The formidable 1983 1.5 Horizon, this was the car I learnt to drive in and was my dad’s.
Let me tell you, he wasn’t messing about with the spec… mirrors that adjusted from the inside, a sunroof, and…. five gears!! Yep count ’em folks - it even had a badge proudly showing 5 Speed.
Immortalised here as a watercolour sketch.
Here’s my painting (A3 watercolour) of my first project car, a Westfield SE which I built when I was a teenager.
Other cars came and went during the build time but this was the main project. From the bare metal chassis to a fully working car.
Pre-Internet so no ready answers to questions. Vague photocopied instructions and two Haynes manuals…. car building and also character building for sure.