What Car Did You First Learn to Drive

[Frank237]

In 1966.....

Learned on my Dad's 1966 Chevy pickup.

But my first car was a 1957 Chevy, four door, black exterior with the silver and black vinyl/cloth interior...with the semi leopard skin cloth pattern. Six cyl with the three on a tree tranny. Which I of course immediately replaced with a Hurst shifter.

FN in MT

 

[Bat Guano]

Started with a '53 Ford sedan, V8, 3 spd, overdrive. By the time I took the test my father had traded it for a '58 Ford, same setup...

Had a car buff bachelor uncle 700 miles away in Milwaukee with a black '56 T-Bird. Coolest car ever IMHO. Most I ever got was a ride or two in it, and by the time I had grown up a little he had traded it in on a new GTO. I would kill for that T-Bird today...

 

[ltdave]

It was a 1973 Ford Country Squire when I was 14-15.

we had one of these too. it was a station wagon with a 400M and C-6 trans feeding the 9" out back. it was a trailer special so i could wind it up to about 17,000rpm and go 3mph (or so it seemed)

i also drove our 1977 Honda Civic, to learn a manual shift. NOT the CVCC model with the big HP numbers but 50hp...

i took drivers training with a private school because the school district cancelled it due to budget shortfalls. they had a 1981 Honda Accord sedan...

 

[Black_Sheep]

I learned to drive in a 'Vette






Chevette that is...

 

[CW Spook]

A '53 Willys Jeep station wagon and a '59 Taunus (German Ford) wagon.

 

[sonny]

.48 Chevy.
My dad drove us over to the baseball diamond, where there wasn't anything to hit, and taught me to drive. I could get into 3rd gear and 40 miles/hr easily before I had to slow or turn.
Sonny

 

[AITG]

Wow, do I feel young after reading all 11 pages.
I took driver's ed in a 1965 Plymouth Fury III. It was a huge fat boat of a car that must have sat at least twelve people.
Dad's car was a 1963 Chevy Impala: 283 V-8, PowerGlide. I didn't have my own wheels until I was nearly through college - my folks were convinced that kids with cars got in trouble.
Little did they know - I tempted Fate a lot in Dad's car.

 

[R. G. Amos]

'53 Chevy Belair

 

[springfield.45]

'79 Ford 150 3 speed on the colum

 

[loknload]

My first was a 1956 Dodge Custom Royal with push button drive. Bought when I was 15

 

[jj2am44]

I learned to drive on a 1961 Corvair. My first car was a pink-real pink--Rambler with a Continental tire on the back.

 

[Muley Gil]

I learned in a '65 Chevy Impala, three on the tree, straight six, manual steering. My momma wanted me to know how to drive a standard transmission.

My first car was my late granddaddy's '52 Buick with a straight eight and a DynaFlow trannie.

 

[Texas1941]

I learned to drive in a '63 Impala SS hard top with a 327 and PowerGlide. Sort of a contradiction in terms, but very cool.

The hub caps had little metal backed plastic SS medalions that were a little loose. so they made a clacking sound at low speed that sounded just like a bad bearing.

If I ever win the lottery...

 

[EOD3]

1946 Dodge pickup, 6 cylinder, 4 speed granny box, Barden bumpers, AND a top speed of 50 MPH.

 

[perrazi]

jj2m44- i learned on a corvair too. 1962 with a 4-speed. muley gil-lucky guy. always liked the straight 8 buicks. they had a great sound to them.

 

[bkp3gen]

1965 Chevy P/U......3 on the tree

 

[GoHogs]

1956 Rambler Super, standard shift. With the lay-down seats, a big hit at the drive-in.

 

[MTS Cop]

I took my road test in a 1993 Buick Park Avenue. My dad taught me to drive in that car and when he was feeling really brave he let me drive his 1983 Coupe deVille, which he wound up giving to me.

 

[bubbajoe45]

A '66 Coronet 500. I sat on the console and steered for a while, then got behind the wheel.

 

[Springfield Bob]

First car

I learned on a 1948 Plymouth. In those days if one took their drivers test on an automatic and got their license they were not licensed to drive a stick shift car. However,if they were licensed on the stick shift car they could drive the automatic. I'm in Massachusetts.



QUOTE=jimmyj;1252920]Hi:
I first learn to drive in a "Henry J". (remember those?)
Jimmy[/QUOTE]