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First Car - Mk2 Escort, 1100, OMJ624P

This was my first ever car, I bought it when I was 16 back in 1988.

2nd Car - Mk2 Escort, 1100

This car was only purchased for spares, I managed to get the rear spoiler and a few other bits before the council decided to have it towed away.  I was very young and naive and when the council told me I couldn't get it back I just accepted it.  Shame as I really wanted the wheels!

3rd Car - Vauxhall Chevette, 1300

This car was just used for a few months while OMJ was off the road with a cracked cylinder head.  I exchanged it a few month later for car 4.

4th Car - Morris Marina, 1800

Again, this was used for a few months while OMJ rusted in a car park behind my house.  I eventually crashed it outside a pub.  It was written off.

After this, I got OMJ fixed and back on the road.

5th Car - Mk1 Escort, 1300

This car may have looked ok but underneath was bad.  The strut tops were mostly gone and I wanted the 1300 engine for OMJ.  This car was trashed and scrapped.

6th Car - Mk2 Escort, 1300

I can't remember quite where this car came from, it was used for a few days before being used for parts.  I think this 1300 engine was fitted to OMJ.   The 1300 from the Mk1 a few months earlier got a bit worn out.

7th Car - Mk2 Escort Van, 1300

Someone offered me this for £50 and I couldn't resist.  It was used for a week or two before I realised it was falling to bits.  It was used for spares and scrapped.  The heavy duty gearbox was put in OMJ for a while.

8th Car - Mk2 Escort, 1300

This escort was found in a scrap yard, a friend drove it home and we stripped it for spares.  The gearbox and rear shocks went into OMJ.  Someone had previously bolted 2 triple leaf springs together on each side at the back. 

9th Car - Mk2 Escort, 1300, HRO527V

This car wasn't used for spares, I just wanted 2 cars for a while.   It was a 1300 automatic but I changed it to a manual.  This was probably one of the most complex jobs I have done, and I don't think I did it right.

After a few years I got a new job that came with a company car.  I didn't need 3 cars so I sold this one to my girlfriend, that way I didn't really get rid of it.  However I split up with her and although I was offered the car back I didn't have it.

I really wish I did get it back, I would love to have this car again.   It was in very good condition underneath and always passed the MOT's.

10th Car - Citroen BX, 1900 Turbo Diesel

My first company car, it was a few years old and the company only kept it for about a year after I started working there.

This photo isn't of the actual car.  Mine was the same, but I never got round to getting a photo of it.

11th Car - Peugeot 406, 1900 Turbo Diesel

My first brand new company car, it was on a 3 year lease and so went back after the 3 years was up.

12th Car - Ford Puma, 1700

My next company car, a bit unconventional for a company car but it was really good fun to drive.  Again, this was on a 3 year lease.

13th Car - Mk2 Escort Ghia, 1600

This one was bought in Enfield for £70 for the sole purpose of getting the 1600 engine for OMJ.  I managed to get plenty of other spares from it, all for OMJ.

This photo isn't the exact car but it's close enough, I never took a photo of the actual car.  It was a beige 4 door Ghia with a brown vinyl roof.

14th Car - Mk2 Escort Ghia, 1600

This was a completely original car and it was in very good condition.   I had originally bought it for the 1600 engine, the one from the previous car had developed a fault with the pistons and it was easier for me to swap the engine out rather than fix it.

Since the car was in stunning condition, I got it MOT'd and insured, used it for a few months and then sold it to someone who would look after it.

I wouldn't mind having this car back either.

15th Car - Mk2 Escort, 1600

This rust bucket was purchased for the 1600 engine instead of the previous Ghia, the engine went into OMJ.  From this photo it doesn't look too bad, but it was a heap.  I completely stripped it down to a bare shell.  Some bits I have kept, others I sold.

16th Car - MG ZR 160, 1800

This was my third company car.  It has been purchased this time so rather than being on a 3 year lease I got to keep hold of it a bit longer.  I ended up keeping it for just over 4 years but I left the company and had to give it back.  Such a shame.  This was a good, fun car and still a bit unconventional.

There is nothing worse for a company car than to get a Ford Mondeo or a Vauxhall Vectra.

17th Car - Mk2 Escort, 1300 GL, WAY153S

I picked this car up from London basically to save it from the scrap yard, a friend from the SEOC put me onto someone who just wanted to get rid of it and was even thinking of scrapping it.

After getting it home I had a good look over it, so far it seems to be in good condition for its age.  I did a lot of work to get this car looking good both inside and out, however I still ended up selling it.

18th Car - Mk2 Escort, 1600 L, LFR362T

I bought this car for £30 after the owner approached me and offered it.  It was a wreck, the bodywork was well passed saving, and the engine smoked badly from the oil filler cap.

I had planned to break this car, but in the end I sold it complete for £100 but only after I swapped the wheels for some steel ones.

19th Car - Mk3 Capri, 1600 Laser, C267NEW

I bought this car for £150 with 8 months MOT left on it.

Not really sure why I bought this as I alreays had 2 escorts and a company car.  I think it was just to own a Capri for a few months and I got to play with a Pinto for the first time.

It had some issues with the engine and auto choke, and I think I had better plans for the alloy wheels, I ended up using them for my Mk2 GL.

20th Car - Mk2 RS2000 Custom, LLK32V

I just couldn't resist buying this car  :)

21st Car - Mk2 Fiesta Festival 1.1 - E616FOO

I was a bit fed up of having white dog hairs in either the escorts or the MG, plus having a dog in a car starts to make it smell, so I bought this as a run-around.  It gets used to pickup Jake twice a week and to take him places, plus now it is ideal to carry my bike in.

22nd Car - Mk5 Fiesta Finesse 1.3 - W169WBH

After leaving my job and handing back my company car I needed something else.   So I sold my old Fiesta bought this Mk5 Fiesta.  It seems like a nice enough car, very much like the Puma.  It's cheap to run and insure so that will be a bonus for now.

23rd Car - Mk2 Escort GL, 1300

Once again this car was bought with the intention of stripping it for parts.  It was very rough externally (but it doesn't show in these photos), but it turned out to be in quite good condition.  Therefore breaking it didn't seem a good idea after all, and I ended up selling it whole.  Shame really as I could have done with getting the spare parts from it. 

As you can see from the photo above, the new owner has given this car a whole new
look and a new life, at least this one was saved.

24th Car - Nissan 100nx - 1600 Automatic

Yes, I really did buy a Nissan!
I'd been having thinking of getting a cheap automatic car for the daily drive to London, especially to help with all the traffic jams and queues.  I'd been looking for a while when this came up on eBay.
I got this with a view of using it for 6 months or so over winter.
The 'T'-Bar roof is really cool, and the car itself is actually in really good condition with not
much wrong with it.

My Current Cars...

After all this time this car (OMJ) is still my current car.  It has had a lot of work and looks completely different than when I first bought it.  I hope to have this car for many more years.

Still no real plans other than to just enjoy it.

This is my daily driver.  It's going to be doing at least 50 miles a day
 

This is another daily driver.  It's just giving my left foot a rest for a while.