What Was Your First Car?

Mine was a green 1977 Triumph TR7. I bought it used in 1984 for about $5K. It was a terrible first car. I didnt know anything about cars back then. I was constantly having problem with electrical and over heating. The left headlight was constantly popping up and down and I had to disconnect the relay to make it stop. It also misfired a lot. I didnt have any clues on how to adjust the dual Stromberg carburetors so I lived it with.

 

Dodge intrepid

 

powder blue 1976 VW Rabbit. What an awesome car.

 

1955 Chevy belair that I destroyed....by accident. Not proud of this but I lived through it.

 

Wow! You were lucky.

 

1982 Toyota Celica GTS with the 22r motor. 5 speed thing ran like a top and had 300k on it when I got rid of it.

 

Nice! I love that model year Celica and Supras.

 

22R motor is a frakin tank.

 

yep I was super lucky... but that didn't slow me down... I took it for granted then. but not now.

 

We are wiser as we get older.

 

Nk1874, My wife had a blue one of the same car, but it was her third car. I loved that car.

 

A blue Celica? Sweet!

 

1963 Chevy Nova SS, which was nothing more than a Chevy II with the floor shift, I paid $125 for it and gave it away 2 years later. It was your typical midwest rust mobile but I loved it.

 

1990 F150 with the straight 6 motor. Best beach driving truck ever. If I found it again I would buy it back

 

1972 Olds Cutlass Supreme .....I bagged a lot of groceries to get that car.

 

1990 Dodge Omni, with a sweet promo add like this you know it was awesome. It had no options whatsoever, no power assist, no radio and vinyl seats. Went through the snow like a tank though.

 

1979 Ford LTD with the 5.8l v8. I loved that car and have fond memories of driving around with my girlfriend and her best friend sitting backwards in the front seat, facing me. The enormous, couch-like bench seats made it easy to lug around 5 friends. The transmission died because I drove it like a teenager. I replaced the trans in our driveway with minimal instruction from pops and got a few more miles out of it before I sold it for some total POS Ford Contour.

I think it got worse fuel economy than my Tundra does now, but gas was around 75¢ a gallon back then.

 

1959 TR3A Triumph. I learned how to synch the carbs and it was the first car I overhauled. I'm sorry I ever let it go.

 

1979 oldsmobile delta 88 with a 350 and a 3 speed auto. I think it had 160hp and 260tq and it got 12mpg regardless of speed or load. that thing was big and slow.

 

1972 240z, midnight blue with white interior. Ran perfect, until it rotted away. I was 17 and knew nothing about cars then. I was just learning mechanic work, and what a fun car to start with. I knew absolutely nothing about body work. It's last day my friend fell through the floor on the passenger side. Was doing about 5 mph, sheet metal was just attached over by the transmission. Scared the shit out of him..........I thought is was the funniest shit I've ever seen. Dirt and sparks flying into him, it was precious. We wedged the seat up and he rode in the hatch on it's last drive home. When I came back home from school my parents had it towed to the junk yard. Well so much for restoring a 240z with a rare color combo. I was now driving a Datsun 280zx turbo........and many, many Z cars later, 32 years later, I am now driving a 1972 240z........summertime of course.

 

1980 Celica coupe with 20R was the first one I truly owned. Yellow with a sunroof.

 

I love 240Z. My 8th grade history teacher had a blue one. It was the coolest car back then.

 

I had a pick up with 20R engine. Another solid Toyota engine.

 

1979 Dodge Aspen coupe, 2 door with a slant six. Actually looked like the "Duster". All my friends had Hot Rods, father said I had to have something dependable. He was right, the Hot Rods were always broke down, my car was the dependable one that got driven everywhere. Many road trips in that thing. Altough very cold natured, it ran and ran and ran.

 

My wife’s was a 74 Celica. I’ll have to see if we have a pic somewhere. Mine was My grandpas 89 Silverado. It was only four years old when I got it. Grandpa hooked me up for sure.

 

You had the best Grandpa.

 

86 Monte Carlo with the T tops

 

Monte Carlos were cool looking cars.

 

1989 Ford Laser 1600 Sport.

 

Wasn’t to bad being 16 with it got a few tickets and parents made me sell it ended up getting a ford bronco