Sunday, December 04, 2005

Vehicles past and present

Here they are in chronological order of purchase. This creature of habit would appear to have paid homage to the legacy of Henry Ford over the years. The Wolseley is the only 4 wheeled exception. The Sapphire was my favourite for comfort, performance and style.

1976: Wolseley 1.3


1978: Yamaha DT175 Enduro


1980: Yamaha XS500


1981: Yamaha XS750 shaft drive, triple cylinder


1986: Ford Cortina Mark 3 1.6 GLX


1989: Ford Cortina Mark 5 2.0 Ghia


1993: Ford Sierra 2.0LX


1996: Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8 GLS


1999: Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX


2005: Yamaha FZ6

10 comments:

Morgan said...

I had a good laugh with your post. It's great to find someone with worse 'new car fever' than myself.

Perfect Virgo said...

R & E - very pleased you like them. I love to reminisce and cars are as good a memory as any! I look forward to views of the Subaru...

Morgan - cars are great to own. Now I'm reliving my youth and enjoying the thrill of two wheels all over again.

Russell CJ Duffy said...

time travelling by auto!
fantastic stuff. i caught glimpses of 'only fools and horse' and 'minder' whilst looking at these lovely old cars.
great!

Perfect Virgo said...

CJ - looking at these reminds me of that old TV prog "The Rock and Roll Years," news footage set to pop music of the time.

Perfect Virgo said...

Finn - funny how we find ourselves attached to inanimate objects! Most of those pictures pre-date the digital age so my scanner had work to do.

KC in KY said...

beautiful post. I am a total gear head as well.

Perfect Virgo said...

KC - past vehicles always bring back warm memories I think.

Anonymous said...

this is a great post. you should post an updated version with the suicide machine!

Perfect Virgo said...

The suicide machine.

Perfect Virgo said...

the suicide machine