What was your first car?

92 geo tracker. A great first vehicle and it was unstoppable off-road.

 

My brother's first car was a 1994 Pontiac Sun Runner (or Rum Runner ). He liked the removable top and that he could stand inside the engine bay to work on it but I don't think he was a fan of the 3 speed automatic.

 

65 Plymouth Belvedere 4dr, bought for $75, drove it for about a month then sold it for the engine, 383 Magnum. Next up was a 80 Chevette that got me through high school

 

It was this bad motor scooter right here....


I really can't complain, though. Bought it with about 60K on it...and crashed it (hit an oil slick going around a curve at 40MPH) at 175K.

List of issues I had with it:

- alternator replaced 2x (once due to new sound system)
- spark plugs/wires

That's it. I'm not the biggest fan of GM, but that car did me right.

 

Mine
And I still own her!!

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I learned how to drive in a '76 Lincoln Towncar, even took my drivers test in it. I still can ace parallel parking.
Dad put me in a '66 Chrysler New Yorker. Crying shame I treated that car the way I did.


First car I bought when I was like 17 was...

Just like this one with the rich corinthian leather.
I still had that car when I started getting into pickup trucks. Sold it for $400 with a cracked block. Never had another Mopar

 

99 Ranger XLT with the 4.0 and a manual. Bought it completely bone stock, this was the last pic I took before I sold it.

 

My first was a 77 Malibu Classic, handed down to me from my mother. The car pictured below is the car mom purchased to replace her Malibu. I miss the Malibu but I beat it very badly and it wasn't long for the world in my care. The Monte however.. an heirloom parked safely in my garage! Thanks mom

 

I also drove my dads Town Cars in the mid to late 70's... Today's Tundra is about the same size as the '76 Town Car.

 

1974 duster 440 with blower, hurst 3 speed manual. Traded it before I even turned 16 for a 69 GTO . 50ish cars later i still have not kicked the car addiction

 

I had a 65 ss 2 door too my SR year of highschool. Mine had reds hydraulics, and a stroker motor.

 

1988 honda civic sedan that I painted bright royal blue with metal flakes. added chrome fender trim and 14" tri stars... LOL.....

 

89 ford tempo 5speed not mine but I had a white one as well

 

Ha! My first car was a 1966 red Mustang GT but it didn't have the original 289, someone had put in a 1971 302. 4 on the floor, pony interior, glass packs, loud as all get out.

My dad was an avid German car guy. Growing up, all our cars were German. When I told him I wanted an old Mustang, I was surprised he was ok with that. He did tell me that an old Mustang was going to be different than the cars our family owned, but that he'd help me find a good one. We started out looking at fastbacks, but they were so darn expensive, about twice as much as a coupe. We must have looked for 3-4 months for a decent mustang in my budget ($2200). Every mustang we looked at needed lots of work. I was about to give up on finding a mustang, but my dad found one more classified ad and he said we should go look at. I grew up in a military town with lots of Army and Air Force people. Many of these military folks had to leave town, transfer, etc. and this particular mustang just happened to be owned by an Army guy who had to leave/transfer out of town. He had completely redone the interior so it was very nice. The body was straight but the red paint was in poor condition, it was very faded. I drove the car and it drives well, but the brakes needed some work. I think the seller wanted $2500 for it and when we offered $2200 he said ok.

I put a little work into that car like giving it a basic tune up, fixing the brakes, putting new tires on it and then buffing out the oxidation in the paint. Actually, I couldn't buff it out, I hired a detail shop to do it and when I got it back, the paint look soooo much better, it look 100% better, I was amazed, best $ I spent on that car ($80?). I drove the car all through HS but I didn't take it to college, I left it at home with the plan to sell it and buy something better for college life. Anyhow, that's another story...

 

I had a friend who had one of these! Incredible little car, we tried and tried to kill it but it just kept driving. We literally tried to jump the little car over a big road bump and we bottomed it out in the front but it just kept on going...

 

Gonna try dig up old pictures 1st car. You all do the same and post. Some already have

 

I couldn't find a picture of mine, but it looked just like this one I found online. In 1975, with Dad's help (co-sign), I bought a 1966 Buick Skylark Gran Sport for $600.00. Red with white bucket seats. It was immaculate. I was 15 4 speed manual on the floor with tachometer. 401 cubic inch, 4 barrel carburetor, positive traction.

 

‘69 mustang mach 1, 428 SCJ.
I bought it in 1976, a few months before my 16th birthday and it was already three colors of primer. I spent my weekends sanding the primer off and prepping it for paint and got it painted by late spring of 1977 before I got my drivers license

 

My first was a 64 VW that was painted purple. My brother bought right when he got out of the Navy while he looked for the 442. When he found the 442 he traded the car to me for my 10 speed Schwinn. I was 15 at the time and could only mess with it in the driveway. Had a lot of fun in that bug.

 

I was driven in a white limousine called public transport.

 

First car I took a loan out for was a 1968 Torino GT 351W similar to this one.

 

MR2 Turbo. It was completely stock when I first puchased her. T-tops were a blast to have during the summer season. She was built for street sport but mainly to make passes down the quarter mile drag strip.

 

1964 Impala convertible.

 

95 Dodge Status

 

Good looking Rigs....No pix of my 80 LB, but my 87 with my Blues and bride...going way back....

 

1983

$260 Toyota SR5 TOYOTA Tundra Interior BURL Wood Dash Trim KIT Set 2003 2004 2005 2006

Toyota SR5 LB. My dad bought it new when I was 5. He gave it to me when I was 16. It was stock on 31's when I got it. Here it is shortly before I sold it. 17" lift front 19" rear, hovering over 40" super swampers. I miss that truck.

 

My first car was a black, 1984 Mustang SVO.

 

Hell yea, loved those body styles!

 

83 std cab. 31 years later and still a Toyota truck man

 

65 VW - fire engine red