Lezersvraag: what is the ‘normal’ car you liked as a child great?

Posted on 09-12-2015 at 18:06 by dizono – 324 Comments”

Of course, virtually every fledgling car enthusiast is fond of Ferrari’s, Porsche and/or Lamborghini’s, but what were the everyday cars that you as a small guy, or girl, completely in ecstasy, brought?

On the 400 metres that is my childhood home, the elementary school separated, were a few cars that I as a small autoliefhebbertje (built in the late 80’s) was hoping that my father would ever buy. First of all, performed the daily route me along a orange Volkswagen T2 Westfalia. Not that I necessarily was crazy of old VW vans, especially the spare tire key on me an indelible impression. For the same reason, I looked at every ‘real’ Land Rover, or sometimes a wheel on the bonnet was, superstoer I found it.

If I make a small detour took, came in first along a Alfa Romeo 33 Sportwagon. Although I have the car at the time less liked than I to him now was that Pininfarina-different logo on the C-style is nonetheless very special: the same was also on a Ferrari! But the car I really that piece of omliep, was the bright red Mazda 323F. A real sports car, that there are super-fast to look like and also quickly moést, he had klapkoplampen! Front-mounted spare wheels and klapkoplampen, nothing more was needed to small Dizono happy.

The history repeats itself, because between my house and my office I come by every day a 323F of the first generation. The fascination for klapkomplampen is gone, but still I think every time back to the past. That beautiful red ‘sports car’ at the parking space of the street.

Now it is the turn to you. No exotics, but cars that you in your youth with some regularity could encounter. Cars that the car enthusiast in you have sparked. Cars for which you undoubtedly still be a weak (or perhaps not). Any ordinary car you did as a child great?