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1989 1.8 CLi Jetta. self bataal.
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2001 1.3 Citi Golf (Sold) - used my study policy to pay for deposit, monthly payments paid by myself
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first was the Yamaha RZ50.

I WORKED to get the deposit together, and my mom paid the installments.

First car was an old Fiat 124 Special. John mine was rear wheel drive though. Dad gave it to me ... later sold it to my sister, and then later bought it back again ...
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1957 Opel Rekord, nice orangee (kapoen) colour. Father bought it, and gave it to me in my 1st year at varsity in '80. I was the man...
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1980 Land Rover Series 3 Stasiewa.
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1958 Beatle 1100 6V positive earth. Bought for R100. The guy also had one with a 4cyl Porche motor but I could'nt afford it @R250 at the time.
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1984 Toyota Corolla 1.6GL - My father bought it, I had it for nearly a year, it gave me so many problems I sold it...

To buy a 1987 Lux, 2.2 4x4 S/C, white with the std grey 4x4 stripe kit, Pro-White rims with (cant remember the size now) big tyres - should kept that Lux... damn you hindsight!
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My first car was a Golf I 2-door with 2.0l 16V GTi motor, TNT exhaust system, 268 & 276 cams from Hyperformance in CT to create same sea level altitude , 15" mags, leather seats and dyno tuned by DASTEK.

Broke 15 seconds on Tarlton and biggest monthly fine was R5 000 when I was caught 155km/h in 60 zone ... sold it when I go a 318i company car at BMW.

The guy who bought it from me sold it to pay a R17 000 fine when he was caught 191km/h in Zambezi ...

It took me 1 year, two months, 9 days and R42 000 to built the Golf from scratch. Paid for it by means of weekend work while being a student
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Ou vale1 wrote:1958 Beatle 1100 6V positive earth. Bought for R100. The guy also had one with a 4cyl Porche motor but I could'nt afford it @R250 at the time.

Koos, didn't '58 Beetles come with the larger window at the back? Or did that come out later?

Whatever, a Beetle was an exceptional car in its time, I wish I had one even now! ;)


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Datsun 1200GX coupê. Good times back then.
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1986 Toyota corolla 1300 (stolen)
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My first vehicle - Honda MB50 bought by my dad in 1993 (Standard 9), red lined it every day all day and it kept going - top speed almost 100km/h (but with a long downhill and back wind 100km/h was almost possible) - was harassed daily by cops ( I think they could not comprehend a black kid in the township on a bike, :shock2: )

By Matric 1994 (La Salle College - Discovery, Roodepoort) I had got a job in a travelling agent doing admin work in the week, collecting Pick 'n Pay shopping trolleys at Southgate on weekends, sold the 50 and got a Honda CB750, now that was cool :cooldude: and was very fast. Did a couple of rallies and belonged to a club called Eagles in Soweto.

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1969 Cortina 1600 Super. Prys R1150. Nogal goudkleurig met bree bande. Bande en rims was bietjie swaar, so hy kon nie "spin" wanner ek wegtrek nie. Self gekoop en betaal met geld wat ek gespaar het van my salaris in 1972. Soek nog vir foto's.
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Family_Dog wrote:
Ou vale1 wrote:1958 Beatle 1100 6V positive earth. Bought for R100. The guy also had one with a 4cyl Porche motor but I could'nt afford it @R250 at the time.

Koos, didn't '58 Beetles come with the larger window at the back? Or did that come out later?

Eric, Must be that they had a transission in that year, also saw the model with the bigger rear window, but both still with the side-arm indicators. I sold it to a petrol attendant for R261-11, actually R250-00 plus R11-11 fuel extra after I filled up and found that there was a massive increase in petrol price (late 70's) and as a student we never followed the news. It was just unaffordable and put me back on my feet!
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My 1ste voertuig was n 1973 VW beetle 2de hands,self gekoop vir R1300.00.Sal nooit vergeet ,sy het 42 lier tank gehad wat my 1976 R11.00 gekos het om vol te maak.Goeie ou dae.Het haar daArna ingeruil op n Datsun 1200GX.
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My Sister gave me her not so functional 1986 VW Passat. I drove it for 3 months and sold it for R500.00. Bought a nice bicycle.....
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:naah: 1972 series 11 Land Rover. Ek het my groot foute gelukkig vroeg in my lewe gemaak.
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:clap: Datsun 1200Y bakkie :clap: Bought with my army pay :lol: The last 1200's that was built before the 1400's came to light :lol: "Flippen" great trucks at the time... just a pity they never made them 4x4 :yahoo:
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my first car 1970 ford cortener mak4 with 16h cross flow motor tw wiber carb colour was yellow my dad bort it for me it was my uncles car before. I drove it :cooldude: for 8 years my dad payed R2,500 for it i was an ap in those days as a panel beater and spray painter :thumbup: :beach: i injoyed that car . We ruled the streets . :evil: :evil: but life go,s on.
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1957 Austin A35 bought by me when I was 16 in 1993.
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19"iets" Beetle (so mooi witte met wit mags) - my pa het R6000 vir hom betaal. Was my "skoolgeld"
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'n 1988 2,4D swb Hilux met 'n Alpine-turbo. Cream van kleur met daai 10-speek Prowhite 14"-rims en Firestone ATX tyres. Sy bumper was een van daai swartes met die taillights wat so naby mekaar gesit het. Mooi swart Mr Bullbar-bartjie met Hella 175's op.
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Mine was a brown metallic '93 swb 2.4d Hilux . . .I bought it myself. It had 143000km,s on the clock. It stand on 546 000km,s and still going. Need a new torsion bar, that,s it. And it will never leave our family.
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my 1st car was the 1.3 Ford Escort 4 door rear wheel drive 1979, that looked like the legendary 1600 Sport. My dad helped me to buy it, I think it was because he had at the time the 1600 Sport. I did not have much of a choice. It use to be a goverment car, in good condition though. It managed to survive my youth. After 3 years my dad bought it from me when I upgraded to the Qonquest and he drove it for another 13 years, not bad for a Ford hey. :thumbup:
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1978 Datsun Stanza SSS - metallic gold (hmmm). Grandma used it to drive to the post-office where she worked - gravel road only. Had more rattles than anything I've ever driven. Had that beeper when it was in reverse (which was top-left. First gear bottom-left).
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First car was a red Alfa 33 1500cc Flat 4... was an excellent car while it was running, more often than not it was my tickering that caused the many issues I had with it. Cost R11000, which my dad assisted with, I had to pay him back! My 33 was written off in an accident with a Datsun 120Y... as if that wasn't bad enough, my second car was another Alfa 33... we stripped everything that worked off the old one to fit on the new one!
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1979 Datsun 120y self bought,1400 nissan head,Delorto 48's side drafts,resprade Ferrari red,180l rally fuel tank in boot.(still don't know what for? :eh: )
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Thunder02 wrote:1979 Datsun 120y self bought,1400 nissan head,Delorto 48's side drafts,resprade Ferrari red,180l rally fuel tank in boot.(still don't know what for? :eh: )
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In 1984 I bought a 1979 Golf 1100 LS, old lady's car,35 000km on the clock. bought it myself for R4000.00 from the dealers,had to be financed, R200.00 deposit and R100.00 per month over 48 months, where are those days. :thumbup:
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95" hilux SFA 4y...baught it with the money i saved for my wedding...lol...wedding got post poned till next year april...unless i buy anuda van...lmao :mrgreen: :yahoo:
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I Bought a Jetta 1 GLS from my grand mother in 1995 for R2500. The car was really bad, but i loved it, and eventually re-sprayed it and fixed up all the dents.
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81 Cressida GLX
Deposit 1K, saved my danger-pay for it.
Borrowed R20 for petrol from my mother.
I paid every sent but my father had to sign for me, what I never understood was that the government gave me a weapon and rank and sent me to Angola and above all were in-charge of 30 other guy's at 19 :crazy: :wth: But could not buy a car on my name :wth: :wth:
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Spartan wrote:81 Cressida GLX
Deposit 1K, saved my danger-pay for it.
Borrowed R20 for petrol from my mother.
I paid every sent but my father had to sign for me, what I never understood was that the government gave me a weapon and rank and sent me to Angola and above all were in-charge of 30 other guy's at 19 :crazy: :wth: But could not buy a car on my name :wth: :wth:
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'n Opel Kadet Cub 1300.

My pa het dit vir my gekoop. Ons het R5000 darvoor betaal, maar ons het uiteindelik R13000 daarop spandeer om die ding te laat loop voor ek dit verkoop het.
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OOOOMS wrote:
Spartan wrote:81 Cressida GLX
Deposit 1K, saved my danger-pay for it.
Borrowed R20 for petrol from my mother.
I paid every sent but my father had to sign for me, what I never understood was that the government gave me a weapon and rank and sent me to Angola and above all were in-charge of 30 other guy's at 19 :crazy: :wth: But could not buy a car on my name :wth: :wth:
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Saw this and had to add my mine...

Although not owned by myself, the first car I was allowed to drive was a 1979 Ford F100, one of the last with the square lights.

My dad bought it when I was 17 and together we spent months rebuilding it from scratch and eventually installed a GM 6.2 Liter diesel into it - could roll up the tar in all 3 gears :yahoo: If ever you meet my dad, don't tell him I this lol.

I can still see us in the kitchen playing Rock, Paper or Scissors in the morning to see who got to drive it to work or school.

After Matric I bought a 1994 Opel Monza Gsi which myself and my dad again rebuilt again and I enjoyed many years of happy kilometers.
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First was sometime in '96,rebuilt Hilux lwb bakkie that was stolen,and never recovered,in '99.my father helped me get that 1,but I paid for it. :-).
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Datsun 180b . Thrashed it as 17 year old bought it myself working as warranty clerk for local Holden Gm Mitsubishi dealer .
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Opel Kadett 1.3 GL, I think it was a 1981 model.

But...I had the luxury of enjoying a true masterpiece at the age of 18, my dad inherited a 1970 Mercedes Benz 280SE, a maroon one. Damn, I loved that car, for a 1970 model, it had airconditioning, power steering, leather seats, automatic gearbox etc, full luxury. One of my friends also appreciated old cars, so we used to take it out on a Sunday afternoon drive almost every weekend. Club together to get R20 bucks for fuel money (@R1 a litre in 1993!), it was a 2.8 litre straight after all!
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My eerste voertuig was n Nissan 1400 bakkie in 2002. Dit was my studente voertuig. En met hom het ek die hele land plat gery. Ekt maklik vir n naweek 800km huis toe gery. Het met daardie bakkie party keer gery waar 4x4bakkies gery het. 2 Sandsakke op sy gat en hy loop enige plek.
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First transport was a Suzuki ER 50cc
Then a Honda CB750FB2

The first car I had was a 1976 MINI 1275 paid half and mom paid the difference...
Fitted Honda CB900F carbs to it and re-jetted them.....
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1973 Ford F100: "Bought" it from my dad in 2002 for a family discount, overhauled engine (must have had 400k km at that time) and had a hell of a good time with the truck especially on gravel roads.
Traded it back in for a 2001 Nissan 1400 for my studies in Cape Town. Probably travelled the 1500 km between Windhoek and Cape Town more than 15 times. But long distances were only possible because I had removed the standard bench and fitted Toyota Condor rear seats, which were also collapsible and allowed for storage underneath and behind the seats.
Traded the Nissan for my Hilux.
Bought my first motorcycle 1993 Kawasaki KLX650 in 2010. But I'm in the process of selling it again for various reasons...
Bought the Ford F100 back last year, still in very good shape, but clutch and possibly gearbox need attention.
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A Ford Taunus 20m and my Dad gave it to me... Sjoe but that was looong ago.. Don't even know if anyone remembers them.. it was like driving a tank...
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GI Jane wrote:A Ford Taunus 20m and my Dad gave it to me... Sjoe but that was looong ago.. Don't even know if anyone remembers them.. it was like driving a tank...
Geez, that's a 60's car, when did you get your licence? :eh:
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Hoppy wrote:
GI Jane wrote:A Ford Taunus 20m and my Dad gave it to me... Sjoe but that was looong ago.. Don't even know if anyone remembers them.. it was like driving a tank...
Geez, that's a 60's car, when did you get your licence? :eh:
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Just to make Thys a bit happier, I used to be a biiiig Ford fan, that was when it was a REAL Ford, drove Anglia panel van, cortina, and finally a Sierra which my son kindly wrote off when he wrapped it around a tree..
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GI Jane wrote:Just to make Thys a bit happier, I used to be a biiiig Ford fan, that was when it was a REAL Ford, drove Anglia panel van, cortina, and finally a Sierra which my son kindly wrote off when he wrapped it around a tree..
Well, to be honest; I wouldn't be able to say no to most of the old Fords either. My mom had a Cortina, my aunt a Ford Escort Mark 2; unfortunately both were sold before I was old enough to drive. At least I was able to get the F100 back (see my post above).
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Had a good old fashioned VW Beetle, 1973 model with the silver cups under the door handle.

Had it re-sprayed to a dark metallic red and had mat black bumpers. :celebrate:

Removed the seats and the old ford escort seats fitted perfect.

Mine still had the original leather with built in Radio, that was it just a radio, not even an 8 track.... :crazy:

Awesome car... I loved it, and would love to buy another one.... :cooldude:
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yes I to was a true- blue- ford fan a mrk 1 escort 1600 that i paid for with my own money :!: :!:
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In 1976 I bought a 1972( i think) Opel Kadet fast back 2 door. I paid for it with my own money, R900.00. I managed to roll it one weekend while I was in the army, too much juice and very cleaverat that stage of my life. :lol: :thumbup:
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197? Audi 100 LS - Mom helped my buying it in my second year in the army . Maybe the reason why I still love Audi's
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I hate Fords... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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NOW that's a news :shock: :shock: :think:
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My first car was a 1999 Ford Fiesta fun 1.3i.
My mom bought it on her name and i payed the installments.

My first transport vehicle was a 1991 ZXR400H1 Kawasaki that I bought through Mitaka in Sea Point in 1998
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1992. Opel Kadett. Auction. Birchmores. R2000.
Sold it 2 weeks later for 2500.
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Bought a brown beetle, "Manfred The Demon Turd".
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1985 toyota corrolla 1600 ( in 1993)
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1969/71(cant remember) Ford Ranchero V8 (Mustang motor) in 1993
Bought it of my Dad for R1800.00
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In 1994 I got my first car, a kapoen colored 1982 Peugoet 504. Paid R1800
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Renault 5 TS hatchback. All sorts of surfing stickers on it, beautiful! Took it over from my Sister, unwanted gift from my parents - it was too ugly for a student at Tuks.. :clap:
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