Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms What car did you pass your driving test in??

I passed (first time) in 1974 in my father's 1967 Citroen DS Safari--on one of the rare occasions it actually worked. I had done all of my learning in his 1959 Rover 75, which was solid, reliable, and magnificent in comparison. Before the Rover he had a 1950 Triumph Renown that I was far too young to drive (my abiding memory is the taste of the hand straps in the back--a blend of leather and old elastic--because I used to chew them!) I have one faint memory of the 1936 Austin Ruby he sold in 1960.

My father's car, a 1955 Buick Roadmaster. I'm claiming the prize for the heaviest ride.

I was a farm boy, and had been driving utilities and trucks since I was about 8 years old, I drove into town in the old farm ute to sit my test, and the police officer who took it figured I could drive if I had got there by myself. My test required me to take him down the shops to pick up the paper and drop it of at his house where he also picked up his lunch and then back to the station.
A week after I had sat my test, I had to present back down at the station as they had lost the written part of the test and I had to re-sit, the only difference was this time I did it with the policeman telling me the answers. Did have to get the obligatory one wrong though.
week later I had my first car, a 1962 EK Holden, two tone pink and grey with spats over the tyres and 90,000 miles on the clock. Holden 149 cu inch grey motor with twin Stromberg carbs and extractors. Hot Hot Hot.

Sounds a bit like my experience Graeme. I had been driving tractors, crawler tractors, the farm jeep, and a 10 ton Mercedes-Benz truck (to deliver grain 25 km to the rail silos at Tullibigeal during the harvest) before I even had a learner's permit. When I took my test I don't even remember doing any exam let alone a written one. The sergeant at Lake Cagelligo probably asked me a few basic questions and then got me to drive him around the "block". At one point he said "turn left here" and I turned into a sort of layby at the side of the dirt road. "No not here", he said, "At the next road." I turned back onto the road and bumped over the berm convinced I had failed. When we got back to the police station he got me to park and then, much to my surprise, told me to wait while he prepared my licence.

The motorcycle test I did in another place and simply involved going down the road, doing a U turn without putting my foot down and coming back.

With my parent's car then, 1952 Studebaker Champion......56 years ago!
My first car was a 1961 MG-A (attached photo)purchased in winter of'62

What an enjoyable thread!
Learned on a S2 Land Rover, driving my father round Wales on his rounds as a regional medical officer. Then 5 lessons on a driving school Escort Mk1 getting all my bad habits ironed out. Passed first time, then bought an old 105e Anglia, Citroen Dyane, and then first Mog, a 1600 4/4. All three were great cars, and I wish I still had them.

NIce MG Bert ...u must have been quite well off!

Am enjoying this thread too!

So,many really interesting and amusing stories of how we achieved our Pass with cars and bikes.

How things have changed.

Keep em coming!

Dam*! 1966.

Started driving tractors illegally age 9. Four of is bought a Tippen Invacar for £20 to run round the fields. Ours was a convertible. Versions were made by AC Cars. Then we had a one owner Austin A40 countryman. We eventually broke its back, 12 in it was too many.
A policeman family friend taught me to drive. I took the test in my dads Humber Hawk an ex cop car. I failed as the friend did not teach me how to pass the test which is not the same as driving. Had maybe 6 lessons in a Morris 1100. On test day the instructor turned up in a Mini, struggling with the gears I failed. Two more lessons & I passed in the 1100. I got my licence within 6 months of getting my provisional. I passed bike test first go.

Tim