what was your first car?

[tinner73]

in 1984.. i bought a 1970 plymouth roadrunner..383 magnum..pistolgrip 4 speed...4.10 dana..i was rusty but fast. my old man was a mechanic.......and not very happy about the purchase.

[Green Mountain]

1956 chevy belaire. It burned more oil than gas. That was the model that had the hidden gas fill cap. To get to it you had to turn a little chrome knob on the tail light. The tail light hinged down and there was the gas cap.

[litlbit69]

1969 chevy camero.
X hubby took it ...lol.
Paid 500 for it..was told had a bad motor..but was just a busted fly wheel 10 bucks to fix at junk yard

[htg guy]

1977 Mustang "Cobra" V-8 302 (amazing that I'm still alive)

[ron690]

double nickle chevy, $75.00 ran great. no frills,good transportation.

[James 3528]

It was crap and the reason I never bought another GM product.

[itsamine]

A FIAT fix it again tony. Those words were very true.

[bootlen]

My first "given" to me but in my dad's name...'59 Falcon in 1965. My first to buy...'64 Triumph TR-4A convertible in 1968. Had some fun with that.

[bootlen]

Originally posted by benncool
1956 chevy belaire. It burned more oil than gas. That was the model that had the hidden gas fill cap. To get to it you had to turn a little chrome knob on the tail light. The tail light hinged down and there was the gas cap.

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O-o-o-h, the memories!

[RoBoTeq]

53 Chevy convertable that I never got on the road. First on the road was a 1960 Chevy Biscayne with a 283 5 cylinder V8 (only 5 of the cylinders worked)

I couldn't outrun anybody but when I stomped on the gas nobody could find me through the smoke cloud.

[badboy]

78 Ford Bronco Custom.
351 modified with lots of carb.
Fourwheel drive.
Missed it so much, bought another one about a year ago.
sombit-h eats the gas.

[actnowhvac]

63' Buick Skylark with a 215 hp aluminum V8. Great engine.
Experimental aircraft designers used it years later.

Bad tranny though

[HVAC Pro]

1975 Ford Pinto. I added wide tires, mags, and a Hurst 'T' shifter knob! :D:D

[Paul R. Burkett]

'65 Ford Fairlane,390 three speed. It was beaten to death before I got it, but it was mine.

[spotts]

1956 Chev 150 2 dr. post. Wore out piece of crap. Gave $1,200 for it.

[refrtech]

1989 Mustang 5.0 LX Convertible. I loved that freakin car till I let a friend drive it when I was to drunk. Yup he totaled it!! Boy was I pissed!! The cool thing was that he went out the next day and sold his car and gave me what I paid for mine. My mother decided to punish me so she bought me a 1980 SAAB. That thing was worst than driving a tank. Although the back seat was HUGE which came in handy back in high school!! LOL

[HVAC Pro]

Originally posted by refrtech
Although the back seat was HUGE which came in handy back in high school!! LOL

You mean there was plenty of room for band instruments?? :D

[CityHvac]

The old guy across the street was too old to keep on driving...paid $400 bucks for it. It had vacuum wipers, so when the girlfriend and I went to the drivein, I had to start the engine to clean the windshield when it rained.
The front seats would fold down flat withn the rear seats...did I mention that I took it to the drive-in.:eek:

[actnowhvac]

Originally posted by westemp

The old guy across the street was too old to keep on driving...paid $400 bucks for it. It had vacuum wipers, so when the girlfriend and I went to the drivein, I had to start the engine to clean the windshield when it rained.
The front seats would fold down flat withn the rear seats...did I mention that I took it to the drive-in.:eek:

That was a great car. What happened to them?
I remember people bragging they had Rambler, Whoooa.

[DeltaT]

1939 Ford with a 331 Cadillac engine, Isky 3/4 race cam, solid lifters and some kind of big carb that use to suck the hood in when I stomped it.

[midhvac]

1950, don't remember the model, red with pedals and hard tires, powered by me. VROOOOM!!

[HVAC Pro]

Originally posted by westemp

The old guy across the street was too old to keep on driving...paid $400 bucks for it. It had vacuum wipers, so when the girlfriend and I went to the drivein, I had to start the engine to clean the windshield when it rained.
The front seats would fold down flat withn the rear seats...did I mention that I took it to the drive-in.:eek:

My dad had a Rambler wagon. Push-button transmission on the dashboard. I was too young to know anything about the seats folding down. :eek:

[moonman1]

1971 Mustang Mach 1, 351 Cleveland. Paid cash and never looked back. Friday nights were a blast - lost alot of rubber at the lights.

[RoBoTeq]

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Originally posted by refrtech
Although the back seat was HUGE which came in handy back in high school!! LOL
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You had to hitchike from one side of the seat on that 60 Chevy of mine to get to the other side. Damn that car was wide.

[DeltaT]

Speaking of how big a 60 Chevy was, a friend of mine let me baby sit his 1960 Impala convert with a 348 3 sp on the colum one weekend. Me and my best buddy crashed a slumber part in Oxon Hill, Md way back when girls were girls and men chased them. Well, they threw us out -- never figured out why, so we were down in the country, no place to sleep so we crawled in the trunk, blocked the lock and both of us slept in the trunk all night with plenty of room to spare.

[jtricor]

ford ltd 200 on car 600 on stereo what ever noise the car could make I cuold alway make more with the 8 track.
my kids seen an 8 track at a swap meet and thought is was a vhs tape boy do I feel old.

[uncle buck]

My first car I got in november of 1979.I was a senior in high school it was a 1974 4- door Ford Maverick it had 45,000 miles on it got it for $1,500!! got it from a little old lady. it was an inline 6 with a "ONE-BARREL CARB" it was a slow but reliable. I got SOOOO much flack for that car.

[joker1]

'76 Vega

[smilies]

1979 Caddy Coupe de Ville. That's right, 15 year old with old lady's car. To this I love Caddy's even though they're a pain in the ass.

[bigbird]

a 4 horse drawn covered wagon.............

[mattm]

Originally posted by HVAC Pro
1975 Ford Pinto. I added wide tires, mags, and a Hurst 'T' shifter knob! :D:D


Mine was a 79'. In highschool body shop we painted it metallic brown w/sloted alum mags and a sunroof. It was still a Pinto but it looked fast.

[Workhorse]

My very first was given to me which was a 1978 Chevy cargo van. The first first one I bought on my own was a 1964 Chevy Chevelle with 4 on the tree. The engine on that car was so basic that I was able to take it apart and put it back together again in my sleep.

[itsamine]

self delete

[Edited by itsamine on 03-17-2004 at 09:13 PM]

[itsamine]

Originally posted by bigbird
a 4 horse drawn covered wagon............. http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/Gif/bigbird.gifyour to funny:D

[bigbird]

Thats what the downer party said about me going over serria nevada mnts.

[itsamine]

Bigbird I hope I have half of your humor when I get older:D

[glennwith2ns]

68 Mercury Montego

2-door, 302 paid $500, sold for $750 couple years later

SOS bench seats.(know what they are?)

[bigbird]

The humor will be their,as long as you make it to my age.
Thats wy i read the obits. every morning. To find out if i should go to work our the funeral home.

[rob10]

64 Chevy stepside truck, 283 V8. Was my Dad's hand me down service truck. He had bought a 74 Chevy to replace it.

[billygoat22]

Had an old camaro for a short while, then an 86 Nissan pickup. Still driving it.

[mccool]

Originally posted by glennwith2ns
68 Mercury Montego

2-door, 302 paid $500, sold for $750 couple years later

SOS bench seats.(know what they are?)

69 Mercury Montego 2 door, bought in 79 for $600.00 Can.
302, black vinyl interior. Can't remember much about that front seat. Armstrong steering, but great first car.

[spotts]

Originally posted by joker1
'76 Vega

Dad had a Vega Station Wagon. Honest, he put a Dual Turbocharged 350 Chevy, Powerglide Tranny with a HIGH stall, and Posi 411 tubbed Rear end in that thing. It felt like being shot out of a slingshot, It would hit high gear so hard, it would fry the tires at 70 miles an hour! You had to actually back off a bit at the shift to keep controll. It was one bad MoFo! http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/mica/shootingsoldier.gif

One time Dad parked on the side of the interstate. Waited for a car to drive by at 75 mph then nailed it, we passed that guy so fast it was unbelieveable. I bet he crapped one!

[glennwith2ns]

Originally posted by mccool

Originally posted by glennwith2ns
68 Mercury Montego

2-door, 302 paid $500, sold for $750 couple years later

SOS bench seats.(know what they are?)

69 Mercury Montego 2 door, bought in 79 for $600.00 Can.
302, black vinyl interior. Can't remember much about that front seat. Armstrong steering, but great first car.


Had white interior, great in summer.



SOS seat? Slide Over Sweetie>)

[aircooled53]

1951 Chevy [2] door-6 cyl..
1969 Plymouth GTX [426 wedge] 11.20 /~~~~~1/4 mile
1969 SS 396 very hot //11.0 /// 1/4 mile

Germany
1971 VW 1600 with porsche engine and Koni shocks rear chassis modified....Hunstruck #41 1972 Winner..


Back To Texas...
1971 El Camino 327/Alot of Chrome and goodies//Show Car



Now 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab // Magnum Engine

[icemeister]

My first car was a '63 Corvair Monza coupe, 110 HP twin carb, 4-speed with bucket seats and an pushbutton AM radio that I bought in 1968. I found it at a local service station that had picked it up on I-95 after it had an engine fire and abandoned.

I checked it out and found it was more sooted up than burned due to oil blowing out the dipstick (which was a common problem). I asked the owner what he wanted for it and said fifty bucks....and he'd deliver it for me. Deal.

I had it running like a champ a couple of hours after I got it home. It got me through college and was a fun little car to drive. I found out the hard way that Ralph Nader was right when the back end beat the front around a few turns. :eek: After adding front and rear sway bars, Koni shocks and a set of Michelin X radials it drove like a Porsche (well sorta') ;)

After school I gave it to my father who after a while restored it and switched transmissions to a 2-speed Powerglide slushbox so my mother could drive it to the antique car meets they went to.

[midhvac]

Originally posted by bigbird
The humor will be their,as long as you make it to my age.
Thats wy i read the obits. every morning. To find out if i should go to work our the funeral home.

I try to ride my bicycle outdoors for at least 10 miles every other day to stave off the effects of aging, but the first couple of miles of my ride is spent going in circles around a big funeral home parking lot near here, just in case.

[bigbird]

I know what you mean.My wife has a direct phone line to the funeral home, yust in case they need too make a quick pickup, of me.

[midhvac]

Originally posted by bigbird
I know what you mean.My wife has a direct phone line to the funeral home, yust in case they need too make a quick pickup, of me.

Whenever I hear a horn honking in the driveway, I peek out through the curtains, and if it's the undertaker, I turn out the lights and hide in the closet.

[muskie770]

Here is my first, forgot I still had it till the insurance bill came due.

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and here are some of my favorites

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[top-notch-tek]

Used ... Way used. :D

(( Actually I posted this once and it disappeared which I have noticed happens occasionally.

Wonder what's up with that? ))

[Edited by top-notch-tek on 08-21-2004 at 02:52 PM]

[refrtech]

1989 Mustang LX 5.0 convertible ! :) I loved that freakin car till after a night of boozin I let a friend of mine drive it. I never saw it in one peice again. A telephone pole ate it for dinner !! :(

[ozone drone]

63 chevy nova convertible ...white with red interior.
It's true ...you never forget your first.

[Shophound]

I had a four door hard top baby blue Earl Scheib paint job version of this car:




http://pic12.picturetrail.com/VOL431/789398/2124046/25575102.jpg


Mine was a 1965 Pontiac Star Chief with a 389 V8 2 barrel with Turbohydromatic tranny. For a big chrome boat it hauled balls. Great car.


Here's the first thing I ever bought brand new:

http://pic12.picturetrail.com/VOL431/789398/2124046/25575202.jpg

'83 Nissan pickup I bought while in the Navy. Super little truck, never gave me one shred of trouble. I carried over the cleanliness habits we practiced in the ship's engineroom and kept that truck showroom clean most of the time. Still try to on the one I drive now. Some habits are good to have. :D

[hvacmd2002]

My first car in 1980 was a 1970 Ford Maverick which was so badly rusted, the seat fell through the floor.

My second one a year later was a 1973 Plymouth Fury III. The trunk was so large, I could put 4 - 35gal trash cans in it and close the trunk. Had a huge backseat too. :)

[m kilgore]

My first was a 1966 Mecury Comet. It had a strait 6 with bad valves. This post sure brings back the memories.

[mdp]

68 GTO, 400ci 4spd, 4.33 rear, blew the original engine after 4 weeks (no sense rebuilding a good engine you know), first car, first drivers license too.

[mattm]

Hey Muskie, I had one of those factory V8 Mustang II's. Mine was white and after blowing the 302 I installed a 351W out of a 73' LTD along with a C6 tranny, fender well headers and all kinds of engine mods. Only bad side was I never tubbed it and that thing wouldn't hook up. Just would spin the tires till the cows came home.

[muskie770]

That one is a 76 mach 1. Came factory with a v6, I did the swap and tryed to make it appear factory. Got 2 miles on the engine, and 67,000 on the rest. Only kept it since they built around 6,000 of them, in 40 years it may be worth what I got invested. Anyone know where I can find some clean factory bumpers?

Used to have a 78 with a 289 hi-po 4 speed toploader and a narrowed 9 inch. At the track it would run high 13's. Wicked little car, it liked tires too.

[troup]

428/ MACH I COBRAJET MUSTANG RED WITH BLACK PINSTRIPPING AND AIR SCOOP ON THE HOOD....I COULD OUTRUN EVEN THE COPS..
I FELT LIKE DAISY IN DUKES OF HAZZARD

[2story]

In 1991 '62 Ford Falcon bought it at 15, tore it all apart
put it back together, drove it til '94 lady in a lincoln town car plowed into me, totaled my car, bought another '62 Falcon futura paid too much, good thing I had my totaled car, I needed all the parts for the second one. It was easy to find my car in any parking lot!

[spotts]

Originally posted by troup
428/ MACH I COBRAJET MUSTANG RED WITH BLACK PINSTRIPPING AND AIR SCOOP ON THE HOOD....I COULD OUTRUN EVEN THE COPS..
I FELT LIKE DAISY IN DUKES OF HAZZARD




How'd ya look in yer tiny shorts there Daisy?

[referjunkie]

My first one was a 62 GMC 1500 with every option that was available including bumper gaurds, coil & leaf springs and factory air. It had the 305C V6 with a 3 on the tree hydra-matic. It only had 25,000 origanl miles. I bought it off a friend of the family(original owner) for $1000. Best truck I ever had.