My first car was a Vitesse - as you say fantastic car and I miss it to
It failed its MOT so I stuck it in a garage I rented off the council. When the garage bill got to £80 - I sold the car for that to cover the bill - mad things you do when your young!
2nd car was an 1850HL I bought off my mate who had crashed it (on that tight bend iin Merstham on the A23 if anyone knows it). I had it repaired and a replacement engine fitted in Canning Town. It broke down in the middle of the Blackwall Tunnel driving it home ! I then crashed it in Brighton a couple of weeks later! That was the end of that.
3rd car was a Spartan built on a Vitesse. That had a hinged wooden board for a "back seat" - underneath it were 3 lumps of lead moulded in oil cans
mine failed in the end, the rear outrigger rusted away, so when u slowed down the wheel moved sideways, scary, lol
had the 2 litre model , was very thirsty and great with the roof off, was cherry red , gold wheels and a gold thin strip down the side
if I had the money would love another one, could blaim it on a mid life crisis ,
another car i always wanted back then was a Jensen interceptor, but well out of my price range, think it was a 7 litre v8 , sounded awesome ,
also would have liked a rover 3500 cc, coupe, can't remember the model but had all leather interior and was an auto as standard
did also have a triumph 2500 cc pi , that went through injection pumps like no tommorow , lol
my dream would be to have a garage, a 4 post ramp and buy a 90 defender, take it completely apart down to a rolling chassis , put a tvr v8 in it along with an autobox, snorkal , the works
oh well nice to dream