Living in the Lord Manor you might be lucky enough to learn to drive in a crash box splitty...!
I learnt in a bone stock '63 beetle but my first car was a 2180cc '69 beetle...
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What did you learn to drive in?
https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/74375/what-did-you-learn-to-drive-in
donn 路
Austin A50 2 lessons and my dad decided I could buy my own car, a Morris 1000 2 door real history of old lady owner sold it as she wasn't using it anymore, never could explain the 2" lowering blocks馃檯
68AutoBug 路
I learnt in a German made 1960 beetle... BZX 616 rego..
had those rare rear tail lamps.... lol
My fathers first VW...
LEE
had those rare rear tail lamps.... lol
My fathers first VW...
LEE
squizy 路
1976 Triumph Dolomite - my first car.
VWFREAK 路
Learned in a GTHO Phase 3 and an Exa Turbo. First car was a 64 Beetle with a 1776cc.
Good times 馃榾
Good times 馃榾
rose 路
how lucky was you馃お馃槀馃お did you move up to the stag馃槀squizy wrote:1976 Triumph Dolomite - my first car.
I learnt to drive in a 66 HR holden with 3 on the tree.
wiked_storm 路
My dads van...and I ran it straight into a ditch....he shoulda got me the VW I wanted (woulda saved him a fortune on front end damage 馃槀 ).
ian.mezz 路
What do you mean I am 42 and still learning馃お
A 1982 KE cOROLLA
A 1982 KE cOROLLA
RED62E 路
1973 L Bug with flared guards and black wildfire paint
sinecure 路
12 yo in the old mans' service Commodore, on the runways at RAAF base Malaysia.
When I got my learners, my brothers Gemini, and my dads Datsun 1600 which became my first registered car.
When I got my learners, my brothers Gemini, and my dads Datsun 1600 which became my first registered car.
matt 路
i learnt to drive in my 1966 vw beetle, it had wide rims, it was half yellow and half white, it had high back bucket seats and landcruiser pump up shockers. it was a weapon. vbm 733(very bad muffler, 733 holes)
rust in peace
matt
rust in peace
matt
TheMiniMan 路
i was 7 years old in a mini moke
desh 路
1977 Datsun 200B, auto
that thing was a wreck when I was finished, so many dents and knocks.
that thing was a wreck when I was finished, so many dents and knocks.
NuZo 路
my current car... 1969 1500cc
baja burley 路
still learning馃ゲ.... in the old mans 80 series
desh 路
mate that is one sweet looking Beetle, do you have any other pictures and info of her?NuZo wrote:my current car... 1969 1500cc
trickysimon 路
2006 TDi Jetta. 300Nm is alot for a learner 馃槀
1303Steve 路
Hi
XW or XY Falcon with 3 on the tree, it was a driving school car.
Steve
XW or XY Falcon with 3 on the tree, it was a driving school car.
Steve
rose 路
The HR was what I learnt to drive in and then I brought the VH when I was on my P'S
Check out the good old paper licence I still have
Check out the good old paper licence I still have
DavoBuggy 1641 路
I was about 7 too and i learnt in Dad's Tow'd (1200) then had a 63 factory rag top too 'bush bash' till i got my licence (check out the story in the next VWMA, it's the Bajamat story), then the list begins!
zeuspig 路
Bluebird wagon. The my first car TF Cortina
vw54 路
type 3 65 wagon 1970
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE 路
8 years old in my Dad's 78 Honda Civic. Car he still owns and has had since new. Drove from Carbrook to Redland Bay and back again on dirt roads.
First time I drove on the road with a learners permit was in a toyota coaster bus.
I bought a Honda Life which i never got registered, then bought my grandparents 78 Civic which I still have then bought my Kombi which i still own as well.
Drove the van last night for first time in a few weeks. the smells, noises and performance..... something the Hilux lacks LOL
First time I drove on the road with a learners permit was in a toyota coaster bus.
I bought a Honda Life which i never got registered, then bought my grandparents 78 Civic which I still have then bought my Kombi which i still own as well.
Drove the van last night for first time in a few weeks. the smells, noises and performance..... something the Hilux lacks LOL
rose 路
That's funny you should say that about the smell of a car my oval has a nice car smell to it. I get my jumper or blankets out of my oval and they smell like car I love that smell. Unlike the Hilux馃槀馃槀
barls 路
datsun 260c was mine then a mazda 121
squizy 路
At that age Rose, in my teens, I WAS the Stag. 馃槀rose wrote:how lucky was you馃お馃槀馃お did you move up to the stag馃槀squizy wrote:1976 Triumph Dolomite - my first car.
I learnt to drive in a 66 HR holden with 3 on the tree.
But funny you mention the HR - that's what I've got now.
greedy53 路
well to show my age i started in a 1927 cheve and than a 36 sloper cheve than a tiny reno and finally a fergy tracto.r some of the lerks that go with living afarm
Pumba 路
My first car that i had and learnt to drive in was a LC Torana,Rose that old provisional license brings back some memories cheers shane.
greasykitchen 路
Had a heap of lessons in the instructor's 121 bubble car 馃憥. Also tooled around whilst on my Ls and Ps in my mum's very beat up Datsun 180B wagon. Despite having oil in the water, water in the oil, bald tyres, needing new plugs every month or so and not having seen the inside of a workshop in far too long, it just would not die.
Soon after I got my Ps I got my '72 bug and really started to learn to drive. From there to my current golf.
馃槑
Soon after I got my Ps I got my '72 bug and really started to learn to drive. From there to my current golf.
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CB CRAIG 路
A Mazda RX3 and a Mini
darren-h 路
1971 super bug, Had the car before i could drive learnt to let the clutch out up the driveway.
vwkg 路
Bone stock 1969 Beetle for me. Good times.
Newt 路
Gemini.......
First car a 72 Capri with a 2l Cortina motor.
First car a 72 Capri with a 2l Cortina motor.
pod 路
started off in my brothers EH with 3 on the tree ,then when i bought my own car it was a 1964 cortina 4 door 4 on the tree馃榿
OZ Towdster 路
MMMMMMMMMM Mini 1100k and a Ford Anglia 105E with a 1500 GT Cortina donk , oh those were the days
kombibob 路
series 1 landrover for me.
many trips up and down the beach nth port maquarie.
many trips up and down the beach nth port maquarie.
ratbug 路
Ahh Nice, I learnt to drive in my dads 1971 Triumph TR6 convertible. It was the only manual we had.squizy wrote:1976 Triumph Dolomite - my first car.
I have big muscles in my left leg thanks to that car!
Hmm that reminds me, gotta go fit some new mechanical fuel injectors to it next week.
warb 路
i had a ford escort to learn in.......... yes, that IS my 1st car..
and i also had a rather large sticker on the back that said " SHIT HAPPENS" .. haha, that got a get laughs at the crash site..
and i also had a rather large sticker on the back that said " SHIT HAPPENS" .. haha, that got a get laughs at the crash site..
Andy 路
Started on a '57 Fergi tractor, progressed to am XM ute before I got a licence, then used the GF's L Bug.
I had a string of motorbikes, so did not get my first car (kombi) until I was 30.
I had a string of motorbikes, so did not get my first car (kombi) until I was 30.
_me_ 路
Learnt to drive in a Ford Escort - maybe a '76 1600...
Passed my test in a '91 1.1L Ford Focus . meh.
First car i drove on my own? - a '74 1303.
Passed my test in a '91 1.1L Ford Focus . meh.
First car i drove on my own? - a '74 1303.
greasykitchen 路
Woah!! What did you do to it??warb wrote:i had a ford escort to learn in.......... yes, that IS my 1st car..
and i also had a rather large sticker on the back that said " SHIT HAPPENS" .. haha, that got a get laughs at the crash site..
thestu 路
1979 green diesel mk1 golf 馃榾 goods times in 4th up hill at 40kmp/h lol
squizy 路
Found a pic of my Dolomite.
rob53 路
my first and still current '70 1500 beetle. I got in just before those pesky log book things 馃槀
vwsteve 路
i learnt onmy dads tractor, it had no weights on the front so if you let the clutch up too quick it done a massive wheelstand with a plough on the back, then got a rusty 1200 bug at 14 and drove it everywhere with just the handbrake(no foot brakes)
donn 路
That Dolamite looks just fine, al,ways did like them though never owned one, don't know why people chuck sheet at em, they did in the Bathurst way back then as I recall.
ancientbugger 路
I learned in my Mk1 Austin Healey Sprite Frogeye, sheer suicide in London.
thestu 路
Here is my first car o got regoed 馃檪
and 23 days and 18 hours later...
and 23 days and 18 hours later...
squizy 路
Absolutely. Mine was the povvo pack, with 1850, twin strombergs, hot dog, wood interior and sunroof, plus I added TR7 alloys. The Dolomite Sprint's that were raced where the 1850, but with the 16 valve head.donn wrote:That Dolamite looks just fine, al,ways did like them though never owned one, don't know why people chuck sheet at em, they did in the Bathurst way back then as I recall.
frank2112 路
I learnt in my Hillman Hunter and various mates versions of the same(GT's, Royals, etc) before moving to a Ford Cortina(never again). My mother learnt to drive in a bug.
stubug 路
68 bug
Light Blue
Lots of Rust
6V (no lights)
XXC 921
$250 back in the year 2000
Light Blue
Lots of Rust
6V (no lights)
XXC 921
$250 back in the year 2000
old bugger 路
1973, i was 15, borrowed the old man's charger without telling him, promptly put it into a pole. very sore arse for some time!!!!!!!
Joel 路
the joys of living in the sticks i got chucked on a 660 David brown when i was about 7 and at 9 or so the old man chucked me in his mazda 929 and said drive...it may save urs or someone elses life oneday....
i could barely see over the dash but i got a good feel for cars as well as various beetles me and my mates have owned
but i guess for legal purposes on my Ls it was my mums Mazda 626
i could barely see over the dash but i got a good feel for cars as well as various beetles me and my mates have owned
but i guess for legal purposes on my Ls it was my mums Mazda 626
amazeer 路
I was the first person to drive my instructors brand new mitsubishi colt in 1985 or 6.
phatratpat 路
mini minor...great for the reverse park during the test !!!
also the old mans xc falcon....almost t boned a cop car on a round about
once the cops discovered I was a learner they were cool !!馃憤
also the old mans xc falcon....almost t boned a cop car on a round about
once the cops discovered I was a learner they were cool !!馃憤
donn 路
Wish I'd met that cop, the one that got me wasn't cool about me being a learner, maybe the fact that I had only one L plate on, was speeding and no licenced driver with me (my mate wasn't going to admit to having a P licence) had something to do with his bad attitude.馃槵
grumble 路
The old mans FC holden with twin strombergs and Lukey exhaust and then bought my 1955 beetle. The FC was a good back up for when we wanted to tow something or the beetle was under repair.
Craig Torrens 路
VW beetle
hellbugged 路
yeah, like Joel, i don't remember "learning" to drive.............must have been in the blood 馃檮
i do think ride-on mowers are great thing to begin on for feel, opposite locks, rear wheel lock turns, closed space manouvering etc........pretty much everything
but there were lots of vehicles around the whole time I was growing up, from full blown off road buggies,bajas, country buggies, home built VW based paddock bash buggies, "bushwacker" mini bikes, go-karts..........right through to kenworth aero-dyne (400HP 18 sp road ranger),MACK trucks, bulldozers, excavators, lots of different buses and coaches.........alll well before i was thinking of getting a licence.
the day i turned 16 at 9.30 am i was booked for my L's........ mummies turbo TX5 telstar copped a beating then for a while (i'm probably lucky to have survived that period).........till i bought my first regoed beetle..........that i still own today
i do think ride-on mowers are great thing to begin on for feel, opposite locks, rear wheel lock turns, closed space manouvering etc........pretty much everything
but there were lots of vehicles around the whole time I was growing up, from full blown off road buggies,bajas, country buggies, home built VW based paddock bash buggies, "bushwacker" mini bikes, go-karts..........right through to kenworth aero-dyne (400HP 18 sp road ranger),MACK trucks, bulldozers, excavators, lots of different buses and coaches.........alll well before i was thinking of getting a licence.
the day i turned 16 at 9.30 am i was booked for my L's........ mummies turbo TX5 telstar copped a beating then for a while (i'm probably lucky to have survived that period).........till i bought my first regoed beetle..........that i still own today
matberry 路
Well.......when I was 5 I used to steer (drive?) the Landy on Fraser Island ocean beach, I did get some sort of lesson in my first 'around the friends farm rally track' in our bush basher (later MY bush basher), wait for it, a 54 beetle with all the roof cut off,not even a screen, welded doors, roll over bar, baja buggy. Of and no brakes. I would have been about 12.
I, like Daimo, was waiting at the cop shop at opening time for my learners, and 6 weeks to the day passed my first and only driving test.
My dad had a funny driving test, living out west, he fronted to the cop shop for the driving test and the policeman started writing out the licence. When questioned about the test, the copper said, no need, I've seen ya driving for years !!!
I feel sorry for kids today without any experience getting on the road with a modern car that potentially goes fast enough to kill them and all thier mates.
I, like Daimo, was waiting at the cop shop at opening time for my learners, and 6 weeks to the day passed my first and only driving test.
My dad had a funny driving test, living out west, he fronted to the cop shop for the driving test and the policeman started writing out the licence. When questioned about the test, the copper said, no need, I've seen ya driving for years !!!
I feel sorry for kids today without any experience getting on the road with a modern car that potentially goes fast enough to kill them and all thier mates.
Warrenm 路
I started in my fathers 1937 Ford V8 at around 14- got licence in a 52 Ford Consul- near newgreedy53 wrote:well to show my age i started in a 1927 cheve and than a 36 sloper cheve than a tiny reno and finally a fergy tracto.r some of the lerks that go with living afarm
First car was a 1928 Austin 7.
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evsky 路
Always intrested in what people learnt in.I learnt in dads old peugot 504 old tank but had nice seats. Im now an instructor my self and use subaru imprezas for my school any one need lessons on the central cost send me a message cheers
Notch Nut 路
First Driving lesson with the old man was from home to Dromana in an XE falcon auto. Had driving lessons in a Holden Nova (camry S**t box). Drove mums camry once or twice馃檮 Prefered dads Falcon as it was clapped out and he didn't mind me using it as he worked 10 mins from home but my G/f was on the other side of town so he never had to fill the thing up while I was driving it. I was also in a band at the time so it was roomy enough for a quad box, guitars, amp etc.. Got my grandfathers vw 65 notch on the road as my first car. Still own it, still has the origional reg. In almost orig condition but last june it had it's first accident since I took ownership of it in over 14 years.馃槩 Havn't driven it since I picked it up from the panel shop and ride a motorbike daily.
shaihulud 路
My mother would'nt let my dad teach any of us kids how to drive. He was a very bad driver, wheras my mother was taught to drive by her car and motorbike racing, engineer father.
I was taught to drive in a 1953 Vauxhall Wyvern, in 1959.
About 6 months after getting my licence my mother then taught me how to drive the Vauxhall as if is was a limousine and Lady Muck was sitting in the back with a tall glass of champagne on the fold down table on the back of the front seat, which was not to be spilled.
About another 6 months later she taught me how to drive like a racing car driver, with racing lines, apexes, clipping points and braking distances in the corners. That is what her dad had taught her, so she taught us all to drive like that which is why after 40 years or so each of driving neither me nor my sisters has had an accident.
TOUCH WOOD!!!!!
At that time my best friend was taught to drive by his mother who was the first woman in England to get a special drivers licence to enable her to drive her brand new 1930s MG.
He was a very good driver. She was incredible.
One wet day she did a hand brake turn in a 1955 Ford Customline to avoid an accident. She saw what was about to happen, shouted to us to hang on, threw the car into a hand brake turn, put it into first gear, put her foot on the accelerator and came screaming into the accident area backwards with the tyres smoking, missed by a few feet and then accelerated away. WOW!!! I'm still amazed by it.
I'd never seen such a thing before. She then proceeded to teach us both how to do a hand brake turn.
I was taught to drive in a 1953 Vauxhall Wyvern, in 1959.
About 6 months after getting my licence my mother then taught me how to drive the Vauxhall as if is was a limousine and Lady Muck was sitting in the back with a tall glass of champagne on the fold down table on the back of the front seat, which was not to be spilled.
About another 6 months later she taught me how to drive like a racing car driver, with racing lines, apexes, clipping points and braking distances in the corners. That is what her dad had taught her, so she taught us all to drive like that which is why after 40 years or so each of driving neither me nor my sisters has had an accident.
TOUCH WOOD!!!!!
At that time my best friend was taught to drive by his mother who was the first woman in England to get a special drivers licence to enable her to drive her brand new 1930s MG.
He was a very good driver. She was incredible.
One wet day she did a hand brake turn in a 1955 Ford Customline to avoid an accident. She saw what was about to happen, shouted to us to hang on, threw the car into a hand brake turn, put it into first gear, put her foot on the accelerator and came screaming into the accident area backwards with the tyres smoking, missed by a few feet and then accelerated away. WOW!!! I'm still amazed by it.
I'd never seen such a thing before. She then proceeded to teach us both how to do a hand brake turn.
syncropro 路
First drove Austin 7, then DKW, then license in my father's 23 window VW.
grumble 路
Shaihulud your friends Mum is the champion,that is the best story that I have seen for a long time. Cheers les
h 路
a 64 mgb, utes and inter acco trucks for my old mans business as i had to drive em when he broke down n needed a tow back to the yard..
for a few years i drove before i was of legal age 馃檪
happy days
for a few years i drove before i was of legal age 馃檪
happy days
mactaylor 路
lj gtr xu1 on a dirt road out the back of the shit farm when i was 9 or 10 stalled it heaps cause the clutch was so heavy would nearly lift me off the seat good little car thou had tripple webbers it was also the first car i did 100mph in
LUFTMEISTER 路
Learnt in Aussie icon FJ holden.馃憤
annosL 路
Got mine in a '55 Vanguard, the "fastback" model, body roll was so bad the centre of gravity must have been half way up the windows!
The_Bug67 路
VW 1969 white Baja....after that I think I could drive anything...LOL
whiffin 路
still learning
97 te magna v6 executive manual
lowered 3 inches...thats how i got it
hopefully should have a 77 single cab by end of august
97 te magna v6 executive manual
lowered 3 inches...thats how i got it
hopefully should have a 77 single cab by end of august