This is work in progress. Photos will be added if I find any more.

Hopefully when finished, it will be in chronological order.

Yamaha FS1E Yamaha FS1E DX R Yellow
1980-1981
The very 1st vehicle I ever owned.
It was the last of the unrestricted mopeds, claimed to be good for 50-60 MPH.
I used to run it on 5 star syphoned from my dads Jag, so the engine was a little tight.

Note: The disc brake on the front & the flip down pedals. This was the hight of moped stlye in 1980.

Ford Escort II ABH 482S Blue
1981
Bought this one to learn to drive in. Raced all round the lanes of hertfordshire & ended up on it's roof in Brookmans Park 2 days before my test

Vauxhall Viva DTW 625T White/Blue
1981-1983
The 1st one that I was legal in. This was the GLS model, with the 1256 engine, but it had the trim from the Magnum, including a 7 dial dash, chrome Rostyles, quad headlamps, vynal roof & a lovely blue draylon interior.
Went everywhere in this, & loved it dearly. Sadly it had an early death when Ralph parked his Capri in the back of it at some silly speed.
Ford Zodiac IV TVX 733E Bronze
This was a bit special. It was a very rare estate that had the roof chopped into a pickup. It had Wolfrace wheels, a full fur lined interior & Metalflake paint.
Sadly the engine was dead & I knew nothing about mechanics, so it got swapped for a Mk1 Escort
Ford Cortina VFord Cortina V PLK 679W
1983-1984
I wanted a Capri, but somehow ended up with this. Although it was only a year or 2 old, it never inspired.
Maybe it was the colour?

Vauxhall Victor FE Vauxhall Victor FE SJH 8M Yellow
The 1st one I ever did up myself.
Bought from a really dodgy trader by the side of the road in White Heart Lane for £50. Stuck an exhaust on, resprayed it in the brightest yellow I could find. It had sharke teeth painted on the front, a confederate flag on the bonnet & a set of Dixie airhorns. Was this when 'the dukes of hazzard' was in it's hayday?

Swapped this for another Mk1 escort. Was told that it was wrapped round a lamppost in Wood Green a week later.

Ford Escort III Ford Escort III ALU 897Y Red
1984
Back to something sensible again. I wanted a XR3, so I got a 1300L....
A mate worked at Ford's PDI center, so it had all the XR3 interior, lights etc, but it was always a 1300....
Ford Consul 335 (Capri) Ford Consul 335 (Capri) CMC 100A
Silly-sensible-silly.... I'm spotting a pattern here.
Was this just after I'd 1st seen 'Christine'??
Bought in 1000 peices as an unfinished project, I bolted it all together, fitted a 1600gt engine , 2000e box & alloy wheels.
Suspension was lowered at the front & jacked at the back (as the 2000e propshaft wouldnt fit in the transmission tunnel)
Finished in the brightest red I could find at the time. Only thing that needed doing was the interior which was still the std pale green.
Cant remember why I sold this, but I think it was when I was trying to pool funds to buy the Manta
Citroen CX2200 OUD 252P Blue
Mini 1000 Purple
Mini 1000 White
Ford Cortina III TVX 273N White
Ford Escort I White
Ford Escort I HEV ???N Red
Vauxhall VX2300 Vauxhall VX2300
YUR 477S Yellow
Things are getting a bit hazy about what fitted in where, but I do remember that this was another cheapy special, & the 1st one I actually made a profit from. It was used in a Sun TV advert for a Samantha Fox promotion. They had it for 2 days & paid me twice what I paid for it. I got to keep the posters as well!!
Ford Fiesta Y Green
Vauxhall Cavalier 2000GLSVauxhall Cavalier 2000GLS Coupe
FKX 111T

1984-1985
Lowered suspension, chome wheels, underbody lighting, Disco lights, in 1984!!!
I was obviously well ahead of my time.
Ford Cortina Mk1 Blue
Opel Manta GTE Opel Manta GTE B667 VBM White
1985-1988
Volvo 145 Various Blue
Jaguar XJ6 GDD 652V Yellow
1988
Triumph StagTriumph Stag HWA 184N Red
MG Montego TURBO C95 FBM Silver

Lancia HPE1600 T White
Bought as an MOT failure from a chap at work, stuck a ticket on it , raced it about for a few months, then swapped it for a Spitfire.

Very fast, fantastic handling, incredibly unreliable.
Bust into flames in Barnet High Street a few weeks after I got rid of it.......

Triumph Spitfire 1500 R Yellow
Triumph Doloimte 1850 N Blue
a £20 special.. No fuel gauge, no speedo, never knew how much petrol it had in it, so ran out in some very inconvenient places.

BMW 735BMW 735i RFE 873W
Air, Cruise, electric everything, very fast...

The first of many

Mini 1000 BNO 704T Blue
Triumph 2500S Estate MYF 893P Red / Brown

Audi 200 TURBO B943 MLR Silver
1991
Ford Granada III 2.4 GL E397 CJN Silver
Peugeot 305 Van Y White
Datsun King Cab A128 NKK White
Chrome rollover bar, lots of spotlights, side graphics. Just like all the crewcab pickups that are so popular now.
Seems I was ahead of my time again.
Swapped for a V12 Daimler.
Vauxhall Cavalier 2000 GLS Hatchback
Blue
Ford Granada II 2.8i Estate ??? ???V
Bedford CF White
Daimler 5.3
Ford Transit Brown/Wood
VW Passat Red
Rover 800 H Silver
Peugeot 309 D250 UJB Red
Rover 220 GTI J Red
A special go faster edition, chipped, large freeflow exhaust, rock soild suspension, stupid skinney tyres.
Very fast, great handling, but a real pain it you had a headache!
Range Rover 3.5 Man E Brown
The worst car I ever owned. Engine was knackered, body not much better. Lost an absoulte fortune on it.
Took it to the Devils Pit & scared myself stupid.
Swapped it for a BMW, much nicer...
Bmw 525e GDZ 6759 Silver
Typical of all my other BMWs, had it a few years, never caused any problems, no brakedowns or dramas , then sold it.
Land Rover 110Land Rover 110 s/w A368 UFB Red
Bmw 730Bmw 730i F353 PNK
A cheapy from a mate in the trade.
It was cheap as it was showing 150,000 miles with no history.
Ran it for 18 months & 10,000 miles. No problems at all, 1 oil change, then sold it for a profit.
About time as I was starting to think that I was jinxed!
Metro 1.1 L RUD Blue

Daimler 4.2 CoupeDaimler 4.2 Coupe
Always wanted one since i 1st saw them. Had a few quid & saw this for sale, so had to go for it.
It was a very late coupe, with some series 3 bits. It had loads of history & recipts, so it must be a good one..?

Wrong. Took it for an MOT & the tester used 2 sticks of chalk on the bad bits.

Laid it up for a while, then started it up & the engine blew up.
Sold for spares..........

Rover 214i Rover 214i N802 GUR Silver
Honda GL650 Silver Wing
Honda XL1000 Varadero
Triumph AdventurerTriumph Adventurer
Yamaha TDM850Yamaha TDM850
VW Passat VW Passat Black
Suzuki SJ413Suzuki SJ413 E367 GAP Black

Bmw 525Bmw 525i HJI3800
2002-2007
All the toys, everything worked all the time, reliable, cheap to maintain, never let me down.

Why did I sell it again?

Range RoverRange Rover 3.5 Man GNE 479V Green
Suzuki SJ413Suzuki SJ413 F459 URL White
Suzuki SJ413Suzuki SJ413 E680 GRX Silver
Suzuki SJ413 D23 KMT Silver
Range RoverRange Rover 3.9 SE H20 HRC Black
VW Golf VW Golf D Blue
Range RoverRange Rover 3.9 SE H348 YGT Silver
Range RoverRange Rover B758 PKV Blue
Land Rover 90 s/w e Blue
Land Rover 88Land Rover 88 YJU 823Y Green
Range RoverRange Rover 3.5 A F719 SAC Orange
Range RoverRange Rover p38 CAZ 1492 Green
Land Rover 88Land Rover 88 UGW 99S Green
Range RoverRange Rover 3.5 Vogue G167 WAC Gold
Peugeot 405 M? Blue
Jaguar XJ6 Coupe Jaguar XJ6 Coupe PYW 117R GreenSand

Toyota Landcruiser Colorado 3.0 TD VX

Bored with spending all my time fixing unreliable rust buckets. In Australia, they say

" If you want to visit the Outback, get a Land Rover.
   If you want to come back again, get a Land Cruiser"

1962 Series 2a

Last saw tarmac in 1995

Chassis is living proof that waxoyl doesnt work.

Plan is to get a new chassis, swap over the good bits & build a nice tidy classic. No stickers, no big tyres etc.
Would like a full canvas, so anyone wanting to sawp a canvas & sticks for the existing hard top, please get in touch.

Also fancy some parabolics, some more period tyres, & no doubt a lot more.

In a years time this will either be finished, or for sale as an abandoned project.