Have You Owned Other Make Convertibles?

[DavesBRG5]

Just come across this old pic of me & one of my old MGBs in 1978 Few more grey hairs nowadays but my taste in cars hasn`t changed much.

So what other convertibles have you had before your 5s? Let`s see some pics & i`ll try & dig a few more out.

[Andrew]

My old 1966 AH Sprite


Then I had a Midget:


Then a Peugeot 304 Cab:


Then about 500 MX-5's...

[Mazda Mender]

Then about 500 MX-5's...

And still counting
M-m

[DavesBRG5]

Nice collection Andrew!

Few more of mine....

One of two red Spitfires i owned in my teens. This one had a fastback hardtop. Ole bill used think it was a GT6 & ask how i could insure it at my age lol



When we had 3 small kids i went out to buy an estate car & came home with this Cavalier Cabriolet



Recent Astra Twintop. Lovely car but didn`t keep it long. Scared stiff the complex roof mechanism would go t!ts up every time i pressed the button



My first Spitfire & first convertible which kicked off the addiction when i was 18.

[Rolyan]

I had an MGF until recently. Then Wayne got in touch...........

[flea]

I had an MGBGT

[DavesBRG5]

I had an MGF until recently. Then Wayne got in touch...........

Glad you saw the light! How many head gaskets did you get through?

[DavesBRG5]

I had an MGBGT

I had one of those too. A BRG one of course! Used to wedge a carrycot on the back bench seat back in the day before seatbelt enforcement. I fitted a glass sunroof to it, does that count as a convertible?

[DavesBRG5]

Just found another pic of one of my old Spits

[Lazza]

Never owned a convertible before my 1st MX5 but I did have this old thing:


1971 Rover P6 2000TC.
The engine died so I swapped it with a 2200TC engine which promptly also dies so I had it rebuilt with rebores, oversized pistons and a pair of dual Webber carbs ("borrowed" from Lotus where I worked at the time). After that it went like the clappers! Never should have sold it really, it was a lovely car :(

[Rolyan]

I had an MGF until recently. Then Wayne got in touch...........

Glad you saw the light! How many head gaskets did you get through?

A couple, but to be honest it was an attempt by the so called MG experts to solve a problem that was eventually cured by a £10 bottle of K-seal!!!

I'm one of the rare mx5 owners that still likes the MGF. Terrible I know but there you go. Part of my daily fun is comparing the 2 cars. Loving the mx5 though and it is like new.

[Ratz]

Triumph Stag, Pug 307cc (awful car), one of the run out Audi A4 convertibles.

[Ghostrider]

Haven't owned many cars but most have been convertibles of some sort. First was a TR7 (rusty, unreliable, broke down a lot) then - not to be outdone by my brother - a TR7V8 (not so rusty, still broke down a lot, never learnt) and then saw sense and went jap with my MR2 T-Bar (ok, so strictly speaking not a convertible but the t-bar was as near as dammit.

[Mazda Mender]

Oh yes a mk 1 MR2, mine was black and gold, those were the days,lol
m-m

[iansmx5]

here,s my other convertable, 1996 saab 2.0 900 sport (haha), 185k on her,she lives in spain at the caravan,makes the trip back here once a year for the MOT,1300 miles door to door o/way.with only a 9hr ferry crossing stop !!so comfy,not done it in the mx5 yet,but my 1st impressions of the car is its gonna be a 3 day trip , ouch !!