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The MD Top 40 greatest car related memories of our youth list. In order.
Number 40
The original Krooklok.
Ours could be opened by swearing loudly at it.
Number 40
The original Krooklok.
Ours could be opened by swearing loudly at it.
Number 39
An oil stained Haynes Car Repair Manual
An oil stained Haynes Car Repair Manual
Number 38
The Morris Minor Traveller
Sanding & varnishing. A car.
The Morris Minor Traveller
Sanding & varnishing. A car.
Number 37
The 8-track cartridge player.
Two cartridges: Sly & the Family Stone (popular). And Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music (less popular)
The 8-track cartridge player.
Two cartridges: Sly & the Family Stone (popular). And Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music (less popular)
Number 36
Travel Sweets
Travel Sweets
Number 35
4 star leaded petrol.
4 star leaded petrol.
Number 34
The sinister Holts exhaust repair bandage.
The sinister Holts exhaust repair bandage.
Number 33
Go faster stripes on a Hillman Avenger
Go faster stripes on a Hillman Avenger
Number 32
Having your car wheels stolen
Having your car wheels stolen
Number 31
The baffling popularity of the beaded car seat.
The baffling popularity of the beaded car seat.
Number 31
Paying a 17 year old Halford's apprentice to totally ruin your car by cheerfully allowing him to take an angle grinder to your roof to 'fit' a £99 sunroof.
Paying a 17 year old Halford's apprentice to totally ruin your car by cheerfully allowing him to take an angle grinder to your roof to 'fit' a £99 sunroof.
Number 30
The horror that was the car ashtray
The horror that was the car ashtray
Number 28
Our Sister's flash boyfriend's Bond Bug.
Our Sister's flash boyfriend's Bond Bug.
Number 27
A brown Austin Allegro. Later upgraded to the Vanden Plas model with pull-down trays for the back seat passengers.
A brown Austin Allegro. Later upgraded to the Vanden Plas model with pull-down trays for the back seat passengers.
Number 29
The mysterious anti-static earth strip
The mysterious anti-static earth strip
Number 26
Meshed back driving gloves.
Meshed back driving gloves.
Number 25
The trainee teacher's TR7 (with faulty pop-up headlight)
Books carried
Homework in on time
Splash of Brut 33
TR7 watched over in car park
Hair combed before class
Faulty hairdryer repaired by puppydog school technician
Wobbly bottom lip on the day she left
The trainee teacher's TR7 (with faulty pop-up headlight)
Books carried
Homework in on time
Splash of Brut 33
TR7 watched over in car park
Hair combed before class
Faulty hairdryer repaired by puppydog school technician
Wobbly bottom lip on the day she left
Number 24
The Vinyl roof
The Vinyl roof
Number 23
The panama hat on the rear parcel shelf of a car doing a maximum of 25 mph.
The panama hat on the rear parcel shelf of a car doing a maximum of 25 mph.
Number 22
The Ford Anglia
The floor rotted in the back in ours. When it rained we used to race Smarties tops in the water.
The Ford Anglia
The floor rotted in the back in ours. When it rained we used to race Smarties tops in the water.
Number 21
Esso football coins
Esso football coins
Number 20
The high powered police pursuit vehicle
The high powered police pursuit vehicle
Number 19
The stocking as an emergency broken fan belt repair
The stocking as an emergency broken fan belt repair
Number 18
Furry Dice
Furry Dice
Number 17
Stopping the car to put the aerial up
Stopping the car to put the aerial up
Number 16
The exotic Feu Orange air freshener. Complete with pin.
The exotic Feu Orange air freshener. Complete with pin.
Number 15
The coat hanger car aerial
The coat hanger car aerial
Number 14
Burning your arse in the summer on a white-hot seat belt clip
Burning your arse in the summer on a white-hot seat belt clip
Number 13
National Petrol Station Smurfs
National Petrol Station Smurfs
Number 12
The stolen car radio epidemic
The stolen car radio epidemic
Number 11
Blokes always complaining about women drivers. Our Da always kept quiet because our Ma was a much better driver than him and he knew it.
Blokes always complaining about women drivers. Our Da always kept quiet because our Ma was a much better driver than him and he knew it.
Number 10
VW's getting 'Beastied'
VW's getting 'Beastied'
Number 9
The clip on radio face plate. Inevitably stolen from the glove compartment with the main unit.
The clip on radio face plate. Inevitably stolen from the glove compartment with the main unit.
Number 8
The mysterious 'choke'
The mysterious 'choke'
Number 7
The magnificent Esso Oil Drop Boy
The magnificent Esso Oil Drop Boy
Number 6
Having to wind the car window up and down
Having to wind the car window up and down
Number 5
Esso Soup Mugs
Esso Soup Mugs
Number 4
The Reliant Robin
"YOU ONLY NEED A MOTORBIKE LICENCE!!!"
The Reliant Robin
"YOU ONLY NEED A MOTORBIKE LICENCE!!!"
Number 3
"WATCH OUT - THERE'S A THIEF ABOUT!"
"WATCH OUT - THERE'S A THIEF ABOUT!"
Number 2
The Mini ice cream van parked outside the school gates
The Mini ice cream van parked outside the school gates
****Number 1****
The personalised sun strip
SHAGGER SUE
Sue's Da was not happy.
The personalised sun strip
SHAGGER SUE
Sue's Da was not happy.
Late entry:
Air horns.
Air horns.
