Dockside Chat - What was your first car?

In keeping with the spirit of LuckyLaRue's thread, what was the first car you ever had?
Mine was a '69 Mustang convertible, 302 2V, I got when I was 16 (1977) :thumbsup:
Exactly like this one.

http://www.remarkablecars.com/main/ford/ford-00276-1.jpg
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/photopost/data/3233/medium/3220.jpg

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Datsun 520

Actually saw a wreck in 1986--years later--and it was my old Datsun 520--finally destroyed.

This pic is from wiki--but the same sick pea green color.

Once--on I-75 in Atlanta a coolant hose ruptured and filled the interior with hot steam.

That was an exciting event during rush hour. I-75 was a four lane then.


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Not a very cool car but it got me to where I needed to go.... a late 70's vette... Chevette that is. Not the actual car but close ... At least it had cold A/C... 2nd car was not much better ... 1979 VW rabbit Diesel.

http://images.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/81%20chevette%20lft%20frnt%20use_1.jpg

1962 Rambler with E-stick (manual shift with no clutch).

Mine was 1977 Crown Vic Police Interceptor.


I wasn't driving.:grin:



Big Al

81 Ford F 150. It was our farm truck but I kinda took over it when I got my license. The first vehicle I bought for myself was an 81 CJ-7 when I was 18. Both of these vehicles got the stuff'n beat out of em cause I was a wild young'un.

Mine was 1977 Crown Vic Police Interceptor.


I wasn't driving.:grin:



Big Al

Had you own chauffeur eh?

1975 camaro, similar to this one

http://images04.olx.com/ui/11/89/88/1296355165_162008188_1-Pictures-of--1975-Camaro-LT-All-Original.jpg

1950 buick super - i was 16 made the money to buy it skidding logs with a horse--cost 200 dollars -this was in 1956--

Had you own chauffeur eh?


His name was Sergeant Wilson.:grin:



Big Al

His name was Sergeant Wilson.:grin:



Big Al

Did you get to see his big badge?

a late 70's vette... Chevette that is.

Great quote!

67 vw beetle, 1776 big bore kit, twin webbers, Kennedy clutch and other toys. that bug would move out

1953 military surplus Jeep! Painted bright yellow! Top speed was about 50!;cool;

Did you get to see his big badge?

Only once, when he used it to beat my dog to death.



Big Al

I take it the Sgt. was not in the US Army?

Only once, when he used it to beat my dog to death.



Big Al

I didn't know Cracker was a policeman in '77.

A 1972 Vega GT that was given to me by my older brother. It had a dead engine. My high school autoshop teacher helped me shoehorn a 283 small block and turbo 350 trans into, using a Motion Performance Super Vega kit. It wasn't excatly "fast" by even the standards of the day, but it sure surprised the hell out of the emasculated (smog-era) Trans Ams and Camaros of the day.

I didn't know Cracker was a policeman in '77.

Prolly his dad, or an uncle or sumtin'.



Big Al

Tr3a

1965 Mustang convertible, 289 3 spd, factory air...wish i had it today.

1976 Chevy Impala station wagon, lime green, with a 400 cu engine. If a girl goes out with you in THAT veh, you know she likes you. Had black vinyl seats.....but, it got the job done.

1969 pale yellow (fighting lady yellow) Cutlass Supreme.

Got it in 1982.

88 Honda Prelude SI with 4 wheel steering

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I bought a 72 Olds from Doctor Ruth Westheimer ..... Yes,,,, Dr. Ruth ... She was my neighbor

http://www.wic.org/bio/imagebio/dr-ruth-westheimer-from-time.jpg

Got my license in 68...
60 Impala, exactly like this one and just as clean, 283 Powerglide.

A faded green, 1971 Buick LeSabre. It was a comfortable, good car.

1973 Plymouth Fury 4dr highway interceptor 440 Magnum

1972 Yamaha 500

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Mine was a '56...and looked almost as good as this one!

MG's had small motors...moved up to a big block Triumph...;)

http://www.scottechnation.com/files/images/inventory/5f87c49da14a6ab3edbed05023c2d051f624f832.jpg

Mine looked like this until I gave it a glossy black paint job the summer before junior year.

1994 cavalier- 5 speed 2.2l I4, super cold a/c, "no see" window tint, 30mpg and a 50 shot n2o. I thought i was so ;cool;

I had a lot of fun in that car. Lost it to an idiot that ran a stop sign and t-boned me in the publix parking lot.

This one paved the way for the "Cobra Cougar".

I bought a 72 Olds from Doctor Ruth Westheimer ..... Yes,,,, Dr. Ruth ... She was my neighbor

http://www.wic.org/bio/imagebio/dr-ruth-westheimer-from-time.jpg

Geez - I hope you cleaned the back seat thoroughly.

Mine was a 1976 Olds Delta 88 Royale Hardtop. Sat 10 highschoolers with ease.

This is a cool post!!!

I originally was loaned a 73 Ford econoline van, it had a 302 with a 3 speed on the column. That van would smoke the tires as long as I held the pedal to the floor! The first car I purchased was a '79 Ford Mustang with a 4 cylinder engine and a 4 speed manual tranny. No A/C.....it was cheap, reliable and fun to drive....for an 18 y/o. Traded that for a 79 Camaro with a 350..it was time for speed.

i had a 1993 pontiac formula. i loved that car and still miss it sometimes.

1980 Ford F100 straight 6 beater.
Motor would burn a quart of oil every fill up, wouldn't shut off when you turned the key off, window handle broke, door handle broke, holes in the floor and bed,tailgate wouldn't open, every part of the truck was dinged up, but would start every day and would do brake stands.

1965 Dodge D500,383ci,330HP,4spd. Black and black.

1977 Chevy Monza:

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First car I owned:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1790/441/29472720004_large.jpg

similar to this..

1981 corrolla SR5. great first car!

Mike

41 Pontiac (tank), straight 6 , 3 on the column, step on gas pedal with heel, engage choke, use toe of shoe to activate starter, (rod and disc prortuded from floor. Always started.


Ron

1988 Z24, 2.8L convertible, stick shift. Just like this one, same color and all. Put over 250K miles on her. Spent 4 years in Boone NC and never got stuck in the snow! I would have to take the bus to the parking lot sometimes to brush 6-12 inches of snow off the roof!

1965 Dodge Coronet 440 Four Door
318 2 barrel
Torqueflite Push Button Trans

Took the wheel covers of and painted the rims a nice flat black. Made it go faster.

Exact twin, even the ET mags

https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJiul9a931Yz5bZjagecvcfw76MfgVA Tlc338x2iWiks_o_bzY

265 V8 stock bottom w/ Corvette FI heads and FI solid lifter cam, Holley 4 bbl., 3 speed OD w/ Hurst and 4:11 rear dif.

First car I owned:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1790/441/29472720004_large.jpg

similar to this..

1981 corrolla SR5. great first car!

Mike

I had one of those back in '82-'83. The thing handled like a go-cart in the corners!
I actually outran the cops chasing me for speeding, in and around downtown Boca one night :grin:

Fun to drive, great gas milage, nice lines.

Fun to drive, great gas milage, nice lines.

A girl I dated once had an X1/9...she loved its looks, and hated to drive it for some reason. I thought it was a blast...but it was starting to get long in tooth by the late 1980s, as our salted roads weren't kind to its bodywork.

1986 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z...it was the biggest p.o.s car I have ever owned, but a cool ride in high school.

Mine was a 1970 Camaro z28 my dad bought for me when I was almost 15. That was 1985. He paid $1500 for it. It was a train wreck. He and I spent literally hundreds of hours in the garage rebuilding it. Now that he has passed, I wouldn't trade the memories of those late nights for all the money in the world. I couldn't find a midnight blue pic, so use your imagination. That car got me my first piece of tail, just as my father predicted it would.
http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/images/camaro1970sm_1.jpg

1977 Camaro

Mine was a 3 year old 1979 Pontiac Sunbird Hatchback with the 85 hp 4-cylinder engine, no: a/c, power windows or locks; and white-wall tires with nice plastic hub caps.
It was a beauty - a lot like the one in the attached photo except it didn't have spoiler, aluminum rims and was beige with a nice brown vinyl interior. I think it did 0-60 in about 12 seconds and topped out at about 80-85 mph.
Boy I don't miss that pos, but it was a car and it was mine:(

1953 Plymouth 4door sedan in 1958. Cost me $300. Was 5 yrs old and had 50,000 miles. Motor needed rebuild at that mileage. Traded it for a 1950 Ford convertible and $50.

1982 Corvette 350cid Split Fire Injection Heard a lot of nightmare stories about those engines but never had a minutes problem with mine. Identical to this one.

Red 62 Volkswagon beetle. My second car was a 70 Nova SS.

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1963 Corvair 4dr. Loved that car.



http://images.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/03/Corvair-1963-Monza-four-door-sedan.jpg

This, minus the window loovers....

http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/chrysler-laser/chrysler-laser-05.jpg

1956 Chevrolet

1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT with a 289.

1991 VW GTI, 1st year with dual round headlights, looked really cool:
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1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT with a 289.

Oh man..that .wasnt my first car but was my first NEW car. Had the 390ci engine with chrome rockers etc. Yellow with black top and racing stripes. Got stolen off of the street within a year. LOVED that car !
First car was a 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury WITH the continental wheel on the trunk. Thats what Im talkin' about..lol

I didn't know Cracker was a policeman in '77.
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm277/liveaboard74/THT%20ONLINE%20PHOTOS/kid_cop_zpsfc1660ce.jpg

1968 Buick Skylark.

Six-banger.........three on the tree........paid 75.00 for it.

'77 Cutlass Supreme. Black with black interior. Bench seats with a 350 engine. Drove it for 7 years. Loved it.

69 dodge charger ,65 bucks, air shocks, BIG slicks. wasn't worth it. lol

First car car was 1941 Plymouth business coupe at 15.
First car on the road 1948 Pontiac convertible. Straight 8, 3 speed, torgue up the ---, On a date leave it in 3ed and have a hand free for ----- well you know!!

First car was a '66 Rambler American 440 coupe, an inline 6 automatic.

I was fortunate enough to find another '66 American 440 a few years back, this one is a 290 V8 automatic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/BoNeato/DSC_0284a_zps66fb64bd.jpg

A 64 Corvair( with a primer paint job!!)

82 nissan 200sx. bullet proof 4 cyl. sold it running solid with 200,000+

'72 Merc Marquis Brougham...

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/seabob4/1744252_7_zpsd874ba67.jpg

No, not this ugly green, white with a green vinyl top. 4 door, paid $495 from my lawn mowing money. Never got an "allowance", never had a car "given" to me...;)

1982 Corvette 350cid Split Fire Injection Heard a lot of nightmare stories about those engines but never had a minutes problem with mine. Identical to this one.

Your first car was a Vette? How old were you, and how'd you buy it?

67 mustang.. Had just put a 351w in it got rear ended, insurance paid off, bought a 69 mach1 mustang... Keep that 3 years, bought the 73LT1 Camero.

64 Galaxy that I bought for $300. 3 speed on the floor, with a 6 cylinder. Piece of cr#p. Bought it with paper route money. Had it up to about 90mph once going downhill :grin:. Cruised around looking for the biggest hills we could find.

1962 VW, paint shot, motor blown, interior shot, $200. So in order to drive when I became 16 my father made me do all the work on it with him. Rebuilt motor, seat covers, new carpeting, body work, new paint. Best 1 year learning experience I ever had.

1968 super beetle

1966 Dodge Dart it would go through hell and back with that slant six and the starter would go ying ying ying ying ying but same for all Chrysler products

My first car, I got it 3 years ago and now I'm still working on it.
A white jeep cherokee 4x4 with a 4.0L engine from 1998.

1984 Pontiac Bonneville Broughm. White exterior with blue velvet interior! I was a stub in that pimp mobile!

1950 chevy pick up hand me down ranch truck....it was ugly but at least it was beat up and rusted out, so i had that going for me

I had a 77 Rally Sport Nova. Paid $4400. out the door brand new. Had a lot of fun with that car in and out.

Your first car was a Vette? How old were you, and how'd you buy it?

I got it when I turned 16 in 99. Car was 17 years old when I got it and had 100k so it wasn't a lot of money. Paid for it by indentured servitude to my father. No silver spoons here.

68 camaro 327 2 speed auto wish i still had it

'60 Ford 2-dr. sedan (whatever the cheapest model was then - Fairlane?), all white w/medium blue interior, 6-banger w/Foxcraft 3 on the floor. ;cool; Dad surprised me with it - $275, BUT I had to pay him back AND pay for ALL the maintenance, gas, oil, and insurance. ;?:thumbsup: Since I was working part-time at Safeway while in high school, I was rollin' in dough at $1.60/hr. x 20+hrs./week (1962). :grin:

Pushbutton on the "Ford" emblem on the dash was hooked to a 6V "OOOOOOOOGHA" horn that ran on the 12V system, so I had THAT goin' for me! :roll:Q

Don't have a pic of it, although it was not really THAT "photogenic". :grin:

It was a good car, though - never a problem and it would "chirp" the 2 gear real nice! :thumbsup:

Regards,

Cool thread!

74 Dodge Dart Swinger 4 door, straight 5 leaning tower of DODGE power!! (1 dead cylinder:)

1970 VW Bug. Picked it up at a dealer for $999 and then Dad helped me pimp it out. Cut/Turned beam, all new glass, rubber, and paint (nice hot pink stripe, huh). Shaved chrome, Sparkomatic Tape deck/equalizer and 4 6X9's. This was 1988 or so? I must have put 150K miles on that thing in 3 years.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm42/UnclebobJHC/VWs/MyFirstCar70Standard.jpg

1984 VW Golf GL... Best car I ever had