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I still remember the first time aged about 10 I got a lift in my dad's mates 900 turbo, was black with red interior and I thought it was a space ship compared to the bangers my folks were driving.
And it had headrests in the back, which along with twin exhausts and electric windows marked you out as a millionaire or a royal in the early 80's.
I had a couple of old school spots over the weekend. Coolest car I saw in Mayfair yesterday, forget the wall to wall dead to me Lambo's, Porches and Range Rovers, was this little factory fresh gem. A boggo standard Mk1 1.1L Ford Fiesta, from the first year of release, 1976. Before this Fiesta was just a full bush grot mag you'd find in a hedge.
And this gave me a flashback to my folks' bangernomics car days as we had one of these for a while when I was a kid. All I remember about it was it seemed huge inside and was very comfortable on shit country roads, a baby blue Morris 1800.