23rd
of July 1998 - The day I went, inside of my mum’s belly, from a small town to a
Hospital in Oporto to be born. And that trip, it didn’t leave any chances for
me to choose not to be a petrolhead, it was made in an iconic set of wheels, a 1988
Renault 4L GTL.
It
was a white, slow, rudimentary car but, the Renault 4 outcomes it’s own flaws.
It’s rudimentary and slow, maybe because it’s a late 1950’s project, but that
didn’t stop my dad from buying one…in 1988. Maybe if he had bought a less
interesting car I wouldn’t fall in love with this model, and later with all
things automotive, and I wouldn’t be here writing this, which would be a good
thing for the readers! (Just Kidding!)
That
car is the reason I’m here today as a car enthusiast, but even with all the
sentimental value my dad sold it back in 2004, because of a blown head gasket. Although
I’m trying to convince him to get it back since like 2012, I haven’t been able
to do it, but at least I’ve found a picture in the internet of what it may look
like know, yes, in a forum somebody was able to provide me with a picture of
the exact Renault 4L GTL with the Portuguese license plate PE-23-64 and since
I’ve seen this picture the idea of getting it back and restore it never left my
mind.
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| Sad me is sad, photo from the forum guy. |
Restoring ideas aside, back to the story,
later my dad bought a Opel Corsa A GT also from 1988, another iconic car to me,
that thing was hot hatch! 59 bhp from a 1.3 inline 4 engine! What a
machiiiine!!! Ok, it wasn’t a fast car, it wasn’t a Peugeot 205 GTI in the
handling department, the brakes weren’t good by any means and the dash plastics
made danced in a cobblestone road like a chicken in a heroin trip, but that car
once again left a mark in my life. And again, my dad got rid of it, scrapped it
after a crash.
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| My dad's looked a lot like this one, only in dark grey, the plate OL-54-17 |
But,
moving on from my dad’s car’s because as you see he got rid of all of them, other
cars that shaped me into this petrolhead you see here, the cars in TV, as you can see in this Buyer's Guide I made, the
Starsky and Hutch’s Gran Torino, KITT for Knight Rider and so on…
On
the next episode, the story about me learning how to drive!
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