Me and my first car, what was yours Options

[McMark]

I found this old (hahaha 1999) picture of me with my first car. 1979 Porsche 928. It was oak green metallic with a manual transmission. I loved that car, put a lot of work into it, including a top end rebuild, and finally sold it for 1/8 of what I had into it because I found out the frame was cracked. I would love to have another 928 if they weren't such money pits. Great freeway car.

[Gint]

67 Charger. Red even. Still had the 426 HEMI tags on the side of it. But the PO had taken it out to put it in his truck and replaced the hemi with a lowly 383. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) Sorry, no pics.

[Daiberl]

1978 BMW 518, crashed the car after 3 months, bought another BMW which was followed by a 914 2.0. Later a Mitsuishi Lancer Turbo, 1977 Beetle, GTI 16V, and a few others. The car I really miss was a Ford Escort RS2000 MK2, adjustable suspension, roll cage, and so on. Unfortunately the engine blew up and I gave it away for free since I couldn't afford fixing it during university (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Good thing was I lived in Germany so I could enjoy the Autobahn with all of them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[0396]

1970 Opel GT

[ConeDodger]

Sitting at a backyard BBQ at home with my Dad, Grandfather and two of my uncles watching the big boys bullshit and drink beer when my Dad says 'if you can get that thing running, it's yours' and he points his beer bottle at his car that had quit running a year or so before. He had us come up to the corner and help him push it down the alley and in to the back yard next to the garage. There it sat... My uncle, who owned a Gulf station winked at me and the following Monday, showed up with his wrecker. We had that thing running in about 5 minutes. Motor mounts and distributor cap replaced along with a tune-up and all I needed was insurance...

Gave her a auto shop valve job and some other guys painted her... Gas gauge went left as fast as the speedo went right!!!

Rob,
What year chevy?

Reminds me of my first, a 63 chevy impala SS automatic that my Dad gave me. Will have to find a picture of it.

Dave

'62... Shortly after that I bought a '57 Chevrolet 2 door, a '59 Chevrolet Pickup. Somewhere along the line I got a Datsun Z and went autocrossing. The rest as they say is history. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif)

[jimtab]

My first car was a H.S. graduation present from my dad who only drove Lincolns and 18 wheelers or larger (UKEs, etc.) He had asked me what I wanted and I told him a Triumph, I didn't even know that they MADE a f*cking sedan....but I came home from graduation and he led me into the garage and handed me the keys....what the hell do you do....? So while it was under the 6 month "warranty" the used car guy had given him I did my best to break something every week or so....about the 3 or 4th time in the owner took me aside and said, "Don't like this car much do you?" I said no, and he said maybe we can work a deal, we did and I left in a 1958 VW bus with 36HP...put in curtains and a sign on the back that said "Don't laugh asshole, your daughter is in the back." Made a lot of friends with that. It got me thru my first year at SJSU and I traded it for a TR3, then a VW Bug, then a Karman Ghia...then a "63 Corvair monza (POS), a 59 porsche 356 with a VW motor, a 60 356 with a "normal" motor, a 1957 speedster...and then I got marriedand we had a series of cars that were strange and stranger, including 2 914s, a 73 and a 74 ( after the 73 got killed), a red 914 with a 2.7L twin plug motor and a "GT kit" body which I collected too many tickets with...etc. over 75 cars/trucks/vans/campers later we're down to a Honda CRV, an Acura Legend, and THE GREEN MACHINE!


Like I said the Herald Convertible was hideous...but at least it was a black one with red "leather"....948cc .....always waiting.....

[plymouth37]

This is a 15 year old me taking delivery of my first car, a 1937 Plymouth.

And a photo of the Plymouth with my second car right after I bought it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[carr914]

a 260Z, my sister hit a snowplow & totaled it, when I left it home to get some minor maintenance done while I was at College

[VaccaRabite]

I never needed a car in high school or college, and I was poor, so I never bought a car until I had a job after college.

And here it is - granted towards the end of its time with me. My 1998 VW Golf. I bought it new and loved that car to death, which happened at about 127K miles when the car needed more work then I could fix or wanted to pay for.

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I loved that, with a roof rack, you put put nearly anything either in or on that car. It hooked me on wagonz fo' life, yo! The car died a death of 1000 cuts, suffering from the standard poor quality that all of the A3 and A2 Mexican VWs suffered int he 90s. By 127K that poor car was totally used up. Some of that was me, granted. But a lot of it was the car.

Still, I loved that car.

Zach

[scotty]

(in 1976) 1966 Volvo 122s 4-door.

[bozo914]

1964 VW Bug Convertible, red w/ a white top, had a serious list to the right. The PO had taken out the passengers seat an would carry a 1/2 ton or better of newspapers in it. Then a series of fastbacks and squarebacks.

[stugray]

Tom_T,

"Fall of `69 I bought a used Red 68 Opel Kadette 1.0L Notchback 2-dr sedan (baseline) for $800"

That is funny. That is almost exactly the same car I had as my first.
It was even red & I paid $800 for it in 82, but it was in perfect shape with low miles.

I considered it a rally car ;-)

It looked EXACTLY like this one, even down to the wheels:

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My next car was a 72 Buick Skylark. When it croaked on me I traded it and $800 for a non-running 914. I slapped dual dellortos on it and drove it for ~5 years before selling it to a 16 year old for $1000 in ~95.

I wish I hadnt sold it. To find another in that shape would run me ~$5k now.

Stu

[Tom_T]

Tom_T,

"Fall of `69 I bought a used Red 68 Opel Kadette 1.0L Notchback 2-dr sedan (baseline) for $800"

That is funny. That is almost exactly the same car I had as my first.
It was even red & I paid $800 for it in 82, but it was in perfect shape with low miles.

I considered it a rally car ;-)

It looked EXACTLY like this one, even down to the wheels:

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My next car was a 72 Buick Skylark. When it croaked on me I traded it and $800 for a non-running 914. I slapped dual dellortos on it and drove it for ~5 years before selling it to a 16 year old for $1000 in ~95.

I wish I hadnt sold it. To find another in that shape would run me ~$5k now.

Stu

That's quite a Quinky-dink Stu! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Yours was obviously the upscale version & a 4-door, as it has chrome trim & fancy wheels! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I'm glad I didn't sell the 914 when the gal whacked it, but really wish I'd fixed 10-15-20 years ago when parts were readily available & less expensive than today! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Can't say that I miss the Opel or Pontiac though, other than for nostalgia reasons, and as it is EVERY car we own today is technically a "Classic" - even the Kids' Honda. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Nie Zu Alt]

The first car was a '65 Mustang that I had to share with my brother and sister. My first car paid for by me was a '63 Ragtop Sunroof Bug. I paid $100 for it in 1976. It got lowered and I put a 1776 with dual carbs in it. The picture was taken on I-5 cruising home in the evening after going to one of the Bug-Ins at OCIR.

[Black22]

Here's my first ride. A '66 Mustang that I purchased at age 14 in 1987 for $1,200.00. It had a 200ci straight six when I got her, but the body was good. My dad and I spent the next two years putting in a 302, changing front end and rear end from 4 lug to 5 lug, trans, the whole enchilada! Probably would have been cheaper to buy a V8 car to begin with, but you can't beat that experience. I still have her today at age 38. Not a daily driver at 8 mpg but she still looks like the picture, but in Porsche terms she's Marathon Metallic Blue now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/santa_smiley.gif)

[Drums66]

57' chevrolet biscayne 6cyl...blue 3spd on the floor (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
(picture it in your head) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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[jsayre914]

1st was a beat down 1970 914 1.7, 2nd was an 82 Ford escort 5 speed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

I had to have the 2nd to drive while I worked on the first (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Cant find the pics.

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My 1st was a 80somthing Ford Escort Pony 4speed (85mph top speed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) ) and second was a beat down 1970 914 1.7.

Tell me thats not weird Doc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[Elliot Cannon]

1947 ford two door coupe. Flat head V8. "Three on the tree".

[markb]

55 Ford Fairlane 2 door. 3 on the tree. It had a rod knock from the day I got it, but I wound up blowing 2nd gear in the trans while driving my Mom home from the store. Dad wanted really hard to blame me, but Mom stuck up for me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Too many cars to count after that. One of the local used car dealers came to see me at the High school auto shop to warn me that if I sold one more car that year (74), that he was going to turn me in for selling cars without a lic (turns out I was selling more cars per month than he was). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[trfrick]

1- 67 Impala
2- 77 Nova
3- VW Rabbit

[bembry]

1947 ford two door coupe. Flat head V8. "Three on the tree".

46-48 Ford Coupes with the Flattie still in them (as oppsed to the ones sporting the ubiquitous and unimaginative small block chev (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) ) are some of my all time favorites! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)