snake, "MG VA"

Lovely.

csteele...... yeah pumping brakes and rack and pinion steering bring back memories too. Wrestling all those controls without power was good training. My MG VA was a 1938 model but funnily enough supported a four point hydraulic jacking system operated from a spot under the floor on the passenger side. Just dial the point you needed to raise, and then pump away with a handle to raise the wheel of the tyre you wanted to change. A really useful innovation.

Dear o sung wu,

The first car that I drove was in Los Angeles
and it was a Pontiac GTO - bronze in colour,
which I enjoyed very much. It was automatic,
comfortable, and easy to drive. We currently have
two cars - a red 1983 Ford Fairmont XE - which my
husband uses, loves, and refuses to replace.
And the family car - a Holden Statesman -
which is great on longer trips.

I would love to one day get a classic two door
Merc - but it's only a dream and won't be happening
any time soon.

Yes I got that half wrong onthebeach, it should actually have read 8 48, meaning rated at 8 horse power. They must have been kidding, or had a good sense of humor.

I don't know if the windscreen hinged forward. It was a tourer, not a sports car. I did once try to lower the hood, but when I started folding it, I could see it was so old & stiff it was going to crack, & left it alone.

I take comfort from the fact the cars some of you first owned were made 40 years before I was even born.

Austin a40, breathless, often, but my pride and joy in about 1959 as another said.