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Below is my car ownership history - excluding company vehicles after 1979/80 two car family.

1) June 1965 Triumph TR2 Black ex-Lord Scarsdale it was a one owner 60k mile vehicle. It had some bodywork done to the sills when I bought her. I hated it as it was a terrible ride on Long Lane and seemed a cold draughty thing. Drove it for a week before it was sold at a small profit.
2) 1965 MG Y type Saloon Green – running boards & semaphore indicators. Had built in 4 wheel hydraulic jacks attached to the chassis!
3) Vauxhall two toned Victor F type in Maroon and Cream. 3 speed column change, bench seat. Rear tail pipe came out of bumper cone.
4) Vauxhall two tone Victor F type 3 speed column in Battleship Grey with steel exterior sun shade / visor.
5) Vauxhall FB Deluxe 4 speed floor shift with individual front seats!
6) Circa 1966 Renault Dauphine Red met its end when I rolled her on Radbourne Lane.
7) Circa 1967 Mini 850 saloon Red later had Gold centre paint work (SFA 782).
8) Circa 1969 Bond Equipe GT 1300 cc in red (EWE 276C).
9) Morris Minor 918 cc (think district nurse) 2 door Black jumped out of 3rd gear.
10) Circa 1969 Alfa Romeo Guila Sprint GT 1600 sprayed from original white to gold.
11) Austin 1100 Dark Green – enough said.
12) Bedford HA Van red part exchange when 1100 sold.
13) Circa 1971 Morris Cooper 1275 S in Rootes Metallic Lagoon Blue.(DJC323E)
14) Circa 1972 Opel Rekord 1900 Coupe Automatic grey metallic paint.
15) VW Beetle 1300 blue 6 volt narrow track model. 1974
16) Austin Mini Cooper 998 originally battleship grey re- painted in Goodwood Green Metallic (LOV378F) later converted to full 1275 S specification.
17) Circa 1983 Opel Kadette RWD Coupe 1100 cc horrible lime green hand painted red.
18) Circa 1984 Opel Ascona 1600 saloon originally metallic blue hand painted coach enamel in red.
19) Circa 1078 Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S (LOV378F) at 16 returned to me after divorce and re-built and painted in tri-colour Blue/Yellow/Red top.
20) Opel Kadette 1300 FWD in metallic bronze.
21) Circa 1984 Vauxhall Astra Mk 1 1600 SR in Gold with black lower half. Only ever new car .
22) Circa 1987 Vauxhall Cavalier 1300 L FWD in White. 1987
23) Vauxhall Cavalier 1800 CDi in factory ordered SRI paintwork. Light blue upper, dark grey lower half.
24) Opel Manta GTE Hatchback in Gold metallic.
25) Vauxhall Carlton 2 litre CDi Automatic in Grey metallic anthrasite.
26) Toyota MR2 T bar Mk 1 White.
27) Austin Mini Cooper (LOV378F) at 16 bought back from a mate and re-built & sold after about 4 months at a small gain.
28) Riley Elf in light green re-built and sold to a mate.
29) Mercedes 230 E Automatic W124 series in silver.
30) Mercedes 230E Manual W124 in red.
31) Mercedes 26E Sportline Auto in mid-blue metallic,Pimp my Ride oversize alloys.
32) Circa 2003 Mercedes SL 500 auto R129 in Green metallic. (Still have this)
33) Mercedes C class 250TDi Estate Auto in Turquoise.
34) Mercedes 300 TE 4-Matic Estate in light grey-brown metallic.
35) BMW Mini Cooper 1600 auto in Silver.
36) Import wide bodied Nissan Terrano r3mR 5 door auto 4x4 in blue.
37) Chrysler 300 CRD Estate in metallic black.
38) Hyundai Santa Fe V6 petrol in light grey. (written off don’t ask)
39) Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ series 2.7 diesel auto in grey metallic. (Current 4x4)
40) BMW 325 SE auto in a pearlescent grey.
41) Jeep Grand Cherokee WK series 3.0 CRD (Current 4x4)

I have not listed my Moped/Scooter/Motorcycles owned but it ran into double figures!