What was your first car?

Mine was a 1976 VW Beetle in green. That car could go anywhere as long as it didn't bottom out, or need to get there fast. Especially in the mountains, lol

Edited February 4, 20242 yr by ckf
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Hi powered 170 CI engine, 3 on a tree….lol

3 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Hi powered 170 CI engine, 3 on a tree….lol

My parents had a Chevy 6 cyl two wheel drive pickup with a 3 on the tree that I drove for a while.

1973 Mazda RX3 twin rotor. The best part was the Pioneer Supertuner. I blew the motor just north of 120mph. Second car was a "73 Ford Gran Torino in green. 351 Cleveland that revved to the moon. 

 

 

6 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

1973 Mazda RX3 twin rotor. The best part was the Pioneer Supertuner. I blew the motor just north of 120mph. Second car was a "73 Ford Gran Torino in green. 351 Cleveland that revved to the moon. 

 

 

still got a supertuner packed away somewhere, great unit

 

1987 Toronado!

Neal

76 olds delta 88

1963 Ford Fairlane. 6 cylinder, 3 speed standard. Too many speed shifts broke the column shifter off so a Hurst floor shifter went in. Way faster then. Heh.

Early 80’s something 4 door orange dodge omni. Bought it my self at 15. 

2 hours ago, SVT MXZ XRS said:

 Fucking CrockPotFuckStick

Good to see you back!  🍻

1 minute ago, Cold War said:

Early 80’s something 4 door orange dodge omni. Bought it my self at 15. 

When I was looking for my first car it was a toss up between the Rabbit GTI and the Omni GLH..

Man, we got to hang out, we have to many things in common, You're like my Brother from another mother .lol

99 Cherokee sport. It was definitely not what I wanted but it was a fun car couldn’t kill that 4.0

First car I bought was a 70 gs 350!

mine was black and definitely not as nice as one pictured!!

first car dad gave me to start driving was a 64 park lane with 390 super marauder!

2 hours ago, ckf said:

What was your first car?

Mine was a 1976 VW Beetle in green. That car could go anywhere as long as it didn't bottom out, or need to get there fast. Especially in the mountains, lol

Haha .. bringing back old memories. My  first car was a 68 beetle in blue.

I was a senior in high school...Replaced the clutch in auto shop at my school.... Pretty much required sliding  the whole engine back.... Do these kids even get their hands dirty these days?....

Tons of great memories in that car.. Skipped School a few days and picked up some of the girls at the bus stop and went drinking...... You wouldn't believe how many people I could fit in that little car.... Also got it on two wheels several times making sharp turns in cul-de-sac's.    That car was a blast, one of my favs.    One time we kind of went off-roading with it to a local lookout point and I ripped the oil pan cover off.... I don't know if you remember but it was a little round plate.   Lost all the oil and a buddy of mine drove me with his car to a German repair shop at 11:30 at night and I stole one off of one of the vehicles they were working on in the parking lot, left a huge puddle of oil..... Crazy days And I should have been shot as a kid...   Bolted it on to mine, filled it with oil and I was good to go...oh man, so many more stories...thnx for jolting the memories .

3 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said:

86 Mustang GT.

You're a youngster.... had an 87 GT but is was prolly my 4th or 5th car 

56 minutes ago, Cold War said:

Good to see you back!  🍻

X2

69 F100 360, C6 auto

 

My first was a '77 F100 stepside box with stacks. 351m with a C6 auto. My dad bought it for me when I turned 17. I didn't get a job to pay for the fuel so my mom took it and traded it for '81 Capri hatchback with an I6 auto. We shared it for 3 years until I got booted by her insurance company for speeding tickets.

I bought an '81 Suzuki GS1100E at 19.

But the first car I ever bought with my money was a '71 Beetle for $1500. It was in tough shape, no heat. I bought an '81 Jimmy I6 with a 4 speed for that winter and sold the beetle the following spring. Only car I ever owned. Nothing but trucks since then.

‘72 Mustang

2 hours ago, Sael said:

1963 Ford Fairlane. 6 cylinder, 3 speed standard. Too many speed shifts broke the column shifter off so a Hurst floor shifter went in. Way faster then. Heh.

You could buy those Hurst shifter kits at K-Mart back in the day…lol

2 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

You could buy those Hurst shifter kits at K-Mart back in the day…lol

What is this KMart that you speak of

1984 Chevy S10 4x4 extended cab.  Nice little truck served me well.   My Kid is the one who got the coolest first car a Volvo C70 hardtop convertible.   That little bastard has way to nice of a car.

91 gmc sonoma st with a 4.3L.  Two wheel drive.  Little bastard ripped.

68 Ford Galaxie XL

 

Jeep Cherokee Country.  White with the gold/tan trim and interior instead of silver like most had.

No rust, no anti-lock brakes.

Once I figured out how to do burnouts in it, it was game over.  

I needed a set of cheap tires in the rear, because burnouts.  Fleet Farm had some super cheap stuff, like $35/tire mounted.  Those didn't make it 1500 miles.

Looked like this.

Just now, racinfarmer said:

Jeep Cherokee Country.  White with the gold/tan trim and interior instead of silver like most had.

No rust, no anti-lock brakes.

Once I figured out how to do burnouts in it, it was game over.  

I needed a set of cheap tires in the rear, because burnouts.  Fleet Farm had some super cheap stuff, like $35/tire mounted.  Those didn't make it 1500 miles.

Looked like this.

Did it burn both rears? Mine only do the one wheel wonder but man did that thing do a hell of a brake stand lol

Inherited a 1977 Chevy Impala identical to this. Had 42k on it and wasn't anything special, but was reliable. Had A LOT of fun in that car.

First car I ever bought was a 1986 Monte Carlo LS...

Edited February 5, 20242 yr by soeaster