car

[bigbird]

What was the first car you bought? Mine was a 1939 packard sedan.

[troyorr]

1958 VW Bug

[hack hater]

'79 Pontiac LeMans

[joker1]

76 Chevy Vega

[bmf]

71 chevelle

[rob10]

64 Chevy stepside truck with 283 cubes and a Muncie 4 on the floor.

[oatman]

64 Falcon Sprint - had 260 (yes, 260) V8, four-on-the-floor, am radio had a reverberator (telling my age now), couldn't keep tires on it. Man I wish I had it now!

[alpha480v]

1974 Mustang.

[Frank_G]

'62 MGA Ragtop Coupe . . . Paid $1200 for it in 1964 and it'd be worth $12,000 today. Wish I still had it!

Frank

[mcfly007]

2001 Ford F-150 4x4 off road package

[actnowhvac]

Don't let this fool you I'm 52 but the first car
I bought was my Grandfathers 1931 Model A Sedan.
The Ford needed work so I bought a stick shift
1961 Plymouth Valiant and gave him $500 dollars.
He helped fix up the Model A and enjoyed the Valiant.

[bigbird]

52,WOW thats old.

[actnowhvac]

Originally posted by bigbird
52,WOW thats old.

Yeah it almost 2/3 your age and I'm getting
older faster than you. I'll catch up in a bit. :)

[bigbird]

You will catch up to me,when i turned 60 i officialy stopped having birthdays so i don`t get any older..

[The Penguin]

1960's landrover

[texas nite]

70 Ford Torino GT, 351 Cleavland in it, bought it in 77. Paid 600.00 for it at auction, drove it for almost 3 years and sold it for 750.00

[bigbird]

Penguin, i had a 1953 rover that i used up in the serria/nevada mountains when i was a gold miner.

[actnowhvac]

Originally posted by bigbird
Penguin, i had a 1953 rover that i used up in the serria/nevada mountains when i was a gold miner.

I used to go up that way in the '74. Lone Pine was a favorite
area. I flew a hang glider off of Yosemite ( Glacier Point ) around that time.
We used to go looking for old Gold Mines. See an old addit and
go exploring.

[bigbird]

I had 2 hard rock mine claims & 4 river dreaging claims.
I worked the claims quite a bit untile i got to old to out run bears & rattlers.My best luck was dredging a stream with 4 inch dredge & within 10 minuets pulled up $3,000.00
in gold. THEN there were the times i got nothing. All luck.

[actnowhvac]

We used to talk about doing that but never did.
we'd find claim markers in Prince Albert cans with
a pile of rocks. We left them as we found them.
Are there still old claim markers around?

[RoBoTeq]

53 Chevy ragtop never got on the road. First driveable was a 1960 Chevy Biscayne. You could get lost in that car.

[a\c don]

1950 Chevy 2 door, $10.00 field car.

Well it least it ran.........sometimes. :D

[bigbird]

Yes there is & then theirs mine empty 6 pack of beer cans & a 38 bullet that was my marker. Lone pine is a beatiful area been there many times. My claims were between auburn & placerville but back in the mountains on the middle fork of american river.Full of diamond back rattlers you always had to keep an eye out for them.Ever once in a while wile i was derdging i`d see a bear watching me.Always had the gun near by.

[a\c don]

I think this thread got lost.:)

Dang there I go thinkin again,
gotta stop doin that.:D

[actnowhvac]

Originally posted by bigbird
Yes there is & then theirs mine empty 6 pack of beer cans & a 38 bullet that was my marker. Lone pine is a beatiful area been there many times. My claims were between auburn & placerville but back in the mountains on the middle fork of american river.Full of diamond back rattlers you always had to keep an eye out for them.Ever once in a while wile i was derdging i`d see a bear watching me.Always had the gun near by.

I heard others say that there is still Gold in Placerville.
I remember camping there and seeing a bear eat the remaining
hot dogs I foolishly left out. My buddy was safe in his canvas pup
tent with his dog that was shaking like a leaf. I was drunk
and thought I was dreaming.

[bigbird]

Placervilles origanl name was hang town.Named after the hanging judge.

[rax]

74 Capri

[MikeJ]

55 Chevy stick. Damn thing stuck in 2nd gear (which all chevys did with shifter on steering column. Dad went back to the salesman and he said, "sorry jack, you bought it as is." Before we got it adjusted right, you would be under the hood pulling on those levers, hopping back in and off you'd go.

[R12rules]

1958 Renault Dolphin


After the sucker broke several laws of physics .... it was flattened in the wreck and I was taken to the hospital.


A miracle .....

[hvac45]

Big bird I know all the areas you are talking about, you brought back some memories, I lived in Foresthill for a while.

[mikemich]

69 Ford Galaxy,2 door hard top,390 big block.That car would smoke the tires endlessly on blacktop.

[mattm]

GOLD did somebody say GOLD!!!!! Pack up the car honey!!! We're heading West!!! There's GOLD in them thar hills!!!

My moms idea of my 1st car was a 79' Pinto. After a nice set of mag wheels and a loud stereo my friends would finally cruise with me. It was only a year later and I bought a 64' SS Chevelle 327CI camel hump 202 heads, 4 speed muncie, 12 bolt 411 posi. Now that car was fun and 20 years later I still kick myself in the a** for selling it.

[bigbird]

HVAC45, foresthill is where my 2 hard rock mines were, I had a 16' trailer parked at camp chiquita,about 9 miles east of georgetown. I worked the georga slide ared & the middle fork of the american river.I did all my drinking in geargetown. GOOD OLD DAYS.

[hvac45]

Beautiful country, I miss it sometimes.

[RoBoTeq]

Originally posted by MikeJ
55 Chevy stick. Damn thing stuck in 2nd gear (which all chevys did with shifter on steering column. Dad went back to the salesman and he said, "sorry jack, you bought it as is." Before we got it adjusted right, you would be under the hood pulling on those levers, hopping back in and off you'd go.

Cars or trucks, it didn't matter. For at least 10 years chevy's with 3 speed on the tree had this problem. Can you imagine if we let something like this in our industry go for that long?

[srmfsr]

55 Ford. V-8, stick shift, white with red interior. Beautiful car.

[cde72]

1989 Chevy S-10, 5-speed

[bigbird]

Now this goes to show you what age does to you.I just got the email about the reply to car. I`m sitting here thinking whow would start a stupid thread about a car.Then i clicked on it. O well.....

[frozensolid]

Originally posted by RoBoTeq

Cars or trucks, it didn't matter. For at least 10 years chevy's with 3 speed on the tree had this problem. Can you imagine if we let something like this in our industry go for that long?

What year did they start making Goodman.

[tinner73]

1970 Plymouth RoadRunner 383,pistol-grip 4-speed, Air-grabber hood. rusty but FAST. boy, was the old-man mad.

[selfemployed]

67' english ford cortina in 73' for $425.

[absrbrtek]

Thought I was the only one that ever owned one of them. Used to fly into parking lots in the snow with it doing 40 or 50 mph, drop it into first and cut the wheel, man could that car spin. :)

The first car I ever bought was a 72 Challenger. It had had a fire under the hood that the ins co totaled. Paid $400 for it in payments to my girlfriends brother. Lots of trips to the junkyard and elbow grease and she was perdy as new. :)

[sodadude]

1969 Chevy Corvair with auto stick up on the dashboard. Rear engine. Traded in 72 for new Toyota Corolla 1200.(Brandie new at $2400)

[Senior Tech]

68 Rambler Ambassador...never drove

73 Plymouth Duster, slant 6, best car I ever owned.

[tinner73]

senior tech, look familiar????




http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?threadid=46789&pagenumber=3

[prestiege]

1980 ford fairmont with a inline 6 and rear wheel drive, i was 16 when i got it the starter and alternator went bad and it sat infront of the house for 7 months and my mom sold it, my dad didnt wanna teach my how to change the parts, thats when i started taking things apart, damn i wish i still had that car

[bigbird]

WAGONEER... Covered wagon with 4 steel rimed wooden spoke tires with canvas top & 2,4,or 6 horse drawn.

[midhvac]

1959 Dodge convertible. Bought it from Honest Joe Smith used car lot. Wouldn't start to get it off the lot after I paid for it.

[jpeloni]

'56 Ford Wagon, V-8, automatic, with "cowboy" interior. First time I floored it the throttle stuck full on. That got my heart pumping. First week I had it got my license suspended. I learned a lot from that car.

I've never been prospecting, but I did just watch "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

[Roscoe]

1956 Buick

Turn the key to on step on the gas to start, no seat belts , no power steering, regular breaks, vacuum wiper

b/4 panty hose:D

[Edited by pjs on 08-14-2004 at 03:46 PM]

[bigbird]

Set the spark, go in front & turn the crank & manual wipers.

[comtec]

63 Rambler Classic with standard 3 speed on the floor

[Carnak]

64 Pontiac Safari Strato Chief - a station wagon

[infwsdm]

Originally posted by bigbird
What was the first car you bought? Mine was a 1939 packard sedan.


Brand New?

:p

[bigbird]

Brand new? Thats good. i`ll get you yet. HEHE

[Roscoe]

Originally posted by bigbird
Set the spark, go in front & turn the crank & manual wipers.

Always knew you were a hand crank turner:D

[fastfred]

Originally posted by RoBoTeq
Originally posted by MikeJ
55 Chevy stick. Damn thing stuck in 2nd gear (which all chevys did with shifter on steering column. Dad went back to the salesman and he said, "sorry jack, you bought it as is." Before we got it adjusted right, you would be under the hood pulling on those levers, hopping back in and off you'd go.

Cars or trucks, it didn't matter. For at least 10 years chevy's with 3 speed on the tree had this problem. Can you imagine if we let something like this in our industry go for that long?

51 chev for me. The sticking gear linkage was fixed with new grommets, I would still like to have it but sadly do not.

A good thread for a nice change of pace.

[bigbird]

Thanks, i had a very rare moment.

[frozensolid]

66 Triumph Herold 1200. Strange little car. I don't think I can remember ever seeing another.

[otto]

1970-something Dodge Magnum 440, man that was one heavy beast of a car, but the radio worked and the engine pushed her good.............wonder what ever happened to her?

[top-notch-tek]

1984 Chevrolet Cavalier ... heavily used ...

[qbert]

69 firebird

[midhvac]

My first *truck* was a 47 Chevy pickup. I paid $75 for it. Talk about a rough ride!! But, man, that was one easy vehicle to work on. Not much of anything in it. Open the hood, and almost nothing there.

[i_got_ideas]

'86 Camaro

[rookie903]

Worn out 86 escort. I remember when I payed it off that I handed the title back. Man what a POS.

[wilson502]

1997 Thunderbird 4.6L.