What Was Your First Car?

[AbNormy]

Set for alaska on my recenlty fed paroled bro had an r60 sd.hv.got.on the bak of it.but.he.had a a65L.BSA Lightning i insisted i cd kp running so i drove it every 200 quit charging he left me in vegas camped.out in a dead car in.dealer drive till.stator.came in. Drove to taft. Ca.where i.caught up.w him.and a.other.riding buddy.we set out for.seattle coastal route camped.out in willits ca when his tent tiped over.on bro tent woked.me.up.spied.56 F150.with.a.utity.bed.inback with.a mattress.dry.in the back.drove to seattle then.wenatchee where we.propped.apples.to get.cash to.get. Bro.didnt.like my.drinkin zo we ssplit was.drve thru.little.america wyo ming where..generator fried.drove thru denver in a pouring rain no.wiper:eek: All charging zo had.to.steal.2.battries to. Get..bak.to..laredo tx.got us home alive

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[ulflyer]

1938 Ford Coupe, two tone green, well used when I got around 1950/51 from retired moonshine runner who had rear end raised so that when it was loaded it would be level!

[Bob Denman]

1968 White Dodge Polaris Convertible......the steering wheel was approx. 3 feet in diameter, and with the top down, I could transport my whole class!!!! It was a boat!!! (loved that car)

My Second car was a '72 Polara... 2 door-hardtop!
It never really ran right; the 318 was all choked-down due to the emissions equipment...
But it hauled through some really ugly situations and got me home alive when I never deserved that favor!

[coz]

that i bought, 1973 toyota celica st. 2.0 4- speed rear wheel drive. rubber in ALL four gears. i was 16 or 17. made the payments to my dad. he drove it alot when i was under suspension. great gas mileage too.

[bruiser]

For all you AMC officiandos there is a fellow not far from me who has a whole lot full of AMC cars. Most are overgrown with weeds. He won't part with anything.

[Bob Denman]

What's he waiting for; the Second coming??
Now if he's got some spare AMXes laying around...

[budro]

1951 Desoto, had it in 1962----Budro

[Mexican]

My first car was a 1963 VW Fastback robins egg blue I bought it for $100 from a girlfriend who had it for a few years after she bought it from another friend's father. The defroster was an ice scraper and a roll of paper towels and the only way to stay warm was to wear lots and lots of clothes. It did 0 to 60 in about 6 miles if you were going downhill. I sold it for $100 so it was the only car that I didn't lose money on.

How often you flush the radiator on one of those?
BTW, my first car was a '74 pinto, best car ever made

[pro10is]

1968 Chevy El Camino, 396 cu in., 375 horsepower. One of the fastest cars (in a straight line) I've ever owned. Got about 6 mpg with the added Holly 4 barrel.

This one is not mine but this is what it looked like.

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[xpeschon]

1972 Ford Maverick.. I always love the look of the Pinto and one day I will get a hold of one of these suckers and own it.. But my first was the Maverick..

X Man

[Gordy]

1928 ford model a, paid $20.00 for it and drove it for many miles. found a wallet under the seat with $6.00 in it so got the car for $14.00

[Bob Denman]

Could that have been the first recorded "Automotive Rebate"??

[NancysToy]

1968 Chevy El Camino, 396 cu in., 375 horsepower. One of the fastest cars (in a straight line) I've ever owned. Got about 6 mpg with the added Holly 4 barrel.

I bought a '66 El Camino my senior year in college. Wish I still had that one.

[boborgera]

There's only two cars i wish i still had'.
65 442, I had to give that one up after only a few months, After i got a personal letter from'
LBJ To join his party.
And the other car was my 68 Charger440,

[NancysToy]

There's only two cars i wish i still had'.
65 442, I had to give that one up after only a few months, After i got a personal letter from'
LBJ To join his party.
And the other car was my 68 Charger440,

Mine would be my '66 El Camino and a Kellison dragster we ran back in the 70's. Maybe we have the makings of yet another wintertime thread here.

[Mexican]

Now we are getting nostalgic!! here is a list of the cars i owned and i wish i still had;
'67 camaro built march 14 1967, (my birthday) sold it for $2,500 in 1985;
'72 chevelle malibu;
'70 el camino;
'68? LeMans
Man!!! I could be rich now days!!!!

[Blue Star]

My Second car was a '72 Polara... 2 door-hardtop!
It never really ran right; the 318 was all choked-down due to the emissions equipment...
But it hauled through some really ugly situations and got me home alive when I never deserved that favor!

My first car was a 72 Polaris, and it was a great running car. Wanted a Mustang, but got what I could afford. All you had to do was strip off the emission stuff. The son of the guy I worked for wanted to trade my Polaris for his 67 Camaro. Told him okay until he changed the trade to my car plus $1500.00.

[Netminder]

1968 Chevy El Camino, 396 cu in., 375 horsepower. One of the fastest cars (in a straight line) I've ever owned. Got about 6 mpg with the added Holly 4 barrel.

This one is not mine but this is what it looked like.

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That is a sweet ride!Had a 69' Nova that had an automatic 6cyl in it and I put a 350 3 speed in, man could that thing smoke the tires! Used to do all my own mechanics back then, even if it meant doing it in the driveway! Now don't have a garage(soon though) so haven't done anything big, just brakes, oil, small things!

[jScotD]

56 VW with the opera window.. painted it black using a vacuum cleaner.. rather textured paint job.... then a 62 chevy SS.. then a 68 amx , which i still have

[spyder3]

For all you AMC officiandos there is a fellow not far from me who has a whole lot full of AMC cars. Most are overgrown with weeds. He won't part with anything.

I never want to see one again......

[spyder3]

Now that brings back memories. Traded in an older one for the White SS with the chop chop custom package. I loved that car/truck.....One of my favorites.

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[jScotD]

yea, I got in a drag race with one of those in the amx.. he lost

[Jharpo]

My first car was a 1949 Ford I bought in my junior year of high school for $100.00. After graduation, I traded that in on a 55 Desoto with the first production hemi engine. Burnt the tires off of that baby and bought a 58 MGA. Kept that little gem until 2006. Have had a Dodge Sport Coupe, a Pinto (not slow like Bob's), a Mazda RX 7 limited edition, a Probe, a Mercedes 450 SL, a Mazda Miata, a Mustang Convertible , a Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT, and now have a little turbo charged Suburu Impresa WRX. Most of them small, most were pretty fast, and all of them were fun. Now the light of my life is my 2009 GS Spyder, the most fun of all.

[OldDog]

My first car was a brand new 1969 Camaro RS, orange with black stripes. I took my drivers test in my Dad's 62 Coupe Deville. I parked that thing on the first try. My 15 minutes of fame...

[FANG]

my first car, actually the sceond family car (per my dad), was a 1965 Ford Falcon - red and gray -- all it need was star and bars on the roof and it would have looked like a mobile Confederate Flag!! bought it for $800.00 and sold it 2 yrs later for $800. Bought my first new car after selling the Falcon a 1971 Ford Pinto -- English Racing Green with a gold metal flake in the paint.