First Car

We were sitting around waiting for the snow to stop, and got into a discussion about first cars. I'm not talking about Mom or Dads car that you borrowed, but your very first car that you owned.

Mine was a 1965 Chevy Corvair. My Dad sold it to me and he made me pay every cent. Next was a 1970 Camaro Z28. Really wish I had that one back.

I'll bet everyone remembers their first auto...what's yours?

John

My first two vehicles were Jeep CJ5's. '78 and a '79 respectively.

I spent nearly every dime I made on those Jeeps! Learned much about auto mechanics as I was always breaking, replacing or modding.

I still love CJ's all these years later.

My first car was a 1968 Mustang with a 289 CID, auto. I wasnt allowed to have a car till I graduated from High school, so I got this in 1972.

1970 Ford Maverick inline 6 with 3 in the tree. Good engine. Terrible clutch.

1941 ford club coupe that vapor locked everytime the temperture got abov 80

1962 corvair from when my dad ran a gas station in San luis Obispo and he had accquired it for the Orignal owner it was stolen out of texas somewhere and they blew the engine in california. and my dad towed it and the owner didn't want it back so he gave it to me as a project. I rebuilt the engine from pieces that a family friend extra parts from his dune buggy. That was the car that I took drivers training in. Lost it in a few years due to my dad going bankrupt and it was in his name due to my age at the time.
Next car came around the end of High school and my dad helped pay for it. It was a 1965 1/2 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT with a High Performance 390 and about 16 set of tires I went threw in the course a few years. Boy could that car Go.

1966 GMC pickup that my grandparents gave me. Was an old farm truck with a six cylinder and three on the tree. My dad, a chevy mechanic, built me a 350 for it, stock, and helped me put it in and change out the three speed to a four speed with granny low. We also changed out the rear end to a 273 gear ratio for better gas mileage. I would stop light race it and only had to shift once because of the high geared rear end. It would run 80 in third.

1968 Camero 327 3 speed. Loved that car, but the engine was a lemon.

1950 Ford Coupe with flathead V8. Leaded headlights, taillights, hood and trunklid. It was a fun car.

1966 mustang with the 200 sprint. Was wrecked in an accident and I took the check and bought a 1967 mustang convertible, which still sits in the stable.

1973 Nova was the fist car I bought myself.Motor was blown,But me and some buddies replaced it.

Mine was a 1955 DeSoto. It was destroyed in 1967 on the two lane US Highway 61 in a head on collosion at 60 MPH in Southern Missouri. The speed limit on that stretch of hwy was 70 MPH. This was before Interstate 55 was completed.
That DeSoto was a smooth riding machine.

1960 Thunderbird with a 430 cid Lincoln Engine

I walked 14 miles to buy my first car...a 1965 Plymouth Fury III. 318 automatic and power steering. Nothing else. No power brakes, no AC. But what a great car.

First car 1969 Galaxie 500 fastback dw and I bought . Then in the next 20 years owned 40 vehicles . Wish I had some of them back . Jim

I had my my first car in 1974 which was a 1958 Austin A35 then I had a 1962 Mini van.
Sean

1974 Pinto. That thing left me stranded in more places, but I loved it.

A 1953 Ford 4 door sedan with a flathead. Then a friend and I built a '31 model A roadster (jalopy) with a small dodge hemi, something about 382 CI???? Wow! Lucky to be here today.

Mine was a 1978 VW Golf.

Mine was a 1953 Plymouth 2 dr

I know this will date myself, but here goes. While stationed in England in 1960 my buddy and I together brought a "1939 (Mark II (I think)) Jaguar Converable". Big chrome headlights. Yellow with (4) suicide doors. Got at least 5 miles to the gallon. Cannot even find it on the internet now. Must have been very few of them made. What a bomb but it sure got the attention of the girls. Wish I had taken a picture of it.

My first car was a 1931 Chevrolet Deluxe 6 wheel sedan, it had side mounted tires in each front fenders. I was 15 and paid $60.00 at $ 5.00 a week, had many hours of fun in that car. ( click on photo )

My first car was a 1949 Chevrolet Business Coupe Black with a white top the paint was original and in perfect condition, paid $125.00 for it. Boy that brings back some old memories. Jim

My first was a Honda CB350 street bike, Worked all summer for it. I was 15 then, and you could run a street bike with a learners permit. Sweet. Sold all my cows I had hustled from uncles and my dad at 16 and bought a Toyota Hilux pickup. Man it was ugly but it would go like a 4x4 and it was tuff. Sold that and moved up to a Brand new 79' Ford F100 in the 12th grade.

Phillip
Just wondering was those cows hustled or rustled? Well at least you kept it in the family. Jim

My first car was a 1968 Ford Torino. Presidential blue with a white "C" stripe on the sides. It was a sweet looking car and had a Nascar look to it as Richard Petty drove one for a year on the track.

I was a senior in high school (1974) and my dad gave me a 1965 Plymouth Satelite; only catch, I had to rebuild the blown engine before I could drive it. So, I tore into it and got it done. My dad helped, but mostly stood back and watched me learn. Like most of you, I'd like to say "I wish I still had that car", but better not because I sold it to buy an engagement ring for my wife. Car's gone but I still have her. Good trade.

'49 Ford 6 cyl, not fast or pretty but I was proud of it, sold when I went into the Navy.

Phillip
Just wondering was those cows hustled or rustled? Well at least you kept it in the family. Jim

My dads brothers both had cows on adjoining property. So whenever their cows would have calfs I'd always be hitting them up for a calf. Before long I had a pretty big herd of my own. They were just happy for me to show some interest in farming. They all had girls that weren't into anything. thats one time it paid off being the only male around.

1975 Buick LeSabre, nicknamed "Gumby". Not a good car for MI winters. You couldn't stop that car going uphill.