Describe your 1st Car, and whatever happened to it.

[Chewbaccer]

I had two vehicles when I was 16.

An 87 big block Dodge Ram. I sold it when I was 17.

And a 94 Jeep Cherokee. I drove it until a few years ago when I sold it to one of my buddies. Had well over 400,000 miles on it when I sold it to him, and he still uses it as a daily driver.

 

[cezero]

87 Ford Thunderbird.

I crashed it in the first 10 days of owning it. Paid to have the shattered front bumper repaired.

Crashed it again a couple weeks later. EXACT same damage.

Just put a bra on it to hold it altogether after that. It actually worked.

Haven't gotten in any type of collision since then, and have only gotten 1 ticket, which I got removed from my record through deferment.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Mine was a 1971 Pontiac LeMans.
After 2 transmissions, 10 speeding tickets, and 2 accidents (not my fault), I sold it for $100.
(it actually still ran)

that's not it, but darn close.

Damned mine was a '69 LeMans 350 4 speed. Got it for $950 when I was 17 when the owner brought it into our shop after trying to start it with a bad timing chain, tearing up the engine.. Butt ugly green and dangerous as hell with drum brakes and the handling capability of the Titanic but it was pretty fast.

It lasted until around 90,000 miles which was kind of the lifespan of a muscle car back then.

 

[outofyourmind]

Damned mine was a '69 LeMans 350 4 speed. Got it for $950 when I was 17 when the owner brought it into our shop after trying to start it with a bad timing chain, tearing up the engine.. Butt ugly green and dangerous as hell with drum brakes and the handling capability of the Titanic but it was pretty fast.

It lasted until around 90,000 miles which was kind of the lifespan of a muscle car back then.

@Darrell Green Fan
I knew a guy in High School that had one just like you had.
I liked those.

 

[RP-29]

Burgundy 84 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera.

I bought it from my grandparents at 16 for $500. My youngest aunt previously used it while she was in college. When I left for USAF BMT I sold it to my cousin.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

@Darrell Green Fan
I knew a guy in High School that had one just like you had.
I liked those.

Holy shit that was it! Same color and everything although my paint was dead and I only could afford mag wheels on the back, they were Keystone, and stock hub caps on the front. That's what 2.25 an hour at the Shell station bought you in 1976. But it had a Hurst shifter and in a straight line it was pretty fast.

Thanks man.

 

[Bridgeburner]

86 Plymoth Turismo.

Guy ran a stop light and smashed it up on me.

 

[outofyourmind]

86 Plymoth Turismo.

Guy ran a stop light and smashed it up on me.

Uhhhhh
@Bridgeburner

 

[Bridgeburner]

Uhhhhh
@Bridgeburner

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Yep. She's a bute huh? Haha. Mine was a maroon color but that's it.

What was crazy is the cost. The thing was mint. It was six years old when my dad bought it for me. A six year old mint car with I believe 70K on it. I remember clearly he paid $500 for it. What would a six year old mint car with 70K on it cost now? Even if it was a crappy one? I recently bought my daughter a 2009 Camry with 80K on it and paid $9,000. Ugh.

 

[Retroram52]

1964 Plymouth Belvedeere Station Wagon. Bought at the dealer for $150 because it has a wrecked front driver's side fender. It landed in the junk yard crusher after nearly ten years of service.

 

[BigKen]

1960 Rambler Station Wagon
Push Button Hydromatic Transmission.
Rear seats dropped forward, Front seats dropped back.
Put a coiled spring single mattress in the back and it fit perfectly with back seats down.
With a double date, just folded it in half.

My father gave it to me when I was 17 in 1967. I had more sex in this car in one year than I did for the rest of my life. I swear the springs should have given out before the brakes. I can see the faces but 50 years later, the names are in the mist.

By 1968 the brakes were totally gone and to do the repair right it would have cost nearly $250. I sold it to a junkyard for $35 and they crushed it. I used the $35 to put a down payment on a 1961 Chevrolet Impala SS with an H on the column.

 

[Retroram52]

And a damn good station wagon that was BigKen. My father owned one of those and we ran that thing into the ground.

 

[navamind]

1997 Saturn SL2. Totaled it about 5 months later.

 

[Fish]

Brown 4 door 1963 Chevy, was on blocks when I bought it for $75. I had to put tires and wheels on it to drive it away.
Traded it for a 1966 Chevy Impala SS 2 door hardtop.

 

[Bayou Tiger]

I'm kinda wanting something like that now to fix up.

I am fixing to either build a 66 Chevy C10 or a 68 Chevy C10 next. I found 2 1968 trucks and one 1966 that would be good candidates for my next build.

My very first truck was a blue 1968 C10 stepside. The two 1968 trucks I've found are the same.

I may actually buy the 66 and use it's chassis with parts from the two 68s.

One of the 68's has the best body panels. But it was flooded in the recent flood. So I would need to scavenge the body parts from it, use the other 68 for dash and other electrical items...lights, and the rest of interior .... and use the 66 chassis because it was a shortbed like I want to build. The 68 that will be used for electrical parts and interior is a long bed.

3 trucks to build one. That's where the problem lies. They want a fortune for every truck !



C/10's are very, very, very popular right now.

 

[Dusty]

This is just about an exact example of my 1959 MG. Wire wheels with the knock-offs, white with red leather interior and it had a black soft top. Really cornered like a sports car is supposed to and a neat freeflow throaty muffler. It had those side curtains that you installed with big wing nuts and you opened the door by pulling down on the cord that ran the length of the door under the plastic sliding windows inside. To open it from the outside, with the top up, you slide the window open and reach inside and pull down on the cord and the door opened. It was a blast to drive, and down shifting was the most fun when you could hear that muffler rap off. My grandmother, who was very well off, bought it for me when I was 17. I had it until I was 20 when we traded it in for a ‘64 Dodge Dart GT with a four speed Hurst floor shifter. Slant six, great Dodge engine. It was white with a red stripe. Then I went into the Navy.

 

[Dusty]

 

[UtahUte]

1972 Chevy Monte Carlo SS
350 small block took a shit driving. It always vapor locked.
I sold it, now I have always kicked myself for doing that.

https://goo.gl/images/CbHFXz

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Rather than fire up a new thread, this is the pictorial essay of my Germans.

1st edition:


2nd edition:


3rd edition:

 

[Debbie Does]

A 1968 Triumph Spitfire, brand new for $2150. As they say, every part that falls off this car was installed by the finest British craftsmen. Also, why do the Brits drink warm beer? Because Lucas makes refrigerators.

I learned a lot about car repair, and did almost everything myself. Sold it to some guy just getting out of the military and bought a 75 MGB.

And today, if St. Peter meets me at the Golden Gates with the keys to that MGB, I will know I'm in Heaven. If I get the keys to the yellow Sunbird wagon, I'll know I'm in the other place.