raced in it, he never even in the highways exceeded 80Kmh, but because beside not being a car person my father (rest in peace) never developed a "care for your wheels" mindset. He made gasoline when needed, when the motor oil dipped below a given amount added more (cheap) oil, cared for the brakes' efficiency and changed tires when the tread became too thin for the law (1mm at the times). That's it. Some time before his death he recalled he made a mechanic change the oil filter ONCE only, almost assuredly because the previous one had terminally clogged. That car remained with us something like six years and crunched 128.000Km (before the odometer and the speed gauge both stopped working) and then more too. In the end, with an engine that had been in a war, structural rust that was mirrored on the body making it become from its native silver grey to roseate he disposed of it... to buy a FIAT Ritmo that was an unmitigated disaster. My father was also a believer of small engines because they drink less, and usually it's true... unless you mount them on a chassis that is too big for it to move efficiently and that beast of a car didn't go well with a 1100cc engine. Add that said chassis had the same rust problems of the 127 and the engine had electrical problems that were never identified (he even made some other solemn bastard change engine with a "new" one, burning 700.000 Italian Lire of the mid nineties and I had to help him with mother saying I gave him the money or that day would have ended up in a divorce) he belatedly decided the throw it away. Buried the Ritmo he bought a FIAT Regata, another disaster. If I remember little of it beside an elastic chassis and almost no handling is because it was stolen. Undaunted my father bought ANOTHER FIAT Regata more or less on the same level with the stolen one but that had an anti-thief alarm... that worked ONCE, the second attempt saw the car stolen too. In Naples, FIAT cars get stolen often today too, and at the time it was even worse. By then I was old enough to have a driving licence and a car of my own, a 1984 BMW 318i (that was my second car, my first one, I'm ashamed to say, was a SIMCA 1307GLS to learn the ropes of Naples driving. After all, crashing a car like that was hardly the disaster that would have been crashing a good car, not that it happened, I resold it away for a pittance because was fed up with it), and faced with my father's determination to waste further money and horrified he would buy another cesspit on wheels in the name of saving money, given I used it scarcely, gave him the other key of my car no question asked, to be used by him when (and it was often) I had no need for it. That car served us well (only two mildly serious breaks and a body respray because the original paint had worn out into a mess of different shades of blue) up 2010, when because of my sustained ignorance of needing an additive in the green gasoline not to fuck up the engine (I'm only human), and only for that because the car was otherwise spotless, I had to give it for scraps. We bought then a second hand FIAT Punto Multijet behind my mother (who never got a driving licence but had a lot of say about money expenditure) absolute veto for father wanting to buy a Matiz (because of the small engine doctrine he followed, and my mother was damn right, that thing was minuscule and had no trunk to speak of too). that in 2020 following my father's departure I inherited and still use. Your story made me reminisce. Hope I didn't annoy you. 🙂

[@OldCarsNewVan]

amazing - thanks for sharing. Old cars certainly provide us with memories & nostalgia

[@Lar308]

Your family must have been well off to have had both parents own a car - wasn't even a done thing for the middle classes back then. We had no car at all until 1974 when my dad bought a Mini 850 that had obviously got a smack in the rear at some stage because the boot lid was all hammered back out. I nearly died of shame travelling in that car. I used to live in an area with a few country farm guest houses and (this is late 60's) sometimes there would be so many guests they would have to park their cars on the roadside. I used to enviously explore the nice new UK reg cars and still recall a white Mk II cortina that I thought looked magical. It was all beetles, morris minors, mini's, austin A40's and 1100's around where I lived so a new Mk II Cortina looked pretty exotic.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Thanks for watching. Both mum & dad needed cars for their work - even in the 70's they each did 20,000 miles pa so very much necessity tools. That said they were pretty ordinary cars

[@Mr.-Wint]

The Simca started to rust even before it got to the dealer !

[@OldCarsNewVan]

they were certainly known for it - as indeed were British Leyland and many others at the time

[@lordclemo4301]

Nissan cherry was a decent car, I had one I remember the central locking levers. I t was good on the motorway had long legs

[@OldCarsNewVan]

I've just bought an 80's Nissan! Check out the video on this channel. Thanks for watching

[@nygelmiller5293]

The WHITE MARINA would have looked nice with the bumpers painted black!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@patmays7344]

I would love an Alpine. Seems like a good roomy car.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

incredibly rare now - I think most have rotted away. There is currently a Talbot Alpine (the face lift after the rebadge) for sale on Car and Classic

[@alcorfield1157]

... Will you be at Festival of the Unexceptional ??? ... 70s 80s motoring heaven ! ❤

[@OldCarsNewVan]

I will sir - bought the tickets ages ago. And we will be in something truly unexceptional that we've just bought and hasn't featured yet on this channel. If you're there come and say hi. Otherwise look out for the many videos I'll be posting of the event (and our extra car)

[@peterm6219]

Thank god for the Jenkins’s. Horrendous childhood cars😮

[@OldCarsNewVan]

pretty much 🤣🤣🤣although the irony is all of them would draw a crowd at a classic car show today

Those Alpines was the last straw for my mate's Dad. He had a slew of Arrows motors - I remember the last he got - but when he came to change that one, he wouldn't go near the Chryslers. I think he had a Ford before switching to Saabs.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

now funnily enough my Dad's Alpines were very reliable - unlike my Mother's Chrysler Horizon from the same generation which was truly awful

@@OldCarsNewVan My mate's Dad's wasn't unreliable. But it was unrefined, less comfortable than the Arrows cars and he didn't like the look, much.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

absolutely - very loud engines and a comedy gear change. I think the styling was very much Simca rather than the more traditional British Arrows cars

[@chrisstephens6194]

Great work we had the alpine

[@OldCarsNewVan]

all great childhood memories & nostalgia. Thanks for watching

[@chrisstephens6194]

@@OldCarsNewVan we also had an allegro briefly as a courtesy car. What a pig

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@chrisstephens6194 🤣🤣 true - what was bizarre after Dad's experience was at 17 he bought me an old Allegro as my first car 😂😔 ffs - why that out of any car 🙄Still, today it would draw a crowd at a classic car show 🥴

[@chrisstephens6194]

@OldCarsNewVan my dad went through cars like anything, lancia beta,vauxhall Victor,we had a big burgundy 7 series, a couple of dodgy xj6s, a cream coloured 518,a pale blue 2000E mk3 cortina an Austin Maxi...... all in no particular order

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@chrisstephens6194 more like me than my dad 🤣

[@salvagedb2470]

My Dad bought n repaired Cars in the 70's the MK2 Cortina was a good seller an Looker , the Allegro was a pile of Crap , Vivas were good , I had the Coupe which looked great but its 1300 Engine was Mince , the Dawn of the Japanese Cars changed everything as everything you had been Driving before hand was Crap ..The Datsun 240 was owned by a Guy I called 70s Man , He had the Moustache an Leather trousers an He painted the 240 in Black it was Gorgous , I see him now an He's as bald as a Coot..

[@OldCarsNewVan]

😆 great memories - thanks for sharing

[@LaurenceTalbot-i4y]

Im native American Choctaw nation at13 I moved to the UK to be with my Welsh dad he has a Talbot horizon and later an Austin princess also a datson 120 y

[@OldCarsNewVan]

thanks for watching and sharing memories of old cars. Please like & subscribe

[@MyJon64]

My father had a Triumph 2000 with similar number plate to your dad's Cortina AGJ352G

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Now that's a nice car - posher than my Dad's Cortina 😂😂

[@markoparviainen77]

So nice.I have born 1968.Finnish cars were british and germany,and neiborg Saab & Volvo ,in late 1960.

[@markoparviainen77]

And Peugeot 😅

[@markoparviainen77]

My dad had a Datsun 510 in 1972 ,it was 1968 model ,52000 km.

[@markoparviainen77]

Motor heatin problem in 510❤

[@markoparviainen77]

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[@OldCarsNewVan]

Thanks for watching - great childhood memories

[@adampowell5376]

Perhaps you would like to make a video about school!

[@simonmarsden66]

My dad painted his Chrysler Alpine's bumpers black, maybe he saw yours for inspiration

[@OldCarsNewVan]

🤣I've had 2 others say the same about their Dad's - so so far there are 4 of us 😂😂😂

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Perhaps we could set up a '#metoo' support group for son's of Dad's who painted bumpers 🤣🤣

[@simonmarsden66]

@@OldCarsNewVan My lasting memory of that car was the unusually long gear lever, it always appeared like he would drive his cand into the dashboard. Dad also wasn't happy when I showed him you could open the drivers lock with a penny

[@stephenc6648]

The beige Alpine bumpers looked very grubby very quickly. Washing made no difference. My Dad also painted his matt black. Later models had black bumpers anyway so as well as looking better, painting them made the car look newer.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

@@simonmarsden66 I'd forgotten the gear lever - rings a bell now you've mentioned it. Didn't know about the lock🤣

[@ravendark2422]

My dad had a Chrysler Alpine which hated puddles as it conked out if it went through one and a Talbot Horizon, can’t remember it giving him any bother.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

a 'reliable' brand of car will mean 90%+ of owners have no problems. An 'unreliable' brand of car only 60% of owners have no problems - so for those in the 60% bracket they were good cars. All good fun memories anyway. Thanks for watching

[@mattylamb9194]

No Ford Escorts!

[@OldCarsNewVan]

my parents weren't that cool🤣

[@mikecawood]

I once had a Talbot Horizon. You name it, it had gone wrong on it. A really terrible car.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

they weren't the best even by 70's standards. Funny though that my Dad's Alpines of the same vintage were totally reliable

I love this list of mediocrity, not the cars that everyone wanted, but that real people drove.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

absolutely - memories & nostalgia

[@RogerWarren-ec2ql]

Austin Agrow.the.angry.one..australia❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Indeed - after that experience why did my dad buy me one as my first car when I was 17???? That's on another video on here - all the cars I've ever owned, part 1 daily drivers

[@patmays7344]

You didn’t own a Maserati race car? Surely not?

[@OldCarsNewVan]

sadly no :)

[@luiwammes4193]

Isn't that Chrysler just a Simca 1301 ? The Chrysler Hoeizon is nothing else than a Talbot Horizon. Why do the English always want to do Evrything different.

[@OldCarsNewVan]

Yes - they were badged as Chrysler in the UK