What Was Your First Car?

[HavasuSelect]

Since the high school thread is going so well let's try this with your first car.
1994 Ford Ranger, 4 banger. Slow as hell but tough as hell too. I beat the crap off that thing off-road. Post pics if you have em!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/blulitespecial8/Ranger.jpg

[Throttle]

toyota pick up

[HMF'er]

1988 Mitsubishi Mighty Max

[Wet Dream]

1978 Midnight blue metallic VW Scirocco

[blown65]

65 Mustang. Still have it too. (21 yrs later.)

[Jyruiz]

1968 VW Bug.

[Mrs.Killer]

92 Honda Accord

[LHC30Victory]

1959 Rambler, flat 6, three on the dash....lotsa room inside, just not too stylish or fast....

[HavasuSelect]

65 Mustang. Still have it too. (21 yrs later.)
Man you're lucky. I wish I would have never sold mine:(

[blackcloud75]

'85 toyota truck w/ bomb proof 22r motor.....I would still drive that thing if I had it today

[mach1alaska]

72 gran torino sport wish I still had it

[photo chick]

78' Toyota Corolla, painted to match my high school's colors...it was waiting on the driveway with a bow around it on my 16th B'day..:D :D

[wolfie]

1964 Thunderbird
http://www.americandreamcars.com/1964tbird081502.jpg
(file photo)

[JB in so cal]

1974 version. Lime Green...:)
http://70.125.157.216/images/76_mustang.jpg

[MikeF]

69 Camaro........and for the slightly sad part....307,3speed on the floor. Looked good though. Never should have gotten rid of it.:idea:
2nd was a 70 Buick GS455. Never should have sold that one either.:rolleyes:

[Konabrent]

1968 El Camino SS396
Hooker headers, 411 posi, muncie m22, corvair turbo mufflers, US alloy mags, BFG TA radials, black on black....and a kick ass 8 track.....man I wish I had that car back...sniff..sniff

[RiverRatMike]

1st car, 1968 El Camino and still have it after 20 years. Bought it back in 1987 during my last year of high school. Did hundreds of river trips in this car and drove her over 270,000 miles. This photo is about 5 years old and don't have those rims anymore. Have dragstars on her now. Looks much better.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4463Me_and_My_68_El_Camino.jpg

[257]

this will tell my age
52 Ford 2dr sedan

[OCMerrill]

'71 Dodge Charger but my second car a '71 454 SS El Camino 12.880's best time @ OCIR. One month later it closed:(

[HatenWinter]

1975 Pontiac Firebird--Canary Yellow. It was Sweeeeet!!!;)

[Kilrtoy]

1964 1/2 convertible mustang and its still in the family

[maxwedge]

Very, very rusty 66 Mustang bought for 180 bucks in 1987. If I still owned it today I think it would still be worth about 180 bucks.:D

[johnny8052]

1970 f 250 camper special

[HocusPocus]

my very first car was a 1972 plymouth duster with a slant 6. my very first new car was a 1985 toyota pickup which i still own.

[DSW]

1964 Thunderbird
http://www.americandreamcars.com/1964tbird081502.jpg
(file photo)
Nice t-bird, mine first was a 66' t-bird. Bought it from the original owner when i was 14 for $900.
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/3562/temppics009rc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[blueman]

1970 Dodge Charger..complete with stereo 8 track player...Da Bomb!!!

[anxious]

its not much, but it got me there:D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anxious/saleen.bmp

[John.]

1990 Camaro.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b72/jrambrose/IMG123456.jpg

[No Name]

The colors on mine were a little different but it looked very similar.:D
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml01/01167a.jpg

[phebus]

'63 Ford Falcon- $175.

[Havasu1986]

Pontiac Le Mans 68'

[work2play]

I can match that. My sister totaled her 63 ford falcon. My Dad said to me that's your car. The whole front end was smashed in. I said what did I do wrong. I bought a 62 falcon and made one of the two. It had a 260 V8. Yes that is correct a 260ci V8 with a three on the tree. Before I got it finished and gave it back to my sis. I bought me a 67 Impala SS. 396ci with 325 horsepower. I immediately increased the horsepower and caused myself a problem or two.

[Nordic35Flame]

1959 Chevy Apache Step Side P/U. 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree, straight pipes, flipped axles front and rear, and the best part POOP GREEN W/ WHITE TOP, and TJ Blanket seat cover.

[OutCole'd]

1960 VW Baja bug with a 2180 & dual 48"s

[Nordic35Flame]

1959 Chevy Apache Step Side P/U. 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree, straight pipes, flipped axles front and rear, and the best part POOP GREEN W/ WHITE TOP, and TJ Blanket seat cover.
^^^^That was my 100th post^^^^:)

[jbone]

1972 metalic green hatchback pinto, w/luggage rack.
I was the man!!
J

[dumbandyoung]

1969 Ford Bronco.. it was bad ass

[707dog]

69 olds cutlass california "s" that ran on 5 cylinders for about 2 months until i put a 455 (gold)olds rocket out of a station wagon and a limited slip posi in it...then came the tickets..damn that car is worth alot of $$$$ now!!!

[Tom Brown]

What is with you primadonas?
My first car was such that I could have stopped by an insurance adjuster's office at any time and had it totalled. I would use chrome polish to knock the orange glow from the bubbling paint around the rust holes. It's the vehicle that taught me how to pump the brake pedal quickly enough to actuate brakes with a master cylinder that was missing it's umbrella seals.
"Gee... look at me... I just got my license and I have a nice car that's all safe and shit."
http://www.***boat.com/ubb/mad.gif

[Jim Brock]

1949 ford coup flathead v/8- $75.00

[SoCal_fun]

1st car, 1968 El Camino and still have it after 20 years. Bought it back in 1987 during my last year of high school. Did hundreds of river trips in this car and drove her over 270,000 miles. This photo is about 5 years old and don't have those rims anymore. Have dragstars on her now. Looks much better.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4463Me_and_My_68_El_Camino.jpg
Really SWEET Man! I always had a soft spot for those. I had a 68 Chevelle with a 327, but always wanted an El Camino. Just love the looks!

[SoCal_fun]

First car was a hand me down from my Mom, Via my Sister. 67 Pontiac LeMans, 326 and Power Glide tranny.
Like everyone else, wish I had kept it. Sold it for money to buy a 73 MG Midget. What a mistake that was!! LOL!

[Tom Brown]

Sold it for money to buy a 73 MG Midget. What a mistake that was!! LOL!
What do you mean, "a mistake"? Now that you're a journeyman electrician, I'd think you'd be a little more grateful to the car that gave you your start.

[Jesster]

1968 Pontiac Firebird. 150 bucks. Dropped in a 400 balanced and blueprinted with 428 heads out of a Pontiac 2+2. 3 Duece setup, 3000 RPM stall converter, line lock. Man I miss that car. To much trouble to mention, and sold it to cheap, only to buy a 76 Trans AM. :D Go fugure.

[wolfie]

Nice t-bird, mine first was a 66' t-bird. Bought it from the original owner when i was 14 for $900.
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/3562/temppics009rc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The pic was a file photo off the internet. Mine looked just like yours. I had the 'bird on the B-piller and not the landau.
I put chrome reversies and baby moons on it later. It sat pretty low. All the lowriders loved it when they saw it coming up the street until they saw the surfboard rack on top.

[DaddyMack]

77 caprice clasic with a 350 in it... did at least 130.. that's all speedo went to..lol

[Moneypitt]

Sold it for money to buy a 73 MG Midget. What a mistake that was!! LOL!
I'll bet the MG wiring was out of smoke. You had to buy original British wiring smoke to put back in the wires or the electrical systems went haywire......
1949 ford coup flathead v/8- $75.00
Damm Jim, you're old.....49 coupe......I was handed down a 50 merc coupe, bitchen car in it's day, big flathead, 3 speed, (no FoMoCo automatics until 51) and a 4.11:1 gear. Sometime in the mid 60s it ran 15.30 at Lions, a real shocker to more than just me............MP

[pm069]

65 Corvair Monza 2dr. 110hp w/ powerglide on dash. Ran it than raced it. Wished I still had it. A really fun car.

[cdog]

67 Camaro. I still have it. :)

[eliminatedsprinter]

1973 Malibu.

[92562]

65 Malibu SS that I bought in 1985 for $900. It was a basket case with 195K miles and I restored it stock. I went to the prom in this car, drove home from my wedding in it (same girl), showed it, commuted it from IE to OC, and now several engine and trans combos later; it racks up 1/4 mile at a time. I still have all the original stuff stored (engine, trans, AC, etc.).
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/MYLILSS.jpg

[KineticoH20]

1967 Gto:d

[whiteworks]

1959 volkswagon baja $600 14 years old me and my best freind went halves. we took it to Glamis and had one hell of a weekend. We then purchased a sandrail frame that had been sitting in the schools auto shop for a few years and made ourselves a rail from the Baja.

[Jim Brock]

moneypitt,thats a fast merc, my 62 ford 401hp galaxi only went 104 at 14.01 at lions, 63 dodge 426 went low 13's at 114 in SS and a/gas at san fernando

[Phat Matt]

1986 VW Scirocco.
It was similar to this one but had blacked out windows and different five stars. :D
http://www.scirocco.org/photos/53b/cooper012.jpg

[robk]

'71 VW bus, 1600 dual port. Second owner, uncle bought it new from Meltebeke in La Habra and it still had the license plate frames on it.
Ended up selling it and have regretted doing so since then.

[spectras only]

1932 Fiat Balilla .
http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/1932%20Fiat2.jpg
1st car in Canada was this 1965 Galaxie , bought it for $750 in 1971
http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/Picture%20007.jpg

[bwillieb]

.......... First car was a "1940 Lasalle"....(one step down from a Cad)..........$50........I took it to San Fernando Drag Strip.........and ran it in I/stock.........It vaporlocked half way down the track and my time slip said....."to slow for time":( ........so a year or so later, to save face I drove this down the same track..........4/mph over and 2/tenths under the national record...........but at tech inspection it seems we were a couple of cubic inches over the limit for D/fuel dragster.......ok well maybe a few more cubies.........but whats 25 c.i.....here or there?...........so hanging my head low again:( .......went home.......few months later the car held both ends of the NHRA ..A/fuel dragster record;) .................http://www.grandpaints.com/SFDrag.jpg........sorry about the repro. quality,.. was the end of the 'Horse and Buggy' era.........

[DeltaSigBoater]

1983 Ford Mustang GT Convertible in Fire Engine Red with a 302ci an automatic trans. Only got to drive about a month until my parents sold it to buy me something that wouldn't get my license suspended. My next car was a 1991 Ford Explorer XLT.

[Misogynist]

'51 Plymouth Cranbrook.... then a '50 Dodge pick-up... I wish I still had the Dodge... That was a cool truck.

[SpottedHorsepower]

My first car to drive was a sixty (something??) Austin Healy Sprite. But it really belonged to my dad. The first car I bought was a 1967 Chrysler New Yorker. What a deal. I paid $600 for it and drove it for two years with no problems. Then while it was sitting in front of my house one morning someone sideswiped it. They actually stopped! Their insurance paid me $800. Then a while later, without doing any repair to it, I sold it for $500. So......Paid $600 Insurance <$800> Sold <$500> = Drove it for 2 1/2 years and made a $700 profit on a $600 investment! Best car I ever had :D

[Fast Lane]

69 Olds 442 40K miles paid $500.

[uselessgrant]

1979 toyota celica gt frog green except for the hood it was a chalky green from the motor heat run the sh!@ out of it but it never blew up went through a tranny and a rear end and 2 clutches though:D

[ColeTR2]

My dad got me this car when I was fifteen. Still have it 29 years latter.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/73867nova.jpg

[shueman]

'50 Chevy ragtop w/2speed powerslide...got it for $50, back in the day...:)

[framer1]

55 chevy with a 409 with three two barrels carbs. Love to have it back.

[RitcheyRch]

Mine was a blue '74 Pinto Wagon. Second car was a '64 GTO Coupe, 389 tri-power that still have.
1972 metalic green hatchback pinto, w/luggage rack.
I was the man!!
J

[bilgewiper]

60 something VW Karman Ghia. Bought for $25. Drove one summer and sold for $1100 after alot of TLC. It was 1973-74. Bad picture experiment of a slide sorry.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h217/bilgewiper/KarmanGhiaSmall.jpg

[SummerBreeze]

1974 Datsun Pickup

[lawbreaker2]

Well wasn't a car, and I don't know the year, but had to be in the 70's, But it was a Massey- Ferguson tractor, then it was on to my real first car was a 77 skylark 4-door, I welded the back doors shut, I thought I was bo fro the dukes of hazzard.:D

[NoCal NoBoat]

1970 El Camino. Unfortunately, the 307 with the Turbo 350.
She was a looker, though. Gold, black vinyl top, and matching hardtop for the bed. Added American Torq Thrusts with 60 series Polyglass tires (later Cragars with Goodrich TRs) Hi-Jackers all around, Hedman headers, duals with the Corvette mufflers. Strictly a cruiser, no racer...
The "audio" package was a Motorola 8 track on a slide mount and a pair of Pioneer 5.25's in the doors.
Wish I still had her. Screw "numbers matching", I would have put in a crate motor and lost the Turbo 350.

[Warlockjer]

51, thats right 51 Chevy. I paid $50.00 for it from the orginal owner. That was back in 1966 tho......:)

[SummitKarl]

1st car, 1968 El Camino and still have it after 20 years. Bought it back in 1987 during my last year of high school. Did hundreds of river trips in this car and drove her over 270,000 miles. This photo is about 5 years old and don't have those rims anymore. Have dragstars on her now. Looks much better.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/4463Me_and_My_68_El_Camino.jpg
WOW!!! you were skinny:jawdrop: what the hell happened:D

[SummitKarl]

My dad got me this car when I was fifteen. Still have it 29 years latter.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/73867nova.jpg
NICE!!! the only Chevy's I really like, great styling

[Zaairman]

First car that was "MINE" is my 1999 Ford F-150. Same on in my sig. But before that, the car I drove every day was my parents 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

[BADBLOWN572]

First car was a '66 Chevelle SS 396 Convertible. Bought it when I was 14 and got it done 2 days before my 16th birthday. Wish I still had it today. :(

[Sigus]

67 Camaro RS / SS 396 Convertible.
To this day I think my dad wanted me dead allowng me to buy that car. Fortunately I survived as did the car. Bought it for 175.00 Sold it for 1200.00. To replace it now would be 40-50k.
Been thinking about building one from the ground up.

[rivergoer]

mine was a 93 chevy 2500 suburban 4x4. with a 454...it was the travel quest pacage. all leather andd wood interior..it was loaded to the gills baby.. had to go to boot camp to get it though:D :D

[76ANTHONY]

69 vw bug, wooohoooo im still a baller:D

[Powerquestboy]

My first car was PIMP......82 Civic 2 door hatchback!

[yopengo]

1971 Chevelle SS 454. I paid $1200 for it. I wish I had it now.:jawdrop:

[Arkansas]

73 Nova....orange 350 4spd Bought in 1982 for $1,300.00

[catman-do]

I had two first cars. One was a 55' Nomad my uncle gave me. The first daily driver was an 88 Ford Bronco II (the small one, not the OJ mobile)

[Mr. C]

1974 chevy vega:eek:
what a rocket that thing was:(

[V-DRIVE VIDEO]

1970 Mach 1 Mustang. My dad loaned me the $1,000 to get this in 1984. It was dark green and bone stock when I got it.
Took all summer to pay dad back. Back then we raced on G street in Ontario (where the Mills mall is now) and Rockafeller
(back behind the Scandia park just north of Jurupa on the 15) in Ontario.
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/My_first_cars.jpg
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/My_first_cars_001.jpg
72 gran torino sport wish I still had it
Did it look like this? I paid $1,000 for this as you see it in 1990. 351CJ, buckets, factory tach
magnum wheels, ice cold a/c, 3 spoke wheel and my favorite... a 10 inch factory stall converter
turning the insides of a small block C6. Fun Car! I drove it work everyday 100 miles round trip back then.
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/normal_My_first_cars_003.jpg:)

[wolfie]

This was my sons first car.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/mike_s_bronco.jpg
I've got it now.
This is what he bought to replace it.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/71_el_camino.jpg

[Flyinbowtie]

1975 Vega GT. :rolleyes:
Second was a 56 F-100 big window pickup.
It's out in the garage, awating restoration, had it 31 years this coming summer.

[riverbound]

90 Ford Ranger Extended cab v6. Tough as nails and Fun :D
Still wish I had that truck.

[YeLLowBoaT]

my 1st "car" 73 fiat 124 spider.
87 gmc s-15 was my 1st vechicle i bought it off of a old lady for the price of a 4 new tires and a battery in HS. Drove it for about 2 months, then bought a ranger off of a relative( its AC worked) parked the S-15 for 3 years. I was hit a total of 8 times in it 6 last year and 1 once this year when it was totaled beyond fixing. I had some good times with that truck... many times cuting school with the boat in tow going to the lake...

[Boatcop]

'65 Dodge Dart. Slant Six, Auto.
I put close to 100,000 miles on it from 1971-1973 on surf trips.
http://www.foundationpc.com/cars/65dart8.jpg

[Moneypitt]

moneypitt,thats a fast merc, my 62 ford 401hp galaxi only went 104 at 14.01 at lions, 63 dodge 426 went low 13's at 114 in SS and a/gas at san fernando
Yeah Jim, that old geared Merc surprised the hell out of everyone. Especially the grocery getter 16 and 17 second 265 and 283 Chevys......My 427 medium riser C&O hydroed 57 Ford Wagon only ran 12.50s on its best 3650 lbs day....Flatheads forever!!!

[bwillieb]

Yeah Jim, that old geared Merc surprised the hell out of everyone. Especially the grocery getter 16 and 17 second 265 and 283 Chevys......My 427 medium riser C&O hydroed 57 Ford Wagon only ran 12.50s on its best 3650 lbs day....Flatheads forever!!!
.........Sounds like the Merc would have an F/gasser at San Fernando.......15.30....real quick for flathead, was the mph around 90?.......the record for E/gas for a couple of years was 15.26..held by my neighbor.........so you were running as quick as the small c.i. OVH.gassers.......nice

[SummitKarl]

'65 Dodge Dart. Slant Six, Auto.
I put close to 100,000 miles on it from 1971-1973 on surf trips.
http://www.foundationpc.com/cars/65dart8.jpg
slant six ...hehehehe. got a great story on that, worked in a wrecking yard during my JR. summer, we took a slant six out of a car put it on the test bench drained the oil and water, fired it up at WOT......30mins later still LMAO and went to lunch for 30 min, came back. it was still running WOT:jawdrop: ...ok we unhooked it and put it on the for sale rack as a tested engine:D

[billet racing 1]

68 GTO. bought from a guy at the Fremont Drag strip.
16 years old. My mom could not figure out why I would buy a race car. still drove to school every day. Back then I could get a smog certificate in the mail.
Still have it.
Jerry

[RaceFace]

Crap! Everyone had all these awesome muscle cars that I would kill for as a first car.....I had a freegin 69 bug!!!
Dad wouldn't let me drive his 73 R/T Challenger..440 w/pistol grip 4 speed....probably a good decision :D

[Boatcop]

Crap! Everyone had all these awesome muscle cars that I would kill for as a first car.....I had a freegin 69 bug!!!
Dad wouldn't let me drive his 73 R/T Challenger..440 w/pistol grip 4 speed....probably a good decision :D
And just what's wrong with a '69 Bug as a first car?
http://www.boatcop.com/69122.jpg
I didn't get mine until I was WAY into my 40s. :D

[RaceFace]

And just what's wrong with a '69 Bug as a first car?
http://www.boatcop.com/69122.jpg
I didn't get mine until I was WAY into my 40s. :D
Oh, don't get me wrong, I became a HUGE VW fan.....I still am! I learned to build motors, lower them, do body work.....I was a great car. I am still looking for that '65-66 vert that I've always wanted.
And your car is beautiful too!! Did you restore it or is it original??

[Moneypitt]

.........Sounds like the Merc would have an F/gasser at San Fernando.......15.30....real quick for flathead, was the mph around 90?.......the record for E/gas for a couple of years was 15.26..held by my neighbor.........so you were running as quick as the small c.i. OVH.gassers.......nice
No the Merc was just run that one night at the beach.(I really don't remember the speed) The Ford Wagon was at SF all the time.......Legal C gasser based on weight and cubes, but not competitive in class. The officals would put me in D gas just to protest a D gas cheaters weight, and mid 12s wasn't competitive there either. I always got in free though, so I just enjoyed what I had, uncorked it at 12:30, made a few passes, lost first round, corked it up at 3:30 and drove it home. Also drove it to work and the local drive ins. On the street that car was never beaten, the hydro was so quick across an intersection and street races were usually short, so it was over before it started. I did frequent Joe Rose's place there in Inglewood, R&W automotive with a chassis dyno. Motor put out outragious HP, but the car was so heavy......Still a blast on the street, and strip. Ran SF, Lions, Irwindale, El Dorado, (Vegas), Half Moon Bay, Carlsbad, Formosa....And a couple of others I can't recall the names of...Good old days.....Before smog checks and BS laws.......Maybe thats why I went to boats??...........MP

[Boatcop]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I became a HUGE VW fan.....I still am! I learned to build motors, lower them, do body work.....I was a great car. I am still looking for that '65-66 vert that I've always wanted.
And your car is beautiful too!! Did you restore it or is it original??
Restored. Here's what it looked like when I first got it.
http://www.boatcop.com/69_5.jpg
Did everything, except spray the paint, myself.

[Tom Brown]

And just what's wrong with a '69 Bug as a first car?
http://www.boatcop.com/69122.jpg
I didn't get mine until I was WAY into my 40s. :D
LOVE the bug. Nice car, Alan. :cool:

[ratso]

1968 Mercury Cougar... totalled it a few months later. I was still in the hospital and my dad went out and found me... you guessed it, another 68 Cougar. I had two more after that to restore, but like a dumbass I sold all of them...

[RaceFace]

Restored. Here's what it looked like when I first got it.
http://www.boatcop.com/69_5.jpg
Did everything, except spray the paint, myself.
Very nice work!! Really cherry. So did you go with a reliable stocker 1600 or put a sleeper 2 liter in it?
At one point I was running an 1835 with baby Dellortos....'till it threw a rod and ruptured a fuel line.....which of course caught fire. Fortunately I got the fire out before the case started burning. Pops was an LA Co. Firefighter and made sure I had a halon extinguisher in it. He knew they like to burn.

[Partycattin]

I got pop's 54 Chevy Pickup. Fresh paint and chrome. 327 with a 350 TH tranny. Thing was nice, but too much for a 16 year old that just got his license and was working at Carl's Jr.
I was losing money just driving to work for $3.35/hour.

[full throttle]

First car I owned was a 69 SS Camaro. Paid $900 for it in 1980, and had it running and drivable with a "fresh" primer job when I turned 16. Drove a 68 VW bus when it was'nt running.

[73kona455]

1968 volkswagon karmann ghia.....burnt orange in color

[lalhc]

'68 Chevelle - It was a hand-me-down from my grandma back in '83 :D
It's still in the family - my mom has it now

[HavasuSelect]

'65 Dodge Dart. Slant Six, Auto.
I put close to 100,000 miles on it from 1971-1973 on surf trips.
http://www.foundationpc.com/cars/65dart8.jpg
Awesome car! A buddy and I took a trip down to Mexico in 2003 in his 69 Dart. It had the 6 cylinder and it ran great! The brakes gave out so we had to leave it on the side of the road in Mexico. When we were coming back a couple hours later the car was gone. We knew it would be. Man that was a great trip!

[98 Vector 21]

73 Pinto Wagon with wood grain down the sides, Wink mirror & Grant GT steering wheel, with one big stereo speaker(from the living room) in the back hooked up to my AM radio...It was my Stabbing Cabin...

[scooooter7]

1st car was a '67 Mustang 289 fastback punched .30 over, painted metallic blue with a teardrop hood scoop and Cragar S/S. Paid $250 for it in '73 and it really screamed after replacing the 3rd member for $35 at the junk yard. Those were the days.

[plaster dave]

1988 1/2 Ford Escort Gt blk lowered 15" five star Elites on 50 series tires. LOL 15 were the shit in 1990.:D What a piece of shit that car was thinking back on it.:D

[STV_Keith]

67 Chevelle SS396. Originally a 4-speed (M21) car, but had a TH400 in it when I bought it. Oh the sound of a big block at 7500rpm! Mmmmmmmm

[v-drive]

mine was a 1956 Buick century. It was lowered and everything was chromed but in the 60's that's what we did...:D v-drive

[909punk]

81 Porsche 924

[76ANTHONY]

1970 Mach 1 Mustang. My dad loaned me the $1,000 to get this in 1984. It was dark green and bone stock when I got it.
Took all summer to pay dad back. Back then we raced on G street in Ontario (where the Mills mall is now) and Rockafeller
(back behind the Scandia park just north of Jurupa on the 15) in Ontario.
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/My_first_cars.jpg
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/My_first_cars_001.jpg
Did it look like this? I paid $1,000 for this as you see it in 1990. 351CJ, buckets, factory tach
magnum wheels, ice cold a/c, 3 spoke wheel and my favorite... a 10 inch factory stall converter
turning the insides of a small block C6. Fun Car! I drove it work everyday 100 miles round trip back then.
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysgallery/albums/userpics/normal_My_first_cars_003.jpg:)
dam i havent seen a torino since highschool, that was the fastest car in school there, the dude that owned it had it tricked out, awesome cars...:D

[76Eliminator]

'67 Mustang fastback. Bought her when I was 11. Had her restored by the time I was 15. Then I had to stare at her and wait for another year.
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[spectras only]

'67 Mustang fastback. Bought her when I was 11. Had her restored by the time I was 15. Then I had to stare at her and wait for another year.
Chris
Don't you wish you still have her ;) .
Friend of mine is building an Eleanor clone right now for a client. They'll pour crazy money in this project .

[jbtrailerjim]

53 Ford F-100. Got it when I was 15. My dad and I restored it together. It took us about a year and a half to restore it. Had a lot of fun in that truck. I wish I still had it.

[Chico&Zeus]

1979 10th Anniversary Trans Am, it was Midnight Blue, 400 w/ the 4 speed, LS6, this car was awesome. I blew the 400 after a year of "doughnuts" in the school parking lot, bought a 1969 427 tri-power from a guy that was rebuilding his corvette...when I put that puppy into my T/A, it was the hottest car in school....I beat the shit out of the car and eventually sold it to buy something "new and reliable"....someday I will buy one again, except they are about $25,000 now for a nice one compared to the $2,500 that I spent.
http://www.firebirdtransamparts.com/adventure/2001%20Trans%20Am%20Nationals/P1010050.JPG

[Strip Poker 388]

first one in 1980 still have it:D

[Eliminator 4 Life]

My first car was a 1966 Chevy fleetside pickup lowered and all tricked out with loud glasspacks we used to shoot water up them to make them rap. Damn I miss those days...:idea: :confused:

[76Eliminator]

Don't you wish you still have her ;) .
Friend of mine is building an Eleanor clone right now for a client. They'll pour crazy money in this project .
In a way, I do. I sold the original one, but fortunately about a year ago I found another. In some ways, this one is better. This one goes into my shop for a full resto as soon as I'm done with my '34 Ford 5W coupe.
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[spectras only]

See you got some extra parts to start your resto :)

[FryJet]

Mine was a 1972 Baja. I turned 16 in 86 but my dad gave it to me in 84 so I had time to press it out. 1835 w/ a single Webber 42 and dont forget the stinger. Check out the Jackman rims and lights, pretty sweet huh? Lets not forget the super cool sunroof that had the standard leak option. It had a JVC stereo, Pyramid EQ and Sparkamatic 6x9's. I had alot of fun in that little car. When I was 17 I traded it for a 77 Chevy 1/2 ton shortbed with a 468 and boy what a pile that thing ended up being.
F.J.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/1909Scan10006.JPG

[Ned S]

59 Triumph TR-3 had low slung doors, no heat to speak of, broke every other time I drove it. The hood hinges even broke, took out the windshield but I still drove it to school in the winter with skiing goggles on.
I learned a lot from that car. I got it at 16 for $400 when I sold I got $900 with $2500 invested. By the time I was 17 I could rebuild a transmission and perform body, rust and paint repair. By the time I was 17 1/2 I could rebuild an engine and totally rewire a car and tune carbs. By the time I was 18 I learned not to mess with junk English cars and bought a new Ford truck.
Then I bought a boat. Looking back I probably didn't learn anything!

[BoatPI]

Peugeot 304 with 4 on the tree and a 4 cylinder HEMI engine.

[502schiada]

57 chevy truck 350/slip and slide power glide

[Jrocket]

http://www.ratdat.com/brochuregal/honeybee_brgal/images/honeybee1.jpg

[throwerb]

1970 Mustang.

[bonesfab]

1966 mustang 6cyl powerhouse machine. :D

[ULTRA26 # 1]

When I was 13 1/2 I bought a 1952 Singer for $50.00 Looked like a 4 seat MG. My 1st real car was a black on black 64 SS Chevelle, 283 4 sp.
John M

[78CoLe]

86 toyota pickup was the first car but rode my dads street legal xr 600 for the first 6 months till i had enough money to put a clutch and water pump on it only kid in school with a motor cycle license

[mrs.robk]

84 Volkswagen Rabbit convertable. Yes, Rabbit not Cabriolet.....
The best feature was when some piece would pop off and I only had 3, 4, and 5th gear :)

[Markos]

1959 VW Karman Ghia paid $75.00. Couldn't even buy the front bumper for that today