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MY FIRST WHEELS

DARLINGTON DIPSTICKS TELL TALES

Darlington Dipsticks members tell of their first wheels, the sad, exhilarating, and funny experiences they had with it, and more. Enjoy the journey!

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Dipstick Mike Stoney

1954 AUSTIN A30

Once upon a time in a land far far away . . . . or how I got saddled with a truly awful apology of a first vehicle. 

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Dipstick Clive Ball

1920 MODEL T FORD & 1932 AUSTIN SEVEN SALOON

When I turned 17, Grandad gave me a 1920 Model T Ford which he’d had in a shed for 30-odd years. 

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Dipstick David Pole

MK1 FORD CORTINA 2 DOOR

Bought from a little car yard in Osborne Park for $100, it wasn't running so they lent me trade plates to get home.

Image credit Duncan Harris (wikipedia)

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Dipstick Mike Stoney

MY DAD'S FIRT CAR

 

Dad had been taught to drive trucks in the army, but his experience of driving cars after the war was very limited.

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Dipstick Dave Pole

MY FIRST MOTORBIKES

My very first bike was a rundown Honda 90 step-through, closely followed by an old Bultaco. 

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