Your first car

[quikdraw67]

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.

 

[pawngal]

Loved those old Tornados, had one a few years newer, then teenage son hit not 1 but 2 deer and drove it home.

 

[DGNY]

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!

 

[Bib]

63 Volkswagen

Mine was a 65 VW...sunroof...pale green in color

 

[Salty RI]

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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[Straightshooter2]

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.

 

[carpriver]

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.

 

[anoblefox]

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?

 

[michael1000]

1967 Malibu 2 dr., with a 283 and 3 speed trans. was a good car-held up well.

 

[jag312]

That would be my 1954 Jaguar XK120 roadster. I still have it, and it is slowly undergoing restoration.

 

[Beemerguy53]

When I was 19, I bought a used 1967 Triumph TR4-A...what I wouldn't give to have it now!

 

[Frank46]

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

 

[rkittine]

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.

Bob

 

[Kinman]

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.

 

[gunship]

A 1963 MG Midget. I froze to death

 

[Kinman]

A 1963 MG Midget. I froze to death

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."

 

[VaTom]

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.

 

[Art Doc]

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.

 

[BAM-BAM]

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

 

[ServiceGun]

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.