First car
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A 1929 Ford Model A. It was pretty well gone when I got it and I finished the job.
No need to! Like he said, he " beat it " to death. Probably with fists at some point. Haha
My first car was a 57 chevy. It was a 4 door 6cyl, no power steering.
1948 Studebaker,,,
One that looks like the front and the back were a joke...
One that looks like the front and the back were a joke...
DWalt
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My 52 Studebaker had a standard manual shift transmission. It also had a Hill Holder. A very handy feature if you live in a hilly area as I did at the time. I learned a great deal about auto mechanical repair from that car.
Mine was a 1980 Volvo 240DL sedan. Manual transmission and built like a bank vault.
kamloops67
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My first was a 76 ford F100
It was a blue 1/2 ton with an auto and a 302
It deserved a better retirement than I gave it
It was a blue 1/2 ton with an auto and a 302
It deserved a better retirement than I gave it
First car driven, and took my road test in, was a 66 Rambler American. Luckily made my best parallel park that day.
First car owned was a 72' 454ci 4sp ragtop vette.
First car owned was a 72' 454ci 4sp ragtop vette.
venomballistics
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Studebaker and Packard .... a couple of American car companies I wish would have stood the test of time
Early 60's Bel Air that my FIL gave to us when we got married in 1969. It was his daily driver and a former rental fleet vehicle. My wife still insists it was an Impala. I wish! The starter liked to hang up so I carried a 12" metal rod as an occasional extra step in the starting sequence.
I'm not sure what I learned to drive in. My dad drove Buick sedans for a lot of years then switched over to Pontiac. So I probably learned on a early to mid 60's Pontiac sedan, model unknown.
I'm not sure what I learned to drive in. My dad drove Buick sedans for a lot of years then switched over to Pontiac. So I probably learned on a early to mid 60's Pontiac sedan, model unknown.
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Saved up my $500 and bought my first car which was a 54 Chevy Belair 4 door three speed. Drove it for 6 months and a buddy wanted to borrow it to take out this hot girl that was dumb enough to go out with him. On the way home he missed a curve and rolled it several times. He was thrown clear and ended up with a broken ankle. Luck was with him that day. The car not so much
Although Studebaker was late to the OHV V8 engines after Cadillac and Olds brought theirs out much earlier; it was a big deal in 1951! The small little coupes with a V8 had others concerned with the competition from Studebaker!
My first car wasn't a car, it was a 1947 International panel truck I bought from my uncle for $25 in 1963. I was 13 years old, and helping him during the summer months on his wheat farm. The truck sat behind his new barn and eventually I asked my uncle why he didn't use it? He told me the soft plugs leaked coolant, so he parked it and bought his new Ford truck. I asked if he'd sell it to me and he told me if my dad said "OK" he would.
I bought the truck and began trying to fix it up and get it running. The auto parts store told me he sold rubber biscuit soft plugs to make installation possible without pulling the engine. So I bought 4 of them at $1 each and put them in. The front seat was nothing but springs as mice had eaten everything up! My uncle took me to the salvage yard and I got a matching blue seat from an old Simca car and bolted it in the truck. I then got a carb rebuild kit and following the instructions I rebuilt my first carburetor. Got a battery and 5 gallons of gas, and it fired up and ran great!
For over 2 years I drove it around his property, and when I turned 16 I went straight to his farm and drove my panel home! I was working at an Albertsons store bakery as a cleanup guy then, and drove the truck to school and work for two years. When I graduated I bought my mom's '57 Chevy Belair and sold the panel to my neighbor for his sheet metal business. Wish I had kept it, but who knew it would be desirable way back then? And I had 3 cars by then, and was into making cars go fast then, and the truck wasn't fast.
My first car wasn't a car, it was a 1947 International panel truck I bought from my uncle for $25 in 1963. I was 13 years old, and helping him during the summer months on his wheat farm. The truck sat behind his new barn and eventually I asked my uncle why he didn't use it? He told me the soft plugs leaked coolant, so he parked it and bought his new Ford truck. I asked if he'd sell it to me and he told me if my dad said "OK" he would.
I bought the truck and began trying to fix it up and get it running. The auto parts store told me he sold rubber biscuit soft plugs to make installation possible without pulling the engine. So I bought 4 of them at $1 each and put them in. The front seat was nothing but springs as mice had eaten everything up! My uncle took me to the salvage yard and I got a matching blue seat from an old Simca car and bolted it in the truck. I then got a carb rebuild kit and following the instructions I rebuilt my first carburetor. Got a battery and 5 gallons of gas, and it fired up and ran great!
For over 2 years I drove it around his property, and when I turned 16 I went straight to his farm and drove my panel home! I was working at an Albertsons store bakery as a cleanup guy then, and drove the truck to school and work for two years. When I graduated I bought my mom's '57 Chevy Belair and sold the panel to my neighbor for his sheet metal business. Wish I had kept it, but who knew it would be desirable way back then? And I had 3 cars by then, and was into making cars go fast then, and the truck wasn't fast.
My first car was a new 1963 VW Beetle when I was a junior in HS.
I handed the salesman a cashier's check for $1700 and got 57 cents change.
My dad financed the 5 years loan with a $2000 CD as collateral. I wanted a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle, but my mother freaked out and we compromised on the Beetle.
I became a slave to that car. My car payment was $34/month. I also had to pay insurance, gas, and any maintenance needed. I worked a lot of overtime.
I handed the salesman a cashier's check for $1700 and got 57 cents change.
My dad financed the 5 years loan with a $2000 CD as collateral. I wanted a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle, but my mother freaked out and we compromised on the Beetle.
I became a slave to that car. My car payment was $34/month. I also had to pay insurance, gas, and any maintenance needed. I worked a lot of overtime.
MetalMan
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Took my driving test in parents' 1969 Buick Electra 225 convertible…what a boat but impressed my driving inspector.
First car that I bought on my own was a 1971 Ford Pinto 4-speed…did all of my own repair work and put 140k miles on it during my 4 years at college.
First car that I bought on my own was a 1971 Ford Pinto 4-speed…did all of my own repair work and put 140k miles on it during my 4 years at college.
My first car was a classic. An all original 1953 Mercury Monterey 2 door. Coral and white with white leather interior. One owner that had loved it and kept it spotless. 53,000 miles was all she had. Every year car collectors pick one car as their "car of the year". Mine was that car. As Kanloops so elegantly put it," it deserved a fer better retirement than I gave it". The times I had it loaded down with camping, hunting, or fishing gear, over Jeep road was often. And bloody deer hanging out of the trunk. My father helped buy it. He was a car guy and should have known better. We all know how an oxygen deprived brain of a teenage boy treats his first gun, pocketknife, fishing pole and car. There is an old very true saying, "rode hard and put up wet". I was no exception to that rule with one difference, I was a master at tearing things up. I would have added first girlfriend to that list but this is a family friendly forum.
Paid $250.00 for a used 1950 Chevy coupe. Drove it 6 miles across the prairie to a neighbor ranch to meet a school bus for a 40 mile ride to high school.
After finally getting old enough to get a drivers license, I drove 12 miles on dirt roads to park the car at an abandoned farm house next to the highway and ride the same bus 20 miles to school.
Oh yeah, that was in 1954.
Sold the car in 1958 for $250.00.
Best car I ever owned.
After finally getting old enough to get a drivers license, I drove 12 miles on dirt roads to park the car at an abandoned farm house next to the highway and ride the same bus 20 miles to school.
Oh yeah, that was in 1954.
Sold the car in 1958 for $250.00.
Best car I ever owned.
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