Did You Drive One?

[Buenchico]

I learned on one, had one as my first car and delivered loads of them from Ford's Dagenham plant to BT sites around the country:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66130803

They were cheap and reliable but never exactly wonderful in my opinion.

[Deskdiary]

I had a Citroen BX 1.6 TRS with the rocker switch in cancelling indicators and the wheel speedo.

Quirky in a way the French are great at.

To this day my dream car is a Citroen Maserati SM.

[Deskdiary]

***un-cancelling indicators***

[Buenchico]

I used to like the odd looks I could get from the driver of the car next to me at traffic lights as I kept going up and down (by adjusting the height of the suspension) in my Citroen BX ;-)

[Tilly2]

New Judge, spot on! It was a Triumph Herald convertible.

[New Judge]

//New Judge, spot on! It was a Triumph Herald convertible.//

Ah, there ere lots of those, tilly. They were designed from the outset to have a convertible version. Many cars (such as the Anglia) relied on the roof to provide strength. If you chopped the roof off the bottom of the car was not strong enough to prevent it collapsing. When Crayford Conversions converted saloons to soft tops, metal box sections were welded into what was left of the bodywork to provide the required strength.

The Herald was a nice little car. The entire front section hinged forwards to give good access to the engine. As well as that, they had the tightest turning circle of any production car (except London black taxis).

[Tilly2]

Mine was really smelly because the rain got in!