I've owned cars that are now viewed as classics, but when I bought them were just cars....VW Golf GTI mk I (1600) Peugeot 205 GTi, TVR S2, but back when I was a student I was into minis, the first one being a clubman (not a classic), but then two Morris Cooper 998 MkIIs on which I did loads of work, really cutting my teeth on them when it came to car mechanics. My Haynes manual had oily fingerprints all over it. I'd have loved a Cooper S, but couldn't afford to either buy or insure one.
I still have a real soft spot for the mk II Cooper, and would have another one like a shot if I could get it past
