No doubt this one's been here before, but we had some laughs at work today remembering our first car. For $800 I had this God-awful Plymouth Cricket that had a manual choke. :eek: The brake pedal stuck down and I had to pull it up with my foot. At the time, I was just so thankful to have wheels that turned-lol. I searched for this pic on the web and it scared the sh!t out of me to have to look at one again!! ;)
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j250/elainetaub/250px-PlymouthCricket.jpg

I had a 1985 Nissan Sentra---it was a hand-me-down car.

1968 Chevelle SS 396 4speed

Damn - first one wuz a '56 Rambler....o/d, lay-back front seats. Spun a rear bearin' one night. Pulled up ta a stop sign after a series of purty "interestin'" curves, let out the clutch - an' nuthin'. Axle snapped clean off while ah sat at the sign. A minute earlier, an' ah'd have been pickin' moutainside outta mah teeth!

Rambler's were famous for those lay down seats Hmmmmmm

First car, 1966 Chevy Impala SS, 327

ORIGINAL: Crazy Biker

1968 Chevelle SS 396 4speed


Oh, much nicer than a Cricket.[8D] Some of us even survived the parties that the Super Sport demanded!

1954 Ford Victoria 2 dr (not the Crown Vic). Candy apple green & cream. 3 on the floor. $300.00. This was in 1963.

ORIGINAL: ironhorselady

ORIGINAL: Crazy Biker

1968 Chevelle SS 396 4speed


Oh, much nicer than a Cricket.[8D] Some of us even survived the parties that the Super Sport demanded!


Yeah that car was a lot of fun, but it was also a money pit. Good thing I lived with my parents when I own it, back in the '70s.

1947 Ford Convertible. That was in 1952.

'60 Ford Falcon.... given to me...

I am of the younger generation so I had and still have to this day a 1988 Ford Thunderbird Supercoupe 5-speed.

1959 Volkswagen Beetle - $50 off the back of a dealers lot.

1965 Ford Falcon- Primer black with a weak ass 140 ci straight six. Could'nt dent it though, no matter what I ran into.

My very first car was a 1931 Chevy Coupe like the one below. I bought it for $5.00 when I was 14 years old in 1953.

http://www.wtv-zone.com/kingdon/11/1931-chevy.jpg

ORIGINAL: TexasRedneck

Damn - first one wuz a '56 Rambler....o/d, lay-back front seats. Spun a rear bearin' one night. Pulled up ta a stop sign after a series of purty "interestin'" curves, let out the clutch - an' nuthin'. Axle snapped clean off while ah sat at the sign. A minute earlier, an' ah'd have been pickin' moutainside outta mah teeth!


65 rambler marlin-$250.00 had about $100.00 worth of metal left to the body, but it did have the lay down front seats. remember my dad looking in my car one time asking " are those tennis shoe prints on the headliner" uuhhhhhhhh, maybe

1974 Volkswagon Bug, orange. They really do float...for a while anyway!

Here I am with a 1961 bug, a 64 bug and if you look really close you will see a 1968 CB125 honda with the front fender removed and apehangers.
And,,,,,,,,I had hair.


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1981 caddy eldorado..paid $4800, pops helped out.

69 Buick Electra. It was a tank! My dad put glass packs on it so I couldnt't sneek in after curfew. The floor boards were all rusted out and I had a lovely plywood floor. Made it easy for all those road parties we went to. Just lift the ole foor up and drop out the empties. $500.00 bucks and the beast had factory air!!

:)Well, this is a fun memory to relive...............NOT. On my 16th Bday, my dad tosses keys with a ribbon on them on the kitchen counter as I am getting ready for school............I freak out (happily) and run to the kitchen window.......in the drive way isbrand spankingnew baby blue car of some sort (didn't know what it was at the time) and I assume it is mine. I go to grab the set of keys....................Dad stops me and says no, those are for your mother......here's your set!!!! Which went toher OLD a$$ YELLOW 1977 DATSUN B210!!!!!..................it was 1985!!!!!!!

My Bday is Feb. 13 and my dad bought the car for mom for Valentines the next day but thought it would be funny to give it to her a day early for the "trick" on me...............................didn't laugh then, but being a parent now I can appreciate his sick joke.:):D

Best thing they did was tell me if I kept my grades up, no tickets or accidents and NOT ASK THEM for gas money for the next year.......they would get me a new car senior year. My silver with HOT PINK flames 1987 Ford Ranger Sport fully loaded wassmokin' when I got it!;)

76 MG Midget like the one shown below...only difference was mine was primer grey most of the time I owned it...never did get it repainted....had to sit on the top with someone inside to get it to latch[&:]...thank god it doesn't rain much in CA:D

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Camaro 1988, 2.8L V6. God i have fun doing burn-outs.

Don't feel bad - drove the ol' Rambler fer a coupla years, then bought me a '56 Buick Special (2-door) fer the princely sum of $25! Seems the clutch wuz toast on it, an' with the enclosed driveshaft, it wuz a real PITA ta replace....but not fer an ol' country boy with an oak tree an' coffin hoist....

1989 Toyota Camry. Some friends of the family were selling so it was swooped up for me who really did a lot of partying in that thing.

A crappy Honda Accord (85) with a smashed in trunk.

1962 international 1/2 ton short box for 300 dollars and the only time i got to drive it was when we dragged it home from the "salvage" yard

mine was red with white top..loved the truck but had no money

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58VW bug for $50.00, didnt run for very long and ended up with a 65 bug ragtop

First Car: a 1965 Mustang...bright red...everyone in town knew about the car and nobody said a word to me until I was driving it..."Oh I see you finally got your car..." My Dad thought it was funny as hell...

1949 Chevy 1/2 ton PU, 5 window deluxe cab. Paid $225 wish I had it back

ORIGINAL: Slider

First Car: a 1965 Mustang...bright red...everyone in town knew about the car and nobody said a word to me until I was driving it..."Oh I see you finally got your car..." My Dad thought it was funny as hell...


Hmmmm...........and now as a grown man you still are driving a Mustang, bright red but much newer;)! That is cute. What happened to the '65? That would be sweet to have now.

I was a dork and sold it so I could buy a pickup....http://www.comicguide.net/images/smilies/doof.gif

When I was 14 I had two paper routes to earn the $400 it cost me to buy my first car, a 1952 Chevy truck very similar to this one...

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa156/descott_photos/front_right_122803_lgSmall.jpg

Fat_o6...............looks a lot like the truck I learned to drive on........my dad had a 1956 Chevy, with power NOTHING on that thing. I'm 15 and he decides to take me out and teach me to drive it............even though we had two other cars with at least power steering (I think?).

That truck was a monster and heavy. The all the steering gave me muscles....which my dad said I was going to need to fight off "dates" once I go my license.....dad always was a thinking type!:)

1972 Dodge Coronet.......It was 6 years old when I bought it for $400 in 1978. It didn't have a scratch on it with 48,000 miles. Drank a lot of beer in that car driving the gravel roadsin Northern Illinois.
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There are so many things wrong in the above post i don't know where to start. Cripes i regret being born in 1988.

in 1976, I bought a 1955 Chevy 2 door. jerked the 6 cyl out and replaced with a 427 CI, 4 speed, 4:11 rear end. boy, did I have fun!!!

1961 Chevy 1/2 ton.....Was an ugly green over white. 283 with 3 on the tree. Drove it down to Padre Island the summer before my senior year in high school, got drunk and buried it in sand past the axles, somehow got it unstuck and partthe transmission fell out while sitting at the ferry landing. Boy my dad was pizzedI called him to come get me.

My first was a '65 Corvair Monza 4 speed 110 hp 164 cid. I paid $350 for it with money earned shoveling snow, raking leaves, paper route...whatever I could do to earn a buck! I bought it in '75 when I was 15. The body was solid motor was weak. A couple years later I found a wrecked Corsa with a 140 HP 4 with 1 barrel carbs. I swapped the motor, dash and all the insignias and made my Monza into a Corsa! I had to ride a damn bicycle for a month or so while the car was torn apart! Drove that car for several years. Finally found a 180 hp turbocharged 66 Corsa and ran it for a while. Corvairs were great cars (heater sucked ass) SCREW YOU RALPH NADER!!!

'66 Mustang coupe. 289 automatic. Dark blue, rust bucket from Eastern Canada.


CN

ORIGINAL: 02sprtychick

Fat_o6...............looks a lot like the truck I learned to drive on.......


I learned to drive in the truck too...
It had a 6 volt electrical system, that would barely start it on a good day... Every time I stalled it my brother(teaching me to drive) would make me get out and push start it...[&:]
I learned real quick how to feather a clutch...:eek:

A '62 Volkswagen with a sunroof. Paid $200 for it when I was 14. Great for huntin' whistle pigs on the gravel back roads. Two of us. One would drive while the other watched the fields. See a ground hog in the field, stop, pop up through the sunroof, blow it away, and go lookin' for another.

http://www.ohtm.org/Auction/Auc05Pix/a05_62bug.jpg
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That cricket looks like the Opel Manta. But can't be because you said it was a Plymouth. Back then Opel was owned by GM.

In 1989 my first car was an 1970 Opel GT, the poor man's vette. I was only 1 year older than the car.

1968 Pontiac Catalina .If you looked real hard you could see it was blue.But mostly rust.$125.00

ORIGINAL: ironhorselady

No doubt this one's been here before, but we had some laughs at work today remembering our first car. For $800 I had this God-awful Plymouth Cricket that had a manual choke. :eek: The brake pedal stuck down and I had to pull it up with my foot. At the time, I was just so thankful to have wheels that turned-lol. I searched for this pic on the web and it scared the sh!t out of me to have to look at one again!! ;)
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j250/elainetaub/250px-PlymouthCricket.jpg



OK. I think Im in the running my first P.O.S. was a 1971 Ford Pinto with stripped out starter bolts SoI had to wedge a F%ckin Plunger handlebetween the starter and cross member tohold up the starter hay ti was ony thing to fix it. Then I had to convert the cylinder head to burn unleadedFu&k fueldo I NEED TO SAY ANY MORE! HA HA! That car was a riot halin as much ass as I could then ripping the e-brake and spinnen 360's FU#CK that was fun! Thanks for giving me my child hood back I think ill go spin some more 360's YEA HOO!

1979 Z28. Just like the one except mine was silver with orange/red trim. No t-tops unfortunately.

http://www.excellauctions.com/productimages/Front%20Side%286%29.jpg

1987 Ford Escort

ORIGINAL: Slider
Iwas a dork and sold it so I could buy a pickup....http://www.comicguide.net/images/smilies/doof.gif


Yeah I know that feeling...I once had a '67 fastback[:@]

ORIGINAL: Blackbird

My very first car was a 1931 Chevy Coupe like the one below. I bought it for $5.00 when I was 14 years old in 1953.

http://www.wtv-zone.com/kingdon/11/1931-chevy.jpg


Wow, Blackbird, I think you take the prize here! I wish I had that when my kids were screaming "shotgun". They would have been screaming "rumble" instead and I would have happily packed them all in there!

1966 Plymouth Barracuda

'65 VW bus. Bought 3 of them for $200 & made 1 good one that I drove across the country a few times. Fianlly totaled it when a kid in a brand new Honda prelude pulled out in front of me while his Dad was teaching him to drive. I was going 60 & lived but crushed my left hand & had a concusion on the back of my head from a VW Rabbit muffler that flew up from the back seat & 1 on the front of my head from knocking the left windshield out.. If there had been anyone in the passenger seat, they'd had died for sure. It shattered the Hondas tranny all over it's engine. Made a ton of $$ off their insurance though.

65 Rambler classic-push button transmission

1965 Rambler Classic 770 - white with red interior and, yes it had the lay-down seats. Swapped that for a 1965 BSA Hornet and a 1958 Desoto with push-button trans. Traded both of those for a 1972 XLCH.

1966 Pontiac Grand Prix, factory 389, bucket seats, console shift, 8 lug mags, 2 barrel, duel exhast. Looked the same as the GTO, how I never killed myself is beyond me.

My was a 1983 Mini Mayfair like the pics but light metallic blue with big bore center exhaust and wide wheels

I got a 1980 Chevy Mailbu 4-door whenI turned 16 from my Grandpa. He paid $2000 for it from another old timer. Great car with only 50K on it in 1991. It lasted 6 months until i got bit by the truck bug.

[sm=smiley35.gif]Mine was a '68 Pontiac LeMans and like alot of you boy do I wish that I'd have held on to it! After reading about some of your GTO's, Chevelles, Mustangs & such, if we had only known! Huh?

Mine was a 1980 Toyota Corolla. The state titled it as a Toytota Crumrolla. I wish I would have made a copy of it, I laughed so hard because it appeared of course on my registration that way as well.

I had bought this car from a little old lady who's husband was a mechanic. Seriously! The gas gauge never worked and I did run out of gas a few times at the worse times of course. Bought it for $2200 in 1986 with the money from 3 summers worth of jobs while I was in high school and sold it in 1989 for $1500 - it was a great car, fun to drive through puddles of water, and even more fun driving it sideways in the winter. I was nicknamed "mario" for a while.

Red 1967 Mustang w/289 handed down from my parents in high school. Put on a set of mags, air shocks to raise the rear, glass packs .

My very first car was a '65 Chevy Bel-Aire... 235 straight 6 cyl., 4 dr., faded blue, powerglide trans.... graduated H.S. and bought a '69 Olds Cutlass, 350 Rocket motor... 2 dr. hardtop.... now THAT was a car.... too much fun in that one.

1963 Pontiac Catalina, $250, took 2 months to blow the engine. Replaced it with 389, 3 dueces out of a '66 GTO, 360hp, floor shift conversion and coat hangered on glasspacks!

1978 Buick Regal wound up putting a 350 Buick in it and she flew. That car was gorgeous. Two tone metallic blue, Cadillac colors, with customer pinstriping, black out windows, and had the rear quarter windows sandblasted with designs. Wish I had a picture on the computer

I drove my dad's '61 Falcon Futura, with bucket seats in high school. Bought my first car, 1969 Austin America, 4cyl, crosswise engine with front wheel drive for $1999, new.
Wish I still had that little bugger.

mjh

Mine was a red 67 Mustang. Wish I had it back.....and don't you guys with those 60 Chevy muscle cars wish you had them back. :D

ORIGINAL: ironhorselady

ORIGINAL: Blackbird

My very first car was a 1931 Chevy Coupe like the one below. I bought it for $5.00 when I was 14 years old in 1953.

http://www.wtv-zone.com/kingdon/11/1931-chevy.jpg


Wow, Blackbird, I think you take the prize here!Â* I wish I had that when my kids were screaming "shotgun".Â* They would have been screaming "rumble" instead and I would have happily packed them all in there!


"Rumble Seats" were great fun. I also liked the wire wheels and stick shift of that era. When I bought it, I was working part time at my uncle's gas station on Kinderkamack Road in Hillsdale, NJ. I replaced the clutch, gave it a valve job, rebuilt the carb, upgraded the ignition and removed all four fenders. I bolted the headlights to the radiator. It was my first "Hot-Rod". :D

54 Pontiac convertable with a bad motor.traded it for the first of many 55 Chevys.

Hey HDSanta, my Mom's first car was a 1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport, believe it or not my parents still have it to this day, my Dad tells me that it will be willed to me in the future. Not stock anymore. 455 big block in it with dual exhaust. Awesome car, got all the guys heads turning when I was in HS cause I got to drive it to school before I got my own car. No power brakes. Laid on them with both feet to stop.

ORIGINAL: HDSanta

[sm=smiley35.gif]Mine was a '68 Pontiac LeMans and like alot of you boy do I wish that I'd have held on to it! After reading about some of your GTO's, Chevelles, Mustangs & such, if we had only known! Huh?

1968 Ford Falcon Futura Station Wagon $50.00 in 1974 guy was getting shipped overseas and was trying to get rid of it. Kept it till I got out of High school in 76. Sold it for $295.00

ORIGINAL: TexasRedneck

Damn - first one wuz a '56 Rambler....

One of those Rambler Ambassador's ran over me and my first bike when I was 20.... still hurts
My first car was a 1974 Pontiac Ventura, boy I was cool:eek:

A sixty something Rambler wagon that I paid $35.00 for. The car was CLEAN , no reverse!!

I had a 1959 Chevy Impala, white over grey. Another one of those "wish I still had it". Sold it before going into Air Force in 1966.

Fresh out of high school in 1969 my dad bought me my first car. '59 Rambler Ambassador wagon that he paid $50 for. This must have been a very nice car at one time, but was far from it when I got it. One of it's many problems was that the transmission wouldn't hold the car when you put it in park. The emergency brake didn't work either so we had to figure out how to keep it from coasting away when parked. I started taking a brick with me. I'd park facing down hill, open the door and drop the brick, then coast up till the brick was holding the rear wheel. When ready to leave, back up till I could open the door and pick up my brick. You do what you gotta do.

We were "financially challenged" in those days, and I drove my share of total junkers. Never left home without some soup cans and wire coat hangers. Repaired a broken tie rod end with a coat hanger once. Ah, those were the days.

1959 Mercedes 220S. My Dad ran an independant Mercedes repair shop. He bought the car for $50.00, put $100.00 in the engine and I bought it for what he had in it. This was in 1969.

My first car was a 1981 Toyota Corolla. My mom bought it new, and I started driving it in 1989. I LOVED that car.

My first car I bought in 1969 in high school was a '62 chevy impala SS 327 4 speed . Boy i wish I had it now.In 1972 bought a '70 Chevelle SS had a L78 about 500 ponies, raced two telephone poles one night ,guess who won!. Oh the good old days.

1965 Pontiac GTO, 389 4 barrel and two speed automatic. I bought it off my brother when he was moving to California for $400. I was 13, had the car until I was 19.

My wife's was a 1968 Camaro RS with 327 and a 4-speed. Her mom bought it new in '68.

1969 Chevy Nova 3 on the tree... $50

'79 Pontiac Sunbird Coupe in 1986 (Junior yr. of HS) Great car until some SOB decided he could scoot across the 4-lane before I got there. He was wrong, I caught his rear quarter with the left front. My dad put a salvage yard fender and hood off of a '77 Monza on it. Car lasted four more years till it dropped a cylinder with my sister driving it. She got a brand new Ranger to replace it...

ORIGINAL: mmb617

Fresh out of high school in 1969 my dad bought me my first car. '59 Rambler Ambassador wagon that he paid $50 for. This must have been a very nice car at one time, but was far from it when I got it. One of it's many problems was that the transmission wouldn't hold the car when you put it in park. The emergency brake didn't work either so we had to figure out how to keep it from coasting away when parked. I started taking a brick with me. I'd park facing down hill, open the door and drop the brick, then coast up till the brick was holding the rear wheel. When ready to leave, back up till I could open the door and pick up my brick. You do what you gotta do.


I love it. My dad's company gave him the old worn out shop pickup to drive until they could get him a new one. I believe it was a 1/2 ton, '72 Ford F-100 with a 360. I know it had an automatic transmission. They used it for running around town picking up parts; that's why it had the auto. They usually bought 4 speeds and 3/4 tons. It was worn out when he got it. Had about 160,000 miles on it.

On a cold morning, you had to start it and let it idle for 20+ minutes before the transmission would engage. One chilly Monday morning, dad went out and started it at 5:00 a.m. We came out of the house 20 minutes later to go for breakfast before heading to work. Walked over to the driveway and Dad said, "Did you move the truck?" I said, "No." and then realized it wasn't there. Then he said, "Listen." We could here it idling, but couldn't see it. It had drifted down the driveway, missed the chinese elm and maple trees in the front yard, and was sitting in the middle of the 10' high bushes between the front yard and the ditch.

ORIGINAL: raftgyde

ORIGINAL: mmb617

Fresh out of high school in 1969 my dad bought me my first car. '59 Rambler Ambassador wagon that he paid $50 for. This must have been a very nice car at one time, but was far from it when I got it. One of it's many problems was that the transmission wouldn't hold the car when you put it in park. The emergency brake didn't work either so we had to figure out how to keep it from coasting away when parked. I started taking a brick with me. I'd park facing down hill, open the door and drop the brick, then coast up till the brick was holding the rear wheel. When ready to leave, back up till I could open the door and pick up my brick. You do what you gotta do.


I love it. My dad's company gave him the old worn out shop pickup to drive until they could get him a new one. I believe it was a 1/2 ton, '72 Ford F-100 with a 360. I know it had an automatic transmission. They used it for running around town picking up parts; that's why it had the auto. They usually bought 4 speeds and 3/4 tons. It was worn out when he got it. Had about 160,000 miles on it.

On a cold morning, you had to start it and let it idle for 20+ minutes before the transmission would engage. One chilly Monday morning, dad went out and started it at 5:00 a.m. We came out of the house 20 minutes later to go for breakfast before heading to work. Walked over to the driveway and Dad said, "Did you move the truck?" I said, "No." and then realized it wasn't there. Then he said, "Listen." We could here it idling, but couldn't see it. It had drifted down the driveway, missed the chinese elm and maple trees in the front yard, and was sitting in the middle of the 10' high bushes between the front yard and the ditch.



That's so funny-hadn't heard that one. I'll have toremind PawPaw about it next time I see him. Did I ever mention that I think I love your dad more than I love you? ;) He's a cutie pie guy!

Hey Supermom Don't you dare get rid of it! Like I really had to say that to you LOL

1972 maverick grabber 302 .

1965 ElCamino 327 4 speed

1977 Mustang II hatchback, automatic,with a 2.8 V-6

In 1979 for $600 purchased a 1967 Ford Falcon.

Citreon Ami (i forget what year the car was) 600cc air cooled car with bench seats front and back. Paid £400 (equivalent of $800).

Was a 1965 Mustang GT coupe vinyl top(white) while the car herself was baby blue
Dual exhaust with trumpets, 2 tone pony bucket seat interior(baby blue and white), 4 speed automatic with long center console
first mod I did was replace the factory stereo with a fit in without modification kenwood tape player stereo, and I put a linear amp and 2 6by9 infinities in the rear dash..without messing with the sheet metal. I did put blue speaker grilling over the entire back dash..for a nice clean look.

After about 2 years I had a machinist friend who helped me build up the 289 small block.. had too anyhoo.. lead based gasoline was going out of business.. so I put in hardened seats, flattop pistons, comp cam, Mallory ignition, 3 angle valve job.. bored 4 over...push rods, new springs..etc.. too many things to list.. painted the engine too... put in a 9inch rear end as well and disk all around.. had put on some American racing mag wheels too

reason I could just modify it at will as its vin plates were once ripped out.. making restoring it to perfection never to happen.. so i modified it :)

about 8 years after that, we threw on a fiberglass hood with pins, and a fiberglass lower induction cowl.. painted her up in original colors and cleaned up the top vinyl to cherry
and threw a 302 in it.. and an aluminum 4 core radiator put in some manual gauges too

then i did the stupidest thing after 11 years with it... sold it to a buddy who said he'd sell it back to me when I had the money.. I was going to school and gas prices were an all time high so i sold the f'n thing.. he didn't sell it back to me.. minus one friend later too

Id have to scan in a picture or two to post.. as back then heh there was no such thing as digital cameras let alone cell phones :P

1967 Camaro rust bucket piece of crap 6 banger with 3 on the tree. I loved that car! Got my first piece of tail in that car.

It all started this one lonely rainynight, I was sitting at the beach with my 8 Track playing as loud as she goes................. its a long story [8D]

In 1978 I finished driver's ed and was given a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere (grocery getter version of the GTX)...blue 2-door 318 automatic...Gramps bought it new, Pops bought it from Gramps, then it was given to me...needed a little work (exhaust) which I paid for...drove it for six months or so then using money earned from my cook job at the restaurant I bought a 1965 SS Chevelle off my sister's boyfriend...I sold the Belvedere to a friend of mine who pretty much destroyed it...the last time I saw it (several years ago) it was half parted out sitting on top of another car at the salvage yard :(

1963 Chevy Belair 4 door
283 V-8
Slipslide Powerglide Tranny
And one big a$$ back seat :D!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paid $150 for it in 1978......

1965 beetle, got it when I was 12 from my dad. It was wrecked so I restored it and started driving it when I got my license at 16. Got rearended 3 months later:(. Totaled, got the money and bought a 59 beetle which I still have today (don't drive). Although I just turned 22, so it hasn't been that long ago:D.

Man I love those cars.....

1958 Chevy 4dr, red and white. Purchased as a high school graduation present from my parents (Class of '66)- well, actually they bought 50% of it ($100) and I bought the other 50% ($100).

SoI spend hours washing and waxing it as soon as I get it home, ready to go cruising, andmy Dad says "Do you have insurance?" I say no, he says "Then the car sits until you save up the $$ to get some". So,it took me a month, but Iwas finallyable to drive it. Great memories.

A '69 Buick Wildcat: http://silverstone.fortunecity.com/saab/307/1969.html

That was a great car. I could fit about a dozen friends in it. A 'Family-sized' sports car...

Mine was a 1975 Ford Pinto station wagon bought from my Mom..

Mine was a '73 Ford Gran Torino (think Starsky & Hutch except mine was lime green)351" Cleveland. That thing was a tank. Huge bench seats front and back. Plenty of room for you-know-what. Hand me down from my grandmother

68 Dodge Dart.slant six 3 speed on the column....guy wanted $100 for it but I picked it up for an even $90...this was in 73 and I was 15...right front fender was mangled and the headlight was attached by a couple pieces of wire...dont remember how many miles it had on it but all I ever did was add oil and gas...a little more gas than oil ..drove it to the DL test station on my 16th BD and the examiners,THP,were sitting outside.never even gave me a road test...,:<)

1976 Chevly Malibu, 4-door granny car. Ok for to/from trips from college. Huge trunk and I could take off the front wheel off my mountain bike and put the bike in the back with the sprocket resting on the tranny hump - who needs an SUV. lol

A 1977 Chevrolet Scotsdale Pickup. Had a 350 with a 4 barrel carb and would haul ass, on or off road. The stories that truck could tell would probably get me 5 to 10.;)

1970 Pontiac Catalina. Had a 400 cu in w/2-bbl. carburetor, until the engine had to be replaced. Regrettably, all that could be found was a 455 cu in w/4-bbl carb that (sniff!) was a mighty torque monster. Wish I still had that bulletproof Pontiac engine--I would have it enshrined.[&o]

'61 Ford Falcon. Rockin' 3 on the tree and 190 ci of 6 cylinder fury under the hood.:D

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m124/8rings/Falcon.jpg

1978 Ford Thunderbird. Was my mom's car that I was allowed to buy for $1000 in 1981(?) shortly after I turned 16. It had a 302 v8 in it and was a pretty good car. I beat the **** out of though. Too many neutral power slams I guess. I remember that it had a bench seat and was painted in special order Mark Five colors (Blue and tan). Got my first action in that ride too!
http://storm.tocmp.com/ford/thunderbird/1978/06s.jpg (http://storm.tocmp.com/ford/thunderbird/1978/06.jpg)

Mark

ORIGINAL: shoptroll

1977 Mustang II hatchback, automatic,with a 2.8 V-6


My best freinds Dad had one of those two tone green! Pea green and spinach green. He didn't have to worry too much about getting laid in that thing. Of course we could always ajm out with the big Kraco radio with the surface mount speakers!

1977 F100 no where near as nice as this one. Didn't have a tailgate when I bought it and they were hard to find. I picked one up for fifty bucks off of a drunk at party one night. I bet his dad was pissed the next day!

1940 Pontiac Cheiftan. Long and low. Straight 8 w/3 on the tree.

ORIGINAL: F4Phantomsphorever

1970 Pontiac Catalina. Had a 400 cu in w/2-bbl. carburetor, until the engine had to be replaced. Regrettably, all that could be found was a 455 cu in w/4-bbl carb that (sniff!) was a mighty torque monster. Wish I still had that bulletproof Pontiac engine--I would have it enshrined.[&o]


OMG. My dad gave my sisterthat same car and my brother-in-law converted it into a pickup car! LOL It looked like an El Camino. When my dad saw what he had done, I believe he blew a couple of fuses!

In 74 I bought a 69 roadrunner for $400.00 with a blown motor. 3 weeks later I was on the road and running. Dave...

67 Impala 427 SS. It had no motor but I found a 350 to put in it. It lasted about a year then I found a 396 for it. Had alot of fun with that car.:)

http://storm.tocmp.com/ford/thunderbird/1978/06s.jpg (http://storm.tocmp.com/ford/thunderbird/1978/06.jpg)Hey thats my moms car!!

My first was a 1969 Hurst Olds. I bought it with 15K on it, and paid $3K for it. Man I wish I still had it.

1947 desoto flathead 6, 3 spd on column.would go 60 in second 55 in high .paid 10 dollars for it in 61 junked it for 8 dollars in 62

1973 Dodge Charger (in 1988). 19 years later it is my daily ride, next to the Street Glide of course.

1985 Honda CRX.

Damn, now I know I'm old when someone says they're first car was an 85 anything. Thanks Dave...

1969 Pontiac GTO Judge

1972 Fiat 850 Spyder

ORIGINAL: Twincam Dave

Damn, now I know I'm old when someone says they're first car was an 85 anything. Thanks Dave...




LOL, Thats for sure! Im feelin older now.....................

62 Rambler, push button transmission,Front seats dropped down to make it a big bed inside.:)

ORIGINAL: jc15025

1969 Pontiac GTO Judge

My fisrt car was also a '69 GTO. I bought it 2 weeks after my 16th birthday in November '74.

1970 AMC Javelin. Paid $1,000.00 that I had saved up delivering the Washington Post for almost 2 years. Totalledit about a week after I got it. It pains me today to think of how stupid I was when I was 16.

1953 Hudson Jet for $125 in 1960

1962 international pickup.short box,red and white.266 v8 with 3 speed on the column.i miss that truck

71 chevy monte carlo, 350 2bl. Backed herinto a 1970 ford pickup with a spare tire carrier on the front at 30 MPH ( of course, it had the tire on it ) pushed the trunk into the back seat.

'56 Chevy w/ 265 and a 3 speed conversion for $150.00 in '66. POS. Sold it 6 months later for the same. Bought a '55 w/ a straight 6 (230 I think) and 3 on a tree. I loved that car, wish I still had it. Maybe someday I will again......

My mom bought me an '86 Plymouth Reliant "K" car for $500 bucks in '99. It was a great car. I ran the snot out of it. Lots of memories in that car;););)

1953 Willis 4 dr sed. flat 6 3speed with od,do 80 in second gear.

1972 Ford F150 Ranger

1967 Chrysler New Yorker 440 with a factory Holley 4 barrel. Bought it in 1978 for 75 bucks. Needed a radiator and had a little rust on it. That car could carry 9 of us around town, 7 of us comfortably. I'm lucky I didn't kill myself or anyone else.

1973 Ford Maverick 4 door with a 6 cylinder and a 3 speed manual tranny. Got it for $200 around 1984. The lady who owned it ran over a parking block and ripped the front end off. :D
I had someone weld it back on.

1965 Rambler Marlin. Mine was red with a white stripe.

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A 1964

..98 OLDS complete with fender skirts and the Ultra High Compression sticker on the air cleaner.

It wasn't easy on gas especialy with my then lead foot. :D

But gas was only around .40 cents a gallon then .

76 Olds Cutlass Supreme... 260 V8 and automatic on the column, bench seat and factory air. That old car wouldn't get outta its own way, but it ALWAYS started and ran good. I even managed to pull some tail in that beast... Bought it for $500, put 120,000 miles on it, sold it for $500.

In 1964 bought a 1957 Plymouth out of a junk yard $35.00,drove it for 3 yrs,sold it for $125.00.Bought another junk yard special for $50.00 and so on.

My first was a '70 Pontiac Catalina. I wish I still had the beast. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. [>:]

Got out of the navy in 66 my mom said some girl was gonna buy a new Caprice but the the Chevy stealer was only gonna pay $250 for her trade and she needed $300 to make the deal. I said I would go look at it. A1957 turquoise Chevy Bel Aire convertible 3 speed overdrive. New top had to put in a new back window around $25 bucks. Her boyfriend had put a Hurst shifter in it.Thanks MOM




Bossman

My first was a 1976 Olds Omega.

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Bought Grandma's grocery getter for $500.00............1972 Buick Skylark w/ 350, 4BBL.......got me into enough trouble at the time..........

1967 VW Karhman Gia.

It was OK.

MikeM

Chevy monte carlo

In 74'... A 62' Chev 1/2 ton short pu. 292-6, 3 on the tree. 300 bucks. Great low end power but top end was about 85. First new car........Factory ordered 79' Pontiac TA, 400-4spd, Black, T-tops,Ram air, And the big Firebird on the hood. $7900.00 You saw the movie.:D

1965 Old 442....

'69' Buick Electra 225 430 w/ 4bl

10mpg if I took it easy, hand me down from my parents 1975

1968 Plymouth Fury III w/ a 383 V8. Sleeper car. Looked like a boxcar on tires, but ran like a cat with iodine on it's ass.

Summer of 1969. Talked my parents into letting me buy a '65 Chevy Malibu SS Convertible. Dark blue, white bucket seat interior. 325 horse 327. Still wonder why I'm still here. 0-60 in seven seconds, 60-120 in another seven seconds. Two speed auto. With the top down, five of us in the car, cruising at 120mph, hit the throttle and you could feel it take off. Crazy car for a 17 year old. My payments were $37 a month. Paid $699. Wish I had that one back.

1951 chevy two door, three on the tree. It was a tank! It would pop out of third gear when you hit 53mph, which was top speed. No floor pan on the passenger side, HUGE bench seats which I put about 5 moving blankets on because thepadding was gone.... I actually had 17 people stuffed in it one night going to see Boston in concert... Threw a piston through the water jacket one day going to see my grandmother.... To this day it's sitting in an uncles field in SE Kansas....

'67 Chrysler NY'er, bought for $200 :D:D

1977 Ford Granada

A Fiat 600, rear water cooled engine, smaller than a VW. Paid $11.00 for it, and all the free parts I needed, just come get 'em. Dad told me that when this one wore out, I could have a bigger car. Tried my best to tear it up, tough little thing. Drove it for two years, and sold it for $250.00. Still hadn't been able to tear it up by that time, lol.

1985 Chevy Celebrity, 4 door, 4cyl, 4tune$$$$ in repairs.

1988 Buick Regal....delco cassette player and a nice maroon cloth bench seat...hahaha

In 1986 my parents gave me my prize, 1963 Bug. 4 speed with no clutch. I loved that car.
Celestnabo

1985 chevy camro z28

1960 corvair 4-door! Leaked oil all the timeand that thing woud never die. Did a lot of "shaggin" in that thing too! heehee:D

ORIGINAL: troublemaker

Camaro 1988, 2.8L V6. God i have fun doing burn-outs.


You mean that thing was actually able to spin the tires with that tiny motor?

I had/have a 1995 Dodge Neon. Not the best in the world, but its really easy to modify it. Aftermarket parts are everywhere for that thing.

1965 Austin Healy Sprite.
Lime green with a red interior.
It looked like an inside out zit.

64 Falcon, not the Sprint 200 six

56 Chevy 4 door with a 283 and a 3 on the tree. Cost me $200.00.

1966 toyota corolla deluxe, a hand me down from mom. Hit a tree and the steel dash did a little dammage to my already ugly face.

Mine was a Mustang II Cobra with a 4 speed and a 302. It was a fun car. It's still down on my farm in SC. I been thinking of restoring it.

71 Ford Maverick,2 door,6cyl,3 on the tree.....Gal of oil to every gas fill up....

61 Impala 4 door,283 3 in the tree.It burnt,blew and leaked oil.200.00 bucks and I had my first taste of road freedom.I have had many nice cars over the years,but i`ll never get that feeling back like that first car.8 track worked half the time and you had to keep a matchbook handy for double tracking.This car started my work on them,so you can get to work education.

ORIGINAL: Gooseneck

but i`ll never get that feeling back like that first car.8 track worked half the time and you had to keep a matchbook handy for double tracking.


Yep I had the Quadraphonic playing 8 track and 3-4 books of matches on the dash and the carry case for the 8 tracks was like haveing a small suitcase in the car,I had 4 Craig power play speekers in the Mav,two in the rear window a 2 crammed under the front seat.....Then the casset player came out...man was that hight teck or what.:D

'72 Chevy Nova 2 door.
It was a pos... But it was MY pos!
Man, I miss that car.

1961 Willys Jeep. Paid $100 for it. It would go about 53-55 miles per hour wide open. The passenger windshield wiper had a crank to move it (manual....). It was cold in the winter and wet when it rained. I drove it from Pennsylvania to Missouri. That was one long drive.

A 1972 Austin Mini.



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