What Car Did You First Learn to Drive

[badam0112]

A VW Bus from the late 1960's.

 

[Noah Zark]

A 67 Chevy Biscayne 4-door, 250 cu in six, 3 speed manual on the column, manual brakes and steering. Belonged to my maternal grandfather. Also learned on a 1951 2 ton Chevrolet flatbed with a four-speed manual and two-speed rear. Took my drivers test in my mother's 1970 Bonneville 4-door, 455 cu in and Hydramatic.

Noah

 

[safearm]

'63 Chevy Chevelle station wagon with 3 speed manual transmission.

 

[hogblue]

46 chevy 2 ton with a standard 4 speed and a 3 speed browning auxiliary transmission.

 

[cmort666]

My mother's Rambler. I hated the thing because of the backlash in the manual steering, which I wasn't used to.

I loved the early '70s Chevy Novas we had for driving class. They had power steering and were a dream for a beginner to drive. Too bad they couldn't keep them running from one class to the next.

 

[DGNY]

1931 Model A Ford Deluxe Tudor sedan [late series with indented firewall]. Learned on that when 14 in '53 and finished learning on 1941 Cadillac 2-dr fastback with standard transmission. Fun days. The Ford was slow; the Cad was fast. Years later bought a low mileage '41 Cad fastback from hometown, to relive the early days - still have it with 34,500 miles. The Ford is long gone, but the man from whom we bought it is still a friend.

Thanks for the memories,

Dyson

 

[gunlovingirl]

My sister and BIL's '70 Gremlin.

 

[Jonahjr]

One of my Uncles made a made a small track for my cousin in a field on their propery. My cousin was a few years older than I . I'm know the car was an old Hudson (1949 I think). He wired 2 x 4's to the pedals and stuck me on top of a big cushion. He told me when to push the clutch and let off the gas while he shifted. We almost rolled that heavy old car. My Uncle was the local junk yard owner so we had a few to pick from, but I guess he wasn't worried too much. I was 10. I learned to drive (better) in an old ugly purple 1960 Rambler 3 speed about 5 years later. Haven't seen a '49 Hudson since. Or any year for that matter.

 

[dennis40x]

My family didn’t have a motor vehicle. Learned to drive in the military (M422 'Mighty Mite’). Came back from Vietnam and purchased a 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 GTA (390 CID V8 (4) barrel Carb @ 320BHP) in California. Drove home cross country.

 

[cowboy117]

'42 Ford Coupe in the hayfields in Kansas.

 

[Aussie44]

My old mans 68 Valiant, 3 speed column shift.

Ken

 

[Iggy]

49 chev PU feedin' cows and checkin' fence.
Graduated to a 2 ton truck pickin' up bales until I was big enough to buck the bales myself, then a younger cousin got to drive and I walked along side the truck and threw bales up to the guy stacking them.

No I don't want to go back to the good ol days!!

I had a 1950 Chev and drove across country to meet the school bus to high school 2 years before I was old enough to get a driver's license

 

[m657]

First 'official' car was 1949 Ford.

Do you want to hear about the fabulous 47 Caddy convertible with leather seats & chrome spoke wheels I bought for $49???

 

[Chik a Boom]

First, a 1960 Ford pick-up 4 speed, then a 1970 Econoline van with 3 speed on the column, much easier to shift.

 

[wundudnee]

1947 K-1 International. My Dad would stop at the local race track every night on his way home from work and load up a load of horse manure. He would bring it home and it was my job to throw it out on our pasture for ferterlizer. He didn't know that after you got behind the hill, that old truck could spin it's wheels.

We took that truck from Kansas to California, my sister and I rode in the back all the way.

 

[mtgianni]

First car I ever drove was a 54 Lincoln Continental. I was 5 dad disconnected the throttle, turned up the idle and wiredd a block on the brake pedal. I drove to the end of the row while he bucked bales on the trailer. Then I moved over while he turned it around. Next year 1960, I graduated to an Allis Chalmers tractor but I don't remember the model #.

 

[S&W Oldtimer]

I learned to drive on a tractor when I was 12. I drove a 2 ton truck on the road before i ever drove a car.

 

[BlackSky]

1970 Ford LTD with a 351. It was puke green with a white top. Loved that car!

 

[mtb1bkr]

I learned how to drive in a 1983 Mazda RX-7 5 speed. That is to say, I had to learn how to operate a manual before I could even get out of a parking lot. I actually took my driving test in a Corsica for ease of operation.

Bill

 

[delta-419]

My grandfather's 1940 Chevy pickup. It was the delivery truck for his grocery store when people called the store and ordered their groceries back in the late 40's. Starter was a peddle on the floor and stick shift on the floor. Took me awhile to learn to let the clutch out slowly.