Cars owned whilst in BAOR

I had a wankle engine motor bike, the Suzuki RE5, I am sure it went with me to munster, but that might have been the GS750. i have since done quite a bit of wirk on them. they are a remarkably good, if over complicated engine. the carburation is particularly challenging. though if your not looking fo concourse, then the best bet is to replace the origional carb with one of the Norton SU's off their wankel. As for cars i had a couple of beetles, a 17m wagon and the only new car i ever owned, a peugeot 204.

Hi Steve Jones,

I had to wait until 1972 to buy the only new car I have ever owned - a Ford Cortina Mk III estate. Talking about bikes, I have a 1964 Triumph T90 with a 500cc engine fitted which I rebuilt from a donor bike some five years ago. Here's a picture of it :



I was a serious rider during the late 1950's to early 1960's, owning a few Triumphs and finishing with a couple of Bonnevilles (1959 & a 1960 model)

I am not sure what is happening, but i cant see any photos people have posted on this thread (apart from the green opal ?) I have always been a bike fan, had far to many to list here. my first though was a BSAC15 in 1968. Worked on M20's TRW500's and B40's while in the army and used to ride army trials as well. When i got out io worked for a while for a suzuki dealer in Wokingham, as we did MOT's i often got to road test anything exotic or different that came in. my last bikes were a pair of yamaha RZ350's (I think in UK they are LC350's) which i ghhad for club racing and i have a Honda FT400 waiting for me to rebuild when i get home.

Hi Steve, I remember the Triumph TRW's. The R Sigs Display team used to have a few some years ago but are now down to Harris Triumph 750cc Bonnevilles which are getting a bit long in the tooth now.

Jimsigs1,
A beautiful restoration on that 'Triumph' bike
BobR

Funny enough BobR, the Triumph is worth more than my SEAT Ibiza. As you know, classics appreciate etc.

If I were to go back to BAOR again, the vehicle I would like to own is one of these :





Cruising all day at 50MPH - Great!!

Brings back memories Jim, used one of these at 20 Armd Bde until we received 'the Beast', the armoured command vehicle ..

Len (Ciphers)

jimsigs1 wrote:

If I were to go back to BAOR again, the vehicle I would like to own is one of these :





Cruising all day at 50MPH - Great!!

DO hope you're going to clean the bloody thing, old chap !

That's not dirt Sir, that's camouflage.!!

Sorry it's not quite what is meant I am sure, I bought this beauty (not this actual car) from a Cpl in Marchwood, but still owned it whilst in Germany, cost me the princely sum of £15 with some road tax still on it, most of the time using the starting handle
Les

Les, I reckon that's an Austin 12. When I was at school living in Cheltenham during the 1940's, a taxi company called 'Cheltax' had a fleet of them.

Absolutely correct, very handy as the bus service at Marchwood did not match up very well with the train times, for some of the lads going up north it was a bit of a headache, answer, I used to take them to my nearest station, Hampton Court, from there it was just 20mins into Waterloo and they were happy, as I was with a little money towards petrol, I think it was a 1945/6 when I went to Germany I left it at my Mothers, did give it a top end overhaul during one leave, then unfortunately during the late 60s they had a flood, car ruined, sent for scrap

That Austin would be worth a few pennies today, if it was in the condition when you had it.

It certainly would Jimsigs, lovely old leather seats and that smell that you can't replicate with a modern car, I was so surprised to be able to pick up the parts for it, straight off the shelf, still I do have the memories

I know what you mean Les with regard to that new smell. Saw an aerosol a few years ago containing new car smell. But it couldn'r really replicate the genuine aroma.

In some ways I am glad it is just a memory, when I did the top overhaul (of course no head skim or torque wrench in those days) it gave me such a kick, if it had gone on too long I probably would not have wanted to part with it, I was totally self taught and used to think it was brilliant when things turned out right, unlike modern cars when most of the faults are diagnosed by computer

Hi there,
My dad said I got a new car every time the ash tray was full........
1982 - A 1977 Opel Kadett 'Berlinetta' in HOHNE
1983 - A new Triumph Acclaim HL
1987 - A 1982 BMW 323i in BERLIN
1988 - A 1985 Nissan Vanette (kids) in MUNSTER
1989 - A 1988 Rover 825 si
1991 - A new Vauxhall Calibra 8 valve
1993 - A 1992 FORD SIERRA COSWORTH 4x4
1994 - A 1992 VW Golf GTI
1995 - A 1992 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16 valve
1997 - A 1988 BMW 325 Xi
1998 - A 1987 Audi Coupe 1.8 GL
1999 - A 1991 Renault 21 Estate
Left BAOR / BFG in 2000.
Atb
Pinky
HUSSAR

That's an enviable record Pinky. I'll go for the 1988 BMW 325Xi

....perks of Tax free etc.
Never made a penny on any deal, was probably ripped off at least 8 times !!
Nice collection non the less.
Cheers
Pinky
HUSSAR

pinky wrote:

Hi there,
My dad said I got a new car every time the ash tray was full........
1982 - A 1977 Opel Kadett 'Berlinetta' in HOHNE
1983 - A new Triumph Acclaim HL
1987 - A 1982 BMW 323i in BERLIN
1988 - A 1985 Nissan Vanette (kids) in MUNSTER
1989 - A 1988 Rover 825 si
1991 - A new Vauxhall Calibra 8 valve
1993 - A 1992 FORD SIERRA COSWORTH 4x4
1994 - A 1992 VW Golf GTI
1995 - A 1992 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16 valve
1997 - A 1988 BMW 325 Xi
1998 - A 1987 Audi Coupe 1.8 GL
1999 - A 1991 Renault 21 Estate
Left BAOR / BFG in 2000.
Atb
Pinky
HUSSAR

Interesting how things suddenly tapered off 1998/99 Pinky !

When serving in BAOR fellas buying cars out there were divided into those that bought an old car for pennies and those that bought a new car hopefully with one year or more to go so that they could escape the UK purchase tax. Rootes Group did very well out there with their Hillman Minx models.

I thought someone might notice that......yep got divorced in '97 !!
lol
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

pinky wrote:

I thought someone might notice that......yep got divorced in '97 !!
lol
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

Fiat 124 Sport
Mini 1275 GT
Austin Maxi 1750
Bedford CF van
Triumph Spitfire Mk 4 1300
Fiat Ritmo 1300
Renault 5 Parisienne 2
Volkswagen Beetle 1300
Ford Taunus 1600
Mitsubishi Gallant 2000


Not in order of ownership.
The Ritmo, 1275 and Renault were brand new the rest were used.