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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!
Dipstick Mike Stoney
1954 AUSTIN A30
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Once upon a time in a land far far away . . . . or how I got saddled with a truly awful apology of a first vehicle.
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.
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)
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.
Dipstick Dave Pole
MY FIRST MOTORBIKES​
My very first bike was a rundown Honda 90 step-through, closely followed by an old Bultaco.