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Old 10-24-2020, 04:08 PM
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1st car was a 1978 Ford Fairmont 2dr Sedan.

Jade Green Metallic with tan interior, 200CID straight 6, 3sp. manual on the floor with a bench seat. AM radio, no A/C.

We had 3 Fairmonts in the 80's. Good cars IMHO. My buddy had a Dodge K-Car of similar vintage. Total *** IMHO.

Don't see many Fairmonts or K-Cars on the road anymore.
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Loved those old Tornados, had one a few years newer, then teenage son hit not 1 but 2 deer and drove it home.
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Hah, first for something from a different era.... When I was 14, in 1953, my dad bought me my first car, a Deluxe Tudor 1931 Model A Ford with indented firewall, built in early June of '31.

In Sept 1964, my new bride and I bought a Mustang Coupe with two barrel 289 and a three speed; that car produced a lot of smiles!
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Not my car.

1950 Chevy 2dr. Drove it across pastures on two track roads to another ranch to meet the school bus. Had it two years and never touched a dirt or paved road.


When I got old enough to get my driver's license my Dad got me a 1953 Chev Bel Air. I drove that 40 miles to high school for 3 years.
A friend of mine had a 50 Chevy just like that, he put a 54 Vette engine in it, a blue flame with 3 side draft carbs and split manafold exhaust.

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[QUOTE=hemiram;140940453]My first car with my name on it was a '74 Roadrunner, one of the very last ones made before the hideous '75's appeared. On the truck was my car and an identically painted and optioned '75, which I wanted no part of. I ordered the car in May, before I turned 18, and my mother had to put the deposit down on it. I wanted a Challenger or a 'Cuda, but she did her usual procrastinating and any decent ones were gone, so I ended up with the 'Runner. Identical to this one, except mine had "360" on the hood. After mods, including a rear end change when the original one broke when I put slicks on it at the strip, it ran a best of 13.35@ 106 MPH. After a lot of early issues, it was a rock solid car that survives today with a monster stroker motor and close to 700 HP. I want to get to Vegas just to drive it again!


I had a '73 with the pollution control version of the 440. We rebuilt the motor to 1968 specs and put '68 heads on it. The transmission was a custom street Torqueflite built by a friend of mine who owned TurboAction Racing Transmissions in Jacksonville. Custom paint job including a 2 foot tall cartoon RoadRunner in the middle of the hood. Wish I had a picture of it.
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The first car in my name was a 1956 Plymouth two door coupe straight 6 three on the tree. full of road cancer. had 50,000 plus miles on it when paid 75.00 hard earned dollar for it in 1965. When I left for the Air Force it had the floors replaced with old hi-way signs, the engine rebuild with used parts from mid night auto supply. When I came home from basic my brother had managed to bust the frame just in front of the rear wheels. don't miss it all that much I spent many night working on it just so I could get to school and work. I did learn a lot about taking care of a cars.
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My first vehicle was a 63 Ford F100 short bed with the 223 cu in SIX cylinder with 3 on the tree. That engine was Ford's industrial engine, not much power but very reliable and there was room to stand inside the engine compartment between the engine and the fender, at least on the passenger side. Of course I was much slimmer back then! I learned to drive a stick in that truck. I remember loading the bed up to the sides with firewood and it is simply a miracle that we made it home alive, my uncle drove and the brakes were horrible at best, even when empty! When you are that age you gotta have something to haul your dirt bike in, right?
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1967 Malibu 2 dr., with a 283 and 3 speed trans. was a good car-held up well.
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That would be my 1954 Jaguar XK120 roadster. I still have it, and it is slowly undergoing restoration.
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When I was 19, I bought a used 1967 Triumph TR4-A...what I wouldn't give to have it now!
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My first car was a 1965 Dodge Coronet with 150,000 miles on it. But the engine was rebuilt at 100,000 miles. Was an old taxi cab and my brother painted it fire engine red. Heater didn't work so in the winter one guy would scrape the condensation off the windsheild so we could see where we were going.Didn't have a spare tire so went to the dump and found a Dodge rim with tire attached, took the old tire off and had a new tire installed. Couple years later had the heater fixed so at least come winter we wouldn't freeze. Sat in the back yard until I got a license to drive. Basic trasportation. Frank
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My first car was a 1956 Desota in Pink and Grey with a 392 Firedome Hemi and push button drive. My grandfather owned a Chysler, Plymonth, Dodge, Imperial and Desoto dealership and gave it to me for my 16th birthday off his used lot. He figured at over 5,000 pounds it would protect me like a tank body and though the color scheme was funky (though fairly common for the mid 50s) I was broadsided by a Chevy that went through a stop sign at full speed and his car was totalled and I was fine and drive the Desoto away.

Years later my grandfather went on to sponsor my 1967 "D" Dart Barracuda and then my 1968 426 Competition Hemi Baldwin Motion Road Runner, before I became a Chevy convert.

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I have read this about Lucas, the Prince of Darkness for years.
But I've owned 2 Sprites and a Midget and have never had any issue. Must be lucky.
My TR-3 never gave me electrical problems either. In fact it had an electric heater that was basically like a single burner hot plate turned upside down that sat above the transmission tunnel. It used nichrome wire like cigar lighter, if I turned it on while at idle the amp gauge would nearly peg to the negative, at regular speeds the generator could keep up, on the highway everything was fine. My issues were mostly trying to keep the weather out.
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A 1963 MG Midget. I froze to death
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I drove a '63 V.W. Bus while working with some missionaries, that was the coldest vehicle I ever had anything to do with. Those early V.W.s and the heat exchangers that used heat from the exhaust to provide any kind of warmth worked OK at best in the sedans, you could get a mix of defrost and heat, but in the bus you had to make a commitment, Heat or Defrost...Defrost won out unless you had a co-pilot to keep scraping the INSIDE windows, even then it struggled. V.W. bus drivers in the know opted out for the gas heater, but then there went your gas mileage which was part of the reason you were driving one. I remember the sound they made, like a miniature rocket motor, a little roar. "Whats that sound?" "Oh, thats my heater."
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66 Ford Falcon Futura. 200 ci straight six / automatic. Depedable car. First brand new car was 1972 Ford Pinto with 2000 cc engine and 4 speed. Lots of room didn't like them but I did.
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1936 Chevy truck with 265 V8 and 3 speed on the floor. That's it behind the 1962 Dodge Polara which was my 3rd car.
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Black over Gold 1969 Pontiac Catalina..... Convertible.................... got it 2nd year of Law School (77)...... $1,200/ 9,000 miles (IIRC).

Sold it in 1985 for $3000
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You are lucky ServiceGun. Harry Chapin got into the same situation and didn't make it.

Police later told me I was lucky it was a VW. Vehicle that hit me was a big dump truck, going 30 - 35 when he hit. Apparently the front bumper got stuck on the rear mounted motor and pushed me instead of rolling right over the top of me. I still remember the sound of the Jake Brake.
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My first '65 Sprite I drove year round for 3 years in Iowa winters.
I don't recall ever being cold.

Judging by the replies here, a lot of us owned English sports car in our youth. Gotta get my '74 Midget back on the road by next summer. Since I got the Mini Cooper the Midget has been neglected.
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Wow, haven't thought about this one in a while. Got my license in the winter, day two with the license, hit a do not park sign, gliding on the ice. A proud moment for Mom and Dad I'm sure.

Let's face it, it was not cool, not fast, but it got me where I was going (work and school). Seats were actually more comfortable than most though...plush velvet I believe bench seats haha
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Thanks for all the replies. It has been a fun, nostalgic read.
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My first car was purchased from my sister's BIL, when I was 16, for $900 bucks. It was a 1969 Chevelle Malibu with a mighty 307 CI V8. That sucker was loaded for '69. It was light green with a black vinyl top and rally wheels. (not mine in the picture, but identical)

Had a 2 speed powerglide floor shifter, power windows, power seats, A/C and was only 5 years old at the time. Of course it was the 70's, and I had to have some air shocks, wide tires, Cherry Bomb pipes and that lovely white angel hair in the rear deck with my triaxle Jensen speakers, ripping out the Doobie Brothers from my 8 track tape deck.

Oh how I mistreated that car, I wish I had been smarter, but i was just a dumb kid. Dad would just look at it and shake his head. Mom would say, "Well you're Daddy had to have his back bumper dragging the ground to look cool in our day." Which I still think looks good on the proper aged car.

The weird little rice burners that came after the muscle cars got phased out didn't make any sense to me. Wide but low profile tires that were pushed to their limit with spacers, those were odd looking to me. I'm stuck loving the old iron, like the '69 Mach I 428 CJ, 4 spd I got later in life, but sadly don't have anymore. Those days you could see a car's tail lights way out in front of you, and you knew what it was, year make and model.

Can't do that with many these days. Cool thread, making me wish I had that Chevelle again, in the condition it was in when I GOT it, not after I was through with it. Poor baby.........

My second car was a 69 SS 396 Chevelle. You could hear it blocks away. Monster Crane cam, competition valve job by Ellison Engine in Elmwood, 780 dual line Holly, Hurst Super Shifter, and headers with tiny Thrush header mufflers. No exhaust pipes at all. Had 456 gears in the 12 bolt rear end. Only pic I have of it.

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In 1969 at 15 years old, I purchased my boss's son's 1967 GTO, exactly as the attached image shows (which is not MY GTO, rather, an image I borrowed from google)

As I would not be eligible for a Student Driver's license until almost another full year, the car had to be entrusted to my oldest brother and stored in his home garage until I obtained my Driver's license AND had insurance and registration.

In my day you were NOBODY if you didn't own a muscle car. AND ... the guys who knew how to spin wrenches to make it faster were considered gods !!

Paid for with money that I worked my tail off to save.

The "old school" dads, like my dad, believed it you wanted something bad enough you'd work to buy it. I guess that's what help me become a self-sufficient man.

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In 1969 at 15 years old, I purchased my boss's son's 1967 GTO, exactly as the attached image shows (which is not MY GTO, rather, an image I borrowed from google)

As I would not be eligible for a Student Driver's license until almost another full year, the car had to be entrusted to my oldest brother and stored in his home garage until I obtained my Driver's license AND had insurance and registration.

In my day you were NOBODY if you didn't own a muscle car. AND ... the guys who knew how to spin wrenches to make it faster were considered gods !!

Paid for with money that I worked my tail off to save.

The "old school" dads, like my dad, believed it you wanted something bad enough you'd work to buy it. I guess that's what help me become a self-sufficient man.

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My first car in 1979 was a UK GM product called a Vauxhall Viva HB. Mine was built in 1968 I think. Aah, the rush of that mighty 1159 cc OHV motor. The roar of the air through the single choke Zenith carb could be all but drowned out by the tappets if you didn't adjust them regularly. Actually, if you could hear the tappets you were losing vast amounts of power because the valve lift was so minimal. Also, this model usually suffered at the hands of Ford and Mini mechanics who always set the timing dwell incorrectly and fitted spark plugs that were too cool.

It was a pig on fuel around the town where I lived (all hills, 24 mpg on short runs) but could get well over 40mpg on a run provided you kept the cruising speed reasonable. It was built for the US 55mph blanket limit by accident, I think. Mine was a four door, which was a little unusual. It did have a vast trunk for a small UK car. Think TARDIS. It didn't have a radio, which drove my buddies nuts.

Had a few firsts in that car, but forum rules and all that...


The one in the picture must have been some fancy deluxe variant with those wheels and dual wing mirrors.
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My first was a 1964 Ford Falcon, four door, 170 CID six with a three on the tree.

Good car. I had very little trouble with it. About the only thing I remember going wrong with it was the clutch linkage broke one night. I crawled under it, and taped it together with a half roll of nylon reinforced tape I had in the car for some reason. Shifting very carefully, I got it back home, where a nut, washer, and bolt made a more permanent repair.
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I don't have a picture of my first car but it was a 1950 Ford 4-dr with a V-8 and overdrive.

It was just like this one and even the same color.




This was my second car, a 1957 Ford Fairlane. It only lasted 3 weeks.



My third car was a 1962 MG 1100 2-dr sedan like the one n the picture. Front wheel drive with a "liquid suspension".
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My first car was a 1936 Chevrolet Two door sedan. Bought with my own money. That old, rusty, bucket of bolts, taught me a lot, as far as cars are concerned. One story, that I remember, The extremely heavy passenger door's hinges actually broke off, letting that heavy door, fall onto the feet of the chief of police's wife, as she exited the car, at their home. She worked with me at the local grocery, and I was dropping her off at their home, for lunch. There are many other stories, about my first car, that I'll leave untold. I got rid of that car as soon as possible.
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'64 Plymouth Valiant. It was four years old. I took out the front bench seats and installed some bucket seats that came out of a Corvair. Three on the tree. Good transportation but for a teenager it was not cool.
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'64 Plymouth Valiant. It was four years old. I took out the front bench seats and installed some bucket seats that came out of a Corvair. Three on the tree. Good transportation but for a teenager it was not cool.
I took my driver's test in my dad's '64 algae green Valiant Signet with the slant six. 0 to 60 in 6 minutes.

It was a chick repellent.
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My first Car was a 1953 Ford Crown Vic....Flathead V-8 that a neighbor down the street sold me for $35.....I was fortunate my High School offered an Auto Mechanics Class.... constantly working on that Ford or walking....I still have most of the Starter set of S-K Wayne tools ,Ratchet and Sockets bought at School.

Converted it to an 8 Volt system by putting in an 8 Volt Battery and adjusting the Voltage regulator....spun the starter faster so it would start before killing the battery....Compression on that Flathead was shot...

Back than, You could take Auto Shop, Machine Shop or wood Shop....Girls took Home Ec or Office machine/typing classes...

Got a job on weekends at the local Shell station, after about a month, the Owner says, “ Mikey, you need anything, take it and fill out a credit card slip. “. Alot of times , on payday, I would get a handful of the slips I had filled out. He was a good guy to work for....Had access to the lift too, as the full time Mechanic was off on weekends.

Amazing, the amount of friends that want to go riding around with you when you have Gasoline...IIRC Gas was around .25 a gallon....
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65 chevy cargo van was first vehicle. Only ever owned one car.
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My first Car was a 1953 Ford Crown Vic....Flathead V-8 that a neighbor down the street sold me for $35.....I was fortunate my High School offered an Auto Mechanics Class.... constantly working on that Ford or walking....I still have most of the Starter set of S-K Wayne tools ,Ratchet and Sockets bought at School.



Converted it to an 8 Volt system by putting in an 8 Volt Battery and adjusting the Voltage regulator....spun the starter faster so it would start before killing the battery....Compression on that Flathead was shot...



Back than, You could take Auto Shop, Machine Shop or wood Shop....Girls took Home Ec or Office machine/typing classes...



Got a job on weekends at the local Shell station, after about a month, the Owner says, “ Mikey, you need anything, take it and fill out a credit card slip. “. Alot of times , on payday, I would get a handful of the slips I had filled out. He was a good guy to work for....Had access to the lift too, as the full time Mechanic was off on weekends.



Amazing, the amount of friends that want to go riding around with you when you have Gasoline...IIRC Gas was around .25 a gallon....
A friend of mine had a 53, I think he paid the same for his, it was a 4 door, he drove that car a 100 miles a day going back and forth to college for 5 years.

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My third car was a 1962 MG 1100 2-dr sedan like the one n the picture. Front wheel drive with a "liquid suspension".

Found an interesting article on that car.
1966 MG 1100: The Classic Review


My mother owned a Princess Vanden Plas version of the same car. The added weight of the posh trim did little to improve the performance. The gearbox imploded on hers and that was all she wrote. Shame really, the car was a 1275 twin-carb motor away from being nice.
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My first car in my name was a new 1971 Vega GT, paid $2061 out the door, tax, title and license. # years later, when the top of the fenders rust out, I talked to Chevrolet Customer Service and was told that it was not a problem with the car because Vegas in California were not rusting out. Got down to where I could replace the engine in about 4 hours. Other than that, a great little car. Put a lot of miles on it.
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My first car in my name was a new 1971 Vega GT, paid $2061 out the door, tax, title and license. # years later, when the top of the fenders rust out, I talked to Chevrolet Customer Service and was told that it was not a problem with the car because Vegas in California were not rusting out. Got down to where I could replace the engine in about 4 hours. Other than that, a great little car. Put a lot of miles on it.

Apparently this is why your car rusted out. Physics can be a real curse some days.
Chevrolet Vega - Wikipedia
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I don't have a picture of my first car but it was a 1950 Ford 4-dr with a V-8 and overdrive.

It was just like this one and even the same color.




This was my second car, a 1957 Ford Fairlane. It only lasted 3 weeks.



My third car was a 1962 MG 1100 2-dr sedan like the one n the picture. Front wheel drive with a "liquid suspension".

Great minds think alike, this was my previous hot rod project. 1951 Ford Tudor, I called it Mallard Green, it was not the original color but close.

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'53 Chevy, $25.oo. A man on my paper route had it parked in a field behind his home. I got a friend to help me tow it home, and Dad helped me rebuild the motor and had it ready to take my drivers test in '63.
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My first car with my name on the title was a 1967 Olds Toronado in 1974, I then sold it in 1978, bought it again in 1996.
Previous owner that I bought it from the second time said it ran when he parked it, but apparently push rods, rocker arms and lifters fall apart while just sitting and not being run. Bought a second '67 Toronado that had a good drive train and bad body to make one out of two, but then found a third 67 Toronado that runs and drive and has a solid body so the other two are just sitting and waiting......
My first Toronado circa 1975 and again in 2020 buried in the back of the barn on the right.

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1964 Renault Dauphene with a stolen 1961 Caravelle engine. Had no bumpers, face painted on the front, eyelashes on the lights - like that.

Bought it for $10 when I was 14, parked it around the block, my Dad pretended he didn't know I parked it around the block.

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My first car was a 1937 Ford 2 door that had been a 60HP but was changed to a 85. Everything that could be wrong with it was. The mechanical brakes were like no brakes, the right front fender had a crack in it and kind of flopped, the hood was damaged, the engine used a lot of oil, in the winter the manifold heater provided little heat(cured that with a Stewart Warner gas heater), the tires were terrible(no tires available, ran a pair of ribbed tractor tires for about 30K mikes on the front).
My Dad had a friend who ran a garage and he completely rebuilt the engine and it ended up good. He rebuilt the brakes also but I had to keep using the Ford brake wrench my Dad gave me or I would have had no brakes at all.
Trying to replace and set points was horrible with the distributor on the lower part of the engine with hardly enough room between the cap and the radiator to get the cap off.
I know that Ford makes good cars but the Fix Or Repair Daily that I had was not one of them.
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Found an interesting article on that car.
1966 MG 1100: The Classic Review


My mother owned a Princess Vanden Plas version of the same car. The added weight of the posh trim did little to improve the performance. The gearbox imploded on hers and that was all she wrote. Shame really, the car was a 1275 twin-carb motor away from being nice.
Thanks for the link. I really liked the car but it made me walk home more times than anything any other car I ever owned.
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My first car was a 1950 Chevrolet Fleetwood (fastback). I spent a lot of time having fun with seeing and doing everything I could to make it a LOT more powerful. It was my car during most of my college time. Here is a pic of me as a college freshman together with it. With a 4-11 rear end, it had a lot of low-end torque, and I could pull the teeth out of about anything for about the first 25 yards. Beyond that, not much going for it. But it was fun and I learned a lot about cars in the days when you could do almost anything on them by yourself.



Here's the only other pic I have of it, taken a year earlier when I had painted it a different color. That's my future wife sitting on the back bumper. We had just returned from a day at the local drag strip.

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